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Apple issues emergency update to fix zero-day exploit in iPhone and macOS – TechSpot

Apple issues emergency update to fix zero-day exploit in iPhone and macOS  TechSpot All Apple users should update after company patches zero-day vulnerability in all platforms  Malwarebytes Apple releases iOS 18.6.2 for iPhone, here’s what’s new  9to5Mac Apple Rushes Out Fix for Zero-Day Attack on iPhones, Macs  PCMag You Need to Download iOS 18.6.2 Now to Patch This Zero-Day Exploit  CNET Source link

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Steve Wozniak reflects on happiness and legacy on his 75th birthday – TechSpot

Steve Wozniak reflects on happiness and legacy on his 75th birthday  TechSpot Steve Wozniak at 75: Happiness Over Wealth, AI Warnings, Tech Critique  WebProNews On his 75th birthday, Apple legend Steve Wozniak pops up in a comment thread about his ‘bad decision’ to sell his stock in the ’80s with a devastatingly zen reply: ‘I gave all my Apple wealth away because …

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Stanford's brain-computer interface turns inner speech into spoken words – TechSpot

Stanford’s brain-computer interface turns inner speech into spoken words  TechSpot For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible  The New York Times Brain-computer interface could decode inner speech in real time  EurekAlert! Scientists develop interface that ‘reads’ thoughts from speech-impaired patients  Stanford Report Mind-reading AI can turn even imagined speech into spoken words  New Scientist Source link

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Getting self-electrocuted is one effective way to beat anti-cheat and improve your shooter skills – TechSpot

Getting self-electrocuted is one effective way to beat anti-cheat and improve your shooter skills  TechSpot Between pained cries, the YouTuber who made this ‘neuromuscular aim assist’ that shocks his muscles for fast Counter-Strike 2 reactions insists it’s ‘not cheats’  PC Gamer YouTuber builds aimbot using muscle shocks & insists it’s not cheating  Dexerto Inventor’s Quest to Redefine Aiming in Gaming Involves Getting an …

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Doctors became worse at spotting cancer after relying on AI for help, study finds – TechSpot

Doctors became worse at spotting cancer after relying on AI for help, study finds  TechSpot AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study  Bloomberg.com Relying on AI in Colonoscopies May Erode Clinicians’ Skills  MedPage Today Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies  Financial Times As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills?  statnews.com Source link

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Cornell researchers develop invisible light-based watermark to detect deepfakes – TechSpot

Cornell researchers develop invisible light-based watermark to detect deepfakes  TechSpot Seeing isn’t believing – flickering lights could reveal deepfaked videos  New Atlas Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes  Ars Technica Deepfakes are really dangerous but this small process could make them easier to catch  Hindustan Times Cornell researchers working on light-watermarking tactic to detect AI videos  The Hindu Source link

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Smartwatches are useless for measuring actual stress levels, study says – TechSpot

Smartwatches are useless for measuring actual stress levels, study says  TechSpot Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find  The Guardian New Study Finds Smartwatches Aren’t That Good at Measuring Stress  Gizmodo Your Smartwatch Doesn’t Know Much About Your Mental State and Here’s Why  nextpit.com Is Wearable Tech Making Us Healthier—or Just More Neurotic?  The Daily Beast Source link

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Man develops rare 19th-century psychiatric disorder after following ChatGPT's diet advice – TechSpot

Man develops rare 19th-century psychiatric disorder after following ChatGPT’s diet advice  TechSpot A man asked ChatGPT how to remove sodium chloride from his diet. It landed him in the hospital  The Independent Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with ‘bromide intoxication’  Live Science The dangerous ChatGPT advice that landed a 60-year-old man in the hospital with hallucinations  New York Post Man …

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Security flaw in WinRAR allows malware to install at Windows startup – TechSpot

Security flaw in WinRAR allows malware to install at Windows startup  TechSpot WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction  BleepingComputer Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware — zero day hack requires manual update to fix  Tom’s Hardware Patch Now: New WinRAR Flaw Used to Deliver Malware  PCMag Phishing attacks exploit WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 to install …

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