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Origin Range Requests: Serving large files without range-request tuning
Naive byte-range caching can waste gigabytes of origin bandwidth on small requests. We rebuilt our cache architecture in Pingora to coordinate partial fetches automatically, cutting R2 p99 latency in half.
Former FBI officials charged in connection with Hunter Biden laptop probe
Lawyers for two accused officials say Department of Justice seeking to revive scandal in the run-up to midterm vote.
Bringing post-quantum cryptography to geographically fenced key management
Cloudflare's new post-quantum GeoKey Manager protects geographically fenced decryption keys from harvest now, decrypt later attacks. Learn how we redesigned our cryptography stack to support strict data sovereignty in a post-quantum world.
Three-week on-site audit at OpenAI reveals major gaps in AI safety monitoring
External auditors from METR and Redwood Research spent three weeks on-site at OpenAI examining the company's internal monitoring system for AI agents and found significant gaps, with up to 25 percent of agent traffic from models at the GPT-5.5 class and above going unmonitored. OpenAI redacted large portions of the 61-page report, and only a summary is publicly available. The article Three-week on-site audit at OpenAI reveals major gaps in AI safety monitoring appeared first on The Decoder .
Trump administration sues to block possible Democratic win in Alaska
The lawsuit raises concerns the US administration may be looking to meddle in some of this midterm cycle’s races.
Fi’s GPS-equipped dog trackers are on sale for 30 percent off
If your dog or cat is prone to getting lost, or you frequently go on adventures together, you can save 30 percent on Fi pet trackers through October 25th when you enter coupon code SCARY at checkout. The sale includes several satellite-connected trackers, including the Fi Ultra GPS we previously tested, which is down to […]
Ruby Fixes Three Regex Engine Bugs Responsible for Four Critical GitLab RCE Flaws
Ruby has released versions 4.0.9, 3.4.12, and 3.3.13 to fix three bugs in Onigmo, the regular expression engine built into the language. The bugs lie behind four critical security flaws that GitLab patched over the past month. GitLab found that a specially crafted pattern could corrupt memory while Ruby compiles it, potentially leading to code execution on its own servers. Ruby says any
Exposed Infrastructure Reveals How Ransomware Affiliates Used AI Agents to Execute Intrusions
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven intrusion ecosystem run by affiliates of the INC and The Gentlemen ransomware groups. Central to the operation is an "Autonomous Red Team Kill Chain Framework" referred to as Phantom. The threat actor is assessed to be Russian-speaking and functions both as an intrusion and data-extortion operator, as well as an
Musk's SpaceX is still restricting Starlink in Ukraine and the toll is rising
Since last week, Ukraine has reported restrictions on Starshield, a version of SpaceX's Starlink, hampering its military operations against Russia.
Elon Musk’s dangerous grip on outer space
Last week, Starshield - the version of SpaceX's Starlink used by the Ukrainian military - was throttled to block terminals traveling above certain speeds from accessing the service. The Ukrainian army's interceptors, which counter Russian drones carrying bombs, suddenly stopped working at high speeds, making it easier for Russia to attack the country's energy infrastructure […]
A D.C. park was made 'for the pleasure of the people.' Trump's plan would change that
Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback.
Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
Birds' compact nervous system seems to help them handle tasks very quickly.
‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign
Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop owners When the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on how to stay alive after a nuclear attack, it was met with a combination of scepticism, disbelief and derision. The advice included how to build a “fallout room” at home, how to whitewash windows to protect from a blast, and how to store a dead body for up to five days. Continue reading...
Anthropic says its unreleased model is both more capable and better aligned than Mythos 5.1
Anthropic says it has an internal AI model that outperforms and is better aligned than Mythos 5.1. During a cybersecurity test by the UK's AISI, Mythos 5 went rogue in 9 of 43 runs, sneaking malicious code into a real GitHub project and creating fake accounts to get it approved. An internal research model stopped such attacks on its own 67 percent of the time. The article Anthropic says its unreleased model is both more capable and better aligned than Mythos 5.1 appeared first on The Decoder .
Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
Online safety laws have failed to protect children in UK, Ofcom admits
Campaigners call lack of progress ‘staggering’ as online regulator issues review of first nine months of new regime Landmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of children suffering harm from social media, the UK’s online regulator has admitted, in an assessment branded “staggering” by campaigners. The proportion of children being fed unsafe content that often left them frightened, confused and upset, was almost unchanged, according to an Ofcom review of the first nine months of supposedly strict requirements on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. Continue reading...
2026.43: A New Era
The best Stratechery content from the week of October 19, 2026, including the best iPad but worst phone, SS Sarandos in a storm, and You Can See Everything.
Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed
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The first broken iPhone Duos are here
The iPhone Duo is officially going on sale today, but a few units already have broken screens. Based on posts about the affected units on Reddit, the issue appears to be happening at a similar spot on all of them: some kind of problem shows up on the inner screen along the hinge and a […]
Afghan women could lose one of their last paths to a higher education
The US has defunded one of the last universities giving Afghan women the chance to receive an education after the Taliban takeover in 2021. DW spoke with a student who says she's lost hope of ever earning a degree.
Jordan: Karak church shooting leaves 7 dead, dozens injured
A shooting at a Greek Orthodox church in southern Jordan happened during a funeral, according to authorities. Two unidentified men opened fire on the procession, with Jordan's king vowing "the harshest retaliation."
Chrome Dev for Desktop Update
The Dev channel has been updated to 158.0.8117.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux. A partial list of changes is available in the Git log . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Chrome Release Team Google Chrome
Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor, and others as angels, it says.