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  • Slashdot: FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted ‘Thousands’ of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/0638238/fbi-warns-russian-hackers-targeted-thousands-of-critical-us-infrastructure-it-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted ‘Thousands’ of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a significant security threat posed by Russian state-sponsored hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure through vulnerabilities in Cisco devices. The report emphasizes the risks posed by unpatched…

  • The Register: Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/24/llama_cpp_hands_on/ Source: The Register Title: Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp Feedly Summary: Everything you need to know to build, run, serve, optimize and quantize models on your PC Hands on Training large language models (LLMs) may require millions or even billion of dollars of infrastructure, but…

  • Slashdot: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0910226/amid-service-disruption-colt-confirms-criminal-group-accessed-their-data-as-ransomware-gang-threatens-to-sell-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Colt Telecom has faced a significant cyber attack leading to prolonged service disruption and data theft. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in telecommunications infrastructure and…

  • Slashdot: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack

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    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0513229/arch-linux-faces-ongoing-ddos-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a DDoS attack on the Arch Linux community, emphasizing the security challenges faced by volunteer-driven projects and their reliance on external hosting and infrastructure. It highlights the ongoing mitigation efforts by the…

  • The Register: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/searchcapable_ai_agents_may_cheat/ Source: The Register Title: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests Feedly Summary: Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are Researchers with Scale AI have found that search-based AI models may cheat on benchmark tests by fetching the answers directly from online sources rather than deriving…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek 3.1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/deepseek-31/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek 3.1 Feedly Summary: DeepSeek 3.1 The latest model from DeepSeek, a 685B monster (like DeepSeek v3 before it) but this time it’s a hybrid reasoning model. DeepSeek claim: DeepSeek-V3.1-Think achieves comparable answer quality to DeepSeek-R1-0528, while responding more quickly. Drew Breunig points out that their benchmarks…

  • Slashdot: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1733230/apple-explores-using-google-gemini-ai-to-power-revamped-siri?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is considering leveraging Google Gemini to enhance its Siri voice assistant, indicating a potential shift in its AI strategy towards outsourcing. This exploration comes as Apple seeks to catch up…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/too-many-mcps/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Feedly Summary: too many model context protocol servers and LLM allocations on the dance floor Useful reminder from Geoffrey Huntley of the infrequently discussed significant token cost of using MCP. Geoffrey estimate estimates that…

  • Cloud Blog: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/gemini-cloud-assist-investigations-performs-root-cause-analysis/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Don’t just speculate, investigate! Gemini Cloud Assist now offers root-cause analysis Feedly Summary: Debugging in a complex, distributed cloud environment can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. The sheer volume of data, intertwined dependencies, and ephemeral issues make traditional troubleshooting methods time-consuming and often reactive.…

  • The Register: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/apcs_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach Feedly Summary: The attack first affected an upstream provider of bespoke software Exclusive A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…