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Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren’t coders

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

Cloudflare has open-sourced its Cloudflare OS platform, which it first developed as an internal workspace for employees to build apps using AI agents—including people who are not software developers or…

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Moderna’s mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

Despite significant drama from Trump officials this year, the Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology. On Thursday, vaccine maker…

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Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

The Federal Communications Commission voted 2–1 today to eliminate the National Television Ownership Rule, claiming authority to repeal a limit that was set by Congress over 20 years ago. The…

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Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

The parasitic fungi in the Cordyceps genus are a favorite subject of nature documentaries. They’ve also infiltrated popular culture via the zombie-apocalypse video game The Last of Us (2013) and…

Cybersecurity

Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugs

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review. The security issues affect…

Cybersecurity

New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

Zapscape, a new Linux kernel vulnerability, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1 guest virtual machine (VM) to escape KVM isolation and execute code on the host.…

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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Quietly Stopped Updating In April. Basically No One Noticed.

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

As perhaps a few Elon Musk fans may remember, he got really annoyed at Wikipedia last year and tasked his second-rate LLM, Grok, with recreating it as “Grokipedia.” Grokipedia, launched…

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Daily Deal: Soundfreaq Sound Spot II Bluetooth Speaker

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

The Soundfreaq Sound Spot II combines wireless audio performance, ambient lighting, and relaxing sound features in a compact design built for modern lifestyles. Featuring a Bamboo and White finish with…

Cybersecurity

New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

An unprivileged Linux program can time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap between a processor sanitizing its branch predictor and the kernel using it, re-poisoning the predictor after…

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California Town Says Flock Cameras Misread License Plates 71% Of The Time

August 6, 2026 Blogmaster

Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers were first sold as upmarket add-ons for gated communities and HOA curtain-twitchers who wanted to keep tabs on what everyone was doing, whether they…

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