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  • Slashdot: Are Software Registries Inherently Insecure?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2318202/are-software-registries-inherently-insecure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Are Software Registries Inherently Insecure? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the persistent issues related to software supply chain attacks, emphasizing weaknesses in the design of software registries like npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub. It highlights how inadequate safeguards allowed for multiple registry breaches…

  • Slashdot: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2225224/mouse-sensors-can-pick-up-speech-from-surface-vibrations-researchers-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have identified a security vulnerability in high-performance optical mice that can be exploited to capture audio data from a user’s environment, effectively turning…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Let the LLM Write the Prompts: An Intro to DSPy in Compound Al Pipelines

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/4/drew-on-dspy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Let the LLM Write the Prompts: An Intro to DSPy in Compound Al Pipelines Feedly Summary: Let the LLM Write the Prompts: An Intro to DSPy in Compound Al Pipelines I’ve had trouble getting my head around DSPy in the past. This half hour talk by Drew…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/2142243/microsofts-cto-hopes-to-swap-most-amd-and-nvidia-gpus-for-in-house-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is transitioning its AI workloads from traditional GPUs to its proprietary accelerators to enhance cost efficiency in its datacenters. This move exemplifies a trend towards customized hardware…

  • Slashdot: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/0357255/amazons-ring-plans-to-scan-everyones-face-at-the-door?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s introduction of facial recognition for Ring doorbells raises significant privacy concerns regarding the collection and usage of biometric data without consent. While it empowers users, critics highlight ethical and legal…

  • Slashdot: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/2027237/google-confirms-android-dev-verification-will-have-free-and-paid-tiers-no-public-list-of-devs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s upcoming changes in Android 16 regarding app installation and verification, underscoring increased reliance on cloud-based processes and potential costs for developers.…

  • Cloud Blog: Connect Spark data pipelines to Gemini and other AI models with Dataproc ML library

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/gemini-and-vertex-ai-for-spark-with-dataproc-ml-library/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Connect Spark data pipelines to Gemini and other AI models with Dataproc ML library Feedly Summary: Many data science teams rely on Apache Spark running on Dataproc managed clusters for powerful, large-scale data preparation. As these teams look to connect their data pipelines directly to machine learning models,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Sora 2 prompt injection

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/3/cameo-prompt-injections/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Sora 2 prompt injection Feedly Summary: It turns out Sora 2 is vulnerable to prompt injection! When you onboard to Sora you get the option to create your own “cameo" – a virtual video recreation of yourself. Here’s mine singing opera at the Royal Albert Hall. You…