A vulnerability in the WP Maps Pro WordPress plugin has been exploited to create admin accounts and take over vulnerable sites.

CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create admin accounts on 15,000+ WordPress sites. Wordfence blocked 2,858 attacks in 24 hours.

Writing code that interacts with LLM services requires bridging two different worlds. Use these tips and techniques to bind ...

If we can fully map the structure of our brains, will we be able to understand how they work? That is the goal of researchers attempting to build a wiring diagram, or connectome, of our neural ...

When the keyboard was first designed, the intention was to keep every key in the right position as per its estimated usage. However, that was in the typewriter era. The common uses have changed with ...

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June ...

Blink and you might have missed it. FATMAP is back! Well, sort of. As we already lamented here on POWDER, our favorite 3D mapping app FATMAP was shut off for good last fall after being acquired by ...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states. In disease, high levels of IL-1 in the brain are linked to ...

Scientists have traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord. A new brain map visualizes the connections between the brain and spinal cord at the ...

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function. Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle ...

Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...