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A Federal Court of Australia judge ruled that Apple must let iPhone users with Australian Apple Accounts download apps from alternative app stores and websites starting March 1, 2027, with a possible extension to May 3, 2027. The 235-page decision follows an earlier finding that Apple breached Australian competition law through App Store restrictions, in a case brought by Epic Games. Apple has said it will appeal.
A QR code hides its destination until you have already opened it. susQR is a free web tool that checks the link first, and it is worth keeping one tap away.
Researchers using artificial intelligence discovered long-standing vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language that powers a large share of the world's websites. The flaws, undetected for more than ten years, prompted governments and cyber-security agencies to issue an emergency fix and advise some website operators to take systems offline until patched. Cyber-security firm Wiz and OpenAI, whose AI tools helped surface the issues, both described the discovery as among the most significant security findings in recent memory.
An agent is a language model given tools and a loop. That single design choice explains both why agents can finish real work and why they fail in ways a chatbot never could.
Startup Radical Numerics has started an FDA-authorized clinical trial using bacteriophages designed by artificial intelligence to treat a patient's infection. CEO Dr. Eric Nguyen says the approach could create a virus tailored to a specific infection in days, but the research has not yet been peer-reviewed and success is not guaranteed.
Quishing works because a QR code gives you nothing to judge before you commit. Here is what the scams look like in practice and the habits that defuse them.
Apple has set a purchase limit of two iPhone Duo foldable phones per customer on its online store, according to CNET. Preorders placed now are estimated to ship by Jan. 25, and in-store stock is expected to be limited when the phone launches Friday. Carriers including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Best Buy reportedly allow larger orders, but only when bundled with a service line.
A new router upgrades the link between your devices and the router. Almost nothing people complain about lives on that link, which is why the box rarely delivers the numbers on it.
Amazon Web Services researchers reviewing honeypot logs found that an attacker attempted to exploit the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities on October 17, four days before the flaws were publicly disclosed and patched on Wednesday. The attempt originated from an IP address linked to a commercial anonymization service, and AWS also logged a wave of further exploitation attempts in the hours before the official disclosure at 10 am ET.
A developer named Oliver Grabner created an open-source environment on Pokémon Showdown's 2v2 format to test how large language model agents coordinate as teammates. In the setup, two separate LLM agents control one side each, communicating via chat to split targets, correct each other's mistakes, and plan joint strategies such as Qwen3.8-27B models coordinating moves and correcting a type-matchup error mid-battle.
A new e-Conomy SEA report from Google, Temasek and Bain & Company found generative AI adoption in Southeast Asia has reached about 243 million people in under three years, equal to 58% of the working population. Despite this rapid uptake, only 1-2% of the population pays for personal AI subscriptions, according to the report. Bain partner Florian Hoppe told CNBC companies are instead monetizing AI through e-commerce conversion and customer service automation.
Proton, maker of Proton Mail and Proton VPN, has taken over hosting of an interactive map tracking Flock Safety's license plate readers and AI surveillance cameras across the US. The tool was created by security researcher Joshua Michael in September and survived a trademark complaint from Flock demanding its removal. Proton says the map counts over 214,000 Flock devices in service, far above the 120,000 Flock itself reported this summer.