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

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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

The State of AI and Software Engineering: Code is Cheaper but Expertise are More Valuable [Full Book]

A report on AI productivity, human capability, software economics, SaaS defensibility, and the future of engineering work. Between 2024 and 2026, the marginal cost of producing a line of working code

Tech Oct 12, 2026

Inside the mini factory where GM builds its EV future

If you're driving through GM's sprawling campus in Warren, Michigan, you'd likely ignore the pair of adjacent, anonymous white buildings tucked away in the upper reaches of the 710-acre space. Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massive construction project that's still in progress. Once completed, it will house […]

Learning Oct 11, 2026

BashBox: A Sandboxed Bash Interpreter for AI Agents in PHP

BashBox runs AI-generated bash scripts in pure PHP, with a virtual filesystem, execution limits, and opt-in network access. No exec or proc_open calls.

Tech Oct 11, 2026

A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contact and it refused

In April of 2025, Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed to "enhance the safety and security of students." But by September of that year, the school's administration grew concerned that Flock was sharing data with Customs and Border Patrol, that camera feeds were not properly secured, and that both law enforcement and […]

Tech Oct 11, 2026

Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI

When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," you'd be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on. While most of the broader population is sticking with AI, some of Silicon Valley's most powerful are falling in line and trying to give Trump the great AI rebrand he […]

Learning Oct 11, 2026

What to Do When Your Constants Are Someone Else's Law

A colleague once asked me why a number in my code had a comment three lines long. The number was 18. The comment said which rule it came from, which section notified it, and that it could change witho

Tech Oct 11, 2026

The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic and a remote with a speaker

The latest rumors are that the new Apple TV will have a built-in microphone, while the upgraded remote will get a speaker. The mic would let users control the set-top box using Siri without having to speak into the remote or a connected HomePod device. That could also let the Apple TV serve as a […]

Tech Oct 11, 2026

NASA dumped over 800GB of Artemis II data online

If you thought you'd seen all there is to see from the Artemis II mission, you're wrong. This week NASA posted over 800GB worth of science data, images, and videos on the Artemis II: Sights & Sounds of Science site. The archive includes over 11,000 photos and videos, over 8.5 hours of audio, and crew-annotated […]

Tech Oct 11, 2026

George A. Romero’s Season of the Witch is a slow-burn feminist occult drama

George A. Romero is obviously best known as the father of the modern zombie movie. But between inventing the genre with Night of the Living Dead and his outbreak horror, The Crazies, Romero made two much lesser-known films: There's Always Vanilla, which I'll admit I've never seen, and Season of the Witch, or, as it […]

Learning Oct 11, 2026

How to Measure Conformance Between an Operational Specification and Its Execution

In my previous article, I explored executor independence: the idea that different execution mechanisms should be able to satisfy the same operational specification. By executor independence, I mean th

Learning Oct 11, 2026

How to Add Structured Data (JSON-LD) to a Next.js Site and Validate It

Structured data has always mattered to search engines. When a search engine reads your page, it sees HTML: a heading, some paragraphs, a date somewhere, a name somewhere else. Structured data tells it

Tech Oct 11, 2026

What to expect from Apple’s ‘Welcome Home’ event

We are quickly coming up on Apple's "Welcome Home" launch event, where we expect a host of smart home-related announcements. We are expecting refreshes to Apple TV and HomePod Mini, as well as a brand new smart home hub. We could also see the debut of a new platform called homeOS, and some partner devices […]

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