Episode Summary It’s Monday, June 10, 2025, and the digital workday stutters to a halt for millions as Slack suffers a significant, if partial, outage. Today’s episode explores not just the technical breakdown but the quiet solidarity—and unexpected productivity pivots—it inspires. We also cover major announcements from Apple’s WWDC 2025, focusing on the rollout of Apple Intelligence features and new insights into the limits of AI reasoning. Key Stories Slack outage sparks global ripple A widespread Slack outage leaves channels and threads stuck loading, with users worldwide reporting issues from early morning. The downtime sparks moments of collective digital confusion and nostalgia for old-school office communication. While it’s not a full blackout, enough users are affected to slow projects and test patience. Slack’s team is actively investigating and promising updates, but for now, patience and humor are the order of the day as many return—temporarily—to email. Source: https://mashable.com/article/slack-down-june-2025 Apple’s WWDC 2025 introduces sweeping AI upgrades Apple kicks off its annual WWDC with the unveiling of Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI-powered enhancements aimed at making device use smarter and more seamless. New features promise smarter automation, deeper personalization, and tighter integration across the Apple ecosystem. These changes are poised to elevate expectations for digital experiences and could have major implications for project management and e-commerce platforms reliant on Apple’s technology. Source: https://mashable.com/article/wwdc-2025-apple-intelligence-ai-features Apple research exposes AI reasoning blind spots Amid excitement over new AI tools, Apple’s latest research paper reveals that state-of-the-art AI models excel only at straightforward tasks, often failing or giving up on complex logic puzzles. This finding underscores the current limits of AI and serves as a reality check for teams considering deep AI integrations, especially for business-critical decision-making. Human oversight remains essential where nuanced or creative thinking is needed. Source: https://mashable.com/article/apple-research-ai-reasoning-models-collapse-logic-puzzles Additional Points of Interest - If you’re affected by today’s Slack outage, you’re not alone—check outage status before troubleshooting. - For those interested in the future of AI and digital work, now is the time to review how much you trust and delegate to automation. - Stay tuned for updates on Slack’s service restoration and deeper dives into Apple’s ongoing AI evolution. - Share your own outage experiences with us—has digital downtime changed the way your team works, even temporarily? Calls to action Check out the links for further reading on today’s stories, and subscribe for more tech updates as the news unfolds this week.