app02 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:49:22 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://log-level-debug.dev/tags/proton Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0500 A weekly news show for developers, hosted by the decent people running https://globalGlob.dev (a satire site) en-us episodic a show about news, and stuff, and things, in the technology world globalGlob(**/*) A weekly news show for developers, hosted by the decent people running https://globalGlob.dev (a satire site) no comedy, satire, technology news, software development globalGlob(**/*) socials@globalglob.dev https://log-level-debug.dev/26-2026-11-02 d1e2ce9a-b1d2-4ff9-a6e8-2ace550dba84 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0500 globalGlob(**/*) full globalGlob(**/*) Proton goes cray-cray, Microsoft doesn't make enough money, someone uses A.I. cheaply, and Apple refreshed hardware 16:50 no <p>In this week's Log Level Debug news roundup we talk about Proton going cray-cray, Microsoft doesn't make enough money, someone uses A.I. cheaply, and Apple refreshed hardware.</p> <ul> <li>Microsoft can't afford to keep paying people, asking them to leave. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020785/microsoft-earnings-revenue-q1-2027" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020785/microsoft-earnings-revenue-q1-2027</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-makes-new-voluntary-exit-offer-to-more-than-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-including-some-execs" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-makes-new-voluntary-exit-offer-to-more-than-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-including-some-execs</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introducing-a-voluntary-exit-offer" rel="nofollow noopener">https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introducing-a-voluntary-exit-offer</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Proton is rushing toward full AI Psychosis. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Proton will re-interview employees. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.404media.co/protons-ceo-cancels-ai-re-interviews" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.404media.co/protons-ceo-cancels-ai-re-interviews</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.404media.co/proton-to-re-interview-staff-about-ai-to-see-who-gets-to-keep-their-job" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.404media.co/proton-to-re-interview-staff-about-ai-to-see-who-gets-to-keep-their-job</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Sam Altman thinks you're a bad person because you have too much ram. <ul> <li><a href="https://frvr.com/blog/news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-its-terrible-to-have-everybody-have-a-bunch-of-the-worlds-limited-supply-of-dram-instead-of-shoving-it-all-in-datacentres" rel="nofollow noopener">https://frvr.com/blog/news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-its-terrible-to-have-everybody-have-a-bunch-of-the-worlds-limited-supply-of-dram-instead-of-shoving-it-all-in-datacentres</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month</a></li> </ul></li> <li>GitHub showed off some usage stats for the past year. Lots of big numbers. <ul> <li><a href="https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Apple refreshed some hardware. You can touch whatever you want, as long as you pay for it. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020993/apple-polishing-cloth-compatible-macbook-proled-xdr" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020993/apple-polishing-cloth-compatible-macbook-proled-xdr</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020069/apple-pro-and-tell-event-everything-announced-this-week" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020069/apple-pro-and-tell-event-everything-announced-this-week</a></li> </ul></li> <li>The Claude Code extension was installing SSH backdoors <ul> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/30/inside-malicious-claude-code-branded-cursor-extension-persistent-ssh-backdoor/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/30/inside-malicious-claude-code-branded-cursor-extension-persistent-ssh-backdoor/</a></li> <li><a href="https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise" rel="nofollow noopener">https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise</a></li> </ul></li> <li>CSS-Tricks is once again an independent publication <ul> <li><a href="https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner" rel="nofollow noopener">https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner</a></li> <li><a href="https://wil.to/posts/taking-back-css-tricks/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://wil.to/posts/taking-back-css-tricks/</a></li> </ul></li> <li>People aren't patching their PHP systems <ul> <li><a href="https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-unpatched-php-servers" rel="nofollow noopener">https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-unpatched-php-servers</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Revolut saved tons of money not paying for A.I. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/artificial-intelligence/2026/revolut-says-self-hosted-ai-cut-coding-costs-90" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/artificial-intelligence/2026/revolut-says-self-hosted-ai-cut-coding-costs-90</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Over 10% of Microsoft revenue comes from OpenAI <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/419080/microsoft-generated-10b-in-revenue-from-openai.html" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/419080/microsoft-generated-10b-in-revenue-from-openai.html</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Binance was hacked. For some reason, people stole pretend money. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5yn8eqg3npo" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5yn8eqg3npo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqrmynd3042gt" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqrmynd3042gt</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> news, tech, technology, software developing, programming, i.t., coding In this week's Log Level Debug news roundup we talk about Proton going cray-cray, Microsoft doesn't make enough money, someone uses A.I. cheaply, and Apple refreshed hardware.

