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  • The Register: VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/vs_code_previews_chat_checkpoints/ Source: The Register Title: VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk Feedly Summary: Microsoft’s AI-centric code editor and IDE adds the ability to rollback misguided AI prompts The Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has rolled out version 1.103 with new features including GitHub Copilot chat checkpoints.… AI Summary…

  • Embrace The Red: Claude Code: Data Exfiltration with DNS Requests

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/claude-code-exfiltration-via-dns-requests/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Claude Code: Data Exfiltration with DNS Requests Feedly Summary: Today we cover Claude Code and a high severity vulnerability that Anthropic fixed in early June. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to hijack Claude Code via indirect prompt injection and leak sensitive information from the developer’s machine, e.g.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/11/the-rule-of-2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Feedly Summary: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Alex Russell pointed me to this principle in the Chromium security documentation as similar to my description of the lethal trifecta. First added in 2019, the Chromium guideline states: When you write code…

  • The Register: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75%

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/openai_mxfp4/ Source: The Register Title: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75% Feedly Summary: Decision to use MXFP4 makes models smaller, faster, and more importantly, cheaper for everyone involved Analysis Whether or not OpenAI’s new open weights models are any good is still up for debate, but…

  • Slashdot: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0110212/hour-of-code-announces-its-now-evolving-into-hour-of-ai Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s significant investment in AI education, reflecting a shift in computer science education from traditional coding to AI literacy. It emphasizes the importance of understanding AI’s implications…

  • Slashdot: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/217234/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked Source: Slashdot Title: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical vulnerabilities in an encryption algorithm widely used in radios for essential sectors, including law enforcement and military. After researchers discovered a backdoor in the original algorithm,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: AI wrote my code and all I got was this broken prototype

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ai-wrote-my-code-and-all-i-got-was-this-broken-prototype/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: AI wrote my code and all I got was this broken prototype Feedly Summary: Can AI really write safer code? Martin dusts off his software engineer skills to put it it to the test. Find out what AI code failed at, and what it was surprisingly good…