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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

3 Google updates from Galaxy Unpacked 2026

We shared how Samsung users can boost productivity and get time back on new foldables, watches, and glasses coming soon.

Marketing & SEO Jul 22, 2026

AI SEO tools small businesses actually use

AI SEO tools for small businesses are essential to keep up with marketing trends and stay competitive. Yet most small businesses are trying to figure out which AI tools are actually worth their time and which ones are necessary, especially when there is an abundance of tools promising to solve every problem imaginable. The good news is that AI is available in just about every tool.

Marketing & SEO Jul 22, 2026

Do backlinks matter for AEO (answer engine optimization)?

Roughly 58% of consumers now use AI answer engines in their product research each week — and that number is rising fast. As AI-powered answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews become primary discovery surfaces, content and SEO teams are asking the right question: is there a relationship between backlinks and AEO, or is it time to rethink the entire authority playbook?

Marketing & SEO Jul 21, 2026

SEO tools for SaaS: 13 best options to scale your content ops

B2B SaaS businesses achieve an average ROI of 702% from SEO, yet most teams are still using a SaaS SEO tool stack built for a different era of search.

Marketing & SEO Jul 21, 2026

How to Turn What You Know Into AI Tools People Will Pay For

Wondering how to package your years of hard-won expertise into something clients can use on their own? Curious whether AI could turn your frameworks and processes into a product that generates recurring revenue? In this article, you’ll discover how to identify the right opportunities to productize your expertise with AI, structure AI-powered tools using the […]

Learning Jul 21, 2026

Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs

While React Server Components rely on the custom Flight protocol to stream interactive UIs, this same mechanism introduces powerful deserialization sinks that attackers can exploit. Durgesh Pawar breaks down the mechanics behind the CVSS 10.0 “React2Shell” vulnerability to show how protocol manipulation can lead to remote code execution.

Marketing & SEO Jul 20, 2026

HubSpot AEO vs SE Ranking: Features, pricing, and fit

You’ve probably noticed it yourself: buyers aren’t just Googling anymore. They’re asking ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity questions and trusting whatever answers they get. If your brand isn’t named in those answers, well, you may not even be a consideration.

Marketing & SEO Jul 20, 2026

The top content formats & types that earn AI search citations

There’s no denying it: Search behaviors have changed. As more queries are answered directly by AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, the shifts reshaping search are forcing marketers to rethink ranking and, just as crucially, learn how to write for AI search rather than just for a list of blue links.

Learning Jul 17, 2026

When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread

The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he encountered involving a screenshot extension where he made an exception to the rule and decided that blocking the main thread was absolutely the right thing to do.

AI Jul 16, 2026

Connect more of your apps to Search

You’ll be able to securely link and interact with your go-to services directly in AI Mode.

AI Jul 16, 2026

Create, edit and star in videos with two Google Vids updates

Gemini Omni and personal avatars in Google Vids make video creation easier than ever.

Marketing & SEO Jul 16, 2026

Best enterprise rank tracking software for high-traffic websites

The best enterprise rank-tracking software goes far beyond checking positions for a handful of keywords. At scale, it means monitoring millions of data points across devices, locations, and search features, including AI Overviews, featured snippets, and local packs. Then that intelligence is fed into dashboards, CRM workflows, and executive reports that drive action across large organizations.

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