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"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/10/14/us-tech-giants-warn-europe-that-ditching-us-tech-giants-could-cost-115b/5303031

quietus writes:The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit EU has ended in Prague.The Register has a good writeup -- with extensive links -- about the two focal points of the summit, AI and Digital Sovereignty.Apart from that, it is well worth a quick rifling through the other Summit presentations, for example the Siemens' presentation "Triaging CVEs for the Linux Kernel". One takeaway there is that something must have happened around 2020. While 200-300 CVEs were kinda the norm before, in 2021 the number of CVEs jumped five-fold, doubling again in 2022 and so on until we ended up with 6317 CVEs for 2026, to date.Something happened, but what?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/14/new-motherboards-old-ram-plenty-of-life-left-in-yesterdays-pcs/5303018

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2282678/us-nhtsa-headlight-brightness-glare-rule-change-plans/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:New desktop app simplifies stripping out bundled software, with heavier cuts carrying security and support risks:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:"Small weight-based replicators" could usher in a new generation of computer worms:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-employee-fbi-arrest-recording-device-news/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.quantamagazine.org/triplet-of-ghostly-galaxies-hints-at-what-dark-matter-is-and-isnt-20261014/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/13/123456-password-linked-to-denmark-data-breach-affecting-88m-people/5302726

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2285013/nasa-perseverance-rover-breaks-record-for-off-world-driving-distance/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/10/13/european-datacenter-boom-threatens-higher-energy-bills-unless-governments-intervene/5302583

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2285001/scientists-find-evidence-second-generation-planet-dying-star/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2283487/microsoft-president-ai-less-regulated-than-a-carton-of-milk/

hubie writes:New technology absorbs moisture from the air and turns it into electricity:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/12/ukrainian-drone-strikes-on-yandex-datacenters-knock-cloud-and-payments-offline/5302577

hubie writes:If you're 18, getting a bit more sleep could matter more than you think:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/10/13/intel-optimizes-ipv6-networking-into-nothingness-say-users/5302622

hubie writes:New Bayesian model can combine conflicting rankings, measure uncertainty and reveal what drives them:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/japan-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-ai-millions-emergency

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/07/argonne-scientists-create-chatty-x-ray-microscope-that-zooms-in-where-you-tell-it-to/5301737

hubie writes:Historical accounts of the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago provide a precise timeline that allowed recalibration of one of the most versatile dating methods:

AnonTechie writes:

Snotnose writes:As someone who spent 3-4 years writing 8086 assembly code I'm getting a kick out of this.

Major French Supermarket Chains Hit by Cyber"Ingar" writes:Major French Supermarket Chains Hit by Cyber:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/12/celebrating-the-brilliant-pragmatism-of-tcp/ip-the-wiring-of-the-world/5302202

hubie writes:https://btiscience.org/wild-tomatoes-still-hold-the-flavor-we-bred-away-new-map-shows-breeders-where-to-look/

quietus writes:

canopic jug writes:Jon Henshaw has summarized a report about Internet infrastructure. Of about two dozen critically essential infrastructure components, about half have only one or two developers and little to no public funding.

McGruber writes:I learned of Robert X. Cringely's passing from Avram Miller, who wrote:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Understanding why our nearest star does what it does:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and six others agree to changes, but the ICO isn't done asking questions:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/experts-starting-out-stem-career-working-life-tcs-fidelity-investments

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Ernst Abbe worked out in 1873 that even a perfect lens cannot separate details smaller than about half a wavelength of light, which is why a galaxy millions of light-years away photographs cleanly while a virus does not. The limit was not beaten by better glass. It was beaten two other ways: hold a probe closer to the surface than one wavelength and catch the evanescent field (near-field microscopy, ~6 nm lateral resolution demonstrated), or make fluorescent molecules blink one at a time so their centers can be found precisely (super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Short writeup with sources:https://telegra.ph/The-Near-Is-Blurrier-Than-the-Far-10-12Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

looorg writes:https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/04/spies-prime-ministers-and-balls-the-bbc-domesday-project-40/5300383

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/exxonmobils-own-scientists-doubted-climate-fixes-the-company-hyped/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/08/samsung-eyes-80b-quarterly-profit-as-memory-buyers-pay-the-price/5301933

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/amazons-1b-plan-to-combat-data-center-backlash-draws-more-backlash/

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2026/10/ML10-switched-capacitor-filter.html

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/software-is-over-bold-ai-developer-takes-aim-at-adobe-with-open-source-clones/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/pediatricians-renew-call-to-ban-raw-milk-as-anti-science-rhetoric-reigns/

looorg writes:It's that time of the year. It's Nobel Prize week. A million SEK for your scientific (and other) career and achievements.economic sciences (Monday) not yet announced as I made this submission.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2276609/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/trade-group-crunches-numbers-on-trumps-impossible-push-for-100-us-made-tech/

As reported on https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/50100614/formula-1-2026-bahrain-grand-prix-malaysia-engine-delays-happened-verstappen and elsewhere:

hubie writes:We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search:

owl writes:https://www.club386.com/3dfx-voodoo-history-ross-smith-interview/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/chemistry-nobel-goes-to-reactions-like-those-that-gave-life-a-hand/