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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/11/the-rule-of-2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Feedly Summary: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Alex Russell pointed me to this principle in the Chromium security documentation as similar to my description of the lethal trifecta. First added in 2019, the Chromium guideline states: When you write code…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Cloud’s commitment to EU AI Act support

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-clouds-commitment-to-eu-ai-act-support/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Cloud’s commitment to EU AI Act support Feedly Summary: Google Cloud is committed to being a trusted partner for customers who are navigating AI regulations in Europe. We have long understood that this requires a proactive and collaborative approach in order to ensure Europeans can access secure,…

  • Cloud Blog: How ChromeOS propelled Korean Air’s digital transformation

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/how-chromeos-propelled-korean-airs-digital-transformation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How ChromeOS propelled Korean Air’s digital transformation Feedly Summary: Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Choi HeeJung, Chief Information Officer for Korean Air, one of the world’s top 20 airlines, serving 117 cities across 40 countries on five continents. Renowned for its commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction,…

  • 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.…