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GitLab issued patches for a critical CVE‑2026‑97229 vulnerability affecting both its Community and Enterprise editions. The flaw, rated CVSS 10.0, stemmed from an integer overflow in regular‑expression validation within CI/CD configurations, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. Updated releases—19.4.2, 19.3.5 and 19.2.8—contain the fix and also resolve three additional high‑severity bugs. The advisory follows GitLab’s recent remediation of a 9.9‑scored AI Gateway issue and a prior 10.0‑rated flaw (CVE‑2026‑85706) that saw active [...]

Joel Franey earned a Bachelors in Creative Writing and Games Design from Brunel University in 2017 and a Masters in Creative and Critical Writing from Sussex University. While studying, he freelanced across design, public relations, reviews and feature writing for gaming outlets. In 2019 he joined the guides teams at USgamer and ReedPop, contributing to a range of publications such as Gfinity Esports, Eurogamer, VG247, Dicebreaker, RPS and Jelly Deals, where his work spanned guides, news, features, [...]

Progress Software disclosed 31 new vulnerabilities in its MarkLogic Server database, five of them rated critical. Two flaws allow accounts with limited management rights to obtain full administrator control by exploiting forest‑