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The Economist is raising a question that goes well beyond economics: when artificial intelligence displaces workers, the damage runs deeper than a lost paycheck. Identity, structure, social connection, a sense of purpose — these are things a severance package cannot replace, and researchers say policymakers are only beginning to reckon with that reality.
Closer to the hardware side of that story, a new video profile of the ARM one chip is making the rounds, and it's worth your time. That original design, built in the nineteen eighties on a shoestring budget, became the quiet foundation beneath nearly every smartphone on the planet today — a reminder that the most consequential technology often arrives without fanfare.
And on a cautionary note for anyone running older forum software, the FileBot community forums, built on phpBB, have been compromised in a security breach. Details are still emerging, but it's a timely reminder that legacy web platforms carry real exposure, and community administrators should be auditing their installations sooner rather than later.
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