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  • Slashdot: Apple Fixes Zero-Day Exploited In ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Attacks

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/217213/apple-fixes-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Fixes Zero-Day Exploited In ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has issued urgent security updates for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in sophisticated targeted attacks. The flaw compromised the USB Restricted Mode, critical for data…

  • Slashdot: Europe ‘Not in the AI Race Today,’ French President Macron Says

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/1859242/europe-not-in-the-ai-race-today-french-president-macron-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Europe ‘Not in the AI Race Today,’ French President Macron Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses French President Emmanuel Macron’s concerns regarding Europe’s competitiveness in the AI sector relative to the United States and China. He emphasizes the need for an AI agenda…

  • Hacker News: Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple Silicon (2024)

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    Source URL: https://www.xstore.co.za/stuff/2024/01/kaspersky-finds-hardware-backdoor-in-5-generations-of-apple-silicon/ Source: Hacker News Title: Kaspersky finds hardware backdoor in 5 generations of Apple Silicon (2024) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant security concern regarding a hardware backdoor found in Apple’s silicon. Identified as CVE-2023-38606, this vulnerability reportedly affects five generations of Apple mobile CPUs,…

  • Slashdot: DeepMind Chief Dismisses DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough as ‘Known Techniques’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/0855244/deepmind-chief-dismisses-deepseeks-ai-breakthrough-as-known-techniques?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepMind Chief Dismisses DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough as ‘Known Techniques’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on remarks made by Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, regarding the advancements of DeepSeek’s AI model. While he acknowledges its market impact, he suggests that the technological progress…

  • The Register: London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/london_has_400_gw_of/ Source: The Register Title: London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds Feedly Summary: And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem While the UK government wants to turbocharge datacenter construction, a newly published report says there are already 400…

  • The Register: Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age – with itself in the middle

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/cloudflare_q4_2024_ai_web/ Source: The Register Title: Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age – with itself in the middle Feedly Summary: Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements Cloudflare has declared it’s found optimizations that reduce the amount of hardware needed for inferencing workloads, and is in…

  • The Register: DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare, and that’s before you consider its TikTok links

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare, and that’s before you consider its TikTok links Feedly Summary: PLUS: Spanish cops think they’ve bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more! Infosec In Brief DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare that you…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/9/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: The cost to use a given level of AI falls about 10x every 12 months, and lower prices lead to much more use. You can see this in the token cost from GPT-4 in early 2023 to GPT-4o in mid-2024, where the…

  • Slashdot: How To Make Any AMD Zen CPU Always Generate 4 As a Random Number

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/09/2021244/how-to-make-any-amd-zen-cpu-always-generate-4-as-a-random-number?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How To Make Any AMD Zen CPU Always Generate 4 As a Random Number Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google security researchers have identified a vulnerability in AMD’s security architecture, allowing them to inject unofficial microcode into processors, which can compromise the integrity of virtual environments…