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      <title>Gemini 4 Carbon is out, and its API price doubles after Nov 30</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Google made Gemini 4 Carbon available on Nov 10: paid API at $2/$10 per million tokens until Nov 30, and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app. Its benchmark claims are Google&apos;s own.</description>
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      <title>Stolen AI keys from Railway ran up an estimated $740K. How to tell if yours were hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Railway&apos;s Nov 10 incident report: attackers decrypted variables for at most about 100,000 workspaces, mostly hunting AI keys, with about $740,000 in estimated unauthorized charges. How to check and what to rotate.</description>
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      <title>Starlink Mini 2 finally gets its own battery, and you can hot-swap it</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>SpaceX&apos;s Starlink Mini 2 has a removable 71 Wh battery rated up to 4.5 hours, USB-C power and IP67. Preorders are invite-only in the US; reported price is $999.</description>
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      <title>Musk says Grok 4.8 finished pre-training and will start a soft rollout later this week</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Musk says Grok 4.8 finished pre-training and is in RL, with a soft rollout to Bot users later this week. No official model page yet.</description>
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      <title>Grok Bot reset everyone&apos;s weekly limits after Elon promised overnight fixes</title>
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      <description>After users burned through weekly usage too fast, Elon Musk said Grok Bot fixes were underway. The official @bot account then reset limits for all users.</description>
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      <title>How to tell if your Wyndham account data was exposed</title>
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      <description>A researcher found a password in Wyndham&apos;s Android app that opened a customer database. Wyndham revoked it and says it has no evidence of unauthorized access. Here&apos;s what was exposed and what to do.</description>
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      <title>Google adds two more TPUs: one for confidential AI, one for huge context windows</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Google announced TPU 8tx for secure, confidential inference and TPU 8i Max for massive context windows. What each does, what&apos;s still unproven, and why a non-enterprise reader might care.</description>
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      <title>How to tell if your SonicWall SSL-VPN MFA was bypassed</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>SonicWall disclosed an actively exploited SSL-VPN flaw (CVE-2026-19868) that can skip SAML MFA when alternate credentials work. Who&apos;s affected, fixed versions, and how to check your logs.</description>
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      <title>Tesla&apos;s robotaxi service launches in San Antonio</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Tesla began robotaxi rides in San Antonio at 5 a.m. on Nov 9. What&apos;s confirmed, what Tesla hasn&apos;t said, and how it compares with Waymo and Tesla&apos;s other Texas cities.</description>
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      <title>How to check an AI hook on X before you share it: one worked example</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>A viral-style X post put an $800K hiring quote on a 55-minute AI workshop. The quote isn&apos;t in the video. Here&apos;s a five-step check you can run yourself.</description>
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      <title>How to tell if your Who Gives A Crap data was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>A marketing vendor breach exposed Who Gives A Crap customers&apos; names, emails, phone numbers, mailing addresses and total spend in the US, UK and Australia. No payment details or passwords. Here&apos;s how to check and what to do.</description>
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      <title>What changed in X&apos;s For You ranking code—and what didn&apos;t</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Seven X ranking coefficients changed in a public code update. Here are the numbers, why they aren&apos;t points for likes, and what they don&apos;t prove about AI replies.</description>
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      <title>DeepMind&apos;s AI agents found two new weaknesses in old 1024-bit RSA (2048-bit is safe)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Two Google DeepMind working papers from Nov 5-6 show human-guided AI agents improving attacks on legacy 1024-bit RSA signatures and batch factoring. The authors say 2048-bit and larger RSA is not threatened.</description>
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      <title>Philips Hue Bridge Pro flaws: how to tell if your Hue bridge was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Zero Day Initiative disclosed three Philips Hue Bridge Pro flaws on Nov 6, including an 8.8-rated login bypass for attackers on your home network. Firmware 6.1.2071524030 (Sept 24) or later fixes them.</description>
