Major PHP Vulnerability Leaked

A PHP vulnerability allows a heap use-after-free attack in the session.upload_progress handler, which caches bucket pointers into live HashTables. Upgrading to a newer PHP version is recommended before an official advisory ships.

The Future of CSS

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The Interop 2027 project aims to improve universal browser support for web technologies, with a focus on new features like CSS functions, anchor positioning, and scroll-triggered animations. The top 10 requested features include CSS functions, reading-flow property, interpolate-size property and more.

Show HN: SimCity, but with Permits

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As mayor, you must navigate complex city development projects through public hearings and council votes to balance economic growth with resident concerns. Your goal is to build a thriving city while staying in office long enough to achieve it.

In Hilbert space, all things are quantumly possible

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Quantum mechanics predicts all possible futures of an object, tracked through a mathematical vector in Hilbert space. This abstract space captures all possible states and outcomes, allowing for predictions and measurements.

Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site

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US investigators have identified executives at ransomware negotiation firms linked to the ShinyHunters hacking group, which has stolen over $70 million from victims. The group's control passed to a teenage hacker named Rey after original members were arrested or jailed.

Battlezone Online: BZFlag in the Browser

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A browser-based 3D multiplayer tank game compatible with desktop, phone, and VR, using BZFlag clients and servers. It offers Docker installation, WebXR support for VR, and detailed documentation for setup and gameplay.

Borrow Checking Zero-Cost Cyclic Mutability

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Ante is a low-level functional language with ownership semantics and borrowing, aiming to be more lenient in its borrow checker while preventing dangling pointers. The new design focuses on "shape stability" and uses places instead of lifetimes for borrow checking, making it simpler and more flexible.

Voxtral 3

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Voxtral 3 is a new family of state-of-the-art speech-to-text and text-to-speech models that enable natural conversational experiences, with support for dozens of languages and complex reasoning. It offers a voice agent SDK that integrates listening, thinking, tool calling, and speaking into a single real-time streaming pipeline.

The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines

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The author, who was prescribed benzodiazepine Klonopin for 19 years, experienced severe withdrawal symptoms after tapering off the medication. The symptoms included anxiety, panic attacks, and physical pain that lasted for months.

eMudhra intermediate CA compromise

Eight eMudhra intermediate CA certificates have been compromised, potentially allowing impersonation of any website or service. Users are advised to update their browsers and operating systems to the latest versions as soon as possible.

Good type against all odds

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The author discusses the slanted appearance of text on old displays and how it could have been done in either direction, but was intentionally set to right-leaning. They share examples of intentional typography choices that take advantage of display limitations.

Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations

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Meta's Muse AI agent shares sensitive info via web links, prompting a suspension of the feature while it reviews and considers changes. Researchers found 6,800 shared conversation links that exposed confidential information due to a design flaw in the link construction process.

Pillowfort Is Closing

Pillowfort will close on December 4th, 2026, due to lack of a successor and unsustainable operations. The site's last day will allow access to features until then, with refunds available for purchases made in the last 75 days.

Setting Up SSH Keys on macOS with Touch ID

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This article explains how to create a secure SSH key on a Mac using its built-in Secure Enclave, which stores private keys securely and can't be stolen. The process involves creating an identity on the Secure Enclave, telling SSH to use it for authentication, and registering it with GitHub.

Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch back end for TPUs

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This project provides a PyTorch backend for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), enabling users to run PyTorch models and operations on TPU devices. It includes custom ATen kernels, compilation cache, and examples for distributed training and model inference.

Four Years with Decker

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Decker 1.61 to 1.71 introduced gamepad support, improved image compression, and new attribute types for contraptions. Enhanced scripting language features and community-created projects highlight Decker's growing capabilities and ecosystem.

ZX Spectrum Next Laptop

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A DIY ZX Spectrum Next laptop was built to address previous issues, featuring a new hinge system and compatible screen. The laptop uses the same PCB as the handheld SpeccyX and includes a 14" WXGA LED screen, VGA/HDMI/LCD controller board, and USB splitter for future devices.

SlopCodeBench 10/2026 – Opus 5.5, Astra wins overall, xhigh considered harmful

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SlopCodeBench update: Opus 5.5 improves by 1.5% over gpt-5.5, with Astra XHigh having the most strict passes but also the highest cost and lowest code quality.

What shall I teach my son?

A programmer-to-be is questioning the relevance of traditional education as technology advances, but Neil Postman's book suggests schools will continue to exist due to their adaptability and multiple purposes. The author believes in co-creating educational purposes with children, focusing on human relationships and the medium of teaching rather than just content.

Nexus-CLI – Pure Go Bridge to DeepSeek R1/V3 with Claude Code and Ollama Support

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A high-performance Golang CLI utility and local API proxy server that enables any application or coding agent to connect to DeepSeek V3 (deepseek-chat) and R1 (deepseek-reasoner / Thinking) models via a free web account (chat.deepseek.com), without requiring an official paid DeepSeek API key. Rewritten from scratch in pure Go (Golang) based on in-depth analysis of Node.js (FreeDeepseekAPI-EN) ...

Upcoming critical PHP security release

A critical PHP security release is scheduled for October 21, 2026 at 14:00 UTC to address two high-risk vulnerabilities. Users are advised to prepare and update as soon as the release becomes available.

Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads

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The author is frustrated with iPadOS 27's new behavior, which causes multiple apps to interrupt presentations when tapped on. They propose a fix where presenter mode apps always get precedence on the external display until stopped or closed.

DeepInfer: High-performance inference framework for DeepSeek models

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DeepInfer is a high-performance inference framework for DeepSeek models, providing offline inference and various optimization features. It can be used on NVIDIA GPUs with specific settings and configurations to achieve large-scale performance.

Ofcom concedes defeat in 4chan case

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Ofcom admitted defeat in the 4chan enforcement case, acknowledging its jurisdiction ends where foreign courts begin. The US court previously ruled that Ofcom's fines may not be enforceable in the US due to constitutional concerns.

To Make, or to Buy: The Economics of Decision Models

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The author discusses the benefits of using a decision model, like Jev, in comparison to traditional LLMs. The cost of answering a question is compared to the cost of rejecting it and shows that when errors are expensive, accuracy alone decides the level at which an answer is given.

Tsrs: A Port of TypeScript to Rust

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Cloudflare and VoidZero are working with Max Schwenk of Owner.com on a Rust port of the TypeScript compiler, aiming to make it faster and more memory-efficient. The goal is to help developers spend less time waiting for code checks without changing the direction or design of the TypeScript language.

Sixteen years after Deepwater Horizon, deep sea life shows few signs of recovery

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A 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused a 60% decline in deep-sea animal populations, including octopus and squid. The study suggests lingering pollution may impair reproduction and survival in these species.

Google Cloud outage affects almost all banking and other operations in Europe

PingCap TiDB Leaks

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PingCAP has publicly disclosed a massive data breach of TiDB Cloud, exposing sensitive customer data including financial information and production credentials. The breach involved 10.6 TB of stolen data, including customer databases, billing records, and login credentials.

Advanced coding in low-resource programming languages

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Our latest model advances improve AI's capabilities in low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. The models achieve substantial improvements across both evaluations, delivering much higher accuracy at lower cost for building new software and preserving existing behavior.