Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.
BBC

Iran's internet is returning - but not for everyone

Nearly three weeks into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, some of Iran's 92 million citizens are beginning to get back online - but access appears to be tightly controlled. The ...
STAT

What’s in Congress’ sweeping health care deal: PBM reform, telehealth, science funding

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. Daniel Payne reports on how the ...
The New York Times

Inside the Fight to Keep Iran Online

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce. A Starlink ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages

A malicious package in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry poses as a legitimate WhatsApp Web API library to steal WhatsApp messages, collect contacts, and gain access to the account. A fork of ...
Health Affairs

‘I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians’ Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities

People with disabilities face barriers when attempting to gain access to health care settings. Using qualitative analysis of three physician focus groups, we identified physical, communication, ...
CNBC

Multiple people at U.S. military base fall ill after suspicious package delivered, CNN reports

A suspicious package was delivered to a U.S. military base in Maryland, which caused multiple people to fall ill and led to several being taken to the hospital, CNN reported on Thursday. A statement ...
The Economist

Can AI make the poor world richer?

Mr Ntonde’s experience captures the promise of artificial intelligence. Less than three years after ChatGPT’s launch, some 800m people—a seventh of the world’s adults—use it each week. Many are in the ...
Advanced Television

Philo adds HBO Max, discovery+ access to Core package

Philo, the live TV streaming service in the US, has announced the expansion of its Core package through a new partnership with Warner Bros Discovery. Effective immediately, Philo Core subscribers gain ...
Futurism

The AI Industry Is Still Light-Years From Making a Profit, Experts Warn

Were you to glance at the trajectory of top AI stocks — OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and the like — you’d be convinced the industry is making money hand over fist. Look a bit deeper, however, and cracks ...
Forbes

Text-To-SQL: Making Enterprise Data More Accessible To Users

While data warehouses and cloud-native architectures have grown rapidly, business users are still finding it difficult to reach enterprise data. Even as dashboards and query tools become easier to use ...