Tag: Sim

  • Slashdot: National Public Data, the Hacked Data Broker That Lost Millions of Social Security Numbers and More, Files For Bankruptcy

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/1657230/national-public-data-the-hacked-data-broker-that-lost-millions-of-social-security-numbers-and-more-files-for-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: National Public Data, the Hacked Data Broker That Lost Millions of Social Security Numbers and More, Files For Bankruptcy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant incident involving a Florida data broker that suffered a major data breach, compromising hundreds of millions of…

  • Cloud Blog: Get up to 100x query performance improvement with BigQuery history-based optimizations

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-bigquery-history-based-optimizations-speed-query-performance/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Get up to 100x query performance improvement with BigQuery history-based optimizations Feedly Summary: When looking for insights, users leave no stone unturned, peppering the data warehouse with a variety of queries to find the answers to their questions. Some of those queries consume a lot of computational resources…

  • Hacker News: Upgrading Uber’s MySQL Fleet

    Source URL: https://www.uber.com/en-JO/blog/upgrading-ubers-mysql-fleet/ Source: Hacker News Title: Upgrading Uber’s MySQL Fleet Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Uber’s strategic upgrade from MySQL v5.7 to v8.0 demonstrates a significant commitment to improving security, performance, and operational efficiency within their extensive data infrastructure. This migration involved substantial planning, automation, and collaborative problem-solving, providing valuable…

  • Slashdot: AI Threats ‘Complete BS’ Says Meta Senior Research, Who Thinks AI is Dumber Than a Cat

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/13/2220258/ai-threats-complete-bs-says-meta-senior-research-who-thinks-ai-is-dumber-than-a-cat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Threats ‘Complete BS’ Says Meta Senior Research, Who Thinks AI is Dumber Than a Cat Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Renowned AI researcher Yann LeCun discusses the limitations of current AI systems, particularly in their quest to achieve true intelligence. He asserts that fears surrounding…

  • Schneier on Security: Perfectl Malware

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/perfectl-malware.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Perfectl Malware Feedly Summary: Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions of machines connected to the Internet potential targets, researchers from Aqua…

  • Hacker News: Graph Databases for Crime-Fighting: How Memgraph Maps and Analyzes Criminal

    Source URL: https://memgraph.com/blog/graph-databases-crime-fighting-memgraph-criminal-networks Source: Hacker News Title: Graph Databases for Crime-Fighting: How Memgraph Maps and Analyzes Criminal Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the use of graph databases, specifically Memgraph, in crime-fighting and intelligence operations. It emphasizes how these databases excel at uncovering complex relationships between various entities, ultimately…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol (GNAP)

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/14/grant-negotiation-and-authorization-protocol-gnap/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol (GNAP) Feedly Summary: Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol (GNAP) RFC 9635 was published a few days ago. GNAP is effectively OAuth 3 – it’s a newly standardized design for a protocol for delegating authorization so an application can access data on your…

  • Hacker News: Simonw’s notes on Cloudflare’s new SQLite-backed "Durable Objects" system

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/13/zero-latency-sqlite-storage-in-every-durable-object/ Source: Hacker News Title: Simonw’s notes on Cloudflare’s new SQLite-backed "Durable Objects" system Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the enhancements to Cloudflare’s Durable Object platform, where the system evolves to leverage zero-latency SQLite storage. This architectural design integrates application logic directly with data, which offers…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/13/zero-latency-sqlite-storage-in-every-durable-object/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object Feedly Summary: Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object Kenton Varda introduces the next iteration of Cloudflare’s Durable Object platform, which recently upgraded from a key/value store to a full relational system based on SQLite. This is a fascinating piece…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: An LLM TDD loop

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/13/an-llm-tdd-loop/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: An LLM TDD loop Feedly Summary: An LLM TDD loop Super neat demo by David Winterbottom, who wrapped my LLM and files-to-prompt tools in a short Bash script that can be fed a file full of Python unit tests and an empty implementation file and will then…