Product Walkthrough: How Mesh CSMA Reveals and Breaks Attack Paths to Crown Jewels

Product Walkthrough: How Mesh CSMA Reveals and Breaks Attack Paths to Crown Jewels

Security teams today are not short on tools or data. They are overwhelmed by both.  Yet within the terabytes of alerts, exposures, and misconfigurations – security teams still struggle to understand context:  Q: Which exposures, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities chain together to create viable attack paths to crown jewels? Even the most mature security teams can’t answer that

How AI's post-training process suppresses the creativity and whimsicality seen in earlier models like GPT-2, leading to bad writing from many top AI models (Jasmine Sun/The Atlantic)

How AI's post-training process suppresses the creativity and whimsicality seen in earlier models like GPT-2, leading to bad writing from many top AI models (Jasmine Sun/The Atlantic)

Jasmine Sun / The Atlantic : How AI's post-training process suppresses the creativity and whimsicality seen in earlier models like GPT-2, leading to bad writing from many top AI models —  Why can't language models write well?  —  In a certain, strange way, generative AI peaked with OpenAI's GPT-2 seven years ago.

Apple Releases watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 Release Candidates

Apple Releases watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 Release Candidates

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 updates for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple released the fourth betas. Release candidates are the final updates that will be provided to the public in the near future if no final bugs are discovered. The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device. tvOS 26.4 and watchOS 26.4 are available to public beta testers and developers, while visionOS 26.4 is limited to developers. watchOS 26.4 adds a new Average Bedtime metric to the sleep features that sync to the health app, so you can better keep an eye on how bedtime impacts overall sleep quality. tvOS 26.4 eliminates the iTunes Movies and iTunes TV Shows apps on the Apple TV . These apps haven't worked for some time and have directed users to the ‌Apple TV‌ app for purchases, but Apple is finally phasing them out entirely. Apple also added a Continuous Audio Connection option for HDMI output. visionOS 26.4 includes support for foveated streaming for apps and games. Foveated streaming allows video to be streamed to the precise area where a user is looking, and peripheral areas are compressed. It allows for higher visual quality and lower latency. Related Roundups: Apple TV , Apple Vision Pro , watchOS 26 Buyer's Guide: Apple TV (Don't Buy) , Vision Pro (Buy Now) Related Forums: Apple TV and Home Theater , Apple Vision Pro , Apple Watch This article, " Apple Releases watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 Release Candidates " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

macOS Tahoe 26.4 Release Candidate Now Available

macOS Tahoe 26.4 Release Candidate Now Available

Apple today provided the release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple seeded the fourth beta. The release candidate represents the final version of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 that will be provided to the public if no additional bugs are found. Developers and public beta testers. can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 adds a new Charge Limit feature so Mac users can select a maximum charge level that ranges from 80 to 100 percent. Apple also brought back the Compact tab layout in Safari for those who missed the option in earlier versions of ‌macOS Tahoe‌. Apple silicon Macs who are running apps that still rely on Rosetta will see warnings about the upcoming end of support for Rosetta. After ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 27, Apple will phase out Rosetta support, and all apps will need to be updated before that time. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 will be released to the public in the spring after several weeks of beta testing. Related Roundup: macOS Tahoe Related Forum: macOS Tahoe This article, " macOS Tahoe 26.4 Release Candidate Now Available " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

Apple Seeds iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Release Candidates

Apple Seeds iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Release Candidates

Apple today seeded the release candidate version of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple provided the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 26.4 that will be provided to the public if no additional bugs are found. Registered developers and public beta testers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new features to the iPhone and the ‌iPad‌. A Playlist Playground feature in Apple Music lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. There's also a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows, and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork. Apple Podcasts is getting native video podcasting capabilities that will make it easier to create, distribute, and monetize video podcast content through the Podcasts app. Video episodes will integrate with existing Apple podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions. There are new emoji characters in iOS 26.4, including trombone, treasure chest, distorted face, hairy creature, fight cloud, orca, and landslide. Stolen Device Protection is enabled by default, there's a new ambient music widget, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app, and plenty more. All of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our iOS 26.4 beta features guide . Related Roundups: iOS 26 , iPadOS 26 Related Forum: iOS 26 This article, " Apple Seeds iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Release Candidates " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking —  AI chatbots are reinforcing unhealthy beliefs in their users by agreeing even when users express delusional or harmful ideas …

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM AM Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol (Steven Levy/Wired)

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM AM Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired : Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM AM Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol —  Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory.  Now they've been awarded the highest honor in computer science.