• Microsoft can't afford to keep paying people, asking them to leave.
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020785/microsoft-earnings-revenue-q1-2027
  • https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-makes-new-voluntary-exit-offer-to-more-than-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-including-some-execs
  • https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introducing-a-voluntary-exit-offer
• Proton is rushing toward full AI Psychosis.
  • https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning
• Proton will re-interview employees.
  • https://www.404media.co/protons-ceo-cancels-ai-re-interviews
  • https://www.404media.co/proton-to-re-interview-staff-about-ai-to-see-who-gets-to-keep-their-job
• Sam Altman thinks you're a bad person because you have too much ram.
  • https://frvr.com/blog/news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-its-terrible-to-have-everybody-have-a-bunch-of-the-worlds-limited-supply-of-dram-instead-of-shoving-it-all-in-datacentres
  • https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month
• GitHub showed off some usage stats for the past year. Lots of big numbers.
  • https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents
• Apple refreshed some hardware. You can touch whatever you want, as long as you pay for it.
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020993/apple-polishing-cloth-compatible-macbook-proled-xdr
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020069/apple-pro-and-tell-event-everything-announced-this-week
• The Claude Code extension was installing SSH backdoors
  • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/30/inside-malicious-claude-code-branded-cursor-extension-persistent-ssh-backdoor/
  • https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise
• CSS-Tricks is once again an independent publication
  • https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner
  • https://wil.to/posts/taking-back-css-tricks/
• People aren't patching their PHP systems
  • https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-unpatched-php-servers
• Revolut saved tons of money not paying for A.I.
  • https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/artificial-intelligence/2026/revolut-says-self-hosted-ai-cut-coding-costs-90
• Over 10% of Microsoft revenue comes from OpenAI
  • https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/419080/microsoft-generated-10b-in-revenue-from-openai.html
• Binance was hacked. For some reason, people stole pretend money.
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5yn8eqg3npo
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqrmynd3042gt

]]> In this week's Log Level Debug news roundup we talk about Proton going cray-cray, Microsoft doesn't make enough money, someone uses A.I. cheaply, and Apple refreshed hardware.

• Microsoft can't afford to keep paying people, asking them to leave.
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020785/microsoft-earnings-revenue-q1-2027
  • https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-makes-new-voluntary-exit-offer-to-more-than-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-including-some-execs
  • https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introducing-a-voluntary-exit-offer
• Proton is rushing toward full AI Psychosis.
  • https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning
• Proton will re-interview employees.
  • https://www.404media.co/protons-ceo-cancels-ai-re-interviews
  • https://www.404media.co/proton-to-re-interview-staff-about-ai-to-see-who-gets-to-keep-their-job
• Sam Altman thinks you're a bad person because you have too much ram.
  • https://frvr.com/blog/news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-its-terrible-to-have-everybody-have-a-bunch-of-the-worlds-limited-supply-of-dram-instead-of-shoving-it-all-in-datacentres
  • https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month
• GitHub showed off some usage stats for the past year. Lots of big numbers.
  • https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents
• Apple refreshed some hardware. You can touch whatever you want, as long as you pay for it.
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020993/apple-polishing-cloth-compatible-macbook-proled-xdr
  • https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020069/apple-pro-and-tell-event-everything-announced-this-week
• The Claude Code extension was installing SSH backdoors
  • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/30/inside-malicious-claude-code-branded-cursor-extension-persistent-ssh-backdoor/
  • https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise
• CSS-Tricks is once again an independent publication
  • https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner
  • https://wil.to/posts/taking-back-css-tricks/
• People aren't patching their PHP systems
  • https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-unpatched-php-servers
• Revolut saved tons of money not paying for A.I.
  • https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/artificial-intelligence/2026/revolut-says-self-hosted-ai-cut-coding-costs-90
• Over 10% of Microsoft revenue comes from OpenAI
  • https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/419080/microsoft-generated-10b-in-revenue-from-openai.html
• Binance was hacked. For some reason, people stole pretend money.
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5yn8eqg3npo
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqrmynd3042gt

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