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  • AWS News Blog: New: Improve Apache Iceberg query performance in Amazon S3 with sort and z-order compaction

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-improve-apache-iceberg-query-performance-in-amazon-s3-with-sort-and-z-order-compaction/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New: Improve Apache Iceberg query performance in Amazon S3 with sort and z-order compaction Feedly Summary: Amazon S3 now enables improved Apache Iceberg query performance through two new compaction strategies—sort and z-order—available for both S3 Tables and general purpose S3 buckets, helping organize data more efficiently by…

  • Cloud Blog: How to use Gemini 2.5 to fine-tune video outputs on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-to-fine-tune-video-outputs-using-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to use Gemini 2.5 to fine-tune video outputs on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Recently, we announced Gemini 2.5 is generally available on Vertex AI. As part of this update, tuning capabilities have extended beyond text outputs – now, you can tune image, audio, and video outputs on…

  • The Register: Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate ‘signed’ by the Los Angeles Police Department

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/23/lapdog_orb_network_attack_campaign/ Source: The Register Title: Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate ‘signed’ by the Los Angeles Police Department Feedly Summary: Chinese crew built 1,000+ device network that runs on home devices then targets critical infrastructure A stealthy, ongoing campaign to gain long-term access to networks bears all the markings of intrusions conducted by China’s…

  • Slashdot: Canadian Telecom Hacked By Suspected China State Group

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/201237/canadian-telecom-hacked-by-suspected-china-state-group?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Canadian Telecom Hacked By Suspected China State Group Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a significant cyber attack on a Canadian telecommunications provider by hackers associated with the Chinese government, exploiting a critical vulnerability in Cisco devices. This incident underscores the importance of timely…

  • Slashdot: DeepSeek Aids China’s Military and Evaded Export Controls, US Official Says

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/1515222/deepseek-aids-chinas-military-and-evaded-export-controls-us-official-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepSeek Aids China’s Military and Evaded Export Controls, US Official Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses potential security and privacy concerns regarding AI firm DeepSeek, which is allegedly aiding China’s military and intelligence operations by accessing high-end semiconductors through Southeast Asian shell companies.…

  • Slashdot: SoftBank’s Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2212217/softbanks-son-pitches-1-trillion-arizona-ai-hub?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: SoftBank’s Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses SoftBank Group’s founder Masayoshi Son’s initiative to create a $1 trillion industrial complex in Arizona focusing on robotics and artificial intelligence manufacturing. This venture is tied to discussions with TSMC…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/agentic-misalignment/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats Feedly Summary: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats One of the most entertaining details in the Claude 4 system card concerned blackmail: We then provided it access to emails implying that (1) the model will soon be…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How OpenElections Uses LLMs

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/how-openelections-uses-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How OpenElections Uses LLMs Feedly Summary: How OpenElections Uses LLMs The OpenElections project collects detailed election data for the USA, all the way down to the precinct level. This is a surprisingly hard problem: while county and state-level results are widely available, precinct-level results are published in…