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Proton's AI controversy: employee pressure, security and trust

Proton has cancelled planned AI-use re-interviews after reporting about employee pressure and security-testing concerns. Its response raises a wider question about how development decisions earn customers' trust.

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Five tools, one conversation: why small teams lose the thread

A decision starts in chat, moves to email, gets settled on a call and ends up nowhere. Why this happens to small teams, and a few habits that help.