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The zero-day that could’ve compromised every Cursor and Windsurf user
A security researcher from Koi Security stumbled upon a critical
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the magic behind Edify 3D by NVIDIA
The demand for high-quality 3D assets is booming across industries
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ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, finds new study
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs)
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- The zero-day that could’ve compromised every Cursor and Windsurf user
A security researcher from Koi Security stumbled upon a critical zero-day buried deep in the infrastructure powering today’s AI coding tools. Had it been exploited, a non-sophisticated attacker could’ve hijacked over 10 million machines with a single stroke. AI coding assistants like Cursor and Windsurf have exploded in popularity, promising supercharged productivity for developers around … Read more - the magic behind Edify 3D by NVIDIA
The demand for high-quality 3D assets is booming across industries like video game design, extended reality, film production, and simulation. However, crafting production-ready 3D content often involves a complex, time-intensive process requiring advanced skills and tools. Addressing these challenges is Edify 3D by NVIDIA – a solution that leverages AI technologies to make 3D asset … Read more - ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, finds new study
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men, even when both have identical qualifications. The research was led by Ivan Yamshchikov, a professor of AI and robotics at the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) in Germany. Yamshchikov, who also founded … Read more - How to create an e-commerce product description generator using Gemini and Vertex AI
Gen AI can be utilized to build useful things. In this post, you will build an e-commerce product description generator using Google’s Gemini Pro vision LLM over Vertex AI on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Let’s get started! Table of contents # Process of writing product descriptions for e-commerce websites # Before you get your … Read more - 67. Google I/O 2025 is close. Here’s some of what they’ll be talking about.
Brace yourselves. The so‑called “fancy URL” you came for is nothing but the harbinger of even grimmer news. Sure, you shave off seven precious keystrokes—if that’s something you celebrate. But rest assured, typing URLs is already obsolete now that everything lands in your inbox like an unwanted omen. And for those of you who’ve become … Read more - Speak Up & Act Fast
Hello CyberBuilders 🖖 It’s great to have you back. As promised, here’s part two of my insights from attending the Munich Cybersecurity Conference. I was surprised by this cybersecurity event. Usually, it goes with a very cautious approach. People filter their words like lawyers and carefully avoid provocative ideas. But something shifted this year. The … Read more
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- Vici Unveils a Powerful Innovation to Capture Website Visitor Data
Vici, a MarTech leader in the digital advertising space, proudly announces the launch of Website Visitor ID, a groundbreaking tool that empowers partners to de-anonymize website traffic and transform it into real, actionable sales leads. “We launched Website Visitor ID to record-breaking attendance and hundreds of account executives, media groups, and agencies from across the … Read more - Amazon Is Asking Some Advertisers to Double Their Spend During Prime Day
Amazon is making its biggest bet this year on its annual sales palooza, turning the two-day Prime Day event into four days, from July 8 to 11. Brands are preparing for a Prime Day sales spike by increasing ad budgets to promote their deals, and Amazon sales reps are trying to juice ad spend by … Read more - Greenpeace and elvis assemble high profile activists for nationwide billboard protest
The right to protest powers democracy but in recent years people’s freedom to join peaceful demonstrations has been quietly eroded. New research published by Greenpeace shows an almost ten-fold rise in the number of arrests in London for conspiracy to cause public nuisance since 2019, but out of more than 600 arrests made, only 18 … Read more - Utiq Expands Regional Leadership in Southern Europe and DACH to Support Continued Growth
Strategic leadership appointments reinforce Utiq’s investment in people and commitment to responsible digital marketing Brussels, Belgium: Utiq, the European AdTech company providing a Telco-powered infrastructure that leverages authentic, user-consented signals, today announces its regional expansion with the establishment of dedicated leadership for Southern Europe and the DACH region. Monica Rodriguez has been promoted to lead Utiq’s … Read more - WPP Communications Chief Chris Wade Departs After 13 Years
