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Tag: Signal

  • Slashdot: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2225224/mouse-sensors-can-pick-up-speech-from-surface-vibrations-researchers-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mouse Sensors Can Pick Up Speech From Surface Vibrations, Researchers Show Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have identified a security vulnerability in high-performance optical mice that can be exploited to capture audio data from a user’s environment, effectively turning…

  • Slashdot: Signal Braces For Quantum Age With SPQR Encryption Upgrade

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/234236/signal-braces-for-quantum-age-with-spqr-encryption-upgrade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal Braces For Quantum Age With SPQR Encryption Upgrade Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Signal’s introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR) marks a significant enhancement in encryption protocols, incorporating quantum-resistant cryptography into its messaging platform. This upgrade, called the Triple Ratchet, is designed to…

  • The Register: Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/microsoft_maia_dc/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips Feedly Summary: Pivot will hinge on success of next-gen Maia accelerator Microsoft buys a lot of GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD. But moving forward, Redmond’s leaders want to shift the majority of…

  • Cloud Blog: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/building-momentum-for-gen-media-including-nano-banana-/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: It’s been exciting to see the capabilities of Nano Banana, our latest image editing model available in Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, go viral. And with transformative workflows like these, it is easy to see…

  • Slashdot: Intel and AMD Trusted Enclaves, a Foundation For Network Security, Fall To Physical Attacks

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/229239/intel-and-amd-trusted-enclaves-a-foundation-for-network-security-fall-to-physical-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Intel and AMD Trusted Enclaves, a Foundation For Network Security, Fall To Physical Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers have introduced two significant hardware attacks, Battering RAM and Wiretap, that compromise Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP trusted enclaves. These attacks exploit flaws in deterministic encryption…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Two more Chinese pelicans

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/1/two-pelicans/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Two more Chinese pelicans Feedly Summary: Two new models from Chinese AI labs in the past few days. I tried them both out using llm-openrouter: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp from DeepSeek. Announcement, Tech Report, Hugging Face (690GB, MIT license). As an intermediate step toward our next-generation architecture, V3.2-Exp builds upon…

  • The Register: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/us_government_shutdown_it_seccurity/ Source: The Register Title: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew Feedly Summary: The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and…

  • AWS News Blog: Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances for containerized applications

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-ecs-managed-instances-for-containerized-applications/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances for containerized applications Feedly Summary: Amazon ECS Managed Instances is a new compute option that eliminates infrastructure management overhead while giving you access to the broad suite of EC2 capabilities including the flexibility to select instance types, access reserved capacity, and advanced…