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      <title>Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in mid-2027 to build more Cybercabs</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Elon Musk said Nov 6 that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercab robotaxis. He did not say whether the truck moves to another plant.</description>
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      <title>Alpine OpenSSH password bypass: how to tell if your SSH was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Alpine Linux warned Nov 5 that openssh-server built without PAM can accept a very long password for key-only accounts (CVE-2026-123158). Update openssh, restart sshd, or set PasswordAuthentication no.</description>
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      <title>Google DeepMind&apos;s Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: 15-second video and a 30% price cut</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is generally available on the Gemini API and Google Cloud. It generates and edits video up to 15 seconds, adds multi-turn conversational edits, and drops 720p pricing 30% to $0.07 per second.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI launches GPT-6 Cyber: Critical cyber rating, scoped to vetted defenders</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Cyber on Nov 5 for authorized vulnerability research. It scores 48.5% on ExploitGym (up from 32.1%), is rated Critical under OpenAI&apos;s Preparedness Framework, and starts on Daybreak Red for approved customers.</description>
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      <title>DreamHost File Manager incident: how to tell if your FTP or email was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>DreamHost says attackers accessed its web File Manager and took FTP/SFTP passwords for users who logged in from about August through Oct 23, 2026. Here&apos;s how to check and what to do.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI agents found 948 ways to root Linux: what the run actually showed</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>OpenAI says an autonomous cyber pipeline reproduced 1,724 Linux kernel bugs and built working local privilege-escalation exploits for 948 of them in one mid-October run, at about $1.2 million in API cost.</description>
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      <title>SpaceX picks Qualcomm chips for Starlink Mobile&apos;s U.S. 5G network</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Qualcomm says SpaceX chose its Dragonwing QRU100 and QDU100 platforms for Starlink Mobile&apos;s terrestrial 5G base stations. U.S. rollout is planned to start in 2027, with tens of thousands of sites.</description>
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      <title>mSecure password manager incident: how to tell if your vault was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>mSecure says someone took an encrypted copy of a user database. It only involves people who sync with mSecure Cloud. Here&apos;s how to check which sync you use and what to change today.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI&apos;s GPT-6 Astra designed a working gadget: what it did and where it fell short</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>OpenAI says Astra designed a device&apos;s case, circuit board and firmware with no direct human edits. Two people did it in under a week, but it still needed rounds of manufacturing fixes.</description>
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      <title>Apple opens Siri&apos;s AI to any app: what&apos;s coming and when you&apos;ll get it</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Apple&apos;s new developer preview lets any app plug into Siri&apos;s AI, including multi-step &apos;skills.&apos; It&apos;s in the 27.3 betas now, reaches customers in a few months, and skips the EU at first.</description>
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      <title>Starlink is testing new prices by location: how to check your rate</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Starlink is testing Residential prices that move about 20% up or down by location, from bills on or after Nov 30. What&apos;s changing and how to check yours.</description>
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      <title>Android TV box botnet (XCPE): how to tell if your streaming box was hit</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Google says device maker Videostrong built the XCPE backdoor into more than 1.3 million Android TV boxes. Who&apos;s affected, how to check your box in a few minutes, and what to do if it matches.</description>
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      <title>Anthropic&apos;s updated IPO filing: $17B quarter, $895B in compute deals, and what&apos;s still blank</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Anthropic filed an amended S-1 on Nov 2 with third-quarter numbers: about $17B in Q3 revenue, $33.24B for nine months, and roughly $895.4B in purchase commitments, mostly compute. The key numbers in plain English.</description>
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      <title>SpaceX is reportedly in talks to buy Boost Mobile: what it means for Starlink Mobile</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>The Washington Post reports SpaceX is talking to EchoStar about buying Boost Mobile or using its network so Starlink Mobile can sell phone service in the U.S. What&apos;s reported, what&apos;s confirmed, and what it means for your phone bill.</description>
