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  • Schneier on Security: Google Sues the Badbox Botnet Operators

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/google-sues-the-badbox-botnet-operators.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Google Sues the Badbox Botnet Operators Feedly Summary: It will be interesting to watch what will come of this private lawsuit: Google on Thursday announced filing a lawsuit against the operators of the Badbox 2.0 botnet, which has ensnared more than 10 million devices running Android open…

  • Slashdot: Funding For Program To Stop Next Stuxnet From Hitting US Expired Sunday

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2250221/funding-for-program-to-stop-next-stuxnet-from-hitting-us-expired-sunday Source: Slashdot Title: Funding For Program To Stop Next Stuxnet From Hitting US Expired Sunday Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The expiration of government funding for a key cyber defense program, the CyberSentry Program, has left critical infrastructure in the U.S. vulnerable to potential cyberattacks. This cessation impacts the…

  • Slashdot: Humans Can Be Tracked With Unique ‘Fingerprint’ Based On How Their Bodies Block Wi-Fi Signals

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    Source URL: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2112203/humans-can-be-tracked-with-unique-fingerprint-based-on-how-their-bodies-block-wi-fi-signals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Humans Can Be Tracked With Unique ‘Fingerprint’ Based On How Their Bodies Block Wi-Fi Signals Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers from La Sapienza University in Rome have developed “WhoFi,” a novel system that leverages the distortion of Wi-Fi signals caused by human bodies to identify…

  • Slashdot: Amazon Buys Bee AI Wearable That Listens To Everything You Say

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2116255/amazon-buys-bee-ai-wearable-that-listens-to-everything-you-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon Buys Bee AI Wearable That Listens To Everything You Say Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s acquisition of Bee highlights a significant step in the intersection of AI technology and privacy measures, particularly through the development of an AI-powered wearable. This move has implications for…

  • Slashdot: Brave Browser Blocks Microsoft Recall By Default

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2033221/brave-browser-blocks-microsoft-recall-by-default?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Brave Browser Blocks Microsoft Recall By Default Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Brave Browser has taken proactive measures to block Microsoft’s Recall feature by default for users on Windows 11 and above, addressing significant privacy concerns associated with potential misuse. This decision aligns with Brave’s…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World Feedly Summary: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World It turns out that as I was typing up my notes on Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 the Qwen team were unleashing something much bigger: Today, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date. Qwen3-Coder…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Significant new model release from Qwen, published yesterday without much fanfare. This is a follow-up to their April release of the full Qwen 3 model family, which included a Qwen3-235B-A22B model which could handle both reasoning and non-reasoning prompts (via a /no_think toggle).…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/subliminal-learning/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data Feedly Summary: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data This new alignment paper from Anthropic wins my prize for best illustrative figure so far this year: The researchers found that…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Our contribution to a global environmental standard for AI

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/mistral-environmental-standard/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Our contribution to a global environmental standard for AI Feedly Summary: Our contribution to a global environmental standard for AI Mistral have released environmental impact numbers for their largest model, Mistral Large 2, in more detail than I have seen from any of the other large AI…