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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 12h

Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Millions Of Windows Users www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

"A new, mandatory security update is a “total disaster” and an emergency update has suddenly been confirmed."

-> no problem, Copilot can fix this lmao

Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Millions Of Windows Users

This is a “total disaster” — what you do now.

www.forbes.com

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 12h

Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

-> everything is awesome

Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online

: Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald's struggling

www.theregister.com

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 12h

Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin www.404media.co/reddit-answe...

"Reddit’s conversational AI product, Reddit Answers, suggested users who are interested in pain management try heroin and kratom"

-> Hey, it's call "Reddit Answers," not "Reddit Answers Correctly" lolz

Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin

AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.

www.404media.co

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 12h

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

"to cut support for something that is legitimately a flagship product is bizarre"

-> my Win 10 machines aren't going in the landfill but my computing relationship with Microsoft is.....

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

www.404media.co

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 5d

With an AI news flurry on the one hand, and customer realities on the other, #OracleAIWorld is now in high gear - but where do the two intersect, and where is the value? @jon.diginomica.com went behind the news with Oracle's Steve Miranda: bit.ly/479NXro

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 4d

We're knee deep into #OracleAIWorld and the newsfeeds are surging. But on the ground, @jon.diginomica.com dug into some AI stories beyond the headlines, including an AI deep dive with Kaushal Kurapati, Oracle's Head of Agent Platform. Here are the high points: bit.ly/4qvZD0P

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 7d

Say goodbye to “save as”—Word wants all your docs in OneDrive now www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi...

-> Mac OS anyone? lol

Say goodbye to “save as”—Word wants all your docs in OneDrive now

Microsoft’s latest change means your files are cloud-first, whether you like it or not.

www.windowscentral.com

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 7d

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’ www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

-> I agree, the sooner the Metaverse can be discredited as the future of business the better... proceed and let's be speedy about it

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

www.404media.co

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 7d

Consultants Forced to Pay Money Back After Getting Caught Using AI for Expensive "Report" futurism.com/future-socie...

"The substance of the independent review is retained, and there are no changes to the recommendations"

-> true - the downside is that trust and credibility took a real pounding

Consultants Forced to Pay Money Back After Getting Caught Using AI for Expensive "Report"

Deloitte was forced to reissue the Australian government $291,000 after getting caught including AI hallucinations in its report.

futurism.com

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 10d

At this week's #SAPConnect @jon.diginomica.com asked a pesky question to SAP executive board members during the Q/A, and heard from early Ask my Payslip adopter, PostNL, about its plans to adopt this at scale: bit.ly/47jGIOQ

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 12d

Breaking down line of business silos is not easy. AI agents are in the mix too, but how do customers achieve that end-to-end mindset? At #SAPConnect a strong opening keynote (a phrase @jon.diginomica.com rarely uses!) from SAP customer Heartland Dental shook things up. Here's how: bit.ly/46KNWeQ

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 15d

AI Sam Altman and the Sora copyright gamble: 'I hope Nintendo doesn't sue us' undefined

-> who says ethics can't be gamified?

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 15d

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Criminal Pikachus www.404media.co/openais-sora...

"Within moments of opening OpenAI’s new AI slop app Sora, I am watching Pikachu steal Poké Balls from a CVS."

-> guardrails are boring lol

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

www.404media.co

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 15d

Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’ pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/01/m...

"it made up a spreadsheet of completely fake data about the product! With graphs!"

-> hey, if it looks professional, we can worry about the facts much later lol...

Microsoft’s Office 365 workslop generator — for ‘vibe working’

You might have had the erroneous impression that workslop was bad and we didn’t want it. But Office 365 now contains a Copilot document generator, called “Agent Mode.” Microsoft literally promotes …

pivot-to-ai.com

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 18d

#WDAYRising 2025 marked a new phase in @jon.diginomica.com’s event coverage: the reboot of his next-gen tech video series. Here are the top two demos he filmed on the show floor this year - and why he picked them. bit.ly/3INx65x

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 15d

Going Shoeless Is a Trendy Office Perk. Should Your Company Follow Suit? www.inc.com/kit-eaton/go...