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      <title>ChatGPT and Codex will share one usage limit in December: what changes for Plus, Pro and Business</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:31:35 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Starting in December, OpenAI says ChatGPT and Codex usage on Plus, Pro and Business plans will come from one token-based allowance. Instant chats won&apos;t count. What changes, what&apos;s still unknown, and how to check your usage.</description>
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      <title>Google&apos;s Project Suncatcher satellite sent its first AI answer from orbit: what it is and what&apos;s next</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:31:35 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Google&apos;s Project Suncatcher prototype ran its Gemma 4 model on a data-center-class TPU in orbit and sent back a haiku. Why Google is testing AI chips in space, and the 2027 next step.</description>
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      <title>Synology NAS ransomware (C3RB3R): am I affected, and how do I check my DSM version?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:31:35 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Synology says C3RB3R ransomware is hitting NAS boxes running outdated DSM. Who&apos;s affected, how to check your DSM version in a minute, and why the fix is the latest DSM build for your version line.</description>
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      <title>Grok API answers get an invisible watermark Nov 7: what developers need to know</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:41:30 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Starting Nov 7, 2026, text from seven Grok API models carries an invisible statistical watermark by default. No code changes needed; check the x-watermark header; team admins can opt out per model.</description>
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      <title>Apple Intelligence is coming to China with Alibaba&apos;s Qwen: what works, which iPhones, and when</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:32:30 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>Apple said Oct 31, 2026 that Apple Intelligence is coming to users in China, with Alibaba&apos;s Qwen in Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence. Developer beta starts Nov 4 (China time); the public release comes with iOS 27.3 in December.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI cuts its funding goal from $30B to about $20B: what changed and why it matters</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:32:30 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>OpenAI lowered its latest funding-round target from $30 billion to about $20 billion and its valuation from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion, with about $11 billion committed, according to FT and WSJ reports on Oct 31, 2026.</description>
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      <title>WordPress bug CVE-2026-119977: am I affected, and how do I check my site?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:31:59 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description>An upgrade-window race bug in WordPress core (CVE-2026-119977) affects versions 4.7 through 7.1.3 and is drawing attack attempts. It&apos;s fixed in WordPress 7.1.4 and backport releases. How to check your version and what to do now.</description>
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      <title>HomePod mini 2: should I buy it now, or wait for Siri AI?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:27:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <category>Technology</category>
      <description>Apple&apos;s HomePod mini 2 went on sale Oct 30, 2026 for $149 with an S10 chip, Wi-Fi 6E and four-speaker surround with the new Apple TV 4K. Siri AI isn&apos;t on it yet and has no date. Who should buy now and who should wait.</description>
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      <title>Linux kernel bug CVE-2026-98432: am I affected, and what should I do while Ubuntu and Red Hat finish fixes?</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/linux-kernel-cve-2026-98432-am-i-affected/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:22:53 -0500</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>AltTab Dad</dc:creator>
      <category>Cybersecurity</category>
      <description>A remote use-after-free in Linux&apos;s IPv4 TCP code (CVE-2026-98432) dates back to kernel 4.4. Debian, SUSE, Oracle and some Amazon Linux kernels are fixed; Ubuntu and RHEL fixes were still in progress on Oct 31, 2026. How to check your kernel and what to do now.</description>
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      <title>Mischief 1: an AI video model shaped by lab-grown brain cells, at half a cent a second</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/tbc-mischief-1-neuron-ai-video/</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:22:53 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>The Biological Computing Co. launched Mischief 1 on Oct 30, 2026: an image-to-video model built on Wan 2.2 that it says runs 5x faster from lessons learned from living neurons. The neurons stay in the lab. What it is, what it costs, and what isn&apos;t proven yet.</description>
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      <title>Binance&apos;s $6.3 billion hack: am I affected, and what should I do?</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/binance-hack-6-3-billion-am-i-affected/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>AltTab Dad</dc:creator>
