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LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

LibreOffice 26.8 became the app’s most popular update, with over 1 million downloads, after the foundation behind it declared that LibreOffice doesn’t come with generative AI features due to the…

GitHub - mindbox77/zxdesk: A GUI operating system for the 48K ZX Spectrum, in Z80 assembly

A GUI operating system for the 48K ZX Spectrum, in Z80 assembly - mindbox77/zxdesk

An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot · OpenAI Alignment

Research on aligning AI with human values and intent, and reports documenting model failures.

bbc.com

OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from the US Census and the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates US stock markets.

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Introducing Claude Opus 5.5

Claude Opus 5.5 leads in agentic coding and knowledge work, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 on typical workloads.

The Conversation

Do birds have accents? The fascinating regional differences in birdsong

Birds have dialects too.

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New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study – La Jolla Institute for Immunology

mssv

I’m Making Strandfall, a Solarpunk Orienteering Larp

Blending the real and digital worlds, once more.

Hacker Public Radio (HPR) ~ The Technology Community Podcast

Hacker Public Radio is a podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that is of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

TerminalBytes

Best mini PC for local LLMs in 2026 (Strix Halo era) | TerminalBytes

Strix Halo mini PCs doubled in price in six months. Here

The Intercept

30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.

FreeCAD in your browser — magik.net

Leaked OpenAI financials put a hard number on Altman's compute burn

Audited OpenAI financials viewed by Ed Zitron and verified by the Financial Times show $13.07B in 2025 revenue, $34B in costs, and a $38.5B loss attributable to OpenAI.

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SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? - JFrog Security Research

The JFrog security research team recently identified a supply chain attack targeting the `xinference` package on PyPI. Versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, and 2.6.2 were compromised and yanked by maintainers after users reported suspicious behavior. If you installed or imported these versions, you must assume your environment is compromised.

Hooray for the sockets interface | APNIC Blog

In 1983, BSD 4.2 introduced sockets, treating network communication like file I/O. This simplification sped UNIX adoption of shared protocols and services, marking a key turning point in modern networking.

IEEE Spectrum

Make an Origami Circuit Board

Create electrical traces by just folding a paperlike material

Bright Security

Detecting ANSI Escape Sequence Injection in MCP Servers with DAST | Bright Security

ANSI escape sequences were designed for terminals, not for language models. They are invisible control codes that tell a terminal to change colors, hide text,

tailscale.com

Security Bulletins · Tailscale

Security notifications affecting the Tailscale client and service Read our incident disclosure and notification policy. If you’re directly affected by a security issue in Tailscale, and we have your contact information, we will contact you.

TechCrunch

LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing 'serious concerns' over civil liberties and privacy | TechCrunch

The LAPD, one of Flock's biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns.

Flamman

Techprofil ger miljoner till Örebropartiet

It-bolaget Mullvads grundare donerade fem miljoner – till parti som vill se ”storskalig återvandring”

Jörg Seidel: "That's absolutely sad to read. The CEO of @mullva…" - det.social

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Piruetas — A minimalist private journal

Piruetas — a private self-hosted journal.

Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out of Work

(New York, September 21, 2026) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v. OpenAI—the major book authors’ ongoing lawsuit alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally trained their products on copyrighted books—show that executives and employees at both companies intentionally […]

Earth is tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest

Scientists have captured a subduction zone off Vancouver Island in the process of tearing itself apart, revealing that these massive tectonic systems may die piece by piece rather than all at once. The discovery could help explain ancient plate fragments, volcanic activity, and how hidden breaks beneath Cascadia may influence future earthquakes.

Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left - Mindgard

NebuSec

IonStack part II: GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years

GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a Linux kernel vulnerability found by Nebu that exists in every major distribution since 2011. Triggering the bug does not require any special kernel config or privilege. By turning it into a 97% stable privilege escalation and container escape, Google has rewarded us $92,337 in kernelCTF. This writeup covers the technical details of the exploit.

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Whois t.me

Whois Lookup for t.me

EL PAÍS English

Spain beats Argentina to win the World Cup

Ferran Torres strikes in the 106th minute as La Roja dethrone the defending champions in a dramatic final in New Jersey

Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root

LWN.net

Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption

The Arch Linux DevOps team has announced that adoption of orphaned packages in the Arch User Re [...]

Exploiting Volvo/Eicher’s fleet management platform to gain control over all users and vehicles

VE Commercial Vehicles’ My Eicher platform had a critical vulnerability that let you take over anyone’s account and gain control over their vehicle fleets.

NVD - Home

NebuSec

IonStack part II: GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years

GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a Linux kernel vulnerability found by Nebu that exists in every major distribution since 2011. Triggering the bug does not require any special kernel config or privilege. By turning it into a 97% stable privilege escalation and container escape, Google has rewarded us $92,337 in kernelCTF. This writeup covers the technical details of the exploit.

IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public/TP-Link_Kasa_EC71/Kasa_EC71.md at main · BadChemical/IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public

Independent IoT security research, vulnerability disclosures, and PoCs focusing on firmware analysis, hardware interfaces, and cryptographic flaws. - BadChemical/IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public

Aleph Void Chiptune Radio

Chiptune Radio — Aleph Void, LLC

A 24/7 chiptune music stream on YouTube — 8-bit soundchips, trackers, and demoscene energy, broadcast by Aleph Void, LLC.

Amiga Graphics Archive

Launched in 1985 the Commodore Amiga boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for it's time. It featured an intricate collection of custom chips that enabled it to do things that, until then, had been impossible to achieve with other personal computers. This site is dedicated to graphics made with or for the Commodore Amiga home computer.

Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion - Replay

Tech Times UK

Oracle's Cold 6 AM Layoff Emails Hit Staff Amid New Wave of Cuts: 'Today Is Your Last Working Day'

Oracle has launched another round of layoffs, with early-morning termination emails sent to employees as the company raises its fiscal 2026 restructuring estimate to $2.8 billion.

bbc.com

Bananas sprout in Rayleigh garden after 15 years

Emma and Steve Stav grow 200 banana plants in their garden in Rayleigh, Essex.