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Crest is a new free and open-source web browser for Mac that draws design inspiration from Arc. It is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and is not affiliated with Arc or its maker. The project credits artwork from Lorc and Delapouite at game-icons.net under a CC BY 3.0 license.
Let's Encrypt will reduce the default validity period for its TLS certificates from 90 days to 64 days starting February 10, 2027, unless administrators already opt for shorter 45- or six-day certificates. Existing certificates remain valid until expiration, with the last 90-day certificate expected to expire by May 11, 2027, and no certificates will be revoked during the transition. The organization plans a further cut to 45 days by 2028, and will shrink domain authorization reuse windows from 30 days to 10 days in 2027, and eventually to seven hours by 2028.
A personal essay describes a 17-year-old visiting a dentist for jaw pain, only to be told his face was asymmetrical and his bite slightly misaligned. The dentist performed same-day tooth reshaping, which the narrator says left his teeth shorter and worsened the jaw impingement rather than fixing it. The essay continues with the narrator, now 20, describing another dental visit involving an old x-ray machine in Florida.
Circana analyst Mat Piscatella reported that US Xbox retail sales have fallen 33% year-to-date, an all-time low for the platform, while PS5 sales dropped 25%, the weakest showing since 2013. Both Microsoft and Sony have raised console prices multiple times over the past two years, with the Xbox Series X now reaching $799.99 and the PS5 Pro priced at $899.99.
HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies announced on October 9, 2026 a technical trial where AI software agents independently found and paid for digital services using tokenized bank deposits, with real-time settlements typically under $2. The system combined HSBC's Tokenised Deposit Service, which mirrors corporate deposits on-chain, with Ant Digital's Anvita Flow network for agent-based service discovery and payment, all run on the Jovay Testnet without live customers or commercial transactions.
Doory is a browser-based design tool offering templates and a blank-canvas editor for posters, slides, resumes, business cards and more, with exports to PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, MP4 and GIF. It requires no account, is free to use, and can be self-hosted via a single docker compose command that runs the app, API, database and live collaboration.
A technology guide examines the practical considerations for US consumers who import foreign smartphones rather than buying domestic models. It highlights compatibility concerns with carrier bands, certified features like VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling, software update schedules, and warranty support as key factors buyers should evaluate before purchasing.
Atticus is a new open-source macOS voice assistant activated by holding Control+Option+Space, letting users control windows, search files, read on-screen content and run apps by voice. It runs through an existing Claude Pro or Max subscription via Claude Code rather than requiring a separate API key, and it caches learned actions so repeated requests execute instantly without invoking the AI model.
A new tool called Pensieve was benchmarked against plain grep-based search inside Claude Code across four real repositories ranging from 500 to 35,000 files. In held-out code-finding tasks, Pensieve located the correct file in 131 of 144 runs versus 123 of 144 for grep, while using 43% fewer tool calls, costing 18% less per lookup, and finishing 21% faster, with each search taking 0.1 to 0.2 seconds.
Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have failed to reach agreement on a timeline for its next assessment report, according to Nature's Daily Briefing. The impasse raises the possibility that the 2028 UN climate conference, which includes a major stocktake of global progress, could proceed without updated scientific findings to inform negotiations. Panel co-chair Robert Vautard noted that such approvals usually take only minutes, underscoring how unusual the current standoff is.
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on stabilizing economies against damaging swings in inflation, growth and employment. The Nobel committee said their research built a new theoretical foundation now used by central banks and finance ministries worldwide, and the pair will share 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).
Researchers identified DRT10, a bacterial antiviral defense system in which a reverse transcriptase binds a noncoding RNA to repeatedly copy a defined RNA template into long tandem-repeat DNA. Cryo-EM structures show two reverse transcriptase molecules attached to opposite sides of the RNA, though only one produces the repeating DNA product, with stem-loop structures marking the boundaries of the copied region.