Thursday, 22 October 2026
71 stories filed.
Nvidia woos wary Europeans with more open weights models
New embedding, parsing, and reranking models promise smarter agentic RAG workflows
LiteLLM supply chain attack hoovers up passwords and secrets
Plus a RAT for good measure - get threat hunting now
AI will eat a fifth of tech budgets in 2027, but don't expect it to pay for itself
Forrester says only isolated wins are likely, while 'good enough' open-weight models soak up the tokens
EA is shutting down BioWare
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50184586 Points: 196 # Comments: 117
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Signal bug could keep your mic - and camera - on after hangup
Careful what you say after goodbye, or better yet, update your messaging app
SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase
"We have had significant constructive engagement with the FAA."
Today's PHP security release, and how we're strengthening security
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180873 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182987 Points: 338 # Comments: 162
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OpenBSD 8.0 beefs up virtual machines and gets a taste of Wine
Proposed port brings 64-bit Windows apps within reach
Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin
Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/oregon-waterfall-for-sale-lawmakers-996de63462d49ec3ad9bee1629fb9488 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182526 Points: 118 # Comments: 65
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The $15 billion ad-powered AI startup your doctor may already be using
OpenEvidence is booming despite questions about accuracy and ads.
PHP devs publish critical bug fix as site owners warned: Pull 'em offline if you're unpatched
Websites down as precaution as exploits have already been published
Jensen Huang sends in the robot ducks to sell Nvidia's AI-everywhere vision
Containerized datacenters, androids, and telecoms all feature in Berlin keynote interrupted by environmental protesters
Snapdragon X2 Performance On Linux Exceeding Expectations In Initial Benchmarks
For your viewing pleasure today are the first Linux benchmarks of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme on Linux using the new Ubuntu 26.10 X1E Concept ISO for Snapdragon X laptop support on Linux. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme flagship SoC is tested within the ASUS Zenbook A16 UX3607OA laptop.
Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover vulnerabilities
https://patchtheplanet.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181175 Points: 178 # Comments: 108
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DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal”
Article URL: https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181136 Points: 275 # Comments: 29
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Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor
Article URL: https://safedep.io/litellm-pypi-compromise-credential-stealer-backdoor/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181114 Points: 266 # Comments: 100
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PHP 8.2.35
Article URL: https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.2.35 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180873 Points: 868 # Comments: 483
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PHP Updates Released For Two Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 were just released to fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow for unauthenticated remote code execution. Server administrators are advised to update immediately...
OneDrive gives Macs a million things to keep in sync
October preview raises supported limit from 300,000 items, with general availability penciled in for June 2027
OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180079 Points: 140 # Comments: 49
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AI cuts coding time, but it's also filling open source's inbox with crap
Maintainers reckon a quarter of incoming pull requests are slop, rising to 31% on larger projects
AMD Working On Ryzen Overclocking Driver For Linux
AMD recently published patches for the Linux kernel to implement AOD, an AMD Overclocking driver for Ryzen processors. Linux enthusiasts have long sought an official AMD Ryzen CPU overclocking driver for Linux akin to Ryzen Master on Windows and it's finally coming, at least from the kernel driver perspective...
AI has 'potential' to turn script kiddies into sophisticated infrastructure attackers
Consider this the wake-up call
Linux 7.4 To Close Files Synchronously For close_range, exec & exit
Of the many VFS changes to be merged for Linux 7.4 is now closing files synchrously for close_range, exec, and exit calls. In turn when needing to close many file descriptors this provides for much lower latency than the status quo...
Nvidia picks OpenShell to tame AI gents
Give your agents freedom to do useful work by locking them down
Nvidia's grand plan for speeding up datacenter deployments: AI trailer parks
GPUzilla boasts modular bit barns could speed up deployments from six months to just two weeks
Review: Carrie is a triumphant remix with one major flaw
Mike Flanagan's re-imagining of Stephen King's classic is well worth watching.
EU wants Booking.com to check out of its scam problem
Commission opens DSA probe into fake listings and phishing on the platform, says its fraud defenses 'absolutely substandard'
The past, present, and future share a show floor at Pinball Expo 2026
Flipping through the highlights in and around Pinball Expo 2026.
Java crashes the departure board at Tyne and Wear Metro
Train times remain on show as an elderly Windows dialog demands attention
Fwupd Working Toward Proper Android Integration
Google Chromebooks already have a mandate for nice Fwupd support with the Linux Vendor Firmware (LVFS) while now there is work on improving the Android integration for Fwupd/LVFS...
The spec is the new code, so brush up on your prose, says Kaseya CTO
Domain expertise and clear writing will matter more than syntax, and yes, that means documentation
Meta Makes Improvements To Kernfs Scalability With Linux 7.4
Kernfs as the functions/frameworks used for creating pseudo file-systems on Linux like sysfs and configfs have seen some nice scalability work carried out by Meta. After Meta engineers discovered some system daemons getting stuck for minutes on their massive fleet of servers, they uncovered some scalability bottlenecks within Kernfs that now look to be resolved for Linux 7.4...
AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support
AMD HIPRT 3.2 released today as the first update to this HIP ray-tracing library since the beginning of 2026...
XFS Sees Small Performance Optimizations & Bug Fixes For Linux 7.4
The XFS file-system updates have landed for the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel...
