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  • Slashdot: Can TrapC Fix C and C++ Memory Safety Issues?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/03/0654205/can-trapc-fix-c-and-c-memory-safety-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Can TrapC Fix C and C++ Memory Safety Issues? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The development of TrapC, a fork of the C programming language, aims to address longstanding memory safety issues associated with C and C++. The introduction of a cybersecurity-centric compiler, trapc, enhances security…

  • Hacker News: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data

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    Source URL: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/kaspersky-exposes-hidden-malware-on-github-stealing-personal-data-and-485000-in-bitcoin Source: Hacker News Title: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the discovery of a malicious campaign dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team, targeting gamers and crypto investors through compromised open-source repositories on GitHub. It…

  • Hacker News: Mozilla is trying to backtrack on Firefox’s controversial data privacy update

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    Source URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/mozilla-is-already-trying-to-backtrack-on-firefoxs-controversial-data-privacy-update-but-it-might-be-too-little-too-late/ Source: Hacker News Title: Mozilla is trying to backtrack on Firefox’s controversial data privacy update Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the controversy surrounding Mozilla’s recent update to the Terms of Use for Firefox, which has sparked outrage among users due to concerns over data privacy.…

  • Hacker News: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes

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    Source URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/towards-a-test-suite-for-totp-codes/ Source: Hacker News Title: Towards a test-suite for TOTP codes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) specification, highlighting discrepancies between major implementations and emphasizing the need for consistency in security standards. The author has created a test suite to help identify…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/accessibility-and-gen-ai/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence Feedly Summary: I was a guest on the most recent episode of the Accessibility + Gen AI Podcast, hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon. We had a really fun, wide-ranging conversation about a host of different topics.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/kellan-elliott-mccrea/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea Feedly Summary: Regarding the recent blog post, I think a simpler explanation is that hallucinating a non-existent library is a such an inhuman error it throws people. A human making such an error would be almost unforgivably careless. — Kellan Elliott-McCrea Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai,…

  • Hacker News: Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’

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    Source URL: https://fortune.com/2025/02/28/sergey-brin-60-hours-work-week-rto-gemini-artificial-general-intelligence/ Source: Hacker News Title: Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Sergey Brin’s emphasis on increased in-office work and longer hours reflects a pressing drive within Google to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). He advocates for productivity-boosting practices among…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/hallucinations-in-code/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes Feedly Summary: A surprisingly common complaint I see from developers who have tried using LLMs for code is that they encountered a hallucination – usually the LLM inventing a method or even a full software library…

  • Hacker News: 3x Improvement with Infinite Retrieval: Attention Enhanced LLMs in Long-Context

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12962 Source: Hacker News Title: 3x Improvement with Infinite Retrieval: Attention Enhanced LLMs in Long-Context Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel approach called InfiniRetri, which enhances long-context processing capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by utilizing their own attention mechanisms for improved retrieval accuracy. This…