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  • The Register: Pentagon ends Microsoft’s use of China-based support staff for DoD cloud

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/pentagon_ends_microsofts_use_of/ Source: The Register Title: Pentagon ends Microsoft’s use of China-based support staff for DoD cloud Feedly Summary: ‘It blows my mind,’ says SecDef The Pentagon has formally kiboshed Microsoft’s use of China-based employees to support Azure cloud services deployed by US government agencies, and it’s demanding Microsoft do more of its own…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Cloud’s open ecosystem for Apache Iceberg

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/committing-to-apache-iceberg-with-our-ecosystem-partners/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Cloud’s open ecosystem for Apache Iceberg Feedly Summary: AI is transforming data into a strategic asset, driving demand for flexible, integrated, and real-time data architectures. But yesterday’s data tools can’t handle AI’s demand for massive volumes of real-time and multi-modal data. Data lakes, for instance, offer flexibility…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/28/2058255/microsoft-reveals-two-in-house-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has launched two AI models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-Preview, enhancing its AI capabilities in speech generation and foundational model training. These developments present significant implications for professionals involved in AI, especially in relation to generative…

  • The Register: Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/microsoft_unveils_housemade_models_amid/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations Feedly Summary: Microsoft AI honcho insists partnership with Sam Altman’s brainbox behemoth is alive and well Microsoft has introduced two home-grown machine learning models, potentially complicating negotiations with its current favored model supplier, OpenAI.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • AWS News Blog: New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i Flex instances are now available

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-general-purpose-amazon-ec2-m8i-and-m8i-flex-instances-are-now-available/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i Flex instances are now available Feedly Summary: M8i and M8i-flex instances powered by Intel Xeon processors offer up to 15% better price performance, 20% higher performance, and 2.5 times more memory throughput compared to previous generations. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Embrace The Red: Windsurf MCP Integration: Missing Security Controls Put Users at Risk

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-dangers-lack-of-security-controls-for-mcp-server-tool-invocation/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Windsurf MCP Integration: Missing Security Controls Put Users at Risk Feedly Summary: Part of my default test cases for coding agents is to check how MCP integration looks like, especially if the agent can be configured to allow setting fine-grained controls for tools. Sometimes there are basic…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Link up, lift up, level up

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/link-up-lift-up-level-up/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Link up, lift up, level up Feedly Summary: This week, Joe encourages you to find your community in cybersecurity and make the effort to grow, network and hack stuff together. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a reflective overview of community networking within the…

  • The Register: Thousands of Citrix NetScaler boxes still sitting ducks despite patches

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/thousands_of_citrix_netscaler_boxes/ Source: The Register Title: Thousands of Citrix NetScaler boxes still sitting ducks despite patches Feedly Summary: Shadowserver counts more than 13,000 appliances still wide open – including thousands in US, Germany, and UK Thousands of Citrix NetScaler appliances remain exposed to a trio of security flaws that the vendor patched this week,…