Happiness is the next AI KPI if Oxford boffins have their way
Researchers say public subsidies for AI should be repaid in wellbeing, not just economic growth
Eight Bits of Trust: eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds
Article URL: https://scotthelme.co.uk/eight-bits-of-trust-emudhras-ca-keys-cracked-in-milliseconds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177916 Points: 700 # Comments: 345
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MPs urge UK government to play venture capitalist with taxpayer-funded tech
Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold
Nervous ISPs replace Chrome as strange consumers of DNS resources
Some network operators like to wear belts and suspenders to keep their services up
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
Dynamic PAMT Merged For Linux 7.4 To Help Intel Servers Save Precious RAM
Dynamic PAMT has made it for Linux 7.4! Dynamic PAMT is a new feature for reducing memory overhead on Intel TDX servers where there may not be many concurrent virtual machines occupying a majority of the system. In today's world with high memory prices and tight availability, Dynamic PAMT provides nice memory overhead reduction for modern Intel Xeon servers...
Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’
Massive clean-up job under way because this mess makes it possible to impersonate any website or service
COSMIC Epoch 1.11 Released With Wayland xdg-dialog-v1, Better Multi-GPU Handling
System76 developers just released COSMIC Epoch 1.11 as the newest point release to their Rust-written open-source desktop environment catering to their in-house Pop!_OS Linux distribution...
Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says
"I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP address
IQ.Lvbs implies that rival Comma.ai isn't playing fair
Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies
Guinea-Bissau police said hepatitis B vaccine doses were taken as part of an investigation.
Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix
Xbox maker is also apparently planning its own gaming handheld for next year.
JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service
A lifetime ad-free subscription is available.
Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.
Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to cars
It's probably time to audit your Gemini settings.
OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact
OpenBSD 8.0 lands with Intel Arc support, ARM64 hibernation, and 64-vCPU guests
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.
TP-Link tries to appease Trump admin with pledge to assemble routers in US
TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US despite rivals getting FCC approvals.
Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States?
Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race.
Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice
Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
Improved Performance & Resource Usage For XFS Checksumming With Linux 7.4
Among the many VFS pull requests merged as the initial material for the in-development Linux 7.4, the VFS IOmap pull introduced lazy bounce buffering for checksummed reads. This improvement is benefiting checksumming on XFS with improved performance and lower resource usage...
Intel & AMD Now Collaborating On Software Optimizations With PyTorch/oneDNN
Intel has long worked on tuning their oneDNN neural network library for their hardware and saw its adoption by PyTorch and other AI frameworks. AMD has maintained ZenDNN as their downstream fork that is oneDNN API compatible while catering to their Zen processor designs. As an interesting twist, AMD and Intel jointly announced today they will be collaborating around oneDNN for PyTorch and…
Polestar tries to quantify what it’s like to drive a performance car
Drivers had electrodes strapped to their heads as they tested EVs on track.
Intel Core Ultra 9 Arrow Lake On Star Labs StarFighter Shows Nice Gains On Ubuntu 26.10
For those running a Star Labs StarFighter Ultra or other Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake laptop, the recent Ubuntu 26.10 release is providing some nice performance gains over the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release. Here is a look at how Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 26.10 performs with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H over dozens of different benchmarks.
Linux Foundation Estimates 25% Of New Pull Requests To Be Low-Quality AI Slop
The Linux Foundation published a new study today around the impact of generative AI on open-source software development. One key takeaway is that ~25% of new open-source software pull requests amount to AI slop...
Linux Coredumps Via Sockets Can Be Much Smaller Now With Sparse Support
Added to the Linux kernel last year was Coredump support via Unix domain sockets as an alternative to the pipe-based Coredumps. With code now merged for Linux 7.4, the core dumps via sockets has the potential of being much smaller thanks to sparse support. In extreme cases they can be 1% of the size without sparse support...
Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations
Meta is suspending the sharing feature while it investigates its privacy.
BFS Removed With Linux 7.4 As Old UnixWare File-System
Linus Torvalds began honoring pull requests overnight of new code entering the Linux 7.4 kernel -- as well as removing old code. BFS is the latest obsolete file-system removed from the mainline kernel...
KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
Following last week's release of Plasma 6.8, the Plasma 6.8.1 point release is out today with dozens of bug fixes...
Omarchy 4.5 Expanding To AArch64 World With Snapdragon X & NVIDIA N1X Laptops
The Omarchy Linux distribution to date has been centered on x86_64 support for this Arch Linux distribution. Released today was Omarchy 4.5-RC1 and with this new version there is initial AArch64 support centered around Snapdragon X and NVIDIA N1X laptop support...
Linux 7.4 Adding New Emulation Function While Some Old CPUs May Soon Be Phased Out
Linux 7.4 is seeing a new emulation function added for cmpxchg() for compare and exchange. This is being done so that two-byte cmpxchg() can be used in common Linux kernel code that is already natively supported on newer CPU architectures. The pull request notes though that some old systems might no longer be supported by the Linux kernel moving ahead...
17k Lines Of New Rust Kernel Code Heading Into Linux 7.4
Miguel Ojeda sent out his pull request of the new Rust kernel code slated for introduction in Linux 7.4. It's a big one this round due to updating the Zerocopy vendored library plus updating other Rust crates for the kernel...
Way to Play Super Mario 64: On Apple Vision Pro
Article URL: https://www.pagetable.com/303 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50150214 Points: 172 # Comments: 66
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The Decoherence Trap
Article URL: https://maevyn.codes/decoherence Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50149861 Points: 165 # Comments: 70
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