ProgrammingDeepSeek Opens Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 Calls
DeepSeek opens Search and Fetch APIs for AI agents at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, with 5 QPS limits and free Claude Code access until October 31.
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AIPS5LM Runs Llama.cpp GGUF Models Natively on Jailbroken PS5
PS5LM is an open-source homebrew app that runs llama.cpp GGUF models on a jailbroken PS5 GPU via Vulkan with OpenAI-style APIs.
SecurityAdFection: How Targeted Ads Delivered Zero-Click Spyware at Al Jazeera
Citizen Lab links AdFection, a zero-click spyware delivery technique, to Discover-Tech ads. CPJ reports at least 45 Al Jazeera devices were targeted.
AIBanks Rush to Offload AI Data Center Debt They Just Finished Underwriting
AI debt issuance fell from $113B to $23B as JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank move to offload data center loan risk via SRT deals.
SecurityLedger Confirms a Crypto Wallet Implant; Bitquery Tracks $102M
Ledger confirmed an implant in one device. Bitquery tracks $102M across 324 wallets, but Ledger has not confirmed a total loss figure.
SecurityFrench Supermarket Fridges Hit by Defrosting Cyberattack
French supermarket attack disrupted refrigeration; Les Mousquetaires reported about 150 affected stores, Carrefour 80, and DW cited over 400, according to retailers.
ProgrammingQGIS Bans AI-Assisted Code Contributions in qgis/qgis
QGIS's 2026 policy prohibits AI-assisted code contributions to qgis/qgis. The operative text does not explicitly name documentation.
ProgrammingSo Long, Spokes: GitHub Rebuilds Git Storage for the AI Agent Era
GitHub retires its Spokes storage architecture after 7.38 billion commits in one month, with early tests showing a 35x write improvement for the AI agent era.
SecurityAnthropic Launches OSS Scanner, a Free Opt-In Vulnerability Finder for Open Source
Anthropic's OSS Scanner offers free AI vulnerability scans for open-source projects, with Claude models flagging over 29,000 potential flaws in six months.
ProgrammingCloudflare Hires Deno Team as Runtime Development Ends After One Year
Cloudflare hires Ryan Dahl's entire Deno team; Deploy closes in 6 months, runtime support ends in 12. What it means for developers and Workers self-hosting.
HardwareIT Pro Finds His Parents' Keurig Coffee Maker Generated 1 TB of Wi-Fi Traffic in 10 Days
A Keurig K-Supreme SMART coffee maker generated 1 TB of Wi-Fi traffic in 10 days, saturating a home access point before a reboot stopped it.
AIOpenAI Rolls Out GPT-6 to All ChatGPT Tiers With New Intelligent UI
OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 with Intelligent UI to all ChatGPT tiers on October 7, 2026, bringing interactive, visual answers to every user.
AIAnthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5 With Up to 90% Price Cuts
Claude Haiku 5.5 arrives with up to 90% price cuts, an OSWorld score jump from 15.7% to 72.4%, and availability on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Copilot.
ProgrammingChrome 155 Finally Ships JPEG XL Decoding as Firefox Support Slips to 158
Chrome 155 ships JPEG XL (.jxl) decoding by default via a Rust decoder. Firefox support slips to 158 — what developers must check before serving JXL images.
AIOpenAI Reopens $200 ChatGPT Pro With Halved Usage and Adds a $500 Pro Max Tier
OpenAI reopened $200 ChatGPT Pro on Sept 30 with usage netting out at half the old value, plus a $500 Pro Max tier with faster Codex.
AIOpenTPU: An Open-Source AI Accelerator Designed by AI, Running Real Models on FPGA
OpenTPU is an open-source AI accelerator designed by AI: RTL, ISA, simulator and compiler in one repo, running Qwen3 on a Kintex-7 FPGA card.
AIMistral Large 4: Europe's 1-Trillion-Parameter Model
Mistral Large 4 'Le Chonk' packs 1.05T parameters, 1M context and open weights coming October 27. Specs, benchmarks, pricing and what it means for Europe.
ProgrammingVB6 Studio Web: A Browser-Native Visual Basic 6 IDE Built in HTML and JavaScript
VB6 Studio Web recreates the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE in the browser with a form designer, debugger, WebGPU rendering and single-file HTML app export.