Access Google’s latest preview AI model

We’re introducing an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro, our most intelligent model yet. Building on the version we released in May and showed at I/O, this model will be the generally available, stable version starting in a couple of weeks, ready for enterprise-scale applications. The latest 2.5 Pro reflects a 24-point Elo score jump…

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When the Earth Was Green review: Gripping account of how plants and animals co-evolved

An artist’s impression of an environment where prehistoric plants thrived Christian Jegou/Science Photo Library When the Earth Was GreenRiley Black (St Martin’s Press (US, available now; UK, later this month)) The behaviour of plants is invisible to the naked human eye. They operate on timescales our imaginations can’t entertain, and they run roughshod over familiar categories…

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Stealth Falcon’s Exploit of Microsoft Zero Day Vulnerability

Key Findings Check Point Research (CPR) discovered a new campaign conducted by the APT group Stealth Falcon. The attack used a .url file that exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-33053) to execute malware from an actor-controlled WebDAV server. CVE-2025-33053 allows remote code execution through manipulation of the working directory. Following CPR’s responsible disclosure, Microsoft today, June…

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