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Building a Certificate Authority

Cloudflare Wants to Issue TLS Certificates Itself

13. October, 2026 - 05:05

Cloudflare is becoming a public CA, acquiring root key material from Globalsign for this purpose. The new certificate authority is also set to issue post-quantum certificates based on Merkle trees.

Contact with External Evaluators

Former OpenAI Researchers Accuse Company of Retaliation

12. October, 2026 - 08:46

Three former OpenAI safety researchers have disputed allegations that they mishandled sensitive data in an open letter. OpenAI rejects the claim that their dismissals were retaliatory.

Countdown for IE Mode

Internet Explorer Faces Final Shutdown by 2029

12. October, 2026 - 07:12

Microsoft reminds companies that Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) in Edge will be retired by late 2029 at the latest and is advising early migration.

Usage policies

Anthropic prohibits cruel behavior towards Claude

12. October, 2026 - 06:49

The usage policies prohibit sustained abusive behavior towards Claude. In extreme cases, the model can end conversations.

Memory Chip Makers Supply AI Data Centers

AI Is Driving Cheap Smartphones Off the Market

11. October, 2026 - 07:17

As memory chips are increasingly allocated to AI data centers, smartphone prices are rising. Shipments of devices priced below $100 USD fell by nearly 60 percent.

“Unlicensed Product”

Microsoft Update Deactivates Office 2016 and 2019

11. October, 2026 - 05:15

Microsoft has paused optional update KB5002907. It had deactivated Office 2016 and 2019 licenses and partially removed installations.

Smallest Model

Claude Haiku 5.5 Costs Up to 90 Percent Less

10. October, 2026 - 09:41

Anthropic has updated its smallest model. Haiku 5.5 offers an adjustable effort setting for the first time, while prompt cache prices for Sonnet 5.5 are also falling.

Open Source

Artcraft: Developer Builds AI-Powered Adobe Alternatives

10. October, 2026 - 06:23

Using Claude Opus 5.5, developer Brandon Thomas has built seven open-source alternatives to Photoshop, Premiere and other Adobe applications in Rust. The software is still in an early stage of development.

Ransomware

Alleged Attack on Airline FlyDubai

10. October, 2026 - 05:54

The ransomware group Everest claims to have exfiltrated data belonging to 2,862 employees, training materials for pilots, and Boeing source code. Proof has not yet been provided.

User Interface Unresponsive

iOS 27: Users Report Crashes and High Battery Consumption

09. October, 2026 - 15:15

Following the update to iOS 27, iPhone users report a freezing interface, rapidly draining batteries, and reboots. Apple has already resolved initial bugs with iOS 27.0.1.