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Researchers at Forescout have confirmed that AI can be used to generate attacks on programmable logic controllers, the hardware that runs power grids, water systems, and factory floors. The good news is it still takes real domain expertise to make those attacks work. AI lowers the barrier, but it doesn't eliminate it entirely, at least not yet.
On a more immediately frustrating note, Apple's iOS twenty seven has shipped with a bug that can temporarily freeze your iPhone. It's not a brick, and a hard restart typically clears it, but it's a reminder that major software releases almost always carry hidden costs. Apple hasn't issued a formal patch timeline yet.
And in enterprise technology, a new survey from Ensono finds that fifty seven percent of UK organizations chose to extend their legacy systems rather than replace them. That's striking given that nearly half of those same businesses say they're scaling AI. Over three quarters have gone over budget on modernization efforts, and more than two thirds have paused or abandoned the process altogether. Turns out the hardest part of technological progress isn't buying new gear, it's letting go of the old.
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