An LWN.net article recounts a talk explaining why undefined behavior exists in C and how the language's standard, dating back to C89, was built around an abstract machine model to accommodate diverse historical hardware. The speaker outlined C's enduring strengths—portability, fast compilation, predictable binaries—while detailing how the standard only guarantees 'observable' behavior, leaving much else open to compiler implementers.
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative concluded Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, awarding $1,262,000 across three days as researchers demonstrated 98 zero-day vulnerabilities in devices including the Samsung Galaxy S26, Google Pixel 10, OpenAI Codex and Oracle's Autonomous AI Database. Ikotas Labs won the contest overall with $361,000 and 42.5 Master of Pwn points, including a $300,000 payout for a chained exploit against the Pixel 10, ahead of runners-up Xint and Team ZyGoat.
Apple TV has begun streaming 'Matchbox The Movie,' an action comedy based on Mattel's toy line, following a Mexico City screening and an October 5 world premiere. The film stars John Cena as an undercover CIA agent whose return to his hometown drags childhood friends, played by Jessica Biel, Arturo Castro, Sam Richardson and Corey Stoll, into a global mission.
Project Timestamper has cryptographically timestamped the entire Common Crawl archive, covering 339 billion web page snapshots gathered over 18 years and totaling more than 10 petabytes. Using existing hash blocks of up to 3,000 index entries provided by Common Crawl, the team hashed roughly 134 million blocks and committed them via the OpenTimestamps service to the Bitcoin blockchain as of September 26, 2026.
Crunchyroll used its New York Comic Con 2026 panel to unveil a first trailer for the anime adaptation of 'The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All,' alongside a broader set of announcements covering its upcoming anime lineup. The streamer did not detail every title revealed, but the panel served as a showcase for its coming slate.
Apple has officially scheduled a smart home event for next Tuesday, which CNET will attend in person. Reports and leaks point to a new Siri-focused smart display competing with Amazon's Echo Show and Google's Nest Hub, along with possible updates to the HomePod speaker line. Apple has not responded to requests for comment on the rumors.
Samuel King, a bioengineering PhD candidate at Stanford, employed a generative AI model in 2025 to create genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. His work suggests that AI could potentially be used to design new biological entities in the future. The interview with senior AI reporter James O'Donnell will explore the implications of this research for biology and AI development.
A new open-source project called Edi Life OS combines ten workspaces—including habit tracking, Kanban boards, a Pomodoro timer, finance tracking and goal planning—into a single self-hosted dashboard built on PHP and MySQL. The tool includes a built-in MCP server that lets AI assistants like Claude read dashboard data, plan goals, log habits and track expenses on the user's behalf.
Scientists found that breaking down a structural scaffold around nerve cells, known as the perineuronal net, reduced signs of chronic pain in mice. The study targeted extracellular matrix components surrounding pain-processing neurons, and enzymatic disruption of this scaffold eased pain-related behavior in the animals.
Nanoscientist Carson Bruns of the University of Colorado Boulder tattooed his own leg with an ink that stays invisible until exposed to ultraviolet light, and can be erased with bright visible light. His team created magenta, yellow and blue versions made of photochromic dye encased in tiny acrylic spheres, tested on pig and silicone skin, with findings published in Matter & Light. Bruns previously commercialized a related UV-reactive ink called Magic Ink through his startup HYPRSKN in 2024.
A publisher correction has been issued for the study 'Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life.' The correction notice itself does not detail the specific errors being fixed, only confirming that a correction to the original publication has been made.
Researchers led by climatologist David Lapola of Brazil's State University of Campinas have built six ring-shaped towers rising above the canopy 80 kilometres north of Manaus for the AmazonFACE project. The decade-long experiment will expose sections of rainforest to elevated carbon dioxide levels to observe how trees and the surrounding ecosystem respond.
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