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A privilege escalation attack from IIS AppPool to SYSTEM via AD CS was disclosed, enabling full server compromise. C++26 adds a hardened library mode that turns undefined behavior like out-of-bounds access into terminating violations. Servo 0.5.0 brings Linux aarch64, faster canvas, and SVG web fonts. At a recent academic conference, panelists were criticized for using AI to generate questions, highlighting troubling reliance on chatbots.
Omarchy fixed a Docker misconfiguration that allowed any user process to gain root access via the docker group. SAT-solver research proved Tarski’s high school algebra countermodels have exactly 12 elements, formally verified in Lean. A BPF checksum failure traced to Clang strict-aliasing; compile with -fno-strict-aliasing. OpenWrt can now alert IPv6 outages via MQTT and Home Assistant. Also: a new Zig QOI decoder and Omniflake simplify Nix flakes.
AWS developed a flat, near-random network for data centers that cuts energy use up to 40%, but admitted keeping the savings rather than cutting prices. A startup raised $7M for Spike, a backpack-portable drone interceptor. Debian voted to allow responsible AI-assisted contributions, requiring quality and legal checks. Meanwhile, AI crawlers are hammering git.kernel.org by rendering commits as HTML, evading blocks via residential IPs.