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  • Slashdot: AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/1835230/amd-warns-of-new-meltdown-spectre-like-bugs-affecting-cpus Source: Slashdot Title: AMD Warns of New Meltdown, Spectre-like Bugs Affecting CPUs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: AMD has identified a newly discovered side-channel attack, known as the Transient Scheduler Attack (TSA), which poses a potential information disclosure risk across a variety of its chip models. Although the vulnerabilities…

  • The Register: AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/amd_tsa_side_channel/ Source: The Register Title: AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs Feedly Summary: Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a ‘critical’ overall threat – patch accordingly AMD is warning users of a newly discovered form of side-channel attack affecting a broad range of its chips that could lead…

  • Slashdot: Unless Users Take Action, Android Will Let Gemini Access Third-Party Apps

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/08/1255232/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Unless Users Take Action, Android Will Let Gemini Access Third-Party Apps Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s modification to its Gemini AI engine allows it to interface with third-party applications, circumventing user privacy settings regarding app interactions. The adjustments raise concerns over data privacy, as user…

  • Slashdot: Jack Dorsey Launches a WhatsApp Messaging Rival Built On Bluetooth

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    Source URL: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/2132201/jack-dorsey-launches-a-whatsapp-messaging-rival-built-on-bluetooth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Jack Dorsey Launches a WhatsApp Messaging Rival Built On Bluetooth Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Jack Dorsey’s launch of Bitchat, a decentralized messaging app, enhances communication privacy and security through encrypted, peer-to-peer technology. The app operates on Bluetooth mesh networks, enabling users to connect without conventional…

  • Cloud Blog: A guide to converting ADK agents with MCP to the A2A framework

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/unlock-ai-agent-collaboration-convert-adk-agents-for-a2a/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A guide to converting ADK agents with MCP to the A2A framework Feedly Summary: The evolution of AI agents has led to powerful, specialized models capable of complex tasks. The Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) – a toolkit designed to simplify the construction and management of language model-based…

  • The Register: That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/that_whatsapp_from_an_israeli/ Source: The Register Title: That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish Feedly Summary: Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials The cyber-ops arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has started a spear-phishing campaign intent on stealing credentials from Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: New sandboxes from Cloudflare and Vercel

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/26/sandboxes/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: New sandboxes from Cloudflare and Vercel Feedly Summary: Two interesting new products for running code in a sandbox today. Cloudflare launched their Containers product in open beta, and added a new Sandbox library for Cloudflare Workers that can run commands in a “secure, container-based environment": import {…

  • Slashdot: WhatsApp Moves To Support Apple Against UK Government’s Data Access Demands

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/11/1441251/whatsapp-moves-to-support-apple-against-uk-governments-data-access-demands?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: WhatsApp Moves To Support Apple Against UK Government’s Data Access Demands Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The conflict between WhatsApp, Apple, and the UK government over encrypted user data presents significant implications for privacy and encryption standards, highlighting the challenges tech companies face regarding government access…