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  • Schneier on Security: An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/an-icloud-backdoor-would-make-our-phones-less-safe.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe Feedly Summary: Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British law is written in…

  • Unit 42: RustDoor and Koi Stealer for macOS Used by North Korea-Linked Threat Actor to Target the Cryptocurrency Sector

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138378 Source: Unit 42 Title: RustDoor and Koi Stealer for macOS Used by North Korea-Linked Threat Actor to Target the Cryptocurrency Sector Feedly Summary: Koi Stealer and RustDoor malware were used in a campaign linked to North Korea. This activity targeted crypto wallet owners. The post RustDoor and Koi Stealer for macOS Used…

  • Hacker News: The journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI

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    Source URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet-the-journalists-training-ai-models-for-meta-and-openai/ Source: Hacker News Title: The journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses the increasing trend of journalists transitioning to data-related roles, particularly in AI model training, due to economic pressures in traditional journalism. It highlights how…

  • Hacker News: Evaluating modular RAG with reasoning models

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    Source URL: https://www.kapa.ai/blog/evaluating-modular-rag-with-reasoning-models Source: Hacker News Title: Evaluating modular RAG with reasoning models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the challenges and potential of Modular Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using reasoning models like o3-mini. It emphasizes the distinction between reasoning capabilities and practical experience in tool usage, highlighting insights…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: olmOCR

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/26/olmocr/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: olmOCR Feedly Summary: olmOCR New from Ai2 – olmOCR is “an open-source tool designed for high-throughput conversion of PDFs and other documents into plain text while preserving natural reading order". At its core is allenai/olmOCR-7B-0225-preview, a Qwen2-VL-7B-Instruct variant trained on ~250,000 pages of diverse PDF content (both…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: MyCoder, an open source Claude-Code alternative

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    Source URL: https://github.com/drivecore/mycoder Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: MyCoder, an open source Claude-Code alternative Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes MyCoder, a command-line AI agent specialized in coding tasks. It utilizes a modular architecture, enabling it to perform complex operations such as code modifications, dependency updates, and documentation…