Tag: Current

  • Slashdot: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/138232/ai-boom-sparks-fight-over-soaring-power-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the escalating electricity demands driven by AI data center construction in the U.S., highlighting tensions between tech companies and utility providers regarding the financial responsibilities for grid upgrades. This situation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/space-invaders/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now Feedly Summary: I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday – new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such as…

  • The Register: UK buys time with £1.65B extension to G-Cloud framework

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/ukgov_extends_cloud_deals/ Source: The Register Title: UK buys time with £1.65B extension to G-Cloud framework Feedly Summary: Replacement deal not ready, so old one gets 6 more months and budget bump The UK government is extending two major cloud purchasing agreements due to delayed replacement arrangements under frameworks that could be worth an additional…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Anthropic

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/anthropic/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Anthropic Feedly Summary: We’re rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude Pro and Max in late August. We estimate they’ll apply to less than 5% of subscribers based on current usage. […] Some of the biggest Claude Code fans are running it continuously in the…

  • Cloud Blog: Too many threats, too much data, say security and IT leaders. Here’s how to fix that

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/too-many-threats-too-much-data-new-survey-heres-how-to-fix-that/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Too many threats, too much data, say security and IT leaders. Here’s how to fix that Feedly Summary: An overwhelming volume of threats and data combined with the shortage of skilled threat analysts has left many security and IT leaders believing that their organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks…

  • The Register: ‘Impossible hill to climb’: US clouds crush European competition on their home turf

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/euro_cloud_vs_us/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Impossible hill to climb’: US clouds crush European competition on their home turf Feedly Summary: Local providers squeezed out despite market growth, leaving sovereignty hopes in question European cloud infrastructure companies make up just 15 percent of their own market, and the huge investment the US giants can…

  • CSA: U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Trigger Cyber Retaliation

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/u-s-strikes-on-iran-could-trigger-cyber-retaliation Source: CSA Title: U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Trigger Cyber Retaliation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of Iranian cyber threats against U.S. critical infrastructure amid escalating geopolitical tensions. It emphasizes the evolving landscape of cyber threats, especially from adversaries who may leverage both traditional…