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  • Cloud Blog: How startups can help build — and benefit from — the AI revolution

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/industry-leaders-on-whats-next-for-startups-and-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How startups can help build — and benefit from — the AI revolution Feedly Summary: Startups are at the forefront of generative AI development, pushing current capabilities and unlocking new potential. Building on our Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups 2025 report, several of the AI industry leaders…

  • Cloud Blog: Intelligent code conversion: Databricks Spark SQL to BigQuery SQL via Gemini

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/automate-sql-translation-databricks-to-bigquery-with-gemini/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Intelligent code conversion: Databricks Spark SQL to BigQuery SQL via Gemini Feedly Summary: As data platforms evolve and businesses diversify their cloud ecosystems, the need to migrate SQL workloads between engines is becoming increasingly common. Recently, I had the opportunity to work on translating a set of Databricks…

  • Cloud Blog: How to build a real-time voice agent with Gemini, Google ADK, and A2A protocol

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/build-a-real-time-voice-agent-with-gemini-adk/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to build a real-time voice agent with Gemini, Google ADK, and A2A protocol Feedly Summary: Building advanced conversational AI has moved well beyond text. Now, we can use AI to create real-time, voice-driven agents. However, these systems need low-latency, two-way communication, real-time information retrieval, and the ability…

  • 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…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing ‘Gemini for Government’: Supporting the U.S. Government’s Transformation with AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/introducing-gemini-for-government-supporting-the-us-governments-transformation-with-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing ‘Gemini for Government’: Supporting the U.S. Government’s Transformation with AI Feedly Summary: Google is proud to support the U.S. government in its modernization efforts through the use of AI. Today, in partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA) and in support of the next phase of the…

  • The Register: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/freevpn_privacy_research/ Source: The Register Title: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension Feedly Summary: Researcher claims extension didn’t start out by exfiltrating info… while dev says its actions are ‘compliant’ Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently…

  • Unit 42: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/attackers-sell-your-bandwidth-using-sdks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth Feedly Summary: A campaign leverages CVE-2024-36401 to stealthily monetize victims’ bandwidth where legitimate software development kits (SDKs) are deployed for passive income. The post Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth…

  • Embrace The Red: Hijacking Windsurf: How Prompt Injection Leaks Developer Secrets

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-data-exfiltration-vulnerabilities/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Hijacking Windsurf: How Prompt Injection Leaks Developer Secrets Feedly Summary: This is the first post in a series exploring security vulnerabilities in Windsurf. If you are unfamiliar with Windsurf, it is a fork of VS Code and the coding agent is called Windsurf Cascade. The attack vectors…

  • 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…