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  • Slashdot: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/232218/uk-to-ban-public-sector-orgs-from-paying-ransomware-gangs Source: Slashdot Title: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The UK government’s proposed legislation to ban public sector and critical infrastructure entities from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks reflects a proactive approach to combatting cybercrime. This move could significantly impact…

  • Slashdot: Funding For Program To Stop Next Stuxnet From Hitting US Expired Sunday

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2250221/funding-for-program-to-stop-next-stuxnet-from-hitting-us-expired-sunday Source: Slashdot Title: Funding For Program To Stop Next Stuxnet From Hitting US Expired Sunday Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The expiration of government funding for a key cyber defense program, the CyberSentry Program, has left critical infrastructure in the U.S. vulnerable to potential cyberattacks. This cessation impacts the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World Feedly Summary: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World It turns out that as I was typing up my notes on Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 the Qwen team were unleashing something much bigger: Today, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date. Qwen3-Coder…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is now stable and generally available

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/gemini-25-flash-lite/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is now stable and generally available Feedly Summary: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is now stable and generally available The last remaining member of the Gemini 2.5 trio joins Pro and Flash in General Availability today. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the cheapest of the 2.5 family,…

  • Cloud Blog: The Dataproc advantage: Advanced Spark features that will transform your analytics and AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/why-use-dataproc-for-your-apache-spark-environment/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The Dataproc advantage: Advanced Spark features that will transform your analytics and AI Feedly Summary: With its exceptional price-performance, Google Cloud’s Dataproc has evolved from a simple, managed open-source software (OSS) service to a powerhouse in Apache Spark and open lakehouses, driving the analytics and AI workloads of…

  • Slashdot: Google Launches OSS Rebuild

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/144239/google-launches-oss-rebuild?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Launches OSS Rebuild Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has launched OSS Rebuild, a project aimed at detecting supply chain attacks in open source software by independently verifying package builds from major repositories. The initiative addresses significant security threats in the open-source ecosystem and highlights…

  • Anchore: From Cost Center to Revenue Driver: How Compliance Became Security’s Best Friend

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    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/from-cost-center-to-revenue-driver-how-compliance-became-securitys-best-friend/ Source: Anchore Title: From Cost Center to Revenue Driver: How Compliance Became Security’s Best Friend Feedly Summary: An exclusive look at insights from the ITGRC Forum’s latest webinar on demonstrating the value of cybersecurity investments. Three cybersecurity veterans with a combined 80+ years of experience recently gathered for a Forum webinar that…

  • The Register: Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/cursor_ai_safeguards_easily_bypassed/ Source: The Register Title: Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns Feedly Summary: You only live once, but regret is forever Cursor’s AI coding agent will run automatically, in YOLO mode, if you let it. According to Backslash Security, you might want to think twice about doing…