October 2026

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Qwenputer Runs a RISC-V CPU in LLM Weights

Qwenputer compiles a deterministic RISC-V CPU into Qwen3.5-4B weights, running 61 ELF binaries to match qemu-riscv32 output with no tool calls.

October 29, 2026 10 min read
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WordPress 7.1.4 Patches 22 Security Flaws

WordPress 7.1.4 fixes 22 security issues, including a core-update race condition and several stored XSS bugs. Here is who needs it and how to update.

October 28, 2026 8 min read
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The Smart TV Debloating Trend, Explained

AI agents can strip ads and tracking from smart TVs. CleanYourTV, dumbtv, TV Detox and Free My TV show the upside, risks and brand silence.

October 28, 2026 11 min read
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The Claimed ETH Refutation, Explained

OpenAI and Anthropic claim 2^o(n) algorithms refute the Exponential Time Hypothesis. Here is what the papers prove, what falls if they hold, and what does not.

October 28, 2026 14 min read
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Fed Rate Decision: October Hold Explained

The Fed held rates at 3.75%-4.00% on October 28, 2026, in a 10-2 vote. Both dissents favored a quarter-point hike, signaling a hawkish tilt.

October 28, 2026 7 min read
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Go 1.26: runtime and toolchain changes

Go 1.26 makes the Green Tea GC the default collector, adds new(expr), and rewrites go fix. Here is what changes for production services and how to upgrade.

October 28, 2026 9 min read
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Git Version Control for the US Code

How the US Code lives in a Git repo: commit-per-snapshot history, diffing statutes, tracing changes to public laws, and where the Git model breaks down.

October 28, 2026 9 min read
CVE-2026-48356 upload path from guest cart API to disk and CMS block

CISA Adds Magento PolyShell to KEV

CISA added CVE-2026-48356 to its KEV catalog on October 27, with a November 10 deadline for federal agencies. Adobe fixed the flaw in July; a separate 953-store CMS-malware campaign has 471 initial accesses tied to PolyShell.

October 28, 2026 6 min read
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CVE-2026-97631: The UEFI PXE Boot Flaw

A 16-year-old buffer overflow in EDK II’s PXE driver lets a network attacker corrupt firmware memory before the OS loads. The code is widespread; the exposure is narrower than ‘most servers.’

October 28, 2026 5 min read
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Tailscale SSH: What the Update Changes

Tailscale’s TS-2026-014 through TS-2026-017 are fixed in 1.104.4+. The investigation page still lags, but the patch is available; here is what changed and what to do.

October 28, 2026 6 min read
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Google Cloud Profit Margin Surge

Google Cloud hit an 82% growth quarter with margins at 35.5%, but negative free cash flow and a $514 billion backlog define Alphabet’s next earnings test.

October 27, 2026 9 min read
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Inside Go’s 7.5-Hour eMudhra CA Response

Go shipped an urgent crypto/x509 update blocking eight compromised eMudhra intermediates. Here is why every Go binary must be rebuilt to pick up the fix.

October 27, 2026 12 min read