A book study of Hunter College Elementary School (HCES) alumni found that despite high childhood IQ scores, they achieved less than expected nationally or globally. The author argues this result is explained by statistical errors: base-rate neglect (Nobel prizes are extremely rare) and regression to the mean (early childhood IQ scores don't reliably predict adult IQ), meaning HCES students were less elite as adults than their kindergarten selection suggested.
A security researcher discovered that a previously patched vulnerability in Apple's XProtect behavioral database has resurfaced in macOS 27 Golden Gate. The bug allows holding an exclusive file lock on the XPdb database, preventing XProtectBridgeService from updating security telemetry, despite Apple's attempt to protect the file through a new entitlement system.
A tool that automatically extracts analytical formulas from charts in PDF files using deterministic geometric analysis rather than neural networks. It identifies chart elements, calibrates axes, extracts curves, and fits one of 11 mathematical models (polynomials, exponential, trigonometric, etc.) to recover the underlying equations with high accuracy.