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Stacked intelligent surfaces could boost wireless reliability and security for 6G

Wireless communication is about to get stronger, clearer, and more secure, thanks to a new idea from UBC Okanagan researchers. Dr. Anas Chaaban and his team in the School of Engineering are exploring a method to improve the way stacked intelligent surfaces (SIS) can process electromagnetic waves more efficiently.

SIS is an emerging alternative to conventional wireless hardware, Dr. Chaaban says, as layers of specially engineered materials are used to directly manipulate electromagnetic waves.

“Electromagnetic waves travel through special surfaces that consist of several elements. These elements mimic neurons in a computerized neural network,” Dr. Chaaban says. “As the waves move through the surface, each element changes them slightly. When the waves come out, they are captured by antennas that send the signals to digital processors for further analysis.”

Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing newly introduced Windows security warnings to display incorrectly when opening Remote Desktop (.rdp) files.

This known issue affects all supported Windows versions, including Windows 11 (KB5083768 & KB5083769), Windows 10 (KB5082200), and Windows Server (KB5082063), on devices with multiple monitors and different display scaling settings.

Microsoft addressed the bug in the optional KB5083631 preview cumulative update for Windows 11, released on Thursday, along with 34 other changes.

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions.

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026–31431 and was discovered by the offensive security company Theori, using its AI-driven pentesting platform Xint Code after scaning the Linux crypto/ sybsystem for about an hour.

Theori reported the finding to the Linux kernel security team on March 23, and patches became available within a week. Technical details and a proof-of-concept exploit for the flaw emerged publicly yesterday.

The Trajectory of Quality of Life in Newly Diagnosed vs Chronic Refractory Focal EpilepsyA Prospective Multicenter Study

The trajectory of quality of life in newly diagnosed vs chronic refractory focal epilepsy: a prospective multicenter study.

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LiteLLM CVE-2026–42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure

In yet another instance of threat actors quickly jumping on the exploitation bandwagon, a newly disclosed critical security flaw in BerriAI’s LiteLLM Python package has come under active exploitation in the wild within 36 hours of the bug becoming public knowledge.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026–42208 (CVSS score: 9.3), is an SQL injection that could be exploited to modify the underlying LiteLLM proxy database.

“A database query used during proxy API key checks mixed the caller-supplied key value into the query text instead of passing it as a separate parameter,” LiteLLM maintainers said in an alert last week.

Microsoft: New Remote Desktop warnings may display incorrectly

Microsoft has confirmed a new issue causing newly introduced Windows security warnings to display incorrectly when opening Remote Desktop (.rdp) files.

This known issue impacts all supported Windows versions, including Windows 11 (KB5083768 & KB5083769), Windows 10 (KB5082200), and Windows Server (KB5082063).

As Microsoft explains in updates to the original advisories, “the security warning that appears when opening Remote Desktop (RDP) files might not display correctly in some cases.”

Elicited Repetitive Daily Blindness Associated With Gain-of-Function SCN1A Variants and Responsiveness to Sodium Channel Blockers

Study demonstrates that elicited repetitive daily blindness is a clinical feature in patients with familial hemiplegic migraine 3 because of gain-of-function Nav1.1 variants. Patients in this report responded to sodium channel blocker medications.

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