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

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-ai-powered-pdf-end-of-an-era/ Source: Wired Title: The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era Feedly Summary: As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Adobe’s introduction of generative AI features for PDF editing…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Ransomware incidents in Japan during the first half of 2025

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware_incidents_in_japan_during_the_first_half_of_2025/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Ransomware incidents in Japan during the first half of 2025 Feedly Summary: Ransomware attackers continue to primarily target small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses in Japan. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth analysis of the rise in ransomware attacks in Japan during the…

  • Unit 42: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/genai-phishing-bait/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook Feedly Summary: GenAI-created phishing campaigns misuse tools ranging from website builders to text generators in order to create more convincing and scalable attacks. The post Fashionable Phishing Bait: GenAI on the Hook appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/critical_thinking_and_sovereign_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: More customers asking for Google’s Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss Feedly Summary: Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec Interview Google’s President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the…

  • Slashdot: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/19/0345252/us-spy-chief-gabbard-says-uk-agreed-to-drop-backdoor-mandate-for-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent development in the UK’s approach to encryption and security, specifically regarding Apple and its iCloud data. The intervention by the Trump administration highlights…

  • Embrace The Red: Amazon Q Developer: Secrets Leaked via DNS and Prompt Injection

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amazon-q-developer-data-exfil-via-dns/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Amazon Q Developer: Secrets Leaked via DNS and Prompt Injection Feedly Summary: The next three posts will cover high severity vulnerabilities in the Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension (Amazon Q), which is a very popular coding agent, with over 1 million downloads. It is vulnerable to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Google Gemini URL Context

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/18/google-gemini-url-context/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Google Gemini URL Context Feedly Summary: Google Gemini URL Context New feature in the Gemini API: you can now enable a url_context tool which the models can use to request the contents of URLs as part of replying to a prompt. I released llm-gemini 0.25 with a…

  • Shabie’s blog: Agents are search over action space

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    Source URL: https://shabie.github.io/2025/08/18/agents-are-search-over-action-space.html Source: Shabie’s blog Title: Agents are search over action space Feedly Summary: It’s no secret that today’s LLM-based agents are unreliable. This makes them a gamble for most critical tasks, so where can they be safely applied? The answer lies in finding asymmetry: we should use them in domains where the downside…

  • The Register: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Feedly Summary: Meet the new COPILOT function Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel.  Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new…