The invisible threat hidden in clear view: how Unicode characters are being weaponized to hide malicious commands from human users

Research from BeyondTrust Phantom Labs found the vulnerability stems from improper input sanitization in how Codex processed ...
Wall Street Journal

Khamenei’s Unforced Errors Proved Fatal

WSJ's Elliot Kaufman speaks with Global View columnist Walter Russell Mead about the unfolding situation in Iran. This is the ayatollah’s war. Now as in June, the pileup of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...
Phys.org

Error-correction technology to turn quantum computing into real-world power

Ripples spreading across a calm lake after raindrops fall—and the way ripples from different drops overlap and travel outward—is one image that helps us picture how a quantum computer handles ...
CNN

Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun

Whenever high-profile non-binary activist Siufung Law did media interviews, journalists always asked: what pronoun would they like to use? For a long time, the Hong Kong native, who uses they/them ...
Forbes

New Law Requires IRS To Make Those Confusing Math-Error Notices Easier To Understand

Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously ...
The New York Times

The Alternative Premier League Table: No 13 — Errors that lead to shots and goals

Design: Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic; Photo: Marc Atkins/Getty Images Welcome to the 13th edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each Thursday, Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the ...
CNBC

Congress passes bill to fix IRS 'math error' notices. What it means for taxpayers

The Senate this week passed a bill to fix IRS math error notices for filers who make simple mistakes on their tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service Math and ...
JournalofAccountancy

Congress passes bill requiring IRS to clarify math error notices

The U.S. Senate on Monday passed the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act, H.R. 998, which, among other changes, requires the IRS to provide taxpayers ...
C&EN

1 in 5 chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds

A collage shows a red X over a person in a chemistry lab conducting an experiment. Credit: Madeline Monroe/C&EN/Shutterstock More than 20% of chemistry researchers ...
Pew Research Center

Understanding error bars in charts

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...