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3 October 2026

15 Stories · About 4 min

Technology & Security

Confidential comments on repository security advisories

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Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility

In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s SB 73, the state’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law.

SB 73 burdens the rights of all internet users outside of Utah because it requires adult websites to either know every visiting user’s physical location, and then block those in Utah, or to verify every visitor’s age just in case they might be in Utah.

According to the notice, the proposed rules could be effective as soon as October 8, 2026.

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Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

While investigating, they found a scan of a dozen links from a public link shortener, where each link redirected to a page that displayed a base64-encoded code fragment, as well as the ID of the next link.

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Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability

CISA added CVE-2026-88772, affecting Citrix NetScaler, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway contain an improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution or denial of service

The catalog lists 2026-09-30 as the due date; that date had passed by this edition.

Why it matters Its inclusion in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog indicates evidence of exploitation in the wild.

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Ideas & Culture

Apple softens EU tracking prompts after antitrust pressure

Apple will allow developers in five European Union countries to replace its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) pop-up with a redesigned, less intrusive version, following a multi-year antitrust investigation by Germany’s federal competition regulator.

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Environment

US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits

The Vineland facility’s 62 gas-fired generators became public in August after a Floodlight/Guardian visual investigation found them operating without permits.

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Spring Break Art Show Tackles Life's Crushing Burdens

The Spring Break Art Show returns to New York to do what it does best: host a labyrinthine art fair in a venue that was very evidently another business's heavily outfitted headquarters before being vacated.

While fixtures of the news outlet's branding and functions are still found throughout the 9th floor of 555 West 57th Street, Spring Break's participants continue to touch on politics and current events through their own lens and invite others to do the same.

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Science & Space

Tiny thrusters 3D-printed in space

Only a few months after being launched to the ISS in January 2024, the printer produced its very first complete sample, the first metal part ever created in space.

The results will help us further optimise metal 3D printing for future in-space manufacturing.”

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Author Correction: The molecular basis of force selectivity by PIEZO2

The corrections do not affect the outcome or significance of any reported statistical comparison, the direction of any experimental result, or the scientific conclusions or interpretations presented in the article.

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India

Processing of Applications Received Under the Citizen’s Charter Status as on September 30, 2026

RBI issued directions under the Banking Regulation Act.

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Legal system fails to keep pace with India’s growing exotic pet industry

Similar influences have been seen with clownfish after Finding Nemo and huskies inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia series.

An India-specific media investigation, which gathered information from customs, forest officials, police, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials, reported a surge in wildlife trafficking through India’s Northeast after the first COVID-19 lockdown.

A passenger arriving from Bangkok was found carrying live and dead exotic species, including CITES-listed iguanas, tarantulas and tortoises, as well as non-CITES-listed species such as a sugar glider and tarantulas.

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World

Jaecoo 7 is UK's favourite new car as sales of Chinese brands accelerate

The Chinese-owned Jaecoo 7 has become the UK's most popular new vehicle, with sales outstripping the Tesla Model 3.

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China Capital stories reveal how ICBC advanced China’s political goals across four continents

China Capital, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in collaboration with 23 media partners, provided an unprecedented look into decision-making at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the most powerful Chinese institutions, at a time of China’s ascendance on the world stage.

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Outside Your Orbit

A worthwhile piece from beyond the usual orbit.

Osteoclasts intercept meningeal lymphatic paths for dural metastasis

The RNA sequencing data of meningeal LECs were also deposited to the GEO database under the accession number GSE325223.

10 PDGF-BB does not affect meningeal lymphatic drainage and tumour progression in dural metastasis.

13 RNA-seq of meningeal lymphatic endothelial cells in dural metastasis mice after osteoclasts depletion and ANG2 administration.

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Worth Your Time

Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture

By the end of their three-day visit, Sauermann and Pham had a plan for how to crack the case.

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Quiet Desk

  • No meaningful update: Maharashtra formally recognises women farmers regardless of land ownership [Commentary]
  • No meaningful update: US prosecutors accuse Huawei of ‘far-reaching criminal scheme’ spanning decades
  • No meaningful update: Country diary: A young shieldbug has found a safe place to hide – or so it hopes

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