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  • The Register: Google patches odd Android kernel security bug amid signs of targeted exploitation

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_android_patch_netgear/ Source: The Register Title: Google patches odd Android kernel security bug amid signs of targeted exploitation Feedly Summary: Also, Netgear fixes critical router, access point vulnerabilities Google has released its February Android security updates, including a fix for a high-severity kernel-level vulnerability, which is suspected to be in use by targeted exploits.……

  • The Register: Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/australia_digital_doppelgangers_privacy_award/ Source: The Register Title: Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’ Feedly Summary: Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays Australia’s privacy commissioner has found that government agencies down under didn’t make enough of an effort to protect data describing…

  • Slashdot: Will Cryptomining Facilities Change Into AI Data Centers?

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/02/03/0452259/will-cryptomining-facilities-change-into-ai-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Will Cryptomining Facilities Change Into AI Data Centers? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the trend where cryptocurrency miners are transitioning their operations to accommodate AI data centers, leveraging existing infrastructure and energy resources. This shift indicates significant implications for both sectors and raises…

  • Slashdot: Google Stops Malicious Apps With ‘AI-Powered Threat Detection’ and Continuous Scanning

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/03/040259/google-stops-malicious-apps-with-ai-powered-threat-detection-and-continuous-scanning?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Stops Malicious Apps With ‘AI-Powered Threat Detection’ and Continuous Scanning Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s security initiatives for Android and Google Play focus on proactively protecting users from harmful apps through advanced AI-driven threat detection, strict privacy policies, and enhanced developer requirements. In 2024,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-anthropic

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/llm-anthropic/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-anthropic Feedly Summary: llm-anthropic I’ve renamed my llm-claude-3 plugin to llm-anthropic, on the basis that Claude 4 will probably happen at some point so this is a better name for the plugin. If you’re a previous user of llm-claude-3 you can upgrade to the new plugin like…

  • Hacker News: Running DeepSeek R1 on Your Own (cheap) Hardware – The fast and easy way

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    Source URL: https://linux-howto.org/running-deepseek-r1-on-your-own-hardware-the-fast-and-easy-way Source: Hacker News Title: Running DeepSeek R1 on Your Own (cheap) Hardware – The fast and easy way Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a step-by-step guide to setting up and running the DeepSeek R1 large language model on personal hardware, emphasizing its independence from cloud…

  • Hacker News: Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords

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    Source URL: https://www.freshpaint.io/blog/rudderstack-collecting-passwords Source: Hacker News Title: Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant security concern related to RudderStack’s data collection tool, emphasizing how the autotrack feature can inadvertently capture sensitive user information, including passwords, due to its implementation based on a flawed…

  • The Register: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/openai_los_alamos_national_lab/ Source: The Register Title: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right? Feedly Summary: Tackling disease, tick. High-energy physics, tick. Nuclear weapon security, also tick OpenAI has announced another deal with Uncle Sam, this time to get its very latest models in the hands of US government…

  • Hacker News: California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7k Times in 2023

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    Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/california-police-misused-state-databases-more-7000-times-2023 Source: Hacker News Title: California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7k Times in 2023 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant misuse of sensitive criminal justice data by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) and other California law enforcement agencies in 2023, highlighting…