π₯WTF Ubuntu?
CVE-2026-98432 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) bug in the Linux kernel's TCP code, present since 2016, and Anthropic says it built a working root exploit. Debian patched it on October 16, but every supported Ubuntu release, LTS included, is still listed as vulnerable more than two weeks later. The author says they are moving β¦
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π₯Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen
MIT CSAIL researchers report that frontier LLMs can natively read and write neural network weights. GPT-6 Astra can identify what a network was trained to do from raw weights, and writing small game-playing networks from scratch that outplay PPO-trained networks after 100 million steps. Asked to improve Qwen3.5-0.8B β¦
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π₯Show HN: Subvocal β Talk to your computer without making noise
Subvocal is a Show HN project that lets users talk to their computer without making noise. It drew a busy discussion, with commenters probing how the silent-speech input works and where it might fit into daily workflows.
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