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DOGE: Elon Musk's team feeds sensitive US government data to AI

DOGE: Elon Musk's team feeds sensitive US government data to AI

The team in the US government led by Elon Musk is making extensive use of AI to recommend massive cost reductions. Data protection is secondary.

www.heise.de

UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data

UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data

The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.

www.bbc.com

Google launches its largest and 'most capable' AI model, Gemini

Google launches its largest and 'most capable' AI model, Gemini

The company is planning to license Gemini to customers through Google Cloud for them to use in their own applications.

www.cnbc.com

Researchers Uncover 'LLMjacking' Scheme Targeting Cloud-Hosted AI Models

Researchers Uncover 'LLMjacking' Scheme Targeting Cloud-Hosted AI Models

Researchers have uncovered a new attack called -LLMjacking- that targets large language models (LLMs) hosted on cloud services.

thehackernews.com

AWS claims its cloud faces competition from on-premises IT

AWS claims its cloud faces competition from on-premises IT

...customers are finding that moving their IT back on-premises is so attractive compared with remaining on AWS that they are prepared to do this despite the significant effort involved...

www.theregister.com

Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads

Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads

A Ford Motoer Company patent application filed in February and published last month proposes software that would monitor in-car conversations and other data to help serve up advertisements.

therecord.media

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

futurism.com

NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users

NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users

The National Security Agency uses a bit of jiu-jitsu to turn the structure of Web ad networks against people who run Tor to remain anonymous.

www.cnet.com

Home Lab Beginners guide (Hardware)

Home Lab Beginners guide (Hardware)

Until recently, and for well over the past decade, my wife and I have been nomads. Moving from the Caribbean to Miami, New York, Las Vegas, Vancouver, and

linuxblog.io

Awesome-Selfhosted 💻️

Awesome-Selfhosted 💻️

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

awesome-selfhosted.net