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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/1458253/uk-secretly-allows-facial-recognition-scans-of-passport-immigration-databases Source: Slashdot Title: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses significant privacy concerns regarding the UK police’s deployment of facial recognition technology using passport and immigration databases, lacking proper oversight. This raises important compliance and governance issues relevant…

Schneier on Security: Google Project Zero Changes Its Disclosure Policy

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/google-project-zero-changes-its-disclosure-policy.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Google Project Zero Changes Its Disclosure Policy Feedly Summary: Google’s vulnerability finding team is again pushing the envelope of responsible disclosure: Google’s Project Zero team will retain its existing 90+30 policy regarding vulnerability disclosures, in which it provides vendors with 90 days before full disclosure takes place,…

The Register: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases Feedly Summary: Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… AI Summary and Description:…

Slashdot: Amazon’s Cloud Business Giving Federal Agencies Up To $1 Billion In Discounts

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/2137222/amazons-cloud-business-giving-federal-agencies-up-to-1-billion-in-discounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon’s Cloud Business Giving Federal Agencies Up To $1 Billion In Discounts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has secured a partnership with the U.S. government that provides up to $1 billion in discounts for cloud services, which will accelerate the federal migration…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Previewing GPT-5 at OpenAI’s office

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/previewing-gpt-5/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Previewing GPT-5 at OpenAI’s office Feedly Summary: A couple of weeks ago I was invited to OpenAI’s headquarters for a “preview event", for which I had to sign both an NDA and a video release waiver. I suspected it might relate to either GPT-5 or the OpenAI…

Microsoft Security Blog: Announcing public preview: Phishing triage agent in Microsoft Defender

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Source URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftthreatprotectionblog/announcing-public-preview-phishing-triage-agent-in-microsoft-defender/4438301 Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Announcing public preview: Phishing triage agent in Microsoft Defender Feedly Summary: The Phishing Triage Agent in Microsoft Defender is now available in Public Preview. It tackles one of the most repetitive tasks in the SOC: handling reports of user-submitted phish. The post Announcing public preview: Phishing triage…

Cloud Blog: Secure your storage: Best practices to prevent dangling bucket takeovers

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/best-practices-to-prevent-dangling-bucket-takeovers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Secure your storage: Best practices to prevent dangling bucket takeovers Feedly Summary: Storage buckets are where your data lives in the cloud. Much like digital real estate, these buckets are your own plot of land on the internet. When you move away and no longer need a specific…

Cloud Blog: How Google and NASA are testing AI for medical care in space

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/how-google-and-nasa-are-testing-ai-for-medical-care-in-space/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Google and NASA are testing AI for medical care in space Feedly Summary: As NASA embarks on a new era of human spaceflight, beginning with the Artemis campaign’s aim to return to the Moon, preparations are underway to ensure crew health and wellness. This includes exploring whether…

Slashdot: ‘Facial Recognition Tech Mistook Me For Wanted Man’

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