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  • Schneier on Security: Apple’s New Memory Integrity Enforcement

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/apples-new-memory-integrity-enforcement.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Apple’s New Memory Integrity Enforcement Feedly Summary: Apple has introduced a new hardware/software security feature in the iPhone 17: “Memory Integrity Enforcement,” targeting the memory safety vulnerabilities that spyware products like Pegasus tend to use to get unauthorized system access. From Wired: In recent years, a movement…

  • The Register: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/meta_wholesale_leccy/ Source: The Register Title: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity Feedly Summary: With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several…

  • The Register: Microsoft pens $15B love letter to the UK with 23,000 Nvidia GPUs attached

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/microsoft_uk_ai_cash/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft pens $15B love letter to the UK with 23,000 Nvidia GPUs attached Feedly Summary: Redmond woos Blighty with cloud and AI infrastructure splurge as Trump comes to town Microsoft appears to have trumped Google’s UK datacenter ambitions with a $15 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure…

  • The Register: Big clouds scramble as EU Data Act brings new data transfer rules

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/big_clouds_scramble_over_eu/ Source: The Register Title: Big clouds scramble as EU Data Act brings new data transfer rules Feedly Summary: Arbitrarily inflated lock-in-tastic fees curbed as movement charges must be cost-linked Most of the provisions of the EU Data Act will officially come into force from the end of this week, requiring cloud providers…

  • Slashdot: Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/05/1315244/uber-india-starts-offering-drivers-gigs-collecting-and-classifying-info-for-ai-models Source: Slashdot Title: Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Uber’s Indian branch has launched a new initiative that allows rideshare and delivery drivers to earn extra income by participating in data classification tasks for AI systems. This…

  • Slashdot: FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/1939221/ftc-warns-tech-giants-not-to-bow-to-foreign-pressure-on-encryption Source: Slashdot Title: FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a warning from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to U.S. tech companies against compliance with foreign government demands that could compromise data security, encryption, or lead…