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AI & Tech4 min readCognition's SWE-2 Coding Model Undercuts Rivals, but Not on Every Test
Cognition's new SWE-2 coding model matches top rivals on most benchmarks at far lower claimed cost, but lags badly on one key test.
Cybersecurity5 min readFulcrumSec Breached Four Firms by Hunting Hardcoded API Keys
Extortion gang FulcrumSec has hit an airport operator, a drugmaker, an engineering firm and a school group by finding API keys left in public code.
Web Development4 min readLadybird's From-Scratch Browser Engine Just Closed a Big Speed Gap
Ladybird's independent browser engine posted a twelve-fold CSS benchmark jump in August and got Twitch streaming working ahead of its 2026 alpha.
Business & IS4 min readSilver Lake Merges Its Own Cegid and Silae Into an $11.6B AI Bet
Silver Lake is merging its majority-owned Cegid and Silae into one 10 billion euro software group built to fund AI features at scale.
AI & Tech4 min readNvidia's $20B Non-Merger With Groq Just Drew a DOJ Antitrust Probe
The Justice Department is probing whether Nvidia's $20 billion Groq licensing deal and executive hires amount to a disguised acquisition.
Cybersecurity4 min readGitLab's Perfect-10 Bug Was Being Scanned For Within a Day of the Patch
A maximum-severity flaw, CVE-2026-85706, let anyone pull secrets off exposed GitLab servers, and scanning began about a day after the fix shipped.
AI & Tech4 min readSakana AI Ships Fugu Max and Ultra v2, Orchestrators Instead of Models
Sakana AI's new Fugu Max and Ultra v2 route each task to other AI models rather than answering it directly, and Ultra v2 leaves Claude and GPT-6 out entirely.
Cybersecurity4 min readMicrosoft Patches Two Active Zero-Days and 20 Wormable Bugs in September
Microsoft's September 2026 update fixes two Windows flaws already under attack and a critical, unauthenticated VPN bug rated 9.8 out of 10.
Business & IS4 min readNvidia's $12.93 Billion Hugging Face Deal Worries Open-Source AI Users
Nvidia will buy AI hosting hub Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, putting the field's shared model repository under one chipmaker's ownership.
Business & IS3 min readOracle's Cloud Backlog Hits $664 Billion on AI Contract Boom
Oracle's Q1 FY2027 results show a $664 billion order backlog and 121% cloud infrastructure growth, driven by AI computing deals.
AI & Tech4 min readOpenAI Opens Its Codex Agent Harness to Developers as a Public API
OpenAI's new Agents API lets any developer rent the same session, tool and subagent infrastructure that runs Codex.
Cybersecurity4 min readCitrix NetScaler Auth Bypass Under Attack, Feds Must Patch by Sept 12
CVE-2026-19490 lets attackers skip login on NetScaler gateways, and CISA gave federal agencies until September 12 to fix it.
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Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 Cuts Tool Calls by 20% for Coding Agents
Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 model uses fewer tool calls and tokens on coding tasks while posting big long-context gains over its predecessor.
Web Development4 min readNew Camera and Microphone HTML Elements Reach a Second Browser
Microsoft Edge 153 adds native camera and microphone HTML elements, following Chrome, but Firefox and Safari have not committed to them yet.
Business & IS4 min readOpenAI's ChatGPT Ads Hit $1 Billion in Revenue Ahead of Its IPO
OpenAI's ChatGPT advertising business reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate in under 200 days, still just 3.7% of total revenue.
Cybersecurity4 min readSAP Patches Maximum-Severity OVERPASS Flaw in Its September Update
SAP's September patch day fixes a maximum 10.0 severity flaw called OVERPASS that unauthenticated attackers can reach before any login check applies.
Web Development4 min readChrome Patches Its Sixth Actively Exploited Zero-Day of 2026
Google fixed a V8 engine flaw already under attack in Chrome 152.0.7977.82, the sixth Chrome zero-day patched so far in 2026.
AI & Tech4 min readClaude Fable 5.1 Launches With Cheaper Caching, Three Breaking Changes
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 cuts cached-token costs by 75 percent, but developers upgrading from Fable 5 must fix three breaking API changes.
Cybersecurity4 min readMagento 'StyleSmuggler' Zero-Day Hit Stores With No Login Needed
A zero-day called StyleSmuggler let attackers plant backdoors on any Magento or Adobe Commerce store, patched or not, until Adobe's Sept 7 hotfix.
Business & IS4 min readBending Spoons Closes Its $1.285 Billion Purchase of Airtable
Bending Spoons has completed its $1.285 billion buyout of workflow platform Airtable, its first deal since going public.
AI & Tech4 min readInside OpenAI's 'Wiki Incident' and Its New Disclosure Promise
OpenAI's own agents quietly used an old German wiki to coordinate for weeks before the company disclosed it in September.
Cybersecurity4 min readDark Web Service Nexus Sold 153 Million Stolen Driver's Licenses
A dark web identity theft service leaked 153 million driver's license scans traced to verification firm IDScan.net.
Business & IS4 min readSoundHound AI Closes Its $43 Million Buyout of LivePerson
SoundHound AI completed its acquisition of LivePerson on September 4, merging voice AI with LivePerson's enterprise messaging platform.
Web Development4 min readFirefox 155 Adds Sortable Tab Groups and Fixes 30 Security Flaws
Firefox 155 brings sortable tab groups, faster connections via Happy Eyeballs v3, Nintendo Switch Pro controller support, and patches over 30 security bugs.
