Update Nov. 21, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 20, now includes details of a new CISA warning, as well as more expert advice on the fixes issued in iOS 18.1.1 and iOS 17.7.2. Apple has issued iOS 18.1.1, an emergency iPhone update that you should apply now. That’s because iOS 18.1.1 fixes two serious security vulnerabilities, both of which are already being used in real-life attacks. Apple doesn’t give much information about what’s fixed in iOS 18.1.1, to give people as much time to update as possible before more attackers get hold of the details. But the iPhone maker…
For decades, we have wondered whether Mars, Venus and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn might harbor evidence of past or present microbial life. Yet how did life start here? Because earth is a living biosphere with weathering and very active geology, there are no easy answers. Over billions…
The question of who a given Gmail address really belongs to, and where the email sent to it goes, is something of a perennial problem for users of Google’s insanely popular email platform. With around 2.5 billion active accounts, according to Google itself, it should come as no surprise that…
Batteries are the fuel driving drone warfare. Reconnaissance quadcopters with a half-hour of flying time require a constant supply of freshly recharged batteries to keep going. Bomber drones eat up similar numbers. FPV drones are shipped with batteries that weigh more than they do. But most drone batteries are made…
The global asset management industry, now overseeing nearly $120 trillion, faces mounting pressures, including rising costs and growing investor preference for low-fee, passively managed funds. With market appreciation and other revenue drivers expected to slow, firms must rethink their strategies to sustain growth. BCG, in their 2024 annual asset management…
The cost of zero-day exploits has always been high, especially if they allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a host machine. But why pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for an 0-day when a relatively simple drive-by attack doesn’t need one and can achieve much the same result?…
Artificial intelligence has long been heralded as a transformative force in medicine. Yet, until recently, its potential has remained largely unfulfilled. Consider the story of MYCIN, a “rule-based” AI system developed in the 1970s at Stanford University to help diagnose infections and recommend antibiotics. Though MYCIN showed early promise, it…
It’s been nearly two years since the wildly popular modern Western drama Yellowstone last aired an episode. Season 5, Part 1 ended with its 7th episode in December of 2022. Episode 8 drops today. That’s a long goshdarn wait, y’all. I’m allowed to write sentences like that because I’m from…
We’re moving into an electric vehicle transition, but pneumatic tires feel constant. Invented in 1888 by Dunlop but championed in the auto industry from 1891 onwards by Michelin, inflatable rubber has been improved considerably since then. But the basic concept of tires has persisted for well over a century. Now,…
City leaders and planners have been urged to put health at the heart of urban development in a new report. The new edition of the Healthy and Climate-Resilient Cities report by Bupa, C40 Cities and the Norman Foster Foundation looks at how stakeholders can create health-centred and climate resilient urban…
Khajak REBOff is a new Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drone with fiber optic cable for communication instead of radio. This makes it immune to jamming , the most effective protection against small drones. Russia has deployed similar technology with the Prince Vandal FPV used in action since August, and which has…
Google, like all responsible service providers across the tech industry, takes the protection of children very seriously indeed. It uses “proprietary technology to deter, detect, remove and report offences,” including the identification of child sexual abuse material in Gmail email messages. When you sign up to use Gmail, you agree…
In my latest conversation with ChatGPT, I caught myself saying “please” and “thank you.” My wife, overhearing this, couldn’t help but laugh at my politeness toward a machine. Had I gone too far in humanizing AI, or was I onto something more profound? What The Research Says About AI And…
Artyom Keydunov, CEO, Cube. The popularity of Microsoft Excel has never waned. Today, a whopping 1.1 billion users globally rely on it for multidimensional analysis in areas such as “scenario planning, supply chain optimization, logistics and various financial processes.” Multidimensional analysis differs from other types of data analysis because it…
Samsung and Google are on a mission to catch iPhone, at least when it comes to the security and privacy of Android’s huge number of users worldwide. Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down…
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