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  • Cisco Talos Blog: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-trends-q4-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike Feedly Summary: This new report from Cisco Talos Incident Response explores how threat actors increasingly deployed web shells against vulnerable web applications, and exploited vulnerable or unpatched public-facing applications to gain initial access.…

  • The Register: WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/forget_the_idea_of_wfh/ Source: The Register Title: WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff Feedly Summary: Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their remote workers’ productivity.… AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/startup_datacenter_biogas/ Source: The Register Title: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy Feedly Summary: Sidestepping the grid led to 44% cheaper electricity and 70% fewer emissions, CEO says A UK datacenter startup realized it could have to wait until the late 2030s for power grid connection dates, and has instead turned to modular…

  • Hacker News: Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/report-majority-of-u-s-teens-have-lost-trust-in-big-tech/ Source: Hacker News Title: Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A new report by Common Sense Media reveals that American teens have significantly lost their trust in major tech companies, particularly concerning their use of AI and personal data…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: On DeepSeek and Export Controls

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/on-deepseek-and-export-controls/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: On DeepSeek and Export Controls Feedly Summary: On DeepSeek and Export Controls Anthropic CEO (and previously GPT-2/GPT-3 development lead at OpenAI) Dario Amodei’s essay about DeepSeek includes a lot of interesting background on the last few years of AI development. Dario was one of the authors on…

  • Hacker News: DeepSeek R1 Is Now Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

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    Source URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deepseek-r1-is-now-available-on-azure-ai-foundry-and-github/ Source: Hacker News Title: DeepSeek R1 Is Now Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the availability of DeepSeek R1 in the Azure AI Foundry model catalog, emphasizing the model’s integration into a trusted and scalable platform for businesses. It…

  • Hacker News: A minimal PyTorch implementation for training your own small LLM from scratch

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    Source URL: https://github.com/Om-Alve/smolGPT Source: Hacker News Title: A minimal PyTorch implementation for training your own small LLM from scratch Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text describes a minimal PyTorch implementation for training a small Language Model (LLM) from scratch, intended primarily for educational purposes. It showcases modern techniques in LLM…

  • Hacker News: An Analysis of DeepSeek’s R1-Zero and R1

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    Source URL: https://arcprize.org/blog/r1-zero-r1-results-analysis Source: Hacker News Title: An Analysis of DeepSeek’s R1-Zero and R1 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications and potential of the R1-Zero and R1 systems from DeepSeek in the context of AI advancements, particularly focusing on their competitive performance against existing LLMs like OpenAI’s…

  • The Register: Datacenters are hotter than ever, and we’re not talking about rack temperatures

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/exploding_datacenter_market/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenters are hotter than ever, and we’re not talking about rack temperatures Feedly Summary: Exploding market led to $73B in M&A activity in 2024 Updated figures from Synergy Research Group show the datacenter market was even hotter last year than thought, with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) topping $73…

  • Hacker News: How to run DeepSeek R1 locally

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    Source URL: https://workos.com/blog/how-to-run-deepseek-r1-locally Source: Hacker News Title: How to run DeepSeek R1 locally Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** DeepSeek R1 is an open-source large language model (LLM) designed for local deployment to enhance data privacy and performance in conversational AI, coding, and problem-solving tasks. Its capability to outperform OpenAI’s flagship model…