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  • Slashdot: Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/01/2314206/salesforce-ceo-says-ai-enabled-him-to-cut-4000-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The statement by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff highlights the transformative impact of AI on workforce management within the organization, revealing a significant reduction in headcount due to the adoption of AI…

  • Enterprise AI Trends: OpenAI’s Open Source Strategy

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    Source URL: https://blog.ainativefirm.com/p/openai-open-source-strategy-gpt-oss Source: Enterprise AI Trends Title: OpenAI’s Open Source Strategy Feedly Summary: OpenAI assures everyone that they care about enterprise AI AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the importance of an effective AI strategy for businesses, particularly in the context of OpenAI’s recent launch of two open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b and…

  • Slashdot: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/2141250/google-cloud-caused-outage-by-ignoring-its-usual-code-quality-protections?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Cloud Caused Outage By Ignoring Its Usual Code Quality Protections Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a major outage in Google Cloud caused by a flawed update to its Service Control system, highlighting critical issues related to error handling and the lack of…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/technology/softbank-ampere-chips.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion Feedly Summary: The move is a bet that Ampere’s chips can begin playing a significant role in data centers for creating artificial intelligence. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SoftBank’s acquisition of Ampere…

  • Slashdot: DeepSeek Expands Business Scope in Potential Shift Towards Monetization

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/18/1634218/deepseek-expands-business-scope-in-potential-shift-towards-monetization Source: Slashdot Title: DeepSeek Expands Business Scope in Potential Shift Towards Monetization Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has updated its business registry to reflect significant personnel and operational changes aimed at monetizing its large language models (LLMs). This marks a strategic shift from a…

  • The Register: US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/us_newspaper_publisher_exercises_linguistic/ Source: The Register Title: US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware Feedly Summary: Called it an ‘incident’ in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service…

  • Wired: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ Source: Wired Title: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Schneier on Security: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/biden-signs-new-cybersecurity-order.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order Feedly Summary: President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide. Some details: The core of the executive order is an array of mandates…

  • Cloud Blog: Avoid global outages by partitioning cloud applications to reduce blast radius

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/how-to-partition-cloud-applications-to-avoid-global-outages/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Avoid global outages by partitioning cloud applications to reduce blast radius Feedly Summary: Cloud applications like Google Workspace provide benefits such as collaboration, availability, security, and cost-efficiency. However, for cloud application developers, there’s a fundamental conflict between achieving high availability and the constant evolution of cloud applications. Changes…

  • The Register: Cloudflare broke its logging-a-service service, causing customer data loss

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/cloudflare_logs_data_loss_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Cloudflare broke its logging-a-service service, causing customer data loss Feedly Summary: Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up Cloudflare has admitted that it broke its own logging-as-a-service service with a bad software update, and that customer data was…