Who exactly was hyped about this?

Personally, I typically want my interactions with technology to be quiet. I don't want it talking, and I don't want to be talking to it.

Not to mention the privacy implications of an always-on camera and microphone connected to the internet

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Yeah, no. Here is a direct link to the article:
https://scitechdaily.com/practical-quantum-devices-now-closer-to-reality-scientists-unveil-room-temperature-photonic-chips/

And a link to the paper:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03672

The best part is that this whole thing is about having the "opportunity" to purchase reddit stock at its IPO price. This user generated content farm wouldn't dare give away equity for free to users responsible for the site having any past, present, or future value.

I'm not a finance person, but the only gambling I'd do on this company is hope that Wall Street pumps the price post-IPO so I can short it.

My understanding is that the value of each reddit user is priced roughly at $2. A Facebook user is priced at roughly $40. Their only options to maybe be profitable are more enshittification, more users, or both. Or, you know, not paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the execs of an RSS feed with voting and comments.

What happened is that the FTC is taking on Amazon in court as we speak:

FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

NewPipe has been my go-to for years. Available on F-Droid with regular updates.

Can we let this platform die quietly and stop bombarding the feed with Elmo spam?

I think this is fair, but man the retaliatory tariffs for NSA backdoors would be atrocious

The fact that this is the only new "innovation" worth writing an article about is sad. Technological progress has declined so much over the last decade as Big Tech has consolidated the market. Doesn't help the every minor leap gets turned into a subscription these days either.

"Known MBTA security flaw remains unpatched after being publicly disclosed 15 years ago. Boston mad. More at 11."

Anyone got a number?

I have some very important information for them regarding expiration of their vehicle warranties.

X gon' give it to ya

Sounds like the solution is to say, "Yes," then never show up onsite. Make them fire you, so you're entitled to unemployment benefits and any severance.