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  • Slashdot: Meta’s Superintelligence Lab Considers Shift To Closed AI Model

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    Source URL: https://meta.slashdot.org/story/25/07/14/2048202/metas-superintelligence-lab-considers-shift-to-closed-ai-model?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta’s Superintelligence Lab Considers Shift To Closed AI Model Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s superintelligence lab is reportedly considering a shift from open-source A.I. models to a closed model. This decision, if made, could signal a fundamental change in Meta’s approach to artificial intelligence, moving…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: How TimescaleDB helped us scale analytics and reporting

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/timescaledb-art/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: How TimescaleDB helped us scale analytics and reporting Feedly Summary: Cloudflare chose TimescaleDB to power its Digital Experience Monitoring and Zero Trust Analytics products. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the reasoning behind Cloudflare’s choice to use PostgreSQL and subsequently TimescaleDB for analytics within…

  • Cloud Blog: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/smarterx-migrating-to-bigquery-from-snowflake-cut-costs-in-half/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half Feedly Summary: In 2024, retail sales for consumer packaged goods were worth $7.5 trillion globally. Their sheer variety — from cosmetics to clothing, frozen vegetables to vitamins  — is hard to fathom. And distribution…

  • Slashdot: VP.net Promises "Cryptographically Verifiable Privacy"

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/1852224/vpnet-promises-cryptographically-verifiable-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: VP.net Promises "Cryptographically Verifiable Privacy" Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of VP.net, a VPN service that leverages Intel SGX enclaves to provide users with “cryptographically verifiable privacy.” By ensuring that even the VPN provider cannot track user activities, this service challenges…

  • Slashdot: Apple Warns Australia Against Joining EU In Mandating iPhone App Sideloading

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/06/2249222/apple-warns-australia-against-joining-eu-in-mandating-iphone-app-sideloading?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Warns Australia Against Joining EU In Mandating iPhone App Sideloading Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has expressed strong opposition to proposed Australian regulations that would require app sideloading, akin to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. The company asserts that such policies would significantly…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI-assisted development needs automated tests

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/28/automated-tests/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI-assisted development needs automated tests Feedly Summary: I wonder if one of the reasons I’m finding LLMs so much more useful for coding than a lot of people that I see in online discussions is that effectively all of the code I work on has automated tests.…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-google-cloud-security-team-helps-build-securely/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google Cloud’s security team helps build securely Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Iain Mulholland, senior director, Security Engineering, pulls back the curtain on how Google Cloud approaches security engineering and how we take secure by design…

  • Slashdot: NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously?

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/26/0742205/nyt-asks-should-we-start-taking-the-welfare-of-ai-seriously Source: Slashdot Title: NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the burgeoning concept of “AI model welfare,” questioning whether advanced AI systems may warrant moral consideration akin to that given to sentient beings. This idea, gaining traction…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/04/17/microsofts-secure-by-design-journey-one-year-of-success/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft’s Secure by Design journey: One year of success Feedly Summary: Read about the initiatives Microsoft has undertaken over the past 18 months to support secure by design, secure by default, and secure in operations objectives as part of our SFI Initiative. The post Microsoft’s Secure by…