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Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections. Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup and full proof-of-concept code after OpenBSD shipped

The Hacker News · October 16, 2026

We might not have to wait 13 years for the next GTA

Rockstar Games might not keep fans waiting as long for the next installment of Grand Theft Auto. As part of Bloomberg's expansive report on the making of GTA VI, Rockstar technical lead Phil Hooker said that the "engine, the tools and the team we've built during this project will allow us to do things more […]

Tech Oct 14, 2026

17 organizations using AI to accelerate scientific breakthroughs

These groups are receiving $36 million through the Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science.

Tech Oct 14, 2026

The Ocarina of Time remake feels remarkably modern — and surprisingly terrifying

With its upcoming remake for the Switch 2, Nintendo might have nailed the best thing about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: its timelessness. The 1998 3D action adventure game for the Nintendo 64 that pioneered so much - 3D graphics, movement, exploration, openness - has been reengineered with changes that make it feel […]

Tech Oct 14, 2026

The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed

We have to talk about this screen. It's the first thing you notice, and maybe the only thing that matters, about the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro. It's a 12-inch, 2800 x 1840 panel with a new technology Amazon calls "Nanomatte" that is meant to decrease glare and increase the feeling that you can reach out […]

Tech Oct 14, 2026

We’re powering European scientific discovery with advanced AI compute and frontier models.

Google DeepMind and Google Cloud are providing up to 200 top European scientific researchers with direct access to our frontier models, together with $3 million in compu…

Security Oct 14, 2026

OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference Room

A Saudi National and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to covertly record sensitive conversations. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. He was arrested by

Tech Oct 14, 2026

Fairphone’s latest repairable earbuds are smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting

Repairable, ethical phone brand Fairphone has released its second pair of earbuds. The Fairbuds 2 are just as repairable as the first generation, but deliver improved audio and almost twice the battery life. The Fairbuds 2 are out now in the UK and Europe from £99 / €119, and a US launch at $119 will […]

Tech Oct 14, 2026

The Tesla Roadster could have stayed vaporware

For a car that's supposed to be one of the fastest ever made, the new Tesla Roadster certainly took its sweet-ass time getting here. It's been nearly a decade since Elon Musk made the surprise announcement about plans to build a next-gen Roadster. Now, the Tesla Roadster is finally expected to make its production-ready debut […]

Tech Oct 14, 2026

Enabling an AI-first European economy

Announcing Google’s European Economic Impact Report

Learning Oct 14, 2026

How to Keep a File for Minutes, Not Years, on Cloud Run

A print job, a one-time download, or a support attachment typically only needs to exist until someone finishes with it. But most backends still store it like Google Drive: a named object, no expiry, a

Learning Oct 14, 2026

Rule Builders for Every Validation Rule in Laravel 13.36

Laravel 13.36 adds Rule:: builders for the remaining validation rules, DB::olap() for PlanetScale, and an option to reset sticky connections between queue jobs.

Security Oct 13, 2026

Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Form Self-Propagating IoT Botnets

Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be months away from developing capabilities to self-replicate on IoT devices like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes, according to a warning from Anthropic. The frontier AI lab said small AI models could form autonomous, self-propagating worm botnets that are "challenging to shut down," since "there's no centralized point to shut off."

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