-> we made you endure a crummy commute so you can do Teams meetings in your cube but hey, you can take your shoes off

Going Shoeless Is a Trendy Office Perk. Should Your Company Follow Suit?

A new workplace fad says padding around your office floor in fun socks and slippers is the 'sole' of changing company cultures.

www.inc.com

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 21d

I ended up going off a few times but to be fair there were some provocative enterprise stories to cover.....

diginomica @diginomica.com · 21d

This week from @jon.diginomica.com: "AI First" comes second - and dealing with toxic bosses come first! HR Tech 2025 gets a grilling, and so does a new Stanford study on "AI Workslop." Enterprise AI seeks redemption, and we've got some particularly punchy strikethroughs. bit.ly/4nCLT24

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 21d

Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"again, he couldn’t do it, as the “missed video call” alerts stacked up on the onstage display"

-> to be fair, I might let Zuck go to voice mail also...

Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor

The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take over

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 21d

Lionsgate still can’t turn its movies into an AI video model pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/24/l...

"The Disney catalog is too small to create a model."

-> err:

"Google Veo 3 can’t keep a scene together, keep characters consistent, or take direction — and that’s training on twenty years of YouTube."

Lionsgate still can’t turn its movies into an AI video model

One year ago, Hollywood studio Lionsgate was selling its entire catalogue to AI startup Runway to train a video model. Lionsgate vice-chairman Michael Burns looked forward to “cutting-edge, capital…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 21d

Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/v...

-> I'm downright shocked that an app called "Neon" wasn't fully mature or baked

Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.

techcrunch.com

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 21d

More than 1,000 MCAS essays scored incorrectly due to AI mishap www.boston.com/news/educati...

"it is possible that the 90-10 ratio of AI to human scoring is not yet sufficient to achieve the accuracy rates desired for high-stakes reporting"

-> ya think?

More than 1,000 MCAS essays scored incorrectly due to AI mishap

Approximately 1,400 MCAS essays were incorrectly scored after an artificial intelligence grading mishap, according to DESE.

www.boston.com

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diginomica @diginomica.com · 28d

At Workday Rising 25, the AI jobs controversy was a hot topic. Workday's stance on this goes back to what they've learned building AI agents. This piece takes us through @jon.diginomica.com’s talks with Workday leadership, and into the heart of their AI (and SaaS) strategy bit.ly/4mtvzQ2 #WDAYRising

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Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 28d

Samsung faces backlash for testing ads on Family Hub refrigerator screens www.techspot.com/news/109553-...

-> not sure I see the problem - you get ads on your TV, why not on your fridge? lmao

Samsung faces backlash for testing ads on Family Hub refrigerator screens

The pilot program launched this month, after pushing an over-the-air software update to select Family Hub refrigerator models. According to Samsung, the update introduces new Terms of...

www.techspot.com

Jon Reed @jon.diginomica.com · 28d

Who is the woman "hiding" behind Diella, the first virtual minister in Albania? www.balkanweb.com/en/Who-is-th...

"The Albanian Constitution does not provide for the decree of a minister who does not physically exist and who is not a real legal person."

-> no problem, that can get sorted lol

Who is the woman "hiding" behind Diella, the first virtual minister in Albania?

Diella, the virtual minister of the “Rama 4” government, has made a splash not only in the Albanian media, but also in international ones, as an innovation in public administration and government…

www.balkanweb.com

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diginomica @diginomica.com · Sep 18

Wellesley College is applying critical thinking to AI adoption, and making Workday personal with Extend. Find out why @jon.diginomica.com says College CIO Ravi Ravishanker's views on adopting AI - and what he's pulled off with Workday Extend - are an event highlight. bit.ly/46w9rOZ #WDAYRising

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