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Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242)

Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) is a critical race-condition use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's epoll subsystem, allowing unprivileged processes to escalate to root privileges. It is partic...

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Leaking YouTube creators' private videos

A significant security vulnerability has been identified that allows attackers to access and leak private YouTube videos belonging to content creators. This breach exposes sensitive, unreleased conten...

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Astrophysicists Puzzle over Webb’s New Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed early-universe galaxies that challenge existing cosmological models due to their unexpected mass and maturity. This discovery is causing significant debate ...

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Immich v3.0.0 Released

Immich v3.0.0 introduces significant feature updates including mobile non-destructive editing, workflow previews, and improved background backups, alongside several API-breaking changes for third-part...

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Developer Verification – LineageOS

Google is introducing Android Developer Verification, requiring apps to be registered to verified identities before installation on certified devices, starting regionally in September 2026. While Line...

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SecretSpec 0.13: SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and Haskell

SecretSpec 0.13 introduces native SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and Haskell, eliminating the need for CLI shelling or custom implementations in non-Rust services. These SDKs act as thin clients ...

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Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Alibaba is reportedly banning employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code, classifying it as high-risk software and directing staff to use its proprietary Qoder tool instead. This move follows Anthro...

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A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected complex macromolecular carbon directly on the surface of Martian rocks at the Bright Angel site, marking the shallowest such detection to date. While high levels...

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Meta data center water discharges suspended for contaminating water supply

The city of Cheyenne has suspended fill-and-flush and closed-loop water discharges from a Meta data center after a contractor contaminated the reuse water system. This action highlights growing regula...

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The bottleneck might be the air in the room

The article explores the correlation between elevated CO2 levels in indoor environments and impaired decision-making capabilities, suggesting that poor ventilation may be a hidden factor in cognitive ...

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Better Models: Worse Tools

The author reports significant regressions in tool-calling behavior with the latest Anthropic models, likely due to aggressive reinforcement learning on a closed-source harness. This issue causes fail...

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FreeBSD ate my ram

The author investigates discrepancies in RAM reporting tools on FreeBSD, explaining that high 'used' memory often reflects disk caching rather than active process consumption. This cached memory is vo...

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Thoughts on coding agents

The author argues that coding agents amplify existing intent rather than replacing human judgment, benefiting those who can clearly define goals and steer outcomes. Since code serves as a universal in...

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Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

Midjourney is involved in an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios and is seeking to compel them to disclose their own AI usage practices. This move highlights the intensifying conflict b...

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When the ability to smell goes away

This article highlights the growing scientific and clinical focus on smell disorders like anosmia and parosmia, which were previously underdiagnosed and minimized. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly ...

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Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September

Matic is increasing the price of its highly-rated robot vacuum from $1,245 to $1,495 starting September 9th due to rising component costs. To offset the increase, the company is offering a year's supp...

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The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

The fanfiction community has launched a campaign to identify and exclude authors using generative AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT, sparking significant internal conflict. While readers have long susp...

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Qi fan fan

The Kuxiu D5 Qi2.2 charging dock features an integrated active cooling fan that effectively prevents smartphones from overheating during wireless charging, addressing a common pain point for users. Af...

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Reducing Assumptions, Exploding Your Code

The article uses a practical example to demonstrate how reducing assumptions in code leads to more robust error handling and validation. It compares a standard Python script that assumes happy paths w...

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I Don't Maintain My Homelab

The author argues that a simplified homelab infrastructure, consisting of a single physical server and self-managing network gear, reduces maintenance overhead significantly. By leveraging automated t...

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Game Boy Advance Dev: Logging to the console

This article explains how Game Boy Advance developers can utilize mGBA-specific memory-mapped registers to print debug logs to the emulator's console. By writing to defined addresses like REG_LOG_ENAB...

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What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Mistral AI, founded in 2023, has secured significant funding while developing open-source AI models with the goal of democratizing access to frontier artificial intelligence. The company positions its...