Security researchers have disclosed two PHP flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting PHP web runtimes, along with a suggested AWS WAF rule named 'PHP2Shell' to help block exploitation attempts. The rule targets POST requests that combine PHPSESSID cookie or body values with the PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS parameter, a pattern associated with session-based remote code execution attacks against PHP applications.
aws.amazon.com
· 2026-10-21
Lars Doucet, author of the original ACX review of Henry George's Progress and Poverty and its follow-up series, revisits his arguments five years later. He notes that land value tax enablement laws have passed in two U.S. states this year, and that leaders sympathetic to LVT have been elected in the UK and South Korea. Doucet now works full-time for the Center for Land Economics and writes for the Progress & Poverty Substack.
astralcodexten.com
· 2026-09-25
The upcoming C++26 standard, via proposal P2809R3, changes the language so that trivial infinite loops like 'while(true);' are no longer undefined behavior. Previously, compilers such as Clang could legally assume such loops terminate and optimize them away entirely, sometimes causing code after the loop to execute unexpectedly. Because the fix was also accepted as a defect report, compiler vendors may backport it to earlier C++ standard modes too.
sandordargo.com
· 2026-09-17
Numerous Android users report that YouTube's full-screen video player is being partially obscured by suggested 'watch next' videos, blocking the progress bar and preventing scrubbing. The issue has reportedly been occurring since at least April, with a fresh wave of complaints emerging recently, including from Android Authority's own staff who saw it appear and disappear intermittently. Google has not publicly acknowledged the glitch, leaving users uncertain whether it's a bug or a UI experiment.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-17
A website is digitizing Henry T. Brown's classic engineering reference '507 Mechanical Movements,' adding animations to illustrate how each mechanism works. Not all 507 movements are animated yet, but completed ones are marked with color thumbnails, with more being added over time.
507movements.com
· 2026-08-27
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