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  • Slashdot: ‘Read the Manual’: Misconfigured Google Analytics Led to a Data Breach Affecting 4.7M

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/26/2042230/read-the-manual-misconfigured-google-analytics-led-to-a-data-breach-affecting-47m Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Read the Manual’: Misconfigured Google Analytics Led to a Data Breach Affecting 4.7M Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security incident involving the unintentional sharing of personal health information of Blue Shield California subscribers due to a misconfiguration between Google Analytics and Google…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/elliot-higgins/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Feedly Summary: We’ve been seeing if the latest versions of LLMs are any better at geolocating and chronolocating images, and they’ve improved dramatically since we last tested them in 2023. […] Before anyone worries about it taking our job, I see it more…

  • Slashdot: Perplexity CEO Says Its Browser Will Track Everything Users Do Online To Sell Ads

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/044215/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-ads Source: Slashdot Title: Perplexity CEO Says Its Browser Will Track Everything Users Do Online To Sell Ads Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Perplexity’s plans to develop its own browser named Comet, primarily for the purpose of collecting user data to enhance targeted advertising. This raises significant…

  • Slashdot: Shopify Must Face Data Privacy Lawsuit In US

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/2215255/shopify-must-face-data-privacy-lawsuit-in-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Shopify Must Face Data Privacy Lawsuit In US Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses a significant legal ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing a data privacy class action against Shopify to proceed. This decision could impact how online platforms address…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/15/threat-actors-misuse-node-js-to-deliver-malware-and-other-malicious-payloads/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Threat actors misuse Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads Feedly Summary: Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.js to deliver malware and other payloads that ultimately lead to information theft and data exfiltration. The post Threat…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tiktok-china-bytedance-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse Feedly Summary: A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights…

  • Slashdot: Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2357233/wikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources Source: Slashdot Title: Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights an emerging issue faced by the Wikimedia Foundation, where web crawlers are significantly impacting their infrastructure by overwhelming it with automated traffic, particularly for training AI…

  • Schneier on Security: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/web-3-0-requires-data-integrity.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity Feedly Summary: If you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA triad. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. All are important, but…

  • Cloud Blog: How AI will help address 5 urgent manufacturing challenges

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/manufacturing/five-manufacturing-trends-being-reshaped-by-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How AI will help address 5 urgent manufacturing challenges Feedly Summary: In today’s dynamic business landscape, manufacturers are facing unprecedented pressure. The relentless pace of e-commerce combined with a constant threat of supply chain disruptions, creates a perfect storm. To overcome this complexity, leading manufacturers are leveraging the…

  • Cloud Blog: How WindTL is transforming wildfire management with Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/windtl-is-transforming-wildfire-risk-management-with-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How WindTL is transforming wildfire management with Google Cloud Feedly Summary: Imagine a world where we could outsmart wildfires, predict their chaotic spread, and shield communities from their devastating reach. That’s the vision Rocio Frej Vitalle and the Improving Aviation team had when they created WindTL, a tool…