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Thousands of sites running WordPress remain unpatched against a critical security flaw in a widely used plugin that was being actively exploited in attacks that allow for unauthenticated execution of malicious code, security researchers said. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11972, is found in Hunk Companion, a plugin that runs on 10,000 sites that use the WordPress content management system. The vulnerability, which carries a severity rating of 9.8 out of a possible 10, was patched earlier this week. At the time this post went live on Ars, figures provided on the Hunk Companion page indicated that less than 12 percent…
Apple announced four new iPhones a couple of months ago, including the ‘Plus’ model. In this article, we’ll compare that variant vs its predecessor. In other words, we’ll be comparing the Apple iPhone 16 Plus vs Apple iPhone 15 Plus. These two phones are not the most powerful the company has to offer, but they are compelling in their own regard. They’re larger variants of vanilla models, basically. While the two phones do look a lot alike, Apple did change some things from last year’s model to the new one, and it’s definitely worth noting those differences. We’ll first list…
Hadlee Simons / Android AuthorityTL;DR Vivo has launched the X200 and X200 Pro in global markets. The X200 Pro is the top-tier model, featuring a 200MP telephoto camera and a 6,000mAh battery. The X200 starts at ~$778 in India while the Pro variant costs ~$1,120. We thought the vivo X100 Pro was one of the best camera phones of 2024, but the company has already revealed the X200 series in China. We didn’t have to wait too long for a wider release as the company has just launched the new flagships in global markets.Vivo is bringing the X200 and X200…
Large language models have found great success so far by using their transformer architecture to effectively predict the next words (i.e., language tokens) needed to respond to queries. When it comes to complex reasoning tasks that require abstract logic, though, some researchers have found that interpreting everything through this kind of “language space” can start to cause some problems, even for modern “reasoning” models. Now, researchers are trying to work around these problems by crafting models that can work out potential logical solutions completely in “latent space”—the hidden computational layer just before the transformer generates language. While this approach doesn’t cause a sea…
ByteDance continues its fight to avoid a ban on TikTok in the US. There are just a few weeks left until the deadline set by the April bill expires. The company recently requested an emergency pause in the implementation of the law. Now, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has urged the appeals court to reject the request from TikTok’s parent company. TikTok and its struggle to continue operating in the US If you’re not aware, the bill prohibits the short video platform from operating in the United States unless ByteDance divests TikTok’s operations in the US. The government cites national…
Winter is here, and nothing beats a sip of your favorite hot drink. Sadly, colder weather also means your drink will lose its perfect temperature faster. That’s why I love my Ember Mug 2, which keeps my drink at the right temperature indefinitely. You can get one too and at a discount! Right now, the Ember Mug 2 can be had for as low as $99.99, which is a $50 discount. Buy the Ember Mug 2 for $99.99This deal is available from Best Buy. Only the Ember Mug 2 in Blue is at this price. All other color models will…
In both lawsuits filed against C.AI, parents want to see the model destroyed, not evolved. That’s because not only do they consider the chats their kids experienced to be harmful, but they also believe it was unacceptable for C.AI to train its model on their kids’ chats. Because the model could never be fully cleansed of their data—and because C.AI allegedly fails to adequately age-gate and it’s currently unclear how many kids’ data was used to train the AI model—they have asked courts to order C.AI to delete the model. Ars could not immediately reach lawyers representing families suing for…
In a partnership, Epic Games and Telefónica, a leading global telecommunications provider, have announced that the Epic Games Store will be preinstalled on millions of Android devices across Europe and Latin America. This collaboration aims to make popular games like Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Rocket League Sideswipe more accessible while offering Android users a more competitive app ecosystem. Expanding Reach in Gaming The Epic Games Store will now come preloaded on all new compatible Android phones on Telefónica’s network in Spain, the UK, Germany, and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. This eliminates the need for users to sideload the Epic Games…
Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityThe arrival of RCS to the iPhone means that communication between Android and iPhone users is about to get much easier for those in the US. It’s true this matters less to other countries as most of these regions use WhatsApp universally, but RCS is increasingly important for those stateside.Android users don’t have to worry about whether their carrier directly supports RCS or not, as the functionality is baked into the Google Messages app itself. The situation is different for iPhone owners, as Apple Messages doesn’t support RCS directly. This means you’ll only get RCS messages…
Adam Steensberg, the chief executive of Danish biotech Zealand Pharma, which is developing an alternative weight loss product based on a different hormone, says “there is a duopoly already” in the GLP-1 market. Combining different drugs could be a way of expanding the effects of GLP-1s further still. Doctors such as Perkovic envisage a possible future treatment regime for chronic kidney disease patients that combines existing drugs with GLP-1s to drastically reduce the risks of organ failure. But the upfront costs of GLP-1s are likely to hold back the wide-ranging access needed if the treatments are to tackle cardiometabolic diseases…