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Google is rolling out a security patch for its Chrome web browser that fixes a security flaw that could allow a malicious user to run dangerous code on a user's computer. The update is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux computers and users should install the latest version in order to remain protected from the zero-day vulnerability — the sixth one to be patched by Google this year. The company is expected to provide more information once the update has been rolled out to several…

Global patterns of timber-producing forest loss through stand-replacing wildfires. a–f, Hotspots of severe burning in timber-producing forests (a,b), total area (c,d) and proportion (e,f) of forestry land severely burned nationally between 2001 and 2021, using the map of global forest management (a,c,e) by Lesiv et al and the map of forest loss due to forestry (b,d,f) by Curtis et al. In a and b, areas of warmer red represent increasing burn, blue…

UC Davis Project Scientist John N. Williams uses a drip torch to light a prescribed burn at Shaver Lake in the Sierra National Forest. Credit: Abner KingmanCompared to historical patterns, the “wrong kind of fire” is burning.According to a study conducted by the Safford Lab at the University of California, Davis and its partners, there has been a significant rise in high-severity wildfires in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade forests. These fires have been burning at rates that surpass any seen prior to Euro-American…

UC Davis Project Scientist John N. Williams uses a drip torch to light a prescribed burn at Shaver Lake in the Sierra National Forest. Credit: Abner Kingman High-severity wildfire is increasing in Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade forests and has been burning at unprecedented rates compared to the years before Euro-American settlement, according to a study from the Safford Lab at the University of California, Davis and its…

Image: Getty/damircudicGoogle has released a security update for for Chrome which protects users against a newly discovered, high severity vulnerability in the browser which it's warned is already actively being exploited by cyber attackers. The Stable Channel Update for Google Chrome on desktop is for Windows, Mac and Linux versions of the browser. It's recommended that users apply the security update as soon as possible – something which Google Chrome will do automatically when the browser is closed and reopened. …

Image: 10'000 Hours/GETTYGoogle has released an update to Chrome 103 for Windows desktops that fixes a flaw in its implementation of WebRTC, which it warns is already under attack. The issue that Chrome update 103.0.5060.114 for Windows addresses is a "heap buffer overflow in WebRTC", referring to when the buffer allocated in the heap portion of memory can be overwritten for nefarious means. WebRTC is the open web standard for building video and voice applications for real-time communications (RTC). It's enabled by…