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  • Slashdot: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/2257245/browser-extensions-turn-nearly-1-million-browsers-into-website-scraping-bots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the alarming discovery of over 240 browser extensions that have exploited users’ browsers to scrape sensitive data without their consent. This incident highlights substantial privacy and security implications,…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Create World’s First Completely Verifiable Random Number Generator

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/1656252/researchers-create-worlds-first-completely-verifiable-random-number-generator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Create World’s First Completely Verifiable Random Number Generator Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The development of a novel quantum random number generator offers a significant advancement in verifying and auditing randomness, crucial for enhancing online security and cryptography. This breakthrough eliminates previous limitations found in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-rust

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/llm-fragments-rust/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-rust Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-rust Inspired by Filippo Valsorda’s llm-fragments-go, Francois Garillot created llm-fragments-rust, an LLM fragments plugin that lets you pull documentation for any Rust crate directly into a prompt to LLM. I really like this example, which uses two fragments to load documentation for two crates…

  • Slashdot: JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Truly Random Numbers

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/2334255/jpmorgan-says-quantum-experiment-generated-truly-random-numbers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Truly Random Numbers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: JPMorgan Chase has achieved a significant breakthrough in encryption and security by using Honeywell’s Quantinuum quantum computer to generate mathematically certified truly random numbers, with implications for various applications like cryptocurrency and online…