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Submission + - Blue Chip - fully US supply chain laptop (anduril.com)

Submitted by fadethepolice
fadethepolice writes: Anduril, arguing that its manuftacuring capabilities are directly applicable to laptop manufacturing is starting a project for a fully 100 percent US sourced laptop. The computer will use a Qualcomm snapdragon SOC. I did not see any information for the OS, but I'm assuming with the type of processor this will be Linux based?

Submission + - New Operating System Uses Hardware-Based Memory Protection Model (frute.net)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: FRUTE asks what an operating system looks like when the CPU, language runtime, garbage collector, compiler, and authority model are designed together instead of bolted together after the fact.

Conventional systems make language runtimes recover structure from untyped words, make security policy chase ambient names, and make garbage collectors infer which machine values are pointers. FRUTE moves those facts into the architecture: values are tagged, authority is explicit, and Scheme is treated as a first-class systems language.

Most CPUs treat memory as undifferentiated bits, then ask every compiler, runtime, kernel, and debugger to remember what those bits mean. FRUTE values carry architectural tags, so the machine can distinguish pointers, fixnums, characters, capabilities, bitmaps, and runtime objects directly.

Submission + - How we're Strengthening PHP Security

Submitted by Mirnotoriety
Mirnotoriety writes: Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security

“Earlier today, the PHP project released PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35. These releases fix two critical vulnerabilities that, under the right conditions, allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code on servers running PHP.”

CVE-2026-109618 / GHSA-w8hw-w9fx-j79w: RCE via OOM corruption (out-of-memory): If a request reached PHP's memory_limit at exactly the wrong moment, PHP could leave partially initialized internal data behind and later treat it as valid, corrupting memory.

CVE-2026-109619 / GHSA-6wmf-4rv5-p3rp: RCE via stale global state: A fatal error at the wrong point could leave internal state pointing to memory that belonged to a previous request ..

Submission + - Getty Images files for US bankruptcy, advances restructuring plan (reuters.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset after its planned merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed under the weight of heavy debt and growing competition from AI-generated imagery.

Getty said the affiliates of the Getty family and Koch Equity Development, which committed to provide up to $533 million in new equity, will own 100% of the company after the restructuring

It's hard to compete against things like the DALL-E image generator.

Submission + - More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by doconnor
doconnor writes: Crime Stoppers data was stolen last March by hacktivist collective Internet Yiff Machine. In a manifesto, the group said it wanted to disprove the claim by P3 Global Intel — the company hired by Crime Stoppers to manage its tips — that the platform was "anonymous" and "secure."

A copy of the hacked data was made available to researchers and journalists, including CBC, by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a U.S. non-profit that archives and publishes hacked and leaked documents it deems to be in the public interest.

Submission + - Government web sites go dark after severe PHP vulnerabilities disclosed (reuters.com)

Submitted by smooth wombat
smooth wombat writes: PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in their programming language and urged web site operators to immediately apply the fix. As a result, government web sites in Europe and elsewhere temporarily went dark on Wednesday as operators worked to protect their systems.

Dane Knecht, the chief technology officer of Web and cloud security firm Cloudflare (NET.N), opens new tab, said that attacks were emerging and Cloudflare was updating its firewall rules as a stopgap measure.

"We are seeing early attacks emerging and are updating mitigations as new vectors show up. This is a STOPGAP only. Patch as soon as PHP releases the update," he said on X.

Officials have said that all PHP versions from PHP 5 onward could be affected, although PHP has not yet disclosed which versions are vulnerable.

Submission + - Enterprise IT dependency erodes choice

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: CIOs admit they are being forced to upgrade enterprise IT

“The deep integration within the organisation makes it increasingly difficult for IT departments to select alternative enterprise IT systems, says survey”

“Switching off a service became easier technically; switching away from the provider could become harder commercially and operationally”

“Over several decades, dependence accumulated with few external guardrails to constrain it.”

“Economists have studied this problem for decades: once a customer makes relationship-specific investments, the vendor gains leverage that no contract can fully anticipate.”

Submission + - Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger (sciencealert.com)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Now, scientists have transformed old blood cells into young brain stem cells, which continued to grow younger as they grew older.

The researchers, from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn, in Germany, described their methods in the journal Aging Cell.

Cellular transformations can be done in two main ways. The first, more circuitous route turns a specific cell back into a pluripotent stem cell, or an embryonic "blank slate," and then into a different cell type.

Submission + - EU plans to fast-track antitrust approval of SpaceX rival (archive.is)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes:

The European Union is working toward fast-track antitrust approval for a satellite joint venture between Leonardo SpA, Airbus SE, and Thales SA, which is positioned as Europe's response to SpaceX.

Over the past year, discussions have focused on identifying and resolving potential competition concerns before the project receives formal notification for approval, according to the person who requested anonymity. The companies have not yet filed their application, but EU officials anticipate a submission in the coming weeks, the report said.

The initiative, called Project Bromo, has received praise from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as a potential European champion worthy of high-level support. Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera, who serves as von der Leyen's second-in-command, cautioned that the project would not receive automatic approval from regulators.

Submission + - Which Major Websites and Advertisers Wrongly Equate Privacy as Ad-Blocking? 1

Submitted by BrendaEM
BrendaEM writes: We see it each day. You navigate to a website, and you are greeted with an overlay that states that you have an advertisement blocker or plugin installed, but you don't have one—it's just that their advertising wants to track you or individualize your advertisement experience. Perhaps it would be beneficial to set the record straight.

Which websites and advertising companies have you noticed that wrongly confabulate privacy as ad-blocking?

Submission + - Woman arrested after blocking delivery robot in Philadelphia confrontation (abc13.com) 1

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Philadelphia police said officers responded to the 1200 block of Filbert Street after witnesses reported a disturbance involving Carolyn Marvin and an Uber delivery robot near the famous Reading Terminal Market.

According to police, Marvin repeatedly blocked the robot's path and ignored multiple commands from officers to move.

She was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Marvin said she was protesting the use of delivery robots because she believes they are replacing human workers.

"I know they're taking the jobs of human delivery workers and so, I have been protesting them whenever I saw them by standing in front of them and preventing them from going forward," Marvin said.

Submission + - Ubuntu 26.10 Released with Linux Kernel 7.3 and GNOME 51 (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: 9to5Linux reports on the release of Ubuntu 26.10: "Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils.
There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that’s not installed."

Submission + - IMF Warns of the real AI threat: Debt (imf.org)

Submitted by databasecowgirl
databasecowgirl writes: Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the IMF reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk.

Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected.

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