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  • Slashdot: Oracle Inks Cloud Deal Worth $30 Billion a Year

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/218226/oracle-inks-cloud-deal-worth-30-billion-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Oracle Inks Cloud Deal Worth $30 Billion a Year Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Oracle has secured a monumental $30 billion annual cloud agreement, marking a significant increase in its cloud infrastructure business. This deal, which will commence in fiscal year 2028, positions Oracle favorably within…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/30/vscode-copilot-chat/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat Feedly Summary: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat As promised at Build 2025 in May, Microsoft have released the GitHub Copilot Chat client for VS Code under an open source (MIT) license. So far this is just the extension that provides the chat component of Copilot, but the launch announcement promises…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s New AI Tool Outperforms Doctors 4-to-1 in Diagnostic Accuracy

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/1712220/microsofts-new-ai-tool-outperforms-doctors-4-to-1-in-diagnostic-accuracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s New AI Tool Outperforms Doctors 4-to-1 in Diagnostic Accuracy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has developed an AI diagnostic system that significantly outperforms human doctors in accuracy, achieving 80% compared to humans’ 20%. This innovation utilizes a “chain-of-debate” methodology with various leading AI models…

  • The Register: It’s 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/information_security_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: It’s 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators Feedly Summary: PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more Infosec in Brief Despite warnings not to pay ransomware operators, almost half of those infected by the…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Unveiling RIFT: Enhancing Rust malware analysis through pattern matching

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/06/27/unveiling-rift-enhancing-rust-malware-analysis-through-pattern-matching/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Unveiling RIFT: Enhancing Rust malware analysis through pattern matching Feedly Summary: Threat actors are adopting Rust for malware development. RIFT, an open-source tool, helps reverse engineers analyze Rust malware, solving challenges in the security industry. The post Unveiling RIFT: Enhancing Rust malware analysis through pattern matching appeared…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Moves Antivirus Software Out of Windows Kernel To Prevent CrowdStrike-Style Crashes

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/26/1650259/microsoft-moves-antivirus-software-out-of-windows-kernel-to-prevent-crowdstrike-style-crashes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Moves Antivirus Software Out of Windows Kernel To Prevent CrowdStrike-Style Crashes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is set to roll out a private preview of a new Windows endpoint security platform that significantly modifies how antivirus and endpoint detection and response applications interact with…