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The internet has a trust problem, and it goes deeper than spam. Developer and writer Stephen Diehl is making waves on Hacker News with a piece arguing the web has become, in his words, a predatory cesspit — a place where dark patterns, algorithmic manipulation, and financial extraction have quietly replaced the open exchange the early internet promised. One hundred ninety one points and counting, which tells you the sentiment resonates.
That erosion of trust is showing up in unexpected places. A piece circulating today asks bloggers to treat their own websites like enterprise infrastructure, applying zero-trust security principles to defend against AI-driven phishing swarms. It sounds extreme, but the argument is straightforward: automated attacks have scaled so dramatically that even a personal site with a contact form is now a meaningful target.
And on a more optimistic note, solar-powered electric vehicle startup Aptera has announced a forty-four million dollar production deal, with manufacturing targeted for August of two thousand twenty six. Aptera has been promising a vehicle that charges itself from sunlight for years now, so this contract represents either a genuine turning point or another chapter in a very long story. The money is real, and the timeline is specific — two things that haven't always been true for this company.
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