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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Putting Gemini 2.5 Pro through its paces

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/25/gemini/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Putting Gemini 2.5 Pro through its paces Feedly Summary: There’s a new release from Google Gemini this morning: the first in the Gemini 2.5 series. Google call it “a thinking model, designed to tackle increasingly complex problems". It’s already sat at the top of the LM Arena…

  • Slashdot: DNA of 15 Million People For Sale In 23andMe Bankruptcy

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/24/2022232/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DNA of 15 Million People For Sale In 23andMe Bankruptcy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses 23andMe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, raising significant concerns about the security and privacy of genetic information following a major data breach. The financial turmoil highlights the vulnerabilities associated…

  • Hacker News: Mozilla rewrites Firefox’s Terms of Use after user backlash

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozilla-rewrites-firefoxs-terms-of-use-after-user-backlash/ Source: Hacker News Title: Mozilla rewrites Firefox’s Terms of Use after user backlash Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses revisions made by Mozilla to its Terms of Use for Firefox in response to user backlash over concerns regarding data privacy and rights. The changes clarify how…

  • The Register: Cybersecurity not the hiring-’em-like-hotcakes role it once was

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/cybersecurity_jobs_market/ Source: The Register Title: Cybersecurity not the hiring-’em-like-hotcakes role it once was Feedly Summary: Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create ‘realistic’ job outline, say experts Analysis It’s a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-anthropic 0.14

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/25/llm-anthropic-014/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-anthropic 0.14 Feedly Summary: llm-anthropic 0.14 Annotated release notes for my new release of LLM. The signature feature is: Support for the new Claude 3.7 Sonnet model, including -o thinking 1 and -o thinking_budget X for extended reasoning mode. #14 I had a couple of attempts at…

  • Hacker News: Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/ Source: Hacker News Title: Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Meta’s legal defense in response to allegations related to the illegal torrenting of copyrighted books for AI model training. It underscores the mounting tensions surrounding…

  • CSA: Dark Patterns: How the CPPA is Cracking Down

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/dark-patterns-understanding-their-impact-harm-and-how-the-cppa-is-cracking-down Source: CSA Title: Dark Patterns: How the CPPA is Cracking Down Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) stringent stance against “dark patterns” in user interface design, particularly in relation to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It clarifies what dark patterns…