1 block: 10.1 minutes
Diff just changed but this is the first time I have ever seen block generation north of the magic ten minute mark. Maybe good news for miners??
This gets mentioned pretty much every time there's a difficulty change. Estimates of the next difficulty are always unreliable just after a change because the calculation is being done over just a few blocks and variance can cause wild swings. It'll settle down in a few days.
As for the OP's question: the rise is good because it secures the network just that little bit more.