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  • Cloud Blog: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-quantum-safe-digital-signatures-in-cloud-kms/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS Feedly Summary: The continued advancement of experimental quantum computing has raised concerns about the security of many of the world’s widely-used public-key cryptography systems. Crucially, there exists the potential for sufficiently large, cryptographically-relevant quantum computers to break these algorithms. This potential…

  • The Register: Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to ‘a million qubits’. So far: Eight

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/microsoft_majorana_1_chip/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to ‘a million qubits’. So far: Eight Feedly Summary: Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too Microsoft says it has developed a quantum-computing chip made with novel materials that is expected to enable…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing

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    Source URL: https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Microsoft has unveiled Majorana 1, the first quantum chip utilizing a groundbreaking Topological Core architecture that could enable quantum computing to address significant industrial challenges decades sooner than previously…

  • CSA: Y2K to 2025: Evolution of the Cybersecurity Landscape

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/02/12/from-y2k-to-2025-evolution-of-the-cybersecurity-and-information-security-landscape-over-the-past-25-years Source: CSA Title: Y2K to 2025: Evolution of the Cybersecurity Landscape Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reflects on the evolution of cybersecurity from the Y2K incident to contemporary challenges and advancements. It highlights key milestones in cybersecurity, emphasizing the growing significance of cybersecurity as a business imperative…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Hacker News: Fabrication Begins for Production OpenTitan Silicon – Google Open Source Blog

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    Source URL: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/02/fabrication-begins-for-production-opentitan-silicon.html Source: Hacker News Title: Fabrication Begins for Production OpenTitan Silicon – Google Open Source Blog Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details the announcement of Google’s production-ready OpenTitan silicon, the first open-source Root of Trust (RoT) for silicon. This initiative is significant for the security landscape of…

  • News: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together

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    Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/call-for-action-urgent-plan-needed-to-transition-to-post-quantum-cryptography-together Source: News Title: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together Feedly Summary: On 7 February 2025, Europol hosted a Quantum Safe Financial Forum (QSFF) event, during which the QSFF has issued a call to action for financial institutions and policymakers, urging them to prioritise the transition to…

  • News: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together

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    Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/call-for-action-urgent-plan-needed-to-transition-to-post-quantum-cryptography-together Source: News Title: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together Feedly Summary: On 7 February 2025, Europol hosted a Quantum Safe Financial Forum (QSFF) event, during which the QSFF has issued a call to action for financial institutions and policymakers, urging them to prioritise the transition to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/7/pip-install-llm-smollm2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB Feedly Summary: I just released llm-smollm2, a new plugin for LLM that bundles a quantized copy of the SmolLM2-135M-Instruct LLM inside of the Python package. This means you can now pip install a full LLM! If…