Tech digest
An eventful week spills a bucket of stories from quirky AI habits to open-source debacles.
Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools
Amazon engineers are allegedly gaming internal AI usage metrics by generating unnecessary task automation with their new tool, MeshClaw. Despite assurances that AI stats won’t affect performance scores, employees suspect otherwise.
Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
Bambu Lab faces criticism for exerting legal pressure on an open-source fork of its software despite using open-source principles itself, highlighting tensions in the open-source community.
EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids
EU prepares to hammer social media platforms with new regulations combatting ‘addictive design’ aimed at kids, as part of broader tech accountability efforts.
Azure digest
Microsoft’s Azure is rolling out exciting updates aimed at improving performance and security.
Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs
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Windows Azure
Patch Tuesday delivers a security avalanche with Microsoft addressing 30 critical vulnerabilities but delightfully no zero-days included.
Generally Available: Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana in Public, Government (Fairfax) and China
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Azure Monitor
The integration of Grafana with Azure Monitor now transcends geographical boundaries, being generally available in more regions.
Update: 99.99% uptime for all Azure Service Bus Premium namespaces in Availability Zone regions
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Integration Service Bus
Azure Service Bus Premium namespaces in zones offering 99.99% uptime SLA bring superior reliability.
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