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December 13, 2025Ravi LakshmananZero-day/vulnerabilities Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two security flaws that the company announced were being exploited in the wild. One of them is the same flaw that Google patched in Chrome earlier this week. The vulnerabilities are listed below. CVE-2025-43529 (CVSS Score: N/A) – Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit that may lead to arbitrary code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content CVE-2025-14174 (CVSS Score: 8.8) – Memory corruption issue in WebKit that may lead to memory corruption when processing maliciously crafted web…
It’s been an exciting week in science news, with interesting directions in our understanding of human evolution and animal behavior. But before we get too deep into terrestrial matters, let’s look to the skies and see what has been discovered in space.A bright binary star system could soon glow with the glow of thousands of solar cores. The system, called V Sagittarius, is emitting bright flares before going supernova a century from now. Skywatchers are looking forward to the flare, as it is visible to the naked eye day and night. Meanwhile, a mysterious X-ray signal from deep space may…
New telescope images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS confirm that the mysterious object has gotten brighter and greener since it moved closer to the sun in late October. This increase in activity could herald a new bright burst of cometary material as 3I/ATLAS heads toward its closest approach to Earth next week.New images taken on November 26th with the Gemini North telescope atop Hawaii’s dormant volcano Mauna Kea capture the comet in one of its most active stages to date. Recently, intense solar radiation has heated up the comet’s ice, causing it to sublimate and spew into space along with large…
In the cafeteria of Rivian’s Palo Alto office, the robot bypasses a shelf decorated with cold canned coffee until it runs out. Five minutes later, as the man carefully pushed the droid out of everyone’s way, the words “Stuck” flashed yellow on the poor droid’s screen. It’s an inauspicious start to Rivian’s Autonomy & AI Day, which showcases the company’s plans to make its vehicles self-driving. Rivian didn’t create the cafeteria robot and isn’t responsible for its capabilities, but its weaknesses had a familiar message. That means this is difficult. I was reminded of that message a few hours later,…
In the cafeteria of Rivian’s Palo Alto office, the robot bypasses a shelf decorated with cold canned coffee until it runs out. Five minutes later, as the man carefully pushed the droid out of everyone’s way, the words “Stuck” flashed yellow on the poor droid’s screen. It’s an inauspicious start to Rivian’s Autonomy & AI Day, which showcases the company’s plans to make its vehicles self-driving. Rivian didn’t create the cafeteria robot and isn’t responsible for its capabilities, but its weaknesses had a familiar message. That means this is difficult. I was reminded of that message a few hours later,…
Apple is releasing another tool to reduce the transparency of liquid glass with the release of iOS 26.2, which is currently being released. The update will allow users to control the transparency of the lock screen clock. The release follows an update that introduced a slider to control the opacity of liquid glass elements through the operating system, following user complaints that the change made iPhones and other Apple devices difficult to read. A new design language for Apple devices introduced in iOS 26 makes various interface elements like buttons, sliders, and notifications translucent. These elements also refract light, giving…
Apple and Google have released several software updates to protect against hacking campaigns targeting unspecified users. On Wednesday, Google released patches for several security bugs in its Chrome browser, noting that one of the bugs was being actively exploited by hackers before the company applied the patch. Unusually for Google, the company did not provide further details at the time. But on Friday, Google updated its page to say the bug was discovered by Apple’s security engineering team and Google’s threat analysis group, whose security researchers primarily track government hackers and mercenary spyware authors, indicating the hacking campaign may have…
One day in November, product strategist Michelle (not her real name) logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She told TechCrunch that she also changed her name to Michael. She was participating in an experiment called #WearthePants, where women tested the hypothesis that LinkedIn’s new algorithm was biased against women. For several months, some heavy LinkedIn users have been complaining about a drop in engagement and impressions on the career-oriented social network. This comes after the company’s vice president of engineering, Tim Jarka, said in August that the platform had “very recently” implemented LLM to surface…
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that leverages Python repositories hosted on GitHub to distribute a previously undocumented JavaScript-based remote access Trojan (RAT) called PyStoreRAT. “These repositories, often themed around development utilities or OSINT tools, contain just a few lines of code responsible for silently downloading a remote HTA file and running it via ‘mshta.exe,’” Morphisec researcher Yonatan Edri said in a report shared with The Hacker News. PyStoreRAT is described as a “modular, multi-stage” implant that can run EXE, DLL, PowerShell, MSI, Python, JavaScript, and HTA modules. The malware also deploys a subsequent payload, an information…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday night directing federal agencies to challenge state AI laws, arguing that startups need relief from a “patchwork” of rules. Meanwhile, legal experts and startup companies say the order could prolong uncertainty, spark legal battles and leave young companies navigating changing state requirements while waiting to see if Congress can agree on a single national framework. The order, titled “Securing a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” directs the Department of Justice to establish a task force within 30 days to challenge certain state laws on the grounds that AI is interstate commerce…