Pleasantly Whimsical

Discord was hacked and user government photo IDs were stolen, Synology walks back drive restrictions in their NAS enclosures, Dan shares his initial impressions of iOS & MacOS 26, and concerns grow about a possible investment bubble in generative AI software companies.

• Discord users suffer first high-profile age-verification hack
• Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after NAS sales plummet
  • Synology drive compatibility policy
• Benjamin Button Reviews MacOS
• AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times bigger than 2008 subprime real estate crisis
• OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals
• Circular AI Deals Among OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD Are Raising Eyebrows