Month: September 2026
Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis
Post-eruption imaging of the Hunga caldera gives new details of its collapse.
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Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape
A use-after-free in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the host, security firm DepthFirst said in...
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Astronomers Directly Image the Youngest Exoplanet Ever
Most exoplanets we find have been around a long time. They’ve cleared out their orbital path (one of the requirements of planethood, as fans of Pluto...
Read moreResearch on Models Engaging in Genie-Like Behavior
New paper: “Self-Jailbreaking: Language Models Can Reason Themselves Out of Safety Alignment After Benign Reasoning Training.” Abstract: We discover a novel and surprising phenomenon of unintentional...
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A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions
"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."
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OpenAI cut GPT-6 token prices in half. The bigger lever may be the cache.
OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna on Tuesday, essentially more affordable versions of GPT-6 Astra that come closer to Astra The post OpenAI cut GPT-6 token...
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Presentation: APIs for Agents: Rethinking API Programs in the MCP Era
Jim Gough and Andreea Niculcea explain how Morgan Stanley uses Architecture as Code with CALM to modernize its API program. They demonstrate integrating Model Context Protocol...
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Meta's new transoceanic undersea cable boasts a whopping petabit of bandwidth
Meta has announced Petal, a new subsea cable that will carry a petabit of raw bandwidth across the 4,300 miles between the USA and France.
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A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide
The technology could strap onto existing gas turbines and make them more efficient—but it wouldn’t do away with their emissions entirely.
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AMD starts the ball rolling for GDDR7 in next-gen GPUs with small code adjustment in its Linux drivers
My money is still on RDNA 5 launching by the end of next year.
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Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op mod is out now in alpha form, paving the way for more boss battering with mates
The latest FromSoft game multiplayer mod is here, with Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op finally out in the wild. Modder Yui, maker of similar and very...
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