TidBITS

DarkSword Exploit Threatens iPhones Still Running iOS 18

Security researchers have discovered DarkSword, a sophisticated exploit chain targeting iOS 18.4 through 18.7.2. Unlike past spyware aimed at high-profile targets, DarkSword is being surreptitiously ...
The New York Times

Is A.I. Changing the Way You Teach Writing? Tell Us.

We want to hear from high school teachers and college professors who assign writing. By Dana Goldstein For decades, American students have struggled to produce one dominant form of academic writing: a ...
Science Daily

A simple blood test mismatch linked to kidney failure and death

A major global study suggests that a hidden mismatch between two common blood tests could quietly signal serious trouble ahead. When results from creatinine and cystatin C—two markers used to assess ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Ask An SEO: Can AI Systems & LLMs Render JavaScript To Read ‘Hidden’ Content?

For this week’s Ask An SEO, a reader asked: “Is there any difference between how AI systems handle JavaScript-rendered or interactively hidden content compared to traditional Google indexing? What ...
InfoWorld

Writing code is so over

Soon AI agents will be writing better, cleaner code than any mere human can, just like compilers can write better assembly. There’s an old joke about the weather in San Francisco: If you don’t like it ...
MobiHealthNews

Function raises $298M with $2.5B valuation and more digital health funding

Function, a whole-body health company, announced it secured $298 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, boosting its valuation to $2.5 billion. Redpoint Ventures participated in the round, with ...
Frontiers

Artificial intelligence in academic literacy: empirical evidence on reading and writing practices in higher education

Academic reading and writing constitute fundamental competences in higher education that enable access to disciplinary knowledge and participation in academic communities. The incorporation of ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
Mobile

Text Too Small to Read? Causes, and Best Practices Readability

Have you ever visited a website or opened an app only to be unable to read the little text? Whether it’s a badly designed homepage, a mobile app with tiny fonts, or high-resolution screens that make ...
Hacker

How to Read and Write Files from Oracle Forms Using WebUtil

Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, known for his expertise in Oracle. Vinish Kapoor is an Oracle ACE Pro, software developer, and founder of Vinish.dev, ...
The Conversation

What are the key purposes of human writing? How we name AI‑generated text confuses things

University of Northern British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. University of Northern British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. As an ...