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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/9/gemini-implicit-caching/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching Feedly Summary: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching I just spotted a cacheTokensDetails key in the token usage JSON while running a long chain of prompts against Gemini 2.5 Flash – despite not configuring caching myself: {“cachedContentTokenCount": 200658, "promptTokensDetails":…

  • Scott Logic: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/08/new-tools-new-flow-the-cognitive-shift-of-ai-powered-coding.html Source: Scott Logic Title: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding Feedly Summary: Adopting AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT is a challenging yet rewarding journey that requires time, experimentation, and a shift in how developers approach their workflows. This post explores why these tools are hard…

  • Slashdot: Cloudflare CEO: AI Is Killing the Business Model of the Web

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/08/1952225/cloudflare-ceo-ai-is-killing-the-business-model-of-the-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cloudflare CEO: AI Is Killing the Business Model of the Web Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare, highlighted significant concerns regarding the future of the web’s economic model due to the rise of AI, particularly in the context of content creation…

  • The Register: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/google_gemini_update_prevents_disabling/ Source: The Register Title: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors Feedly Summary: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t help with that’ Google’s latest update to its Gemini family of large language models appears to have broken the controls for configuring safety settings, breaking applications that require lowered guardrails,…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Using AI to stop tech support scams in Chrome

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2025/05/using-ai-to-stop-tech-support-scams-in.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Using AI to stop tech support scams in Chrome Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the integration of an on-device large language model (LLM) in Chrome 137 to enhance protection against tech support scams. This novel approach allows for real-time detection…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: The IT help desk kindly requests you read this newsletter

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/the-it-help-desk-kindly-requests-you-read-this-newsletter/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: The IT help desk kindly requests you read this newsletter Feedly Summary: How do attackers exploit authority bias to manipulate victims? Martin shares proactive strategies to protect yourself and others in this must-read edition of the Threat Source newsletter. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text…

  • Cloud Blog: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/a-closer-look-at-earth-engine-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next 25, we announced a major step forward in geospatial analytics: Earth Engine in BigQuery. This new capability unlocks Earth Engine raster analytics directly in BigQuery, making advanced analysis of geospatial datasets derived from…

  • Cloud Blog: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performance

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/search-indexes-with-column-granularity-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performance Feedly Summary: BigQuery delivers optimized search/lookup query performance by efficiently pruning irrelevant files. However, in some cases, additional column information is required for search indexes to further optimize query performance. To help, we recently announced indexing with…

  • Slashdot: Ghost Students Are Creating an ‘Agonizing’ Problem For California Colleges

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/08/012245/ghost-students-are-creating-an-agonizing-problem-for-california-colleges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ghost Students Are Creating an ‘Agonizing’ Problem For California Colleges Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The rise of “ghost students”—AI agents posing as real students in online courses—has become a significant issue in community colleges, particularly exacerbated by the pandemic. This phenomenon is linked to an…

  • CSA: Cybersecurity for SMB’s: Threats You Can’t Ignore

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    Source URL: https://www.vikingcloud.com/blog/smb-cybersecurity-survey-statistics-threats Source: CSA Title: Cybersecurity for SMB’s: Threats You Can’t Ignore Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the critical cybersecurity challenges faced by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. economy, revealing that many are dangerously unprepared for cyberattacks and often rely on inadequate self-management strategies. This…