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  • The Register: Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam ‘vishing’ schemes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/voice_altering_vishing_jammer/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam ‘vishing’ schemes Feedly Summary: To stop AI scam callers, break automatic speech recognition systems Researchers based in Israel and India have developed a defense against automated call scams.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new defense mechanism developed…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How OpenElections Uses LLMs

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/how-openelections-uses-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How OpenElections Uses LLMs Feedly Summary: How OpenElections Uses LLMs The OpenElections project collects detailed election data for the USA, all the way down to the precinct level. This is a surprisingly hard problem: while county and state-level results are widely available, precinct-level results are published in…

  • The Register: Microsoft 365 brings the shutters down on legacy protocols

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/the_microsoft_axeman_is_coming/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft 365 brings the shutters down on legacy protocols Feedly Summary: FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of ‘Secure by Default’ Microsoft has warned administrators that legacy authentication protocols will be blocked by default from July, meaning that anyone who hasn’t…

  • Slashdot: Reasoning LLMs Deliver Value Today, So AGI Hype Doesn’t Matter

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/19/165237/reasoning-llms-deliver-value-today-so-agi-hype-doesnt-matter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Reasoning LLMs Deliver Value Today, So AGI Hype Doesn’t Matter Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The commentary by Simon Willison highlights a debate surrounding the effectiveness and applicability of large language models (LLMs), particularly in the context of their limitations and the recent critiques by various…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/defending-the-internet-how-cloudflare-blocked-a-monumental-7-3-tbps-ddos/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack Feedly Summary: In mid-May 2025, blocked the largest DDoS attack ever recorded: a staggering 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps). AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text details Cloudflare’s successful mitigation of a record-breaking DDoS…

  • The Register: UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/uk_gov_asks_university_boffins/ Source: The Register Title: UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash Feedly Summary: Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking ‘ops’ people Cybersecurity experts have started a formal review into the UK cybersecurity market, at…

  • The Register: Asana’s cutting-edge AI feature ran into a little data leakage problem

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/asana_mcp_server_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Asana’s cutting-edge AI feature ran into a little data leakage problem Feedly Summary: New MCP server was shut down for nearly two weeks Asana has fixed a bug in its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that could have allowed users to view other organizations’ data, and the experimental…

  • OpenAI : Preparing for future AI risks in biology

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/preparing-for-future-ai-capabilities-in-biology Source: OpenAI Title: Preparing for future AI risks in biology Feedly Summary: Advanced AI can transform biology and medicine—but also raises biosecurity risks. We’re proactively assessing capabilities and implementing safeguards to prevent misuse. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the transformative potential of advanced AI in biology and medicine…