A quick roundup of developer news since the last digest.

Security

  • Critical Linux TCP use-after-free: A write-up describes CVE-2026-98432, a use-after-free in the Linux IPv4 TCP stack rated CVSS 9.8. Check your distribution's advisories. Atlasum
  • ChatGPT account takeover via artifacts: Parameter Labs describe an exploit against ChatGPT's artifacts (formerly Canvas) feature that let them take over accounts. Simon Willison
  • Prompt injection in a court filing: A Brazilian court sanctioned lawyers over a filing that contained a prompt injection aimed at AI reviewers. Jetstream Security
  • Cloudflare's post-quantum GeoKey Manager in closed beta: The beta launches without attribute-based encryption support. InfoQ

Releases & tooling

  • OpenBSD 8.0 released: The release brings wider hardware support, security hardening and virtualization improvements. InfoQ
  • Kwi, a new KDE terminal emulator: KDE introduces Kwi as a new terminal emulator. KDE Blogs
  • ChatGPT and Codex usage limits merge: OpenAI explains that the two products will now share one usage limit. OpenAI Help

Engineering & AI

  • Avoid public functions calling public functions: matklad argues for a design rule that keeps public API functions from calling each other. matklad
  • Faster GPU copies by permuting iteration spaces: The Futhark team shows how reordering iteration spaces speeds up what is essentially an identity function on the GPU. Futhark
  • Memory latency is the bottleneck: A post makes the case that memory latency, not raw compute, limits much real-world performance. Pivotlake
  • Apple CEO on AI: Tim Cook says Apple doesn't want to ship AI for AI's sake. TechCrunch

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