Researchers discovered residential proxy activity on AS2650, a network registered to the White House. This suggests that devices infected with proxy SDKs are accessing internal systems late at night.
OpenAI introduces Images 2.6, allowing users to create and edit images faster with greater precision, including GIFs for motion and animation. The new feature is available globally in ChatGPT and Codex across all subscription tiers on desktop, mobile, and web.
Researchers developed an autonomous vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and patching pipeline that identified 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux at a cost of $1.2 million. The pipeline used a cyber model to dynamically reproduce vulnerabilities and generate patches, with costs ranging from $271 to $359 per exploit.
Starfall enables affordable access to microgravity for manufacturing, research, and testing in low-Earth orbit. This allows for accelerated innovation in fields like oncology, stem-cell discovery, and material production.
A major PHP2Shell vulnerability was discovered in late October, putting numerous websites at risk of data breaches and malware installation. A patch has been released, but experts warn that this may be a canary in the coal mine for future AI-driven vulnerabilities.
Ricursive Intelligence released Ripple-65B Preview, a general-purpose language model that achieves US open-weight state-of-the-art (80.52) on agentic coding, trained from scratch for $32M. The model is designed to be efficient and scalable, with a dense architecture and optimized training recipe.
The author shares their frustrations with Composer 2.5 in Cursor, citing issues such as code changes being lost or incorrect, and the agent not following instructions. They compare it unfavorably to other models like GPT Luna and suggest that users should consider newer AI models instead.
Kimi K3.1 Pro is a multimodal agentic model that delivers improvements in coding, 3D creation, and factual accuracy compared to its predecessor Kimi K3. It uses Gated DeepSeek Sparse Attention layers for efficient long-context modeling.
Insects are attracted to outdoor lights, but LED lights emit less UV light than incandescent or fluorescent lights, making them less appealing. This reduced attraction can help mitigate disturbances to wildlife and insect-borne diseases.
The Go standard library has updated its JSON support with a new version, v2, which addresses several issues and improves performance. The new encoding/json/v2 package provides a more flexible and efficient way to marshal and unmarshal JSON data in Go.
The author of the Bad Update exploit has improved its success rate to nearly 100% by addressing several issues, including a new game save entry point in Rock Band Blitz and improvements to the cache flushing primitive.
The Qualcomm AI Inference Suite is a comprehensive software solution for on-premises and cloud deployments, offering ready-to-use AI applications and tools for operationalizing generative AI. It supports various APIs, frameworks, and services for building enterprise-grade chatbots, co-pilots, and AI agents.
Conductor was launched in July 2025, and the team has big plans for its next interface. Conductor will continue to work normally until early next year, with Conductor Cloud shutting down over the next few weeks.
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Researchers at Anthropic have developed a system called FlashProve, which enables provable inference for large language models. The system uses zero-knowledge succinct arguments (zkSNARKs) to prove that a response came from the specific model requested by the user.
The author created PageScribe and Dictionary Audio plugins for KOReader, enabling handwriting notes, text selection, and offline word pronunciation. These tools work independently but can integrate, with clear installation steps and device-specific considerations.
The author created a multiplayer version of the classic game Wing Commander using DOSBox and WebRTC, allowing players to connect and play together online. The project involved reverse-engineering the game's memory layout and writing custom code to control player movement and interactions.
A group of urban activists in San Francisco installed protected bike lanes using traffic cones, prompting the city to make the change official after a similar installation elsewhere. The move suggests that cities are open to progress and may be willing to support changes in street safety.
DoorDash's CEO Tony Xu notes that AI agents are generating a "very low use case" for ordering food, despite handling over 1 billion orders in the third quarter. He sees potential for AI to be helpful with long consideration purchases and major decisions.
OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer Company, Inc to build on its Git workflows and adapt them for coding agents. The acquisition aims to advance the future of source control across the industry with Codex as a central platform.
Google is deprecating XSLT, a web standard used for transforming XML data into HTML. The author created XSLT.RIP to mock Google's decision and test the site's compatibility with future browsers.
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Gauge is a tool that helps coding agents discover, choose, and use products by running tests locally with Docker and existing agent subscriptions or API keys. It analyzes the results to find issues and provides feedback for improvement.
Hy4 is a major leap forward in open-source models, offering vision capabilities and significant gains in instruction following, long-context understanding, and more. It supports vision perception for the first time and has been integrated into various products to improve financial research, office document tasks, game development, and team collaboration.
Researchers analyzed 43 DOOM descendants, finding that only Chocolate Doom shares 87% of the original's function names and shape. The engine used to measure code similarity found 93% of look-alikes in the descendants were actual copies.
Consumers are shifting towards eco-friendly coffee machines and pods due to growing concerns over microplastics and sustainability. Companies like Keurig, Lavazza, and Caraway are releasing new products with compostable or plastic-free designs.
The author discusses the concept of curiosity and its relationship to human nature, arguing that excessive self-control and fear of instinctual life can lead to a lack of curiosity. Curiosity is seen as essential for personal growth and freedom, but it also poses risks and uncertainties.
AMD reports its highest quarterly revenue ever, driven by strong demand for Epyc data center processors and Instinct AI accelerators. The company expects Q4 revenue to reach $17 billion, surpassing Intel's forecast for the first time in history.
The author spent 5 years researching the case of Robin Garbutt, a man convicted of murdering his wife Diana in their post office. He met with Robin while visiting him in prison and discovered that he had sent the author extensive documents detailing his life and case, including witness statements and forensic evidence. The author is now considering whether Robin's guilt or innocence can be proven.
The UK's high streets are struggling due to the rise of retail parks and online shopping, with many shops closing down and local communities feeling abandoned. Despite efforts to revitalize them, some experts believe that high streets may be doomed unless a fundamental shift in approach is made.