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  • Hacker News: OpenAI’s bot crushed this seven-person company’s web site ‘like a DDoS attack’

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/10/how-openais-bot-crushed-this-seven-person-companys-web-site-like-a-ddos-attack/ Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI’s bot crushed this seven-person company’s web site ‘like a DDoS attack’ Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant incident involving Triplegangers’ CEO Oleksandr Tomchuk, whose e-commerce site was subjected to aggressive scraping by OpenAI’s bot, leading to operational disruptions and…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/10/cisa-releases-four-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 10, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-010-01 Schneider Electric PowerChute Serial Shutdown ICSA-25-010-02 Schneider Electric Harmony HMI and Pro-face HMI…

  • Wired: Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/2024-dnc-cell-site-simulator-phone-surveillance/ Source: Wired Title: Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC Feedly Summary: Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:**…

  • Hacker News: Securely Disposing of Smart Devices

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    Source URL: https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2025/01/06/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-securely-disposing-of-smart-devices/ Source: Hacker News Title: Securely Disposing of Smart Devices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides critical insights on the security implications of improper disposal of smart devices, emphasizing the importance of factory resetting IoT devices before resale or disposal. This presents a significant privacy and security…

  • Hacker News: Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change

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    Source URL: https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/biggest-privacy-erosion-in-10-years-on-googles-policy-change-towards-fingerprinting/ Source: Hacker News Title: Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Short Summary with Insight: The text provides a critical analysis of Google’s impending policy changes regarding device fingerprinting for advertising, raising significant concerns about the erosion of internet privacy standards…

  • The Register: Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/meta_libgen_allegation/ Source: The Register Title: Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content Feedly Summary: Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader? Meta allegedly downloaded material from an online source that’s been sued for breaching copyright, because it wanted the material to train its…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: My AI/LLM predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years, for Oxide and Friends

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/10/ai-predictions/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My AI/LLM predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years, for Oxide and Friends Feedly Summary: The Oxide and Friends podcast has an annual tradition of asking guests to share their predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years. Here’s 2022, 2023 and 2024. This…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia CEO: Quantum Computers Won’t Be Very Useful for Another 20 Years

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/10/0023257/nvidia-ceo-quantum-computers-wont-be-very-useful-for-another-20-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia CEO: Quantum Computers Won’t Be Very Useful for Another 20 Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts that quantum computers will not become practically useful for approximately 20 years, causing a notable drop in stock values in the quantum computing sector.…

  • Wired: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ Source: Wired Title: Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal Feedly Summary: One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta has faced a significant legal setback regarding its training practices for…