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A tinkerer built an 8-bit computer from 460 vacuum tubes that runs software but needs a stepladder for repairs

The project, called The Tube Computer MK3, was built by Mike, a self-taught electronics tinkerer who recently documented the machine on Hackaday. It is the third vacuum-tube computer he has developed this decade. Read Entire Article

A tinkerer built an 8-bit computer from 460 vacuum tubes that runs software but needs a stepladder for repairs

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Microsoft Patches 974 Flaws in One Day, Two Windows Zero-Days Already Exploited

TL;DR what: Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed 974 vulnerabilities, the largest single release ever, including two Windows privilege escalation flaws already exploited in the wild.

  • Microsoft released 974 patches on September 8, 2026, in largest Patch Tuesday release ever.
  • Two Windows privilege escalation flaws, CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963, already exploited.
  • Both zero-day vulnerabilities considered high severity with CVSS scores of 7.8.

Two identical runs scored 89 and 89. Two cases had flipped.

Read on: the A/B test this corrects · 繁體中文版 Two weeks ago I published an A/B test: I cut 41 AI tools' self-descriptions roughly in half, then ran a behavioural question bank against both versions to…

  • Two AI tools scored 89 out of 96 in A/B test
  • Author discovered two cases flipped between versions
  • Negative cases more prone to flipping than positive cases

PM Shehbaz Forbids Extra Load-Shedding

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the government to limit electricity load shedding to a maximum of two hours in … Read More The post PM Shehbaz Forbids Extra Load-Shedding appeared first on ProPakistani .

New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone

Hello once again from Toronto, where for a week every year I watch far too many movies and tell you all about them. The festival, better known as TIFF, is always a great preview of the months ahead in film, with a nice mix of mainstream fare, awards contenders, indie surprises, and genre flicks destined […]

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