Microsoft has solved the problem of Data Scarcity in LLM with its new Phi-4 LLM.

This LLM outperforms larger models in a few tests, it is seen to be a major breakthrough in the field, with its use of innovative high-quality synthetic data, solving the problem of data scarcity.

It shows how synthetic data can enhance the accessibility and efficiency of an AI. This entire thing can make AI much more cost-effective for a wider range of apps.

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Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
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⚠️ DarkGate isn’t new – but its delivery methods are evolving.

Attackers are now impersonating external suppliers on Microsoft Teams calls, tricking victims into installing AnyDesk for remote access.

🔍 DarkGate's Capabilities: Keylogging, screen capture, credential theft, and audio recording.

👉 Read the full article here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/attackers-exploit-microsoft-teams-and.html

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When should we require that firmware be free?
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Launch HN: Langfuse (YC W23) – OSS Tracing and Workflows to Improve LLM Apps
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🕓 Android prepares new options for customizing your lock screen clock

Android may soon let you customize the weight, width, roundness, and slant of the lock screen clock.

A short demo of these new customization options can be found in this article.

Elon Musk hypes up Xmail, new email spyware for X

It's been a couple years now but we'll keep saying it, this is yet another example of what the entire idea behind X actually is all about – a mirrored version of China's social credit system everything app, WeChat.

So many people have no idea what's coming.

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nubia Z70 Ultra: A Perfect Blend of Art, Power, and Innovation
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/17/nubia-z70-ultra-a-perfect-blend-of-art-power-and-innovation/

RTX 5090 with 32GB GDDR7 Spotted on ZOTAC Website, Along with 5080 and 5070
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/17/rtx-5090-with-32gb-gddr7-spotted-on-zotac-website-along-with-5080-and-5070/

Samsung Galaxy S25+ Live Photos Confirms Traditional Design For The Series
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/17/samsung-galaxy-s25-plus-design/

Show HN: I built an open-source data pipeline tool in Go
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Klarna CEO: Company stopped hiring because AI 'can do all of the jobs'
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Android 16 will introduce a new Night Mode Indicator API that will let apps know when the device is in a low light environment.

This will let social/camera apps know when they should use the Night Mode Camera Extension available on some devices.

The API will provide 3 possible values:

UNKNOWN

The camera is unable to reliably detect the lighting conditions of the current scene to determine if a photo will benefit from a Night Mode Camera Extension capture.

OFF

The camera has detected lighting conditions that are sufficiently bright. Night Mode Camera Extension is available but may not be able to optimize the camera settings to take a higher quality photo.

ON

The camera has detected low-light conditions. It is recommended to use Night Mode Camera Extension to optimize the camera settings to take a high-quality photo in the dark.

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Google says there are already over "120 different devices" that support Camera Extensions, representing "over 75 million monthly active users." Instagram, for example, uses the Night Mode Extension on the Pixel 6 and later, the Galaxy Flip6 and Fold6, and more.

It's common with LOS to release userdebug but not universal.

It would be better for security if they did not release debug builds but they do it to make it easier to get things like log data from users and esp in the past old binary blobs necessary to get devices to work did not support secure SElinux mode and such.

But for an example of the problem with this: a couple of years ago microG released a buggy build that was leaking Google credentials into the system log in cleartext, but those were only visible to the regular user on debug builds, not user builds.



https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/kpjuor/why_are_debug_builds_released/?rdt=63881

And here's another problem that userdebug builds can cause:



https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/1402

Inside the university AI cheating crisis
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