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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/year-in-review-key-vulnerabilities-tools-and-shifts-in-attacker-email-tactics/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Year in Review: Key vulnerabilities, tools, and shifts in attacker email tactics Feedly Summary: From Talos’ 2024 Year in Review, here are some findings from the top targeted network device vulnerabilities. We also explore how threat actors are moving away from time sensitive lures in their emails.…

  • Schneier on Security: Arguing Against CALEA

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/arguing-against-calea.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Arguing Against CALEA Feedly Summary: At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought: In other words, while the legally-mandated CALEA…

  • The Register: IBM’s z17 mainframe – now with 7.5x more AI performance

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/ibm_z17_update/ Source: The Register Title: IBM’s z17 mainframe – now with 7.5x more AI performance Feedly Summary: Who wouldn’t want predictive business insights in a week like this? (We jest, it can’t solve for Trump tariffs) IBM’s latest mainframe builds on the platform’s traditional attributes of security and reliability for mission-critical workloads, adding…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/energy-environment/gas-turbines-power-plants.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants Feedly Summary: Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I. AI…

  • The Register: As CISA braces for more cuts, threat intel sharing takes a hit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/cisa_cuts_threat_intel/ Source: The Register Title: As CISA braces for more cuts, threat intel sharing takes a hit Feedly Summary: Will ‘gutting’ the civilian defense agency make American cybersecurity great again? Analysis Slashing staff at the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, and scrapping vital programs, isn’t exactly boosting national security,…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models ‘3 or 6 Months Behind’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/07/1354220/microsoft-ai-chief-sees-advantage-in-building-models-3-or-6-months-behind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models ‘3 or 6 Months Behind’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, explains the company’s strategic decision to develop AI models slightly behind the cutting edge for cost savings and focused implementation. This approach suggests…

  • The Register: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/chrome_135_history_sniffing/ Source: The Register Title: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history Feedly Summary: After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andriy Burkov

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/6/andriy-burkov/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andriy Burkov Feedly Summary: […] The disappointing releases of both GPT-4.5 and Llama 4 have shown that if you don’t train a model to reason with reinforcement learning, increasing its size no longer provides benefits. Reinforcement learning is limited only to domains where a reward can…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Welcome to Developer Week 2025

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-to-developer-week-2025/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Welcome to Developer Week 2025 Feedly Summary: We’re kicking off Cloudflare’s 2025 Developer Week — our innovation week dedicated to announcements for developers. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights Cloudflare’s Developer Week in 2025, focusing on advancements in AI, coding, and platform development for…