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  • The Register: Microsoft’s drawback on datacenter investment may signal AI demand concerns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/does_microsoft_pull_back_on/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft’s drawback on datacenter investment may signal AI demand concerns Feedly Summary: Investment bank claims software giant ditched ‘at least’ 5 land parcels due to potential ‘oversupply’ Microsoft has reportedly cancelled leases on datacenter capacity in the US, raising questions about whether the company may have overestimated demand…

  • Slashdot: Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/02/21/1529255/apple-removes-cloud-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has ceased offering its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in the UK, following a government request for a backdoor to user data access. This significant move impacts user privacy and…

  • Slashdot: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/17/1557220/nearly-10-years-after-data-and-goliath-bruce-schneier-says-privacys-still-screwed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bruce Schneier highlights the intensified state of surveillance over the past decade, emphasizing that despite some regulatory measures, the core issue of surveillance capitalism remains unaddressed. He warns…

  • The Register: Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/chinese_ai_baidu_alibaba/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal Feedly Summary: New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek Chinese AI continued to march onto the world stage this week, with Alibaba and Baidu both taking major…

  • Hacker News: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say

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    Source URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/ Source: Hacker News Title: U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses a significant privacy and security issue concerning governmental access to user data held by private corporations, exemplified by a British order affecting Apple.…

  • The Register: Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age – with itself in the middle

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/cloudflare_q4_2024_ai_web/ Source: The Register Title: Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age – with itself in the middle Feedly Summary: Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements Cloudflare has declared it’s found optimizations that reduce the amount of hardware needed for inferencing workloads, and is in…

  • Schneier on Security: UK is Ordering Apple to Break its Own Encryption

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/uk-is-ordering-apple-to-break-its-own-encryption.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: UK is Ordering Apple to Break its Own Encryption Feedly Summary: The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring them to break the Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud…

  • Slashdot: Most Britons Back Ban on ‘Smarter-than-Human’ AI Models, Poll Shows

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/07/1347229/most-britons-back-ban-on-smarter-than-human-ai-models-poll-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Most Britons Back Ban on ‘Smarter-than-Human’ AI Models, Poll Shows Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The YouGov poll reveals significant public concern regarding the regulation of AI systems, with a strong preference for strict safety laws. The disparity between public opinion and government policy on AI…