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GOOGLE FIXES CHROME ZERO-DAY EXPLOITED IN ESPIONAGE CAMPAIGN

Google has fixed a high-severity Chrome zero-day vulnerability that allowed malicious users to escape the browser sandbox. Researchers from Kaspersky reported this vulnerability, which they described as an “incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on Windows.” Attackers are actively exploiting this vulnerability to infect targets with sophisticated malware used for espionage. A similar zero-day vulnerability was also recently disclosed and patched in Firefox.

PARALYSED MAN STANDS AGAIN AFTER RECEIVING ‘REPROGRAMMED' STEM CELLS

Scientists at Keio University in Tokyo injected neural stem cells into four patients to treat spinal cord injuries - one patient, who was previously paralyzed, can now stand on his own. Another patient can move their arms and legs, but the remaining two did not show substantial improvements. While trials have shown that the therapy is safe, it has so far had mixed results. Preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the treatment works, but larger trials will be needed.

SCIENTISTS JUST TRANSPLANTED A PIG LIVER INTO A PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME

A Chinese team has successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The organ remained functional until the end of the experiment 10 days later - there were no signs of rejection or inflammation. The pig liver is designed to be a stop-gap measure rather than a full replacement. It can keep patients temporarily alive until a human donor organ becomes available or the patient's own liver recovers.

OPEN SOURCE DEVS ARE FIGHTING AI CRAWLERS WITH CLEVERNESS AND VENGEANCE

Sites hosting free and open source projects share most of their infrastructure publicly, so they tend to have fewer resources than commercial products. Many AI bots don't honor the Robots Exclusion Protocol robot.txt file, hide behind other IP addresses, and pretend to be other users, making it difficult to block them. Anubis is a reverse proxy proof-of-work check that must be passed before requests are allowed to hit a server - it blocks bots but lets through browsers operated by humans. It has been popular among the FOSS community as many projects are experiencing the same issue.

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