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Apple Patches iOS Zero-Day; PayPal Acts Fast

Apple has patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting every iOS version since 1.0, a flaw that was exploited in the wild in what the company described as an "extremely sophisticated attack" against targeted individuals, according to Hacker News. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-20700, affects Apple's dynamic linker and could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability was discovered by Google's Threat Analysis Group. Apple's advisory stated that an attacker with memory write capability could potentially execute arbitrary code. The company indicated that the flaw may have been part of an exploit chain.

In other news, PayPal's board recently appointed a new CEO, Enrique Lores, in an effort to reverse the company's declining performance, according to Fortune. The company, which went public in 2002 and has been independent from eBay since 2015, has seen an approximate 86% decline in share price over the last five years, while competitors have thrived. The board's decision was praised as a proactive move to address the company's challenges.

Meanwhile, researchers at MIT, the Improbable AI Lab, and ETH Zurich have developed a new technique to enable large language models (LLMs) to learn new skills without forgetting existing ones, VentureBeat reported. The technique, called self-distillation fine-tuning (SDFT), allows models to learn directly from demonstrations and their own experiments. Experiments showed that SDFT consistently outperformed traditional supervised fine-tuning. This addresses the challenge of maintaining separate models for every skill when fine-tuning LLMs for new tasks.

In the realm of personal technology, TurboTax's mobile app offers an easy-to-use interface for filing taxes, according to Wired. The app stores previous years' information, allowing for easy auto-upload and remembering choices from past years. The service offers expert help and transparent, low-cost options.

Also, Wired reported on Kindle accessories. There are many accessories to add personality to the device and keep it safe from bumps and drops. Some handy accessories even make it easier to read.

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