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Hackers could one day use novel visual techniques to manipulate what AI sees - RisingAttacK impacts 'most widely used AI computer vision systems'
RisingAttacK manipulates AI vision by subtly altering images, causing it to misidentify or ignore key objects without human detection.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:
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Apple is still trying to overturn the ban on the Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor
Apple is making another attempt to appeal the trade ban that forced it to remove the blood oxygen sensor from its smartwatches, Reuters reports. The company was forced to remove the feature in 2024, following a decision from the International Trade Commission (ITC) in 2023 that banned sales of the Apple Watch for violating health tech startup Masimo's patents. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard new...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
CT scans hint at hybridization, but it will take extracting and analyzing a DNA sample to be certain.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 8 #492
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for July 8, No. 492.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 8, #288
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 8, No. 288
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 8, #758
Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for July 8, No. 758.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 8, #1480
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for July 8, No. 1,480.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:The best early Prime Day deals on headphones and earbuds are live the day before the sale
Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner β here are the best early headphones and earbuds deals you can shop already.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gazaβs population βa blueprint for crimes against humanityβ
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into βhumanitarian cityβ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in GazaIsraelβs defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.Israel Katz said he has ordered Israelβs military to prepare for...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:ChatGPT is testing a mysterious new feature called βstudy togetherβ
Some ChatGPT subscribers are reporting a new feature appearing in their drop-down list of available tools called βStudy Together.β The mode is apparently the chatbotβs way of becoming a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to prompts, some say it asks more questions and requires the human to answer, like OpenAIβs answer to Googleβs [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews
Independent publishers are worried about Google AI Overviews, trained on fresh journalistic content, filling up search results.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Every iPad is on sale the day before Prime Day: Save up to $125 on Apples tablets
Mashable's lead shopping reporter hunted down the best early Amazon Prime Day iPad deals, including $100 off the latest iPad mini.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:The Best-Sounding Sony Bluetooth Speaker I've Tested Is at an All-Time Low Price for Prime Day
I gave high marks to Sony's new ULT Field 5 Bluetooth speaker when it launched. It normally lists for $330 but is currently on sale for $198 -- the lowest price we've seen yet.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Trump says Bolsonaro βnot guilty of anythingβ amid Brazil coup trial
President Lula rejects foreign βinterferenceβ as Trump claims far-right former leader victim of βwitch-huntβDonald Trump has issued his strongest defence to date of Brazilβs former president Jair Bolsonaro, claiming the far-right leader is the victim of a βwitch-huntβ in his home country.Posting on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, the US president claimed that Bolsonaro β often dubbed the βTrump of the...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Man kidnapped by Argentinaβs military regime as baby is reunited with relatives
Forty-nine-year-old is 140th child found by Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who search for people βdisappearedβ under 1976-83 dictatorshipA man taken from his mother as a newborn by Argentinaβs military has been reunited with his relatives after almost 50 years.The man, 49, whose identity was not disclosed for privacy reasons, was identified after he took a DNA test. Continue reading...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Former Tory cabinet minister David Jones joins Reform UK
Ex-MP for Clwyd West says he will not stand for election and joined βas a private individualβThe former Conservative cabinet minister David Jones has joined Reform UK.Jones, who was the MP for Clwyd West from 2005 until standing down in 2024, said he had quit the Tories after βmore than 50 years of continuous membershipβ. Continue reading...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts
Bluesky updated its notifications to allowing users to personalize their experience, including the option to be notified only when accounts reply to them.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Measles cases reach 33-year high as RFK Jr. pursues anti-vaccine agenda
There have been at least 1,281 cases since the start of the year.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass
The early version in the first developer beta of iOS 26 and the accompanying updates for Apple's other devices still left room for improvement in terms of usability, accessibility, and legibility.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet
Jack Dorsey just released a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that functions entirely over Bluetooth networks, as reported by CNBC. It's called Bitchat and doesn't need the internet to work, as there are no central servers. The Twitter co-founder calls it an experiment in "Bluetooth mesh networks, relays and store and forward models, message encryption models and a few other things.β It works by enabling...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Trumpβs next tariffs will target South Korea and Japan
President Donald Trump plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from South Korea and Japan. The levy will go into effect on August 1st, which is when the Trump administration will begin enforcing sweeping tariffs on a wider swath of countries that fail to reach a trade agreement with the US. The [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Bluesky can really keep up with the news now that it has activity notifications
One thing that has been missing from Bluesky until now was the ability to turn on notifications for specific accounts, but now Activity Notifications are live. If you want to know every time The Verge or ESPN, or one of your friends posts, you can, just by toggling the bell icon on their profile page, [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Bluesky is finally adding more ways to filter notifications
Bluesky has updated its notification settings so that users have more control over when and why the social media app sends them a ping. Besides more granular controls over which things will trigger a notification, you can now receive alerts for any activity from a chosen account. As a fledgling app, Bluesky has lacked the in-depth notification toggles you might find in something like Instagram, which has had over a...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds
Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030The changes the government made to the welfare bill in the face of a mounting rebellion over its proposals to cut disability benefits will lift 50,000 people out of poverty, an updated impact assessment has found.The prime minister was forced to abandon the central plank of his welfare bill β...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Teslaβs real struggles have only just begun
Tesla used to be the envy of the auto world, with sky-high valuations, a relentless focus on tech, and a CEO that commanded unprecedented loyalty from his customers. Now the company's reputation is in shambles, its financial future looks increasingly grim, and its costly bets on AI and robotics are unlikely to pay off anytime [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
FCC to auction spectrum that could include 6 GHz band used for next-gen Wi-Fi.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:The 8 Best Travel Pillows (2025), Tested on Planes
It can be hard to catch a nap while traveling, but these pillows can help.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Epic reaches mystery settlement with Samsung days before new Galaxy phones
Last September, after successfully suing Google for running an illegal app store monopoly, Epic Games sued Samsung, too - alleging the phonemaker of illegally conspiring with Google to undermine third-party app stores. An "Auto Blocker" feature on Samsung Android phones, which was turned on by default, automatically kept users from installing apps from stores that [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Security researchers discover dangerous malware that's small, fast, can work locally, and doesn't need a master command - here's what you need to know
Mamona is a stealthy, offline ransomware strain that avoids detection by never connecting to external servers and self-deleting, complicating traditional antivirus response.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat
Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a combination of the words βbitβ and βchat,β and not the other combination of words that it looks like). Bitchat is a messaging app that operates through Bluetooth mesh [β¦]
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:AI slop artists are redoing the Squid Game series finale
AI-generated videos retconning the ending of Netflix's Squid Game Season 3 are going viral on the internet
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers
Fubo was accused of giving advertisers customers' PII without their consent.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-packing-record-stems-from-an-unexpected-source-20250707/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44493196 Points: 405 # Comments: 204
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:The best Prime Day Bluetooth speaker deals you can shop a day early
Shop the best Bluetooth speaker deals on top brands ahead of Prime Day, including Sony, JBL, Anker Soundcore, and more.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:βNo honor among thievesβ: M&S hacking group starts turf war
A clash between criminal ransomware groups could result in victims being extorted twice.
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