Catchpoint News Catchup

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If you’ve worked in tech for more than 15 minutes, you know the news moves faster than a well tuned webside loading LCP. This series will help you catch up with the headlines that matter, as well as provide both context and perspective. Because, like your network, here at Catchpoint we’re also highly opinionated.

Episodes

  1. Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 07

    08/28/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 07

    Join, Ankit and Leon as they explore recent articles about: The current state of the AI bubble; the compelling evidence for a 4-day workweek; the enduring legacy of and nostalgia for CDs; Article Links · ‘It’s almost tragic’: Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating what one researcher and critic has been saying for years o https://fortune.com/2025/08/24/is-ai-a-bubble-market-crash-gary-marcus-openai-gpt5/ · The real reason a 4-day workweek makes people happier in their jobs—it’s not just more free time o https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/27/the-real-reason-a-4-day-workweek-makes-people-happier-in-their-jobs.html · Science confirms what we all suspected: Four-day weeks rule o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/4_day_week_study/ · The CD turns 43: The format that changed music forever o https://www.techspot.com/news/109098-cd-turns-43-format-changed-music-forever.html Reach out to our hosts! · Ankit Kumar o https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-kumar-ab2a4463/ · Leon Adato o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com Visit Catchpoint: https://www.catchpoint.com/

    23 min

  2. 08/18/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 6

    Join, Payal, Denton, and Leon as they explore recent articles about AOL Dialup services, AI agents, ISP throttling, and what the heck is McDonald’s “Grimace” anyway? Article Links · [AOL] Dial-up Internet to be discontinued o https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued · AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer o https://www.engadget.com/computing/aols-dial-up-internet-still-exists-but-not-for-much-longer-193004233.html?guccounter=1 · AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service after 34 years o https://www.techspot.com/news/109012-aol-discontinue-dial-up-internet-service-after-34.html · ChatGPT Agent handles my most annoying tasks — and here’s what actually surprised me o https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-tested-chatgpt-agent-on-5-everyday-tasks-heres-what-happened · MKPhD (Marques Brownlee) reviews the Humane pin o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA · Internet Throttling Still Exists. Here's How to Protect Yourself From It o https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/yes-your-internet-provider-can-throttle-your-speeds-here-how-to-make-it-stop/ · McDonald's finally confirms what Grimace actually is and fans are completely stunned o https://www.unilad.com/news/food-and-drink/what-is-grimace-mcdonalds-confirms-236873-20250805 Say hello to our hosts! · Denton Chikura o https://www.linkedin.com/in/denton-chikura-422186201/ · Payal Chakraborty o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/ · Leon Adato o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com Visit Catchpoint: https://www.catchpoint.com/

    29 min
  3. Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 5

    07/31/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 5

    Join Ankit, Payal, and Leon as they explore recent articles about: the impact of unoptimized images on both your customers and carbon footprint; How generative AI can be confident but not correct; and the pros, cons, challenges, and benefits of disconnecting from our technology once in a while. Article Links · “The Hidden Carbon Cost of Your Images: Why Green Development Starts with Optimization” o https://dev.to/hardik_b2d8f0bca/the-hidden-carbon-cost-of-your-images-why-green-development-starts-with-optimization-2adb · Carbon Control in WebPageTest o https://www.webpagetest.org/carbon-control/ · AI is an over-confident pal that doesn't learn from mistakes o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/ai_is_overconfident_does_not_learn_study/ · I Tried Living Without the Internet for a Day: It Made Me Want to Throw Away My Phone o https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/my-digital-detox-a-day-without-internet/ · DevOpsDays Seattle 2024: Leon Adato - Living an Unplugged Life as an IT Practitioner o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0aDpVZZp28 Reach out to our hosts! · Payal Chakraborty o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/ · Ankit Kumar o https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-kumar-ab2a4463/ · Leon Adato o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

    22 min

  4. 07/17/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 4

    Join Kelly, Sergey, and Leon as they discuss encryption as a public good, better ways to ship your code, and the impact of not being able to “click to cancel”. Article Links · How Let's Encrypt made the internet safer and HTTPS standard - and free o https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/how-lets-encrypt-made-the-internet-safer-and-https-standard-and-free/ · Let's Encrypt rolls out free security certs for IP addresses o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/lets_encrypt_rolls_out_free/ · 4 ways to ship smarter, not just faster https://leaddev.com/software-quality/4-ways-to-ship-smarter-not-just-faster · US appeals court blocks FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscriptions https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/us-appeals-court-blocks-ftcs-click-to-cancel-rule-for-subscriptions/ · Let’s Encrypt https://letsencrypt.org/ · SSL/TLS certificate lifespans reduced to 47 days by 2029 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ssl-tls-certificate-lifespans-reduced-to-47-days-by-2029/

    22 min

  5. 07/03/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 3

    Join Kelly, Brandon, Payal, and Leon to talk about recent news about your workday, the latest password breach, Cloudflare’s DDoS defense, and (sigh) AI. Article Links https://www.techspot.com/news/108343-microsoft-study-finds-infinite-workday-hurting-productivity.html https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-ai-workers-4-day-workweek-2025-6 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/ https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/massive-data-breach-compromises-16-billion-20386402.php https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/ https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/ https://techxplore.com/news/2025-06-cyberattack-grocery-supplier-reveals-fragility.html https://blog.cloudflare.com/defending-the-internet-how-cloudflare-blocked-a-monumental-7-3-tbps-ddos/ Reach out to our hosts! Payal Chakraborty: https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/Kelly Avina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyavina/Leon Adato https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ Brandon DeLap: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-delap/

    31 min

  6. 06/19/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 2

    Join Sergey, Brandon, Payal, and Leon to talk about recent news from Wired, HackerNews, Mashable, and Figma. Links The Texting Network for the End of the World https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/Why DNS Security Is Your First Defense Against Cyber Attacks? https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/why-dns-security-is-your-first-defense.htmlThe internet went down on Thursday: Here's what we know now https://mashable.com/article/cause-internet-outage-google-cloud-what-happened-june-12From multi-day latency to near real-time insights: Figma’s data pipeline upgrade: https://www.figma.com/blog/figmas-data-pipeline-upgrade/NANOG https://nanog.org/ Reach out to our hosts! Payal Chakraborty https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/Sergey Katsav https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeykatsev/Leon Adato https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.comBrandon DeLap https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-delap/

    37 min

  7. 06/05/2025

    Catchpoint News Catchup Episode 1

    Join Sergey, Kelly, Payal, and Leon on our inaugural episode where we talk about recent news from SC Media, LinkedIn, TechCrunch, and CyberSecurity News Article Links · https://www.scworld.com/resource/the-hidden-productivity-drain-no-ones-talking-about-your-network · https://www.linkedin.com/blog/engineering/infrastructure/building-a-resilient-dns-client-for-web-scale-infrastructure · https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/googles-ai-agents-will-bring-you-the-web-now/ · https://cybersecuritynews.com/tenable-network-monitor-vulnerabilities/#google_vignette Reach out to our hosts! · Payal Chakraborty o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/ · Kelly Avina o https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyavina/ · Sergey Katsav o https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeykatsev/ · Leon Adato o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

    35 min
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If you’ve worked in tech for more than 15 minutes, you know the news moves faster than a well tuned webside loading LCP. This series will help you catch up with the headlines that matter, as well as provide both context and perspective. Because, like your network, here at Catchpoint we’re also highly opinionated.

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    Leon Adato
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