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Ubuntu 26.10 arrives with GNOME 51 and Rust coreutils
Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray lands October 15 with GNOME 51, all-Rust coreutils, Sequoia PGP, a certified-hardware check in Settings and the Linux 7.3 kernel.
Exploited Cisco email gateway bug grants root access
Cisco says attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-76519, a 9.8 Secure Email Gateway flaw that grants root via a crafted attachment. Check File Reputation and patch now.
Microsoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,413 flaws
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday patched 1,413 flaws, with an exploited Windows Shell bug that bypasses Mark of the Web and two disclosed zero-days.
Character.AI enters Chapter 11 with Disney’s $20M bid
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware as Disney placed a $20 million stalking horse bid for an IP license. The chatbot stays online during the sale.
Meta’s Muse Wonder frontier model opens to developers
Muse Wonder is live on the Meta Model API and Muse Code at $4 input and $20 output per million tokens. Muse Wonder Full requires a higher-tier Muse Code plan.
ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email
There is a lot of stuff about how creepy ad targeting is in today’s newsletter. Our first story is one I did, about how advertisers — or really anyone with 5 minutes on their hands — can inject ads into your ChatGPT session based on your phone number or email address. This is pretty normal in the advertising world, but I seriously doubt that when most of ChatGPT’s many, many users see an ad, they realize that might be because someone, somewhere, uploaded their phone number into OpenAI’s systems.
Best electric bikes: e-bikes reviewed and rated
Why tire your thighs with sweaty pedalling? The best electric bikes offer freewheeling fun with battery assistance.
How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email
Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically targeted on the platform by advertisers based on your email, phone number, or unique phone identifier.
Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO
Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from "people with knowledge of the matter". Key things I learned from the article: Q1 revenue (Jan/Feb/Mar) was "about $4.8bn" Q2 (Apr/May/Jun) was $11.5bn Q3 (Jul/Aug/Sep) was $16.8bn In Q3: $1.70 in revenue for every $1 spent on "computing power"
Data Centers Are War Targets Now
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"
A track drive showed me how McLaren made a hybrid engine exciting enough for a supercar
‘Hybrid’ isn’t a dirty word anymore. Adding an electric motor to the Artura meant more driver excitement, not less
Ninja CRISPi 4-in-1 vs Salter Crisp & Go: Which portable air fryer is best?
These compact glass air fryers with digital controls are perfect when countertop space is limited, as well for the campervan and caravan crew
A Conversation With Ari Emanuel About Entertainment and AI
A conversation with Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel about his memoir, the impact of AI on Hollywood, and the power of a phone call.
Tesla Debuts 2026 Roadster ‘Flying’ Electric Sports Car
Elon Musk’s company and other automakers, like Jaguar and Bentley, are trying to sell very expensive electric cars to people who usually prefer gasoline-fueled luxury and performance.
Patients: All my best tips on how to opt out of data sharing
Even when patients are told they can opt out, medical providers often don’t give patients instructions on how. For patients who are interested in opting out, here are my best tips on how to start.
MyChart and a major hospital said I could opt out of sharing my health data. But they didn’t make it easy
My journey included a notary, a hospital that won’t honor its own policies and employees that gave me wrong information.
OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis
The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.
LaTeX renderer
Tool: LaTeX renderer Inspired by Paul Ford and Aboard Foundary's new web app Tiny Little Office, which provides a suite of web app content editors (a Word Processor, Outliner, Presentation Builder, Spreadsheet, Calculator, Drawing Tool, Diagram Maker, Animator, Calendar, and Trip Planner). Tiny Little Office's signature trick is to store all of the document data in the #fragment section of the URL, so every document created using it becomes a bookmarkable and shareable link.
Tree Appreciator
Tool: Tree Appreciator Another game experiment with Claude. This one used the default Claude iPhone app (chat mode, not Claude Code mode) where I prompted Claude Opus 5.5 Max with: Build a three js game called "Tree appreciator" - it shows you two algorithmically generated trees and the game mechanics is about appreciating the differences between them. Think hard about how to make sure it is both fun and beautiful. Somewhat embarrassingly given my recent talk, I've found that telling Opus 5.5 "make sure it is fun" works uncomfortably well.
California’s Prop 45 aims to speed construction projects. Opponents say data centers will benefit
Supporters of the initiative on the November ballot say it will speed up environmental review for "essential" projects, but opponents believes potentially polluting ones will be covered too — including data centers.
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