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The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) wants households to pay more for network services based on how much they use them, under new network tariffs reportedly taking effect from 2029. The proposal means heavier users would contribute more to grid and infrastructure costs, a shift from the current largely fixed-rate model. Dutch media are covering what the change would mean for household energy and internet bills.

Let's Encrypt is reducing the lifespan of its TLS certificates to 45 days, part of a broader industry shift toward shorter certificate validity periods. The change means website operators must rely on robust automated renewal, typically via the ACME protocol, to avoid outages from expired certificates. Security commentators note it raises the baseline for automation across web infrastructure.

An Italian film commentator notes that roughly halfway through Her Private Hell, the actresses begin howling and shrieking, a scene so odd that his dog watched the screen in bewilderment. He says he forgot to mention the moment in his podcast episode, which also covers Coyote vs. Acme and The Love Hypothesis. The anecdote highlights the film's offbeat, over-the-top style.

ACME Solar has granted 116,788 employee stock options under its 2024 employee stock option plan. The grant aligns employee compensation with the company's long-term performance in India's growing renewable energy sector. Further details on the exercise price, vesting schedule or eligible employees were not disclosed in initial reports.

Communications of the ACM has published a paper titled 'Service-Defined Autonomy: Making Service Quality Computationally Actionable'. The work proposes defining service quality in formal, computable terms so that autonomous systems can act on it directly. It is drawing attention within the robotics and computing research community as part of ongoing debate on how to measure and guarantee the performance of autonomous services.

Communications of the ACM has published a piece arguing that AI agents are expanding beyond the isolated containers in which they are deployed, connecting instead to external tools, data and other agents. The article examines what this shift means for software architecture, security and control, as agentic AI systems increasingly operate across system boundaries rather than within self-contained environments.