Experts disclosed a Reprompt attack that allowed single-click data exfiltration from Microsoft Copilot via indirect prompt injection, now fixed by MS.
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Google now lets you change your @gmail.com address, rolling out
Google has confirmed that it’s now possible to change your @gmail.com address. This means that if your current email is [email protected], you can now change it to [email protected].
Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA): What Devs Should Know
<p>Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) has come into force, setting new ground rules across the entire mobile ecosystem in the country. Here’s what you should know.</p>.
Neocortical Chandelier Cells Developmentally Shape Axonal Arbors through Reorganization but Establish Subcellular Synapse Specificity without Refinement
Cortical chandelier cells (ChCs) are one of the most distinct and uniform IN subtypes (Howard et al., 2005; Woodruff et al., 2010). ChC axons exhibit a characteristic geometry with many prominent vertical branches, whose terminals are specialized into strings of synaptic varicosities (cartridges) directly apposed to AISs of PNs (Jones, 1975; Szentagothai, 1975; Somogyi, 1977). Because the AIS is the site of action potential initiation, ChCs can have decisive control over spike generation in a PN ensemble, thereby regulating synchrony and oscillation of network activity (Klausberger et al., 2003; Szabadics et al., 2006; Glickfeld et al., 2009). The striking stereotypy and specificity of this axonal and synaptic organization make ChCs an ideal system to study basic cellular events of IN wiring, such as axonal branching and subcellular synapse targeting. Another advantage is that individual AISs, which can be labeled with AIS-specific markers such as anti-AnkyrinG (AnkG) antibodies, can be unambiguously identified because they are spatially separable from neighboring AISs (Jenkins and Bennett, 2001; Taniguchi et al., 2013).
Study:
Basically, the study is carried out carefully and provides novel insights in the development of neocortical chandelier cells. While the manuscript is well written; both reviewers suggest that authors get help with linguistic editing.
The reviewers also agree that the interpretation that the non-synaptic varicosities may represent early stage branch points is somewhat surprising, considering their abundance at an age at which very little branching occurs. The reviewers ask the authors to expand their discussion considering the following arguments/ideas.
In Fig. 3E, it is shown that on P 28, i.e. close to adulthood and after pruning and remodeling, there are still around 40% off-target varicosities, which, if the single example in Fig. 5B is true and representative, would mean that 40% of all varicosities are non-functional! While it is possible that such varicosities could be the origins of branch points to remodel the axon, it is hard to imagine that ChC remodel 40% of their axon at any given time in adulthood. Please illustrate in a revised manuscript better resolved and uncolored original EM data to really show that these large varicosities do not form any synapses. Furthermore, it would be somewhat surprising that their numbers do not decrease after p21 when most axonal growth is expected to end. What about the possibility that these varicosities are in fact very early stage synaptic boutons that fail to mature/stabilize because the appropriate postsynaptic target is missing? Considering that inhibitory boutons (formed by other interneuron subsets) continue to be formed and lost into adulthood seem to make this option also quite likely.
A New Study May Very Well Solve the #1 Mystery of Life’s Origins
Hell of an a-ha moment.
Fortinet Fixes Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Fortinet patches a critical FortiSIEM vulnerability (CVE-2025–64155) that allows unauthenticated remote code execution via exposed phMonitor service.
Microsoft Fixes 114 Windows Flaws in January 2026 Patch, One Actively Exploited
Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 114 Windows flaws, including an actively exploited Desktop Window Manager bug added to CISA’s KEV list.
Google’s Personal Intelligence links Gmail, Photos and Search to Gemini
Google is rolling out ‘Personal Intelligence,’ a new Gemini feature that pulls your data from Gmail, Photos, Google Search, and other products.
There are a couple of use cases for Personal Intelligence. Instead of offering generic answers, Gemini can use details from places you already store them.
This makes the whole experience more ‘personal.’
Marine “Darkwaves” Bring Underwater Blackouts
What phenomenon is responsible for underwater blackouts that impact light-dependent marine life? This is what a recent study published in Communications Ea | Earth And The Environment
Antigen affinity modulates ERK pulsing frequency during T cell activation
Real-time, single-cell imaging reveals ERK signaling dynamics in response to T cell receptor stimulation.









