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The Register: HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend

Sep 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/hopefully_just_a_poc_hybridpetya/ Source: The Register Title: HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend Feedly Summary: Although it hasn’t been seen in the wild yet A new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya was able to exploit a patched vulnerability to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot on unrevoked…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!"

Aug 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!" Feedly Summary: I’ve fallen a few days behind keeping up with Qwen. They released two new 4B models last week: Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 and its thinking equivalent Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507. These are relatively tiny models that punch way above their weight. I’ve…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think officially achieves gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad

Jul 21, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/21/gemini-imo/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think officially achieves gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad Feedly Summary: Advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think officially achieves gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad OpenAI beat them to the punch in terms of publicity by publishing their…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: How OpenElections Uses LLMs

Jun 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/how-openelections-uses-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How OpenElections Uses LLMs Feedly Summary: How OpenElections Uses LLMs The OpenElections project collects detailed election data for the USA, all the way down to the precinct level. This is a surprisingly hard problem: while county and state-level results are widely available, precinct-level results are published in…

Hacker News: Researchers get spiking neural behavior out of a pair of transistors

Mar 28, 2025

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Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/researchers-get-spiking-neural-behavior-out-of-a-pair-of-transistors/ Source: Hacker News Title: Researchers get spiking neural behavior out of a pair of transistors Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in neuromorphic computing and energy efficiency in AI, particularly through innovative use of silicon transistors to mimic neuronal behavior. This has substantial implications for…

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The Register: HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!"

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think officially achieves gold-medal standard at the International Mathematical Olympiad

Simon Willison’s Weblog: How OpenElections Uses LLMs

Hacker News: Researchers get spiking neural behavior out of a pair of transistors