🚨💥 ALERT: The AI vibe shift is here to make you irrelevant and consume CNN's tech issues like a ravenous bot on a data buffet. 📉🎥 Meanwhile, CNN's video player remains an unyielding monument to #buffering, defying the very essence of progress. 🙄🔄
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/business/ai-vibe-shift-nightcap #AIvibeShift #CNNtech #DataBuffet #TechIssues #HackerNews #ngated
The AI vibe shift is upon us

Rather suddenly, there’s been a vibe shift around artificial intelligence, the tech that’s hypnotized Wall Street and inspired cultish devotion across Silicon Valley over the past three years.

CNN
Ah, yes, the earth is sweltering like a 🌎🔥, but first, let's make sure your browser settings are up to date before we panic about climate change. Because who needs scientific #urgency when you have JavaScript errors to troubleshoot? 🙄🔧
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494#abstract #climatechange #techissues #browsersafety #HackerNews #ngated
HN Search isn't ingesting new data · Issue #248 · algolia/hn-search

It appears that the HN search stopped pulling in new data on Friday evening. Spot-checking the HN API, I see current data matching the live front page. So I think algolia/hn-search is the right pla...

GitHub
X implements age verification system behind premium paywall: Users report difficulties accessing new safety features amid widespread technical issues. https://ppc.land/x-implements-age-verification-system-behind-premium-paywall/ #AgeVerification #SafetyFeatures #TechIssues #UserExperience #PremiumContent
X implements age verification system behind premium paywall

Users report difficulties accessing new safety features amid widespread technical issues.

PPC Land

It's a familiar scenario for many as in the middle of a crucial design project and deadlines looming, suddenly the trusted platform Canva becomes inaccessible.

Read More: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canva-down-again-frustrated-users-locked-out-design-projects-try-these-alternatives-instead-1737739

#CanvaDown #DesignTools #CanvaAlternatives #GraphicDesign #TechIssues #CanvaCrash

So, I've noticed that when faced with a tech issue that's exhausting me, I tend to start writing out a question (in a spot like this) and in desire to understand exactly the issue I'm seeing, to properly explain my issue, I go hunting for knowledge on the subject. Only to go down the rabbit hole of learning about the tech in question and ultimately finding my own answer.

#techissues #linux #computers

Ah, yes, the "plight" of our silicon friends. 🤖💔 Apparently, Macs are now the digital equivalent of endangered species, falling prey to terrifying "epidemics" like leaky capacitors and rebellious solder. 🙄 Next up: an exposé on the tragic extinction of floppy disks. 📎💾
https://eclecticlight.co/2025/06/21/a-brief-history-of-hardware-epidemics/ #siliconfriends #endangeredmacs #techissues #floppydisks #digitalepidemics #HackerNews #ngated
A brief history of hardware epidemics

Capacitors that overheated, leaked, or even caught fire. Lead-free solder that couldn’t survive being heated and cooled repeatedly. Butterfly keyboards that didn’t work.

The Eclectic Light Company

I'm currently experiencing some issues with DuckDuckGo. It seems to be offline or otherwise unreachable from my end. I've tried pinging the service, but it's not responding.

Has anyone else noticed this issue or is it just on my side?

#DuckDuckGo #WebsiteDown #TechIssues #InternetProblems #ServiceOutage