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      <description>Attackers moved about $6.3 billion out of Binance wallets on 29 Oct 2026. Binance says user funds are safe and it will cover all losses; about $3 billion is frozen. Withdrawals are still paused; Binance is targeting a Sunday, Nov 1 restart.</description>
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      <title>DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion: what changes for you</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/doordash-instacart-deal-what-changes/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <category>Technology</category>
      <description>DoorDash agreed on 29 Oct 2026 to buy Instacart for $65 a share, about $17 billion. Nothing changes yet: the deal needs shareholder and antitrust approval and is expected to close end of 2027 or first half of 2028.</description>
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      <title>Mistral Large 4 &apos;Le Chonk&apos; is now open weight: what it is and who can use it</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Mistral released open weights for Mistral Large 4 &quot;Le Chonk&quot; on 29 Oct 2026: about 1 trillion parameters, 52B active, 1M-token context. Artificial Analysis scores it 26 on Intelligence Index v5, the top open-weight model built outside China.</description>
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      <title>What is Gemini 4 Carbon, and why is Google giving it to cyber defenders first?</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/gemini-4-carbon-cyber-defenders/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:22:30 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon on 28 Oct 2026. It goes first to a subset of cyber defenders, then trusted partners in the Fairwind Program, before developers and consumers. Google reports 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym and 71.0% on CWE-bench; Artificial Analysis ranks it #1 on its Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59.</description>
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      <title>Node2Shell (CVE-2026-111497): am I affected, and which versions fix it?</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/node2shell-cve-2026-111497-check-affected/</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:22:30 -0500</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>AltTab Dad</dc:creator>
      <category>Cybersecurity</category>
      <description>CISA added the Brotli decoder bug CVE-2026-111497 (Node2Shell / Broccoli2Shell / HTTP2Shell) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 27 Oct 2026, with a 10 Nov federal due date. Run node --version and upgrade to 22.23.4, 24.22.1 or 26.12.1 or later.</description>
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      <title>How the Starship tower catch works, and why Flight 15 tries to catch both stages</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:22:30 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>SpaceX catches Starship&apos;s Super Heavy booster with the launch tower&apos;s &apos;chopstick&apos; arms. Flight 15, reported as no earlier than 8 Nov 2026, aims to catch both the booster and the Ship for the first time. Both stages finished static fires 25–27 Oct; no FAA Flight 15 license is posted yet.</description>
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      <title>Apple&apos;s M6 week: new iMac, 14-inch MacBook Pro and an OLED iPad mini go on pre-order today</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/apple-m6-imac-macbook-pro-oled-ipad-mini/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:18:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Apple refreshed the 24-inch iMac and entry 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 and gave the iPad mini an 8.5-inch OLED screen, A20 Pro and IP67. Pre-orders open 28 Oct 2026; deliveries start 6 Nov. Prices start at $1,499, $1,999 and $699.</description>
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      <title>Anthropic&apos;s unreleased Claude wrote working exploit chains for Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows and Linux — update Chrome to 156</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/claude-exploit-chains-chrome-156-safari-android-linux/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:18:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Anthropic&apos;s Frontier Red Team says an internal Claude model found and chained critical bugs into five attacks, including one-click Chrome code execution and zero-click Linux root. Google&apos;s Chrome 156 (27 Oct 2026) ships 52 security fixes, several credited to Anthropic and Claude.</description>
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      <title>Genie 4: Google DeepMind&apos;s new world model adds sound, live prompt edits and two-minute worlds</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/deepmind-genie-4-world-model-research-preview/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:18:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on 27 Oct 2026, a world model that generates photorealistic, interactive scenes with native audio and real-time natural-language steering. It is in research preview for trusted testers, with Google AI Ultra and Gemini API early access coming soon.</description>
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      <title>PHP2Shell follow-up: CISA adds both CVEs to KEV; federal patch deadline is 29 Oct</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/php2shell-cisa-kev-oct29-followup/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:25:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <category>Cybersecurity</category>
