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Jul 25
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Happy as a Hacker in Slop! – DTNS Live 5...

Tom Merritt
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X is testing to see if Community Notes can help find the posts everyone likes. App developers are pushing back against Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature. How is AI slop impacting the infosec world? And its Friday and Tom has conjured up a new Quiz to help end the week. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, RobbContinue reading "Happy as a Hacker in Slop! – DTNS Live 5068"
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