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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Yesterday was Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507. Qwen are clearly committed to their new split between reasoning and non-reasoning models (a reversal from Qwen 3 in April), because today they released the new reasoning partner to yesterday’s model: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507. I’m surprised at how poorly this reasoning mode…

  • Slashdot: Cheyenne To Host Massive AI Datacenter Using More Electricity Than All Wyoming Homes Combined

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/2246259/cheyenne-to-host-massive-ai-datacenter-using-more-electricity-than-all-wyoming-homes-combined?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cheyenne To Host Massive AI Datacenter Using More Electricity Than All Wyoming Homes Combined Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the impending construction of a substantial artificial intelligence data center in Wyoming, anticipated to consume vast amounts of electricity, surpassing the needs of the…

  • Schneier on Security: Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/measuring-the-attack-defense-balance.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance Feedly Summary: “Who’s winning on the internet, the attackers or the defenders?” I’m asked this all the time, and I can only ever give a qualitative hand-wavy answer. But Jason Healey and Tarang Jain’s latest Lawfare piece has amassed data. The essay provides…

  • The Register: CISA caves to Wyden, agrees to release US telco insecurity report – but won’t say when

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/cisa_wyden_us_telecoms_insecurity_report/ Source: The Register Title: CISA caves to Wyden, agrees to release US telco insecurity report – but won’t say when Feedly Summary: The security nerds’ equivalent of the Epstein files saga The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday finally agreed to make public an unclassified report from 2022 about American…

  • Slashdot: Cisco Donates the AGNTCY Project to the Linux Foundation

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    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/2053245/cisco-donates-the-agntcy-project-to-the-linux-foundation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cisco Donates the AGNTCY Project to the Linux Foundation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Cisco’s donation of its AGNTCY initiative to the Linux Foundation seeks to establish an open-standard “Internet of Agents” to enhance interoperability among AI agents from different vendors. This framework addresses several key…

  • Anchore:  Accelerate & Secure: Optimizing Your Software Supply Chain with DevSecOps

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    Source URL: https://webinars.techstronglearning.com/accelerate-secure-optimizing-your-software-supply-chain-with-devsecops Source: Anchore Title:  Accelerate & Secure: Optimizing Your Software Supply Chain with DevSecOps Feedly Summary: The post  Accelerate & Secure: Optimizing Your Software Supply Chain with DevSecOps appeared first on Anchore. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses optimizing the software supply chain using DevSecOps practices, emphasizing the importance of…

  • Unit 42: The Covert Operator’s Playbook: Infiltration of Global Telecom Networks

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/infiltration-of-global-telecom-networks/ Source: Unit 42 Title: The Covert Operator’s Playbook: Infiltration of Global Telecom Networks Feedly Summary: Recent activity targeting telecom infrastructure is assessed with high confidence to overlap with Liminal Panda activity. The actors used custom tools, tunneling and OPSEC tactics for stealth. The post The Covert Operator’s Playbook: Infiltration of Global Telecom…

  • The Register: US agencies log nearly 9x more GenAI use cases in 2024 – but deployments stall

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/us_government_identified_ai_use/ Source: The Register Title: US agencies log nearly 9x more GenAI use cases in 2024 – but deployments stall Feedly Summary: Strict regulations, lack of funding, and hallucinations remain hurdles to implementation US federal government agencies have identified a surge in AI use cases over the past year. But rolling them out?…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 New model update from Qwen, improving on their previous Qwen3-30B-A3B release from late April. In their tweet they said: Smarter, faster, and local deployment-friendly. ✨ Key Enhancements: ✅ Enhanced reasoning, coding, and math skills ✅ Broader multilingual knowledge ✅ Improved long-context understanding (up…