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  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/07/2149212/microsofts-cloud-services-disrupted-by-red-sea-cable-cuts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights the recent disruption of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services due to undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, impacting internet traffic in the Middle East and parts of Asia. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude Opus 4.1 and Opus 4 degraded quality

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/30/claude-degraded-quality/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude Opus 4.1 and Opus 4 degraded quality Feedly Summary: Claude Opus 4.1 and Opus 4 degraded quality Notable because often when people complain of degraded model quality it turns out to be unfounded – Anthropic in the past have emphasized that they don’t change the model…

  • Cloud Blog: From query to cart: Inside Target’s search bar overhaul with AlloyDB AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/retail/from-query-to-cart-inside-targets-search-bar-overhaul-with-alloydb-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From query to cart: Inside Target’s search bar overhaul with AlloyDB AI Feedly Summary: Editor’s note: Target set out to modernize its digital search experience to better match guest expectations and support more intuitive discovery across millions of products. To meet that challenge, they rebuilt their platform with…

  • The Register: If you thought China’s Salt Typhoon was booted off critical networks, think again

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/china_salt_typhoon_alert/ Source: The Register Title: If you thought China’s Salt Typhoon was booted off critical networks, think again Feedly Summary: 13 governments sound the alarm about ongoing unpleasantness China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies continue their years-long hacking campaign targeting critical industries around the world, according to a joint security alert from cyber and law…

  • Slashdot: Parents Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT’s Role In Son’s Suicide

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/26/1958256/parents-sue-openai-over-chatgpts-role-in-sons-suicide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Parents Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT’s Role In Son’s Suicide Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a tragic event involving a teen’s suicide, raising critical concerns about the limitations of AI safety features in chatbots like ChatGPT. The incident highlights significant challenges in ensuring…

  • Embrace The Red: How Deep Research Agents Can Leak Your Data

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/chatgpt-deep-research-connectors-data-spill-and-leaks/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: How Deep Research Agents Can Leak Your Data Feedly Summary: Recently, many of our favorite AI chatbots have gotten autonomous research capabilities. This allows the AI to go off for an extended period of time, while having access to tools, such as web search, integrations, connectors and…

  • Slashdot: FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted ‘Thousands’ of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/0638238/fbi-warns-russian-hackers-targeted-thousands-of-critical-us-infrastructure-it-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted ‘Thousands’ of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a significant security threat posed by Russian state-sponsored hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure through vulnerabilities in Cisco devices. The report emphasizes the risks posed by unpatched…

  • Cloud Blog: Intelligent code conversion: Databricks Spark SQL to BigQuery SQL via Gemini

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/automate-sql-translation-databricks-to-bigquery-with-gemini/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Intelligent code conversion: Databricks Spark SQL to BigQuery SQL via Gemini Feedly Summary: As data platforms evolve and businesses diversify their cloud ecosystems, the need to migrate SQL workloads between engines is becoming increasingly common. Recently, I had the opportunity to work on translating a set of Databricks…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/12/claude-sonnet-4-1m/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context Feedly Summary: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context Gemini and OpenAI both have million token models, so it’s good to see Anthropic catching up. This is 5x the previous 200,000 context length limit of the…