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Apple issues urgent iOS patch as it navigates the spyware arms race

If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Apple recently published an emergency security patch for users on iOS…

AI

Trusted rails for AI commerce

Mastercard argues that trusted payment infrastructure, agent verification and consumer-controlled data will be essential as AI-enabled commerce develops across Africa.

Business

Huel rapped for ‘irresponsible’ Spencer Matthews ad

Huel, the meal replacement drink backed by Steven Bartlett, has been rapped by the advertising watchdog for an “irresponsible” ad featuring Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews. The drinks firm, which is owned by French food giant Danone, paid for a video featuring Matthews to be circulated on Instagram and Youtube.

Science

Brain signals thought to predict events may instead track time

Few neuroscientists would dispute that the brain relies on prediction. From houseflies evading swatters to humans catching baseballs, living things are constantly anticipating what comes next. Understanding how the brain generates those predictions could help explain one of neuroscience's most enduring questions: how the brain builds…

Science

More cats: The key to happy countries?

National happiness is influenced by complex relationships beyond basic economic factors, according to a study by Javier I. Borráz-León of the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation in Mexico City and colleagues.

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