Chris Wade, WPP’s longtime communications and corporate affairs chief, is leaving the holding company after 13 years, a company spokesperson confirmed to ADWEEK. Michael Frohlich, former Weber Shandwick EMEA CEO, will step into the role. Wade first announced his leaving in a LinkedIn post, and described the move as a voluntary decision aligned with broader … Read more
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Practical Steps for a Greener Future – Little Green Blog
Sustainability is no longer just a trend; it’s a necessity. As climate change accelerates and resources become scarcer, individuals must take responsibility for their environmental impact. Fortunately, small, conscious choices can lead to a more sustainable way of life without requiring drastic changes. Here are some practical and achievable steps to help you embrace a
A Coding Guide to Scaling Advanced Pandas Workflows with Modin
In this tutorial, we delve into Modin, a powerful drop-in replacement for Pandas that leverages parallel computing to speed up data workflows significantly. By importing modin.pandas as pd, we transform our pandas code into a distributed computation powerhouse. Our goal here is to understand how Modin performs across real-world data operations, such as groupby, joins,
The most portable Lenovo Chromebook is just £159.99 for today and tomorrow
As we’re now in the final few days of Amazon’s annual sale, it’s your last chance to nab this outstanding Lenovo Chromebook deal. As great as MacBooks are for style, and Windows machines are always trusty workhorses, nothing comes close to offering quite the same value for money as the average Chromebook, and now you
How To Train A New Voice For Piper With Only A Single Phrase
[Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recently utilizes Piper TTS (text-to-speech) voices for various undisclosed purposes. Not satisfied with the robotic-sounding standard voices available, [Cal] set about an experiment to fine-tune the Piper TTS AI voice model using a clone of a single phrase created by a commercial TTS
Microsoft Authenticator on iOS moves backups fully to iCloud
Microsoft is rolling out a new backup system in September for its Authenticator app on iOS, removing the requirement to use a Microsoft personal account to back up TOTP secrets and account names. Previously, the Microsoft Authenticator app required iOS users to sign in with a personal Microsoft Account to enable backups, regardless of whether they
Defending against Prompt Injection with Structured Queries (StruQ) and Preference Optimization (SecAlign)
Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) enable exciting LLM-integrated applications. However, as LLMs have improved, so have the attacks against them. Prompt injection attack is listed as the #1 threat by OWASP to LLM-integrated applications, where an LLM input contains a trusted prompt (instruction) and an untrusted data. The data may contain injected instructions
Convert PNG Images To WebP Images Losslessly Using cweb in GNU/Linux
Last updated on October 18, 2024 To losslessly convert a PNG image to a WebP image on GNU/Linux, run the following command: cwebp -z 9 input.png -o output.webp 9 indicates the best effort to compress the image, resulting in the smallest image size. You can replace 9 with a smaller number if you prefer
76. Ad Industry Jobs Drops for 7th Consecutive Month
Hello. Welcome to another edition. Feel free to leave comments and feedback. Belated Happy July 4th! Playing around with new layouts. Feel free to provide your thoughts. Leave a comment WPP Races to Harness AI Before the Technology Kills Its Business Internal “WPP Open” agents to counter this disruption; though questions linger on payoff as
How to Gain More Energy During the Day (Without More Coffee)
Recently, I discovered caffeine headaches and wowsa! Those are tough, especially if you try to stop cold turkey and a migraine sets in. For coffee drinkers, know that caffeine isn’t the only (or best way, really) to gain more energy throughout the day. I know you don’t want to hear about how caffeine can negatively
How Can Context Driven Asset Profiling Transform Your Risk Mitigation Strategy?
Traditional asset inventories list what exists—they don’t reveal why an asset is critical or how it might be attacked. With threats constantly evolving, teams need context: Which assets hold sensitive data? Which are actively targeted? Without this, efforts like patching or monitoring are unfocused and inefficient. Context-driven asset profiling aligns defenses with real risk—saving time,