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A critical Use-After-Free vulnerability (CVE-2026-98432) in Linux's IPv4 TCP stack has been discovered, carrying a CVSS score of 9.8 indicating severe remote code execution potential. The vulnerabilit...
Parameter Labs discovered a complex XSS attack chain against ChatGPT's sandboxed HTML preview feature, exploiting the MathLive library's innerHTML-based postMessage handling to break out of the iframe...
Martin Uecker's blog post explains C's effective type rules and their role in type-based aliasing analysis (TBAA). It demonstrates how compilers exploit undefined behavior from incompatible type acces...
OpenAI has reportedly scaled back its fundraising target to $20 billion, down from earlier targets of $30 billion, with an expected $11 billion already secured amid tepid interest from some large inve...
TikTok is expanding beyond social media by adding features like an in-app restaurant guide and money transfers via direct messages, following the super app model popular in China. This comes after its...
Binance CEO says 90% of the $6.3 billion stolen in a record crypto heist has been replenished, with plans to cover the remaining 10% as well. The company confirmed withdrawals should resume Sunday, th...
Anthropic has started blocking users who attempt to use its API or platform for anything related to training larger models. This move reflects Anthropic's tightening of access controls around capabili...
Jepsen conducted distributed system consistency testing on ParticleDB 1.1.4, a key-value database, uncovering concurrency and correctness issues under concurrent workloads. The analysis highlights bug...
A technical article discussing switch statement lowering optimization techniques in GCC (GNU Compiler Collection). The author explores compiler design approaches for transforming switch statements int...
Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich discovered that 60-second frequency dips in power grids are caused by large-scale battery storage systems performing regular state-of-charge checks every minute...
The author implements a full LC-3 instruction disassembler in Haskell, demonstrating how functional programming's pattern matching and algebraic data types make it natural to model the 16-bit instruct...
Futhark now optimizes GPU copy operations by permuting iteration spaces based on runtime array layout information. The technique uses Linear Memory Access Descriptors (LMADs) to enable faster memory c...
A federal judge denied xAI's motion to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit alleging the company operated unpermitted gas turbines at its Colossus data center near Memphis, violating Clean Air Act requirements. T...
The FDA is seeking to withdraw approval of Tavneos, a drug approved based on manipulated study data, raising complex regulatory and ethical questions about whether patients currently relying on the me...
A new study published in Science reveals that Manx shearwaters, seabirds that travel hundreds of kilometers across the North Atlantic, experience jet lag similar to humans. Because these birds navigat...
The article argues that memory latency remains the primary bottleneck in modern computing performance, rather than raw compute throughput. It likely examines how increasing core counts and processor s...
Andrej Karpathy built HackerTube, a YouTube-style UI that surfaces videos recommended through Hacker News comments from 2007 onward, pulling from 6,454 videos across 39,834 comments. The project creat...
Molly, a popular Signal client fork, has not received updates in three months and is reportedly vulnerable to security issues. The article highlights concerns about the maintenance status of this alte...
The article proposes a design guideline: when two public functions share implementation logic, extract that logic into a private helper function rather than having one public function call another. Th...
Raymond Chen explains how Windows handles emergency power-button holds by creating kernel dumps after 8 seconds, and shares a support case where a customer reported a completely black screen — with th...
Tangled, a GitHub alternative code forge, released a new UI design that has drawn criticism for serious accessibility failures, particularly an extremely small font size of 12px that makes the interfa...
Tactical-Retreat is a free, multi-platform open-source port of Counter-Strike v1.5 built on QuakeC using the FTE QuakeWorld engine and Nuclide project. It provides pre-built releases for Linux (32/64-...
Apple CEO John Ternus defended the company's AI strategy in a Wired interview, stating Apple will leverage AI but won't ship it "for AI's sake." He emphasized that Apple prioritizes building products ...
A reviewer took both an iPhone Duo and an iPhone Pro Max on vacation and ultimately preferred the Duo despite its frustrations. The experience was engaging enough that switching back to the Pro Max wa...
Venture limited partners are riding high as AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic drive extraordinary returns, but they're warning of risks from concentration and the pace of fundraising. LPs are unboth...
Nvidia is reportedly considering cosigning a loan for Nscale's AI data center project in West Virginia, signaling the chipmaker's willingness to de-risk investments in AI infrastructure. The move high...
Nintendo announced the first annual Pikmin Day on November 1st, featuring a Direct presentation with Shigeru Miyamoto. Key reveals include Switch 2 voice command support for Oatchi in Pikmin 4, a Dand...
The author built a DIY clone of Meta's Muse Charm for $50 using an ESP32, replicating AI companion features like conversation and cute avatars before Meta's release. While it lacks Meta's camera and 5...
Best Buy is offering a $100 gift card with preorders of Apple's new touch-enabled MacBook Pro featuring the PROLED XDR display, available in 14- and 16-inch models with the M6 chip. The hardware impro...
Windows 11 Insider builds introduce new Xbox gaming mode shortcuts for Bluetooth, WiFi, and power controls without exiting the mode, alongside comprehensive search upgrades with filters, action capabi...
The article explores the barrage of political text messages voters receive during US midterm election cycles, highlighting the relentless and often bizarre nature of campaign messaging—from desperate ...