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  • Slashdot: The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/1416226/the-ai-powered-pdf-marks-the-end-of-an-era?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Adobe’s launch of Acrobat Studio, which integrates collaborative AI workspaces into the PDF format. This marks a significant evolution in document interaction, offering users personalized AI assistants to engage…

  • Slashdot: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/0543252/china-isolates-itself-from-worldwide-web-for-over-an-hour Source: Slashdot Title: China Isolates Itself From Worldwide Web For Over an Hour Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving a 74-minute shutdown of encrypted web traffic in China highlights significant security and compliance implications for international businesses relying on secure connections. This event not only affected access…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/21/mustafa-suleyman/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman Feedly Summary: Simply put, my central worry is that many people will start to believe in the illusion of AIs as conscious entities so strongly that they’ll soon advocate for AI rights, model welfare and even AI citizenship. This development will be a dangerous…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/20/quantum-safe-security-progress-towards-next-generation-cryptography/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography Feedly Summary: Microsoft is proactively leading the transition to quantum-safe security by advancing post-quantum cryptography, collaborating with global standards bodies, and helping organizations prepare for the coming quantum era. The post Quantum-safe security: Progress towards next-generation cryptography appeared first on Microsoft…

  • The Register: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/baidu_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere Feedly Summary: Web giant reworks AI infra to improve utilization, with mix of chips from home and away Chinese web giant Baidu is already breaking even with robotaxi operations in China and is confident they…

  • Slashdot: Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/2058229/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-record-every-conversation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The launch of Halo X smart glasses represents an innovative leap in AI-powered wearable technology, capitalizing on continuous audio capture and real-time information delivery. This technology raises…

  • The Register: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/russian_fsb_cyberspies_exploiting_cisco_bug/ Source: The Register Title: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure Feedly Summary: Snarfing up config files for ‘thousands’ of devices…just for giggles, we’re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices…

  • The Register: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/kpmg_giant_prompt_tax_agent/ Source: The Register Title: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot Feedly Summary: Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.……