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  • The Register: Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/privacy_preserving_location_sharing/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away Feedly Summary: ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Computer scientists from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom have proposed a way to provide verifiable…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI Codex

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/16/openai-codex/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI Codex Feedly Summary: OpenAI Codex Announced today, here’s the documentation for OpenAI’s “cloud-based software engineering agent". It’s not yet available for us $20/month Plus customers ("coming soon") but if you’re a $200/month Pro user you can try it out today. At a high level, you specify…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Vulnerability transparency: strengthening security through responsible disclosure

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/vulnerability-transparency-strengthening-security-through-responsible/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Vulnerability transparency: strengthening security through responsible disclosure Feedly Summary: In line with CISA’s Secure By Design pledge, Cloudflare shares its vulnerability disclosure process, CVE issuance criteria, and CNA duties. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Cloudflare’s commitment to cybersecurity as exemplified by its participation…

  • Cloud Blog: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/techniques-for-improving-text-to-sql/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained Feedly Summary: Organizations depend on fast and accurate data-driven insights to make decisions, and SQL is at the core of how they access that data. With Gemini, Google can generate SQL directly from natural language — a.k.a. text-to-SQL. This…

  • Cloud Blog: AI Hypercomputer developer experience enhancements from Q1 25: build faster, scale bigger

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/ai-hypercomputer-enhancements-for-the-developer/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI Hypercomputer developer experience enhancements from Q1 25: build faster, scale bigger Feedly Summary: Building cutting-edge AI models is exciting, whether you’re iterating in your notebook or orchestrating large clusters. However, scaling up training can present significant challenges, including navigating complex infrastructure, configuring software and dependencies across numerous…

  • Slashdot: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/140222/google-dominates-ai-patent-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has taken the lead in generative AI-related patents, surpassing IBM, and sets the pace in emerging agentic AI technologies. This shift not only emphasizes the competitive landscape in AI innovation among tech giants but also…

  • The Register: Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/socket_get_jacked_with_reachability/ Source: The Register Title: Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore Feedly Summary: Sometimes, less information is more In its latest gambit to reduce the noise of unnecessary security alerts, Socket has acquired Coana, a startup founded in 2022 by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark that…

  • Cloud Blog: Expanding our Risk Protection Program with new insurance partners and AI coverage

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/whats-new-with-google-clouds-risk-protection-program/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Expanding our Risk Protection Program with new insurance partners and AI coverage Feedly Summary: Today’s businesses have a vital need to manage and, when appropriate, transfer cyber risk in their cloud environments — even with robust security measures in place. At Google Cloud Next last month, we unveiled…

  • The Register: Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they’re ready to rock

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/new_job_machine_learning_administrator/ Source: The Register Title: Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they’re ready to rock Feedly Summary: IT department keeps the infrastructure. Then this new persona takes over and handles the AI stuff Some organizations have started hiring for a new tech job: The Machine Learning Administrator…