Tuesday/Mardi August/Août 19th, 2025

Amazon Cloud Chief Says Replacing Junior Staff With AI is 'Dumbest' Idea [Slashdot.org]

How North Korea's IT army is hacking the global job market [AXIOS]

Made by Google 2025: what to expect from Google’s new Pixel hardware — Four phones, a smartwatch, and a pair of earbuds are likely launching at tomorrow’s Pixel hardware event. [TechMeme]

14 probiotic-rich foods you can add to your diet [Quartz]

Why sports gambling is more dangerous than ever before — It’s so easy get addicted these days. The apps are counting on it. [Vox]

Is ChatGPT really making us dumb and lazy? [TheNextWeb]

The 38 Best Restaurants in Tokyo, According to a Local Expert [Eater]

Big Tech Is the Only Theme in the Stock Market — Four AI names account for the majority of the S&P 500’s gains this year. [Inc.]

AI isn’t just replacing tasks. It’s replacing the office, the manager, and maybe even the mission [Fast Company]

When an EV load burns on an 18-wheeler, the playbook gets messy fast [Medium] written by Zaki Qayoumi

'One of the Dumbest Things I've Ever Heard': Here's Why Companies Shouldn't Replace Entry-Level Workers With AI, According to the CEO of Amazon Web Services [Entrepreneur]

Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC’s Tech Scene Is Not [WIRED]

MacBreak Weekly 985 [TWIT]

Guided Learning in Gemini: From answers to understanding [Google Blog]

Beyond billion-parameter burdens: Unlocking data synthesis with a conditional generator [Google Research]

Cool Cats and Lounge Lizards [Lapham’s Quarterly]

What a mission to a black hole could look like [Astronomy Magazine]

10 New Jobs Created by AI: Is One Right for You? [Salesforce, The 360 Blog]

Partner Extensibility in SAP Cloud ERP: Scalable Delivery with Three-System Landscape | Expert Talk [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. I hope you’re having a great day, and a big shoutout to #GeeksNerdsOtakus. Here’s a new VLOG in #French. Have fun this week if you’re at #Gamescom2025! I’m watching today’s keynote.

Until Next Time!