Daily curated technical breakdowns covering AI, Linux, infrastructure, and systems security.
Cybersecurity researchers have reported an active campaign abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup. Unknown threat actors gained unauthorized access to 173 different Microsoft 365 tenants using this credential.
Oracle is transforming specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows across recruiting, engineering, and operations by using ChatGPT Work and Codex. This integration enhances efficiency by automating manual processes.
Google DeepMind introduced the Gemini 3.8 Live model and its "Live Avatar" feature. This new capability aims to provide more interactive and real-time experiences with artificial intelligence.
Apple has finally unveiled its long-anticipated foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. The new device features a 5.4-inch outer display and a 7.6-inch inner display, with a "nano‑texture" finish on the inner screen and hardly any visible crease.
A high-severity authentication bypass and RCE vulnerability (CVE-2026-104935) has been identified in Ivanti ICS products. Due to a partial patch, this vulnerability continues to be exploited by threat actors.
The Linux kernel 7.3 is expected to be officially released on Sunday, October 18, and this version includes significant performance improvements. There are many new features, especially in gaming and hardware support, with contributions from Valve.
Kubernetes v1.37 introduces significant enhancements for storage security. These include permission modes for emptyDir volumes and new bind mount options.
In Kubernetes v1.37, the Memory QoS feature has graduated to Beta and is now enabled by default. This feature provides the kernel with better guidance on container memory management on Linux nodes running cgroup v2.
Linus Torvalds announced that he used a large language model to address a long-standing problem. He has now submitted this patch series for review.
LWN.net's weekly edition covers important topics from the 2026 Maintainers Summit. Additionally, various technical subjects like Rust goals and GCC with LLMs are discussed.
This review evaluates the performance of the NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra. It aims to determine the target audience for this platform.
An Nvidia RTX Spark-powered notebook delivers significant compute power for local AI workloads. This device brings high-performance AI capabilities in a mobile form factor.
Open-weight AI models account for 71.5% of tokens processed through the Vercel gateway. These models represent nearly a quarter of estimated spending, indicating growing adoption.
Researchers have published a local privilege escalation exploit that gains root on OpenBSD 7.9. This exploit works by chaining an approximately 37-year-old integer overflow bug with a separate kernel flaw.
A code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-0322) has been identified in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, allowing an authenticated attacker with network access to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. This vulnerability is listed in the CISA KEV catalog and is actively being exploited in the wild.
Simon Willison analyzed the performance of a web application using Python 3.15's new profiler features. Visualization tools like flame graphs and source heatmaps were utilized in this analysis.
This model combines an uncensored version of Qwen3.8-27B with various "AI Construct" modes. Users can select a specific personality mode for each request, and the model provides uncensored responses.
Although the NFS protocol has a long history on Unix-like operating systems, it continues to evolve. This article discusses recent and future changes to the Linux NFS server.
Security updates have been released for various packages in AlmaLinux. These updates are critically important for enhancing system security.
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced seven new stable kernel releases. These releases include a fix for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-99999).
Two snippets from Wu-Tang Clan's "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin" album, which has been largely inaccessible, are now available thanks to a podcast. This album has been held in a private collection for a long time.
Stack Overflow for Agents was developed by two engineers in a few weeks using Codex, and its ChatGPT plugin tripled user signups. This integration led to up to 10x growth in agent creation.
A Tesla driver claimed he was asleep while using Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode when he crashed into highway patrol cars. The California Highway Patrol emphasized that FSD is not fully autonomous.
cgroups (control groups) in Linux are a kernel feature used for managing system resources, and Kubernetes utilizes cgroups to allocate resources like CPU and memory to containers. Kubernetes's transition to cgroup v2 aims to offer significant improvements in resource management and more consistent behavior.