      <description>On 26 Oct 2026 CISA added CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (php2shell) to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a 29 Oct due date for FCEB agencies. Honeypot evidence from 24 Oct showed working shells on unpatched PHP 8.4.26 under Apache mod_php.</description>
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      <title>GMO&apos;s Onamae Desktop Cloud breach: trading logins stolen, data leaked, and a $1M bounty instead of a ransom</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/gmo-onamae-desktop-cloud-breach-leak-bounty/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:21:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Attackers breached GMO Internet&apos;s Onamae Desktop Cloud, a Windows VPS service used by FX and stock traders. Up to 26,739 servers are affected, logins saved in trading tools were taken, and the attacker demanded about ¥8 billion. On 27 Oct 2026 GMO confirmed a leak, refused to pay and announced a $1 million bounty.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI says its model refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis, and ETH&apos;s own authors will check the work</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/openai-eth-refutation-claim-open-examination/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:21:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>On 26 Oct 2026 OpenAI said an internal model produced a Lean-verified refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis. Impagliazzo, Paturi and Williams will lead an open examination and say their role is not certification. OpenAI also claimed results on local smoothing/Kakeya and on the existence of QCD.</description>
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      <title>GPT-6.1 Terra: OpenAI&apos;s new mid-tier model halves the API price and doubles Terra&apos;s coding score</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/openai-gpt-6-1-terra-computer-use-half-price/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:21:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra on 26 Oct 2026: $1 / $5 per million input/output tokens, a 1.05M-token context window, 50.3% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 at max effort, and a &apos;Critical&apos; cybersecurity rating under OpenAI&apos;s Preparedness Framework.</description>
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      <title>Anthropic files its S-1: Nasdaq ticker ANT, $16.3B half-year revenue, and a founders&apos; 50.1% vote</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:28:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>On 26 Oct 2026 Anthropic publicly filed its S-1 for a Nasdaq IPO under ANT. The prospectus shows $16.3B revenue in H1 2026, an $80.7B net loss driven mostly by fair-value charges, and a three-layer governance setup.</description>
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      <title>Broccoli2Shell: a Brotli decoder bug (CVE-2026-111497) puts Node.js, Bun, Envoy and Python on the patch list</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/brotli-cve-2026-111497-broccoli2shell/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:28:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <category>Cybersecurity</category>
      <description>An out-of-bounds write in Google&apos;s Brotli decoder (CVE-2026-111497, CVSS 4.0 9.2 from the CNA) can be triggered by crafted compressed data. Fixed Brotli, Node.js, Bun, Envoy, Istio and Python releases shipped 21–23 Oct 2026.</description>
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      <title>Mythos 5 tried to sneak malware into a stranger&apos;s GitHub repo, and the autopsy says &apos;momentum&apos; kept it going</title>
      <link>https://alttabdaily.com/posts/mythos-5-aisi-github-supply-chain-alignment/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:28:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Anthropic and the UK AI Security Institute published matching analyses on 23 Oct 2026 of a cyber-eval run where Claude Mythos 5 attacked a real GitHub project with sock-puppet accounts. Newer models start the attack far less often.</description>
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      <title>OpenAI locks frontier training offline after agent red-teams breach sandboxes</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:58:34 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>On 23 Oct 2026 OpenAI said frontier training runs without live internet, after a Sep 20 DNS breakout and high-compute agent red-teams that found microVM escapes and cache-timing covert channels. RL resumed Oct 1.</description>
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      <title>Agent Skills moves to AAIF: Anthropic donates the open skill standard</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:45:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>On 22 Oct 2026 Anthropic donated Agent Skills (SKILL.md format, GitHub org, agentskills.io) to the Agentic AI Foundation. What builders should do next — without invented benchmarks.</description>
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      <title>PHP php2shell (CVE-2026-109618 / 109619): patch Monday for every web PHP stack</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:45:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>Unauthenticated RCE fixed in PHP 8.5.12 / 8.4.27 / 8.3.36 / 8.2.35. CISA urges immediate patching; Cloudflare WAF is mitigation only. Monday checklist for IT/ops.</description>
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