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Google Cloud Blog

Five rules for evaluating agent skills before they bloat your context window

You’re probably hearing more about SKILL.md files, and you’ll see that a lot of people test them the same way: paste a prompt into chat, watch it pass once on a laptop, and merge to main. But when you paste three pages of CLI docs into a markdown file without an evaluation loop, you are just as likely to confuse a frontier model as you are to help it. For the past weeks, we have been diligently measuring and optimizing our own Google Cloud Developer Plugin, with the most essential skills and the

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Google Cloud Blog

Introducing Physical-Engineering’s Last Exam for agents

Authors: Burak Gokturk, VP Research & Development; Rujun Han, Research Scientist; George Lee, Product Manager. Today, the Google AI & Infrastructure team is announcing Physical-Engineering's Last Exam (PLE), a new benchmark and open competition, developed in collaboration with Mercor, and built to test a frontier model’s ability to complete tasks in mechanical, electrical, civil and structural engineering.  To help the research community measure and improve how agents handle physical engineering

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GitHub Changelog

GitHub Desktop adds short-lived authentication tokens

When you sign in to GitHub Desktop 3.6.10 or later, eligible accounts can now use short-lived, automatically refreshing authentication tokens. Short-lived access tokens reduce how long a leaked token can… The post GitHub Desktop adds short-lived authentication tokens appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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SecurityWeek

Over 100 European Stores Hit as Supermarket Fridge Attacks Return

Attackers again tampered with internet-exposed refrigeration controllers, this time at stores in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland and beyond. The post Over 100 European Stores Hit as Supermarket Fridge Attacks Return appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The Hacker News

Synology NAS Devices Targeted in Ransomware Attacks Exploiting Patched DSM Flaw

Synology is urging customers to update the DiskStation Manager (DSM) software powering its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices following ransomware attacks. The Taiwanese vendor said it observed threat actors exploiting a vulnerability patched in December 2024 to target devices running outdated versions of DSM. "These attacks aim to encrypt data and extort ransom," it said in a statement

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The Hacker News

New Wave of Refrigeration Cyberattacks Hits Supermarkets Across Europe, Forcing Stores to Pull Food

Attackers remotely changed the settings on refrigeration controls at supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, Estonia and other European countries overnight into Monday, November 2, warming fridges and freezers. No chain reported more than several dozen affected stores, and some had to throw away chilled and frozen food or take it off the shelf. Danfoss, a Danish maker of refrigeration controls,

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