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  • The Register: Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/hlrs_supercomputer_hunter/ Source: The Register Title: Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer Feedly Summary: €15 million system to serve as testbed for larger Herder supercomputer coming in 2027 Hundreds of AMD APUs fired up on Thursday as Germany’s High-Performance Computing Center (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart announced the completion of its latest supercomputer dubbed…

  • Hacker News: Thoughts on a Month with Devin

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    Source URL: https://www.answer.ai/posts/2025-01-08-devin.html Source: Hacker News Title: Thoughts on a Month with Devin Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides an in-depth analysis of an AI-driven programming assistant named Devin, highlighting both its potential and failures in software development tasks. The initial successes in API interactions and documentation are contrasted…

  • The Register: AWS adds 32-vCPU option and an easier on-ramp to its cloudy desktops

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/aws_workspaces_upgrades/ Source: The Register Title: AWS adds 32-vCPU option and an easier on-ramp to its cloudy desktops Feedly Summary: Weirdly, this shows the weakness of hosted Windows with an admission about vidchats Amazon Web Services has flicked the switch on a pair of workstation-grade cloud desktops that, ironically, highlight a problem with the…

  • Enterprise AI Trends: Why AI Agents Feel Scammy, Despite the Impressive Demos

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    Source URL: https://nextword.substack.com/p/why-ai-agents-feel-useless-despite Source: Enterprise AI Trends Title: Why AI Agents Feel Scammy, Despite the Impressive Demos Feedly Summary: Hint: AI Agents Are Sometimes Not the Right Tool for the Job AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolving role of AI agents in software engineering, emphasizing the transition from human-AI collaboration…

  • Chip Huyen: Common pitfalls when building generative AI applications

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    Source URL: https://huyenchip.com//2025/01/16/ai-engineering-pitfalls.html Source: Chip Huyen Title: Common pitfalls when building generative AI applications Feedly Summary: As we’re still in the early days of building applications with foundation models, it’s normal to make mistakes. This is a quick note with examples of some of the most common pitfalls that I’ve seen, both from public case…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting gwern

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/16/gwern/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting gwern Feedly Summary: […] much of the point of a model like o1 is not to deploy it, but to generate training data for the next model. Every problem that an o1 solves is now a training data point for an o3 (eg. any o1 session…

  • Alerts: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/16/cisa-and-partners-release-call-action-close-national-software-understanding-gap Source: Alerts Title: CISA and Partners Release Call to Action to Close the National Software Understanding Gap Feedly Summary: Today, CISA—in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E), and the National Security Agency (NSA)—published Closing the Software…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Twelve Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/16/cisa-releases-twelve-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Twelve Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released twelve Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 16, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-016-01 Siemens Mendix LDAP ICSA-25-016-02 Siemens Industrial Edge Management ICSA-25-016-03 Siemens Siveillance Video Camera…

  • Cloud Blog: Bitly: Protecting users from malicious links with Web Risk

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/bitly-ensuring-real-time-link-safety-with-web-risk-to-protect-people/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Bitly: Protecting users from malicious links with Web Risk Feedly Summary: Bitly’s partnership with Google Web Risk helps enhance Bitly’s ability to protect users and build trust as they generate millions of links and QR Codes daily.  Over the last decade, Bitly has solidified its reputation as a…

  • Cloud Blog: C4A, the first Google Axion Processor, now GA with Titanium SSD

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/first-google-axion-processor-c4a-now-ga-with-titanium-ssd/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: C4A, the first Google Axion Processor, now GA with Titanium SSD Feedly Summary: Today, we are thrilled to announce the general availability of C4A virtual machines with Titanium SSDs custom designed by Google for cloud workloads that require real-time data processing, with low-latency and high-throughput storage performance. Titanium…