Tag: GIS

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/us_dod_software_procurement/ Source: The Register Title: Pentagon declares war on ‘outdated’ software buying Feedly Summary: (If only that would keep folks off unsanctioned chat app side quests) The US Department of Defense (DoD) is overhauling its “outdated" software procurement systems, and insists it’s putting security at the forefront of decision-making processes.… AI Summary and…

The Register: From Russia with doubt: Go library’s Kremlin ties stoke fear

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/from_russia_with_doubt_go/ Source: The Register Title: From Russia with doubt: Go library’s Kremlin ties stoke fear Feedly Summary: Easyjson library’s presence in numerous open source projects alarms security biz Easyjson, a software library for serializing data in Golang applications, is maintained by developers affiliated with Russia’s VK Group.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

The Register: Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/cerebras_ceo_blasts_us_trade/ Source: The Register Title: Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win Feedly Summary: Feldman calls US’s AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’ Cerebras Systems’ dinner-plate-sized chips currently power the latest AI inference offerings from Meta and, soon, those of IBM, but US trade policy weighs heavy on…

The Register: Brain-inspired neuromorphic computer SpiNNaker overheated when coolers lost their chill

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/spinnaker_overheat/ Source: The Register Title: Brain-inspired neuromorphic computer SpiNNaker overheated when coolers lost their chill Feedly Summary: Too much hot air brings down Manchester Uni based neural network project Exclusive The brain-inspired SpiNNaker machine at Manchester University suffered an overheating incident over the Easter weekend that will send a chill down the spines…

Cloud Blog: Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc3944-proactive-hardening-recommendations/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines Feedly Summary: Background UNC3944, which overlaps with public reporting on Scattered Spider, is a financially-motivated threat actor characterized by its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims. In early operations, UNC3944 largely targeted telecommunications-related organizations to…

The Register: OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/openai_keep_nonprofit_in_charge/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge Feedly Summary: Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do OpenAI’s contentious plan to overhaul its corporate structure in favor of a conventional for-profit model has been reworked, with the AI giant…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Feed a video to a vision LLM as a sequence of JPEG frames on the CLI (also LLM 0.25)

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/5/llm-video-frames/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Feed a video to a vision LLM as a sequence of JPEG frames on the CLI (also LLM 0.25) Feedly Summary: The new llm-video-frames plugin can turn a video file into a sequence of JPEG frames and feed them directly into a long context vision LLM such…

Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime

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Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/05/microsoft-partners-with-global-anti-scam-alliance-to-fight-cybercrime/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime Feedly Summary: In 2024 alone, scammers drained the global economy of more than $1.03 trillion. Together, Microsoft and the other members of GASA hope to stem these losses going forward. The post Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance…

Cloud Blog: Build live voice-driven agentic applications with Vertex AI Gemini Live API

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