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Today Apple has released iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 to the public, and your iPhone or iPad may have already notified you about the availability, as Apple pushes such updates to everyone at the same time. You should probably install the update as soon as possible, as it comes with fixes for a couple of actively exploited vulnerabilities. The IOSurfaceAccelerator vulnerability allowed an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, while the WebKit vulnerability could let maliciously crafted web content to…

Image via Columbia Pictures Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler go together like cheese and chocolate, which is to say that the combo has probably happened enough to warrant a consensus, but the jury still seems to be out. That’s just regarding the critics, though. As far as Barrymore is concerned, her chemistry with the Uncut Gems star is a golden ticket to a good time, and it sounds like she and the Sandman are all but ready to tackle their next project together. Speaking to ET Online, Barrymore was happy to…

The brown widow spider, scientifically known as Latrodectus geometricus, is a venomous spider that is closely related to the more well-known black widow spider. Brown widow spiders are typically light to medium brown in color, with a distinctive pattern of stripes and spots on their bodies. Like the black widow spider, the venom of the brown widow spider contains neurotoxins that can cause pain, muscle cramps, and other symptoms in humans.New study shows brown widow spiders actively seek and kill nearby black widows.Black…

Apple's newly-released macOS Ventura 13.2.1 and iOS 16.3.1 didn't add any new features, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't install them. Information gleaned from their release notes shows quite the opposite.Apple says that both new software updates include security fixes that are absolutely worth installing. One of the fixes relates to a WebKit issue that the company notes could already have been actively exploited by bad actors.Update timeThe release notes (opens in new tab) for macOS Ventura 13.2.1 and iOS 16.3.1…

Some experts say that when artificial intelligence takes off, it's going to be like Martians landing on the National Mall.So far, our mind children, as the roboticist Hans Moravec called our artificially intelligent offspring, are in the toddler phase, as we ooh and aah at the novelty of our creation. They're headed for the rebellious teenage phase. When AI hurtles into adulthood and isn't so artificial anymore, we'll be relegated to being the family pets, as a resigned Steve Wozniak put it.Silicon Valley is reeling at…

Image: AppleApple has once again released a patch for a likely critical flaw affecting the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and older iPads -- models for which it rarely provides security.    Along with patches in iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura this week, Apple released a rare patch in the iOS 12.5.7 update to protect iOS devices that couldn't upgrade to iOS 15 when it was released in September 2021. These include the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation).The update…

Last week, Apple unveiled the successor of the original HomePod. With a few new tricks, the second generation of smart speakers plans to bring back a fuller sound with heavier bass and new computational audio tricks. That said, users might wonder if Apple is working on the next version of the HomePod mini – which, apparently, the company is not. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, in his Power On newsletter, the journalist says Apple is not “actively working” on a new iteration of the HomePod mini.…

Last Updated: January 16, 2023, 14:07 ISTImage used for representation. (Photo: PTI)In the first half of the current fiscal, imports of auto components grew by 17.2 percent to Rs 79,815 Cr from Rs 64,310 Cr over the first half of 2021-2022The domestic automobile industry is scaling up efforts to enhance localisation of electronic components in order to curtail dependence on other countries, especially China, as per auto component industry body President Sunjay Kapur.In an interaction with PTI, Kapur noted that the…

A primer on position bias (and why it matters)Image generated with Stable DiffusionStandard Machine Learning curricula teach that ML models learn from patterns that exist in the past in order make predictions about the future.This is a neat simplification, but things change dramatically once the predictions from these models are being used in production, where they create feedback loops: now, the model predictions themselves are impacting the world that the model is trying to learn from. Our models no longer just predict…

Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest newsSign up to our free US Evening Headlines emailConservative pundit Ben Shapiro has been mocked for not understanding how murder mysteries work. Mr Shapiro criticised the film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson on Twitter on Monday.“I regret to inform you that ‘Glass Onion’ is actively bad,” he wrote, adding that “the first half of the movie is a complete misdirect and a waste of time”.“We only find out about the actual murder we’re…