August 26, 2025
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Charting the Way Forward: New Efforts to Advance Electronic Health Information Sharing

Author043 mins

In July 2025, the Trump administration announced a new effort (“Making Health Tech Great Again”) towards health data interchange (referred to in this brief as “interoperability”). This announcement accompanied voluntary commitments from more than 60 providers, payers, and software companies—vendors of electronic health records (EHR) systems, health care analytics platforms, and those traditionally outside the…

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The Sun’s smallest loops ever seen in stunning new images

Author08 mins

The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) may reshape how we understand the Sun’s magnetic architecture — and improve space weather forecasting. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, built and operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), astronomers captured dark coronal…

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Open the pod bay doors, Claude

Author03 mins

It’s a well-worn trope in science fiction. We see it in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s the premise of the Terminator series, in which Skynet triggers a nuclear holocaust to stop scientists from shutting it down. Those sci-fi roots go deep. AI doomerism, the idea that this technology—specifically its hypothetical upgrades,…

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AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers

Author06 mins

Economists at Stanford University have found the strongest evidence yet that artificial intelligence is starting to eliminate certain jobs. But the story isn’t that simple: While younger workers are being replaced by AI in some industries, more experienced workers are seeing new opportunities emerge. Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at Stanford University, Ruyu Chen, a research…

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GeoVision ASManager Windows Application 6.1.2.0 – Remote Code Execution (RCE)

Author02 mins

# Exploit Title: GeoVision ASManager Windows Application 6.1.2.0 – Remote Code Execution (RCE) # Date: 19-MAR-2025 # Exploit Author: Giorgi Dograshvili [DRAGOWN] # Vendor Homepage: https://www.geovision.com.tw/ # Software Link: https://www.geovision.com.tw/download/product/ # Version: 6.1.2.0 or less # Tested on: Windows 10 | Kali Linux # CVE : CVE-2025-26264 # PoC: https://github.com/DRAGOWN/CVE-2025-26264 GeoVision GV-ASWeb with the…

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The common cold’s unexpected superpower against COVID

Author05 mins

A new study led by researchers at National Jewish Health has found that recent infection with the common cold — often caused by rhinoviruses — may offer temporary protection against infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The research provides fresh insight into why children are less likely than adults to develop symptoms and…

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GeoVision ASManager Windows Application 6.1.2.0 – Credentials Disclosure

Author03 mins

# Exploit Title: GeoVision ASManager Windows Application 6.1.2.0 – Credentials Disclosure # Date: 19-MAR-2025 # Exploit Author: Giorgi Dograshvili [DRAGOWN] # Vendor Homepage: https://www.geovision.com.tw/ # Software Link: https://www.geovision.com.tw/download/product/ # Version: 6.1.2.0 or less # Tested on: Windows 10 | Kali Linux # CVE : CVE-2025-26263 # PoC: https://github.com/DRAGOWN/CVE-2025-26263 GeoVision ASManager Windows desktop application with…

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StoryChief WordPress Plugin 1.0.42 – Arbitrary File Upload

Author03 mins

# Exploit Title: StoryChief WordPress Plugin 1.0.42 – Arbitrary File Upload # Exploit Author: xpl0dec # Vendor Homepage: https://www.storychief.io/wordpress-content-scheduler # Software Link: https://github.com/Story-Chief/wordpress/ # Version: <= 1.0.42 # Tested on: Linux # CVE : CVE-2025-7441 # CVSS Score : 9.8 # Step to reproduce : # 1. Create a file with the .php…

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