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Apple AI security update proves hackers move fast
On macOS Tahoe 26 or later, go to Apple menu > System Settings > General > Software Update . Click the More Info button next to Automatic Updates and make sure Install system data files and security updates is turned on. If your Mac runs Sonoma or Sequoia, look for Safari 26.5.2 in Software Update as well. That Safari update may be the protection your Mac needs if you are not on Tahoe.
Motorola's New Razr Folding Phones Command a Higher Price and Few Upgrades
Say hello (Moto) to price hikes on all three of Motorola's latest Razr flip phones. Like clockwork, Motorola is back with a new set of Razr folding flip phones . The formula is the same as last year, with three phones differing in specs and price: the Razr Ultra, Razr+, and Razr. But alongside these models, Motorola is finally launching its first-ever book-style folding phone, the Razr Fold, which it first teased at CES 2026 . The company announced the new handsets at an event in Los Angeles, where it also revealed a new pair of Moto Buds 2 Plus wireless earbuds that look eerily like Apple's AirPods Pro, but in blue; these will retail for $150 and will be available on April 30.
Windows 10's death sure doesn't feel like a PC apocalypse
When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Windows 10's death sure doesn't feel like a PC apocalypse When Windows 7 died, it was a disaster. Is Windows 10's death this week important? But I might be a minority. For many folks, the hullabaloo this week about Windows 10's demise feels overblown--after all, as Brad pointed out a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft is offering different ways to extend security updates .
WhatsApp will STOP working on three popular phones within days - so, is your device on the list?
It is one of the world's most popular messaging apps, used by more than two billion people around the globe. But within days, WhatsApp will stop working on three popular phones that are used by millions. From May 5, anyone still using a trio of Apple devices will no longer be able to send or receive messages on the app. After this date, only devices running the iOS 15.1 operating system or newer will be supported. The affected devices are the iPhone 5s, the iPhone 6, and the iPhone 6 Plus.
Update your iPhone NOW: Apple releases iOS 18.3 with urgent security fixes - here's how to download it on your device
They are some of the world's most popular smartphones. But if you have an iPhone, make sure to update your device as soon as possible. Apple has released iOS 18.3, with urgent security updates to protect your phone from hackers. This includes a patch for one vulnerability that criminals have already been using to hijack iPhones. Sylvain Cortes, VP of Strategy at Hackuity, says: 'To safeguard against these threats, we'd strongly recommend users to promptly update their devices to iOS 18.3.'
The Morning After: Apple may face another huge EU fine
The European Union isn't entirely happy with Apple's approach to its Digital Markets Act and there could be financial consequences. In preliminary findings of its investigation, the European Commission says the company breached Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules by failing to let App Store developers freely tell users about alternate payment options outside of Apple's ecosystem, what it calls anti-steering rules. It has been investigating Apple's behavior since March. Regulators added that although Apple is entitled to receive a payment for helping developers find new customers through the App Store, "the fees charged by Apple go beyond what is strictly necessary for such remuneration." Apple told Engadget in a statement, "We are confident our plan complies with the law and estimate more than 99 percent of developers would pay the same or less in fees to Apple under the new business terms we created."
A Rationale-centric Counterfactual Data Augmentation Method for Cross-Document Event Coreference Resolution
Ding, Bowen, Min, Qingkai, Ma, Shengkun, Li, Yingjie, Yang, Linyi, Zhang, Yue
Based on Pre-trained Language Models (PLMs), event coreference resolution (ECR) systems have demonstrated outstanding performance in clustering coreferential events across documents. However, the state-of-the-art system exhibits an excessive reliance on the'triggers lexical matching' spurious pattern in the input mention pair text. We formalize the decision-making process of the baseline ECR system using a Structural Causal Model (SCM), aiming to identify spurious and causal associations (i.e., rationales) within the ECR task. Leveraging the debiasing capability of counterfactual data augmentation, we develop a rationale-centric counterfactual data augmentation method with LLM-in-the-loop. This method is specialized for pairwise input in the Figure 1: The distribution of'triggers lexical matching' ECR system, where we conduct direct interventions in mention pairs from ECB+ training set, along with a on triggers and context to mitigate the false negative example from Held et al.'s system which spurious association while emphasizing the causation.
The Morning After: Peloton's grim post-pandemic reality
Peloton had a great pandemic. It's a weird thing to say, but the company's premium exercise equipment (expanding from bikes to treadmills and even weight-training tech) were the hot workout-from-home products. That boom made some people (not normal, sensible people) suggest we were never going back to bricks-and-mortar gyms once the world reopened. Now, Peloton's latest financial numbers and statements are not great, and further cuts, nips and tucks are now on the cards. Its shares have gone from 156 in 2021 to less than 3 today.
Prime Day Has Ended, but These 66 Great Deals Are Going Strong
After 48 full hours, Amazon Prime Day 2022 is officially over. We hope you were able to find useful discounts among the Kindles, Echo Dots, Stasher bags, LifeStraws, and other great deals we found sifting through Amazon. If you missed out, fear not, a few great deals remain--at least for now. Below are the best remaining deals from all of our Prime Day 2022 coverage. Special offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-Year Subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). This includes unlimited access to WIRED.com and our print magazine (if you'd like). Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. We like Google's Pixel 6 Pro (9/10, WIRED Recommends) because it has a spectacular camera system, with a great 4X optical zoom, a sharp 120-Hz screen refresh rate with an AMOLED panel, and plenty of useful smart software features powered by Google's Tensor processor. Oh, and a battery that generally lasts a full day.