Simon H
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Simon H
@simonbim.bsky.social
UKRI / InnovateUK Digital & Tech wrangler @InnovateUK usually found nr Westminster searching for ££££. Personal views.
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We have updated this list to include more than 500 packages and 700+ affected versions, as well as a technical analysis of the attack. socket.dev/blog/shai-hu....

cc: @campuscodi.risky.biz @typescript.fm @bleepingcomputer.com @theregister.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Here we go again
🚨 A new wave of the Shai-Hulud supply chain attack has hit npm, impacting packages across widely used projects from AsyncAPI, ENS, Postman, PostHog, and Zapier. Attackers added a malicious preinstall script following account compromise. The investigation is ongoing:

socket.dev/blog/shai-hu...
Shai Hulud Strikes Again (v2) - Socket
Another wave of Shai-Hulud campaign hits npm.
socket.dev
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🚨 check your dependencies!

in these 500+ packages, three third-party nuxt modules were affected:

- @alexcolls/nuxt-ux
- @alexcolls/nuxt-socket.io
- @posthog/nuxt

no dependencies of nuxt itself, or any of our first party modules, were affected.
We have updated this list to include more than 500 packages and 700+ affected versions, as well as a technical analysis of the attack. socket.dev/blog/shai-hu....

cc: @campuscodi.risky.biz @typescript.fm @bleepingcomputer.com @theregister.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Developers, researchers, protocol nerds: the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM wants YOU!

Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?

Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!

#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We are all being played | Robin Tudge
Manufactured outrage
We are all being played
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Tusk slips the knife in right at the end.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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🔥 Hot Repo! 🔥 (100+ new stars)

📦 google / adk-go
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An open-source, code-first Go toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.
GitHub - google/adk-go: An open-source, code-first Go toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.
An open-source, code-first Go toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control. - google/adk-go
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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LLMs really enable very little in the way of QOL improvements for normal people, while creating hundreds of horrible problems for humanity like this www.404media.co/a-researcher...
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The message that America's allies in Europe understand, but US commentators haven't figured out—yet.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Transcript of Wednesday's evidence from DSIT bods to Commons SITC's inquiry on the 'digital centre of Government' committees.parliament.uk/event/25600/...

Mostly about #digitalID plus tech budgets, procurement (Samantha Niblett MP maligning Microsoft), cybersecurity, etc.

#govtech #techpolicy
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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“Google Gemini was by far the worst. It would make up an authoritative-sounding summary with completely fake and wrong references — much more than the other chatbots. It also used a satire source as a news source.”

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...

This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🧐 Formulations originally written in Russian found in US “peace plan” - The Guardian

The document contains several phrases that would sound natural in Russian…

⚡️ Zelensky has already spoken with JD Vance, - RBC-Ukraine
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“The rise of China’s electric truck sector is one of the more under-reported stories in the global energy transition, especially given its potential impact on regional diesel trade flows,” said Tim Daiss of APAC Energy Consultancy."
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Takeoff of two Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Olenya air base... monitoring.
Russia has reportedly completed preparations for a large-scale combined strike expected within the next 48 hours. Key threats include up to 84 Kh-101 missiles, 36 Kalibr cruise missiles, MiG-31Ks with Kinzhal capability, and Iskander systems. Mass drone attacks are likely.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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It looks like China's CO₂ emissions have peaked
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Politico: "Ex-Cabinet minister Anne Marie-Trevelyan has used the parliament pass she is allowed as a former MP on 55 occasions since she was booted out at the 2024 election...

"She also works for lobbying firm Fullbrook Strategies - as does ex-MP Nigel Evans, who used his pass 47 times."
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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EU moves to bar China from parts of Horizon Europe.

Entities “linked” with the Chinese technology ministry also blocked entirely under draft work programme.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
EU moves to bar China from parts of Horizon Europe - Research Professional News
Entities “linked” with the Chinese technology ministry also blocked entirely under draft work programme
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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UK expects Horizon Europe rebate after limited winnings.

Clawback in prospect after UK’s sluggish EU research programme start, with losses capped at £330m.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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The UK is expecting a rebate on a portion of the £2 billion it paid the EU in 2024 to be part of Horizon Europe, because British academics and companies failed to win enough funding from the bloc’s R&I programme that year.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
UK expects Horizon Europe rebate after limited winnings - Research Professional News
Clawback in prospect after UK’s sluggish EU research programme start, with losses capped at £330m
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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📻 Six new international #OpenRAN vendors joined Digital Catapult’s advanced connectivity programme.

@energysyscat.bsky.social has shared a new report as part of its work with Mission Innovation which investigates the current and future landscape of #LongDurationEnergyStorage technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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The weather might be getting colder, but the
@innovateuk.bsky.social #CatapultNetwork isn’t cooling down 🚀 Here’s our top highlights from the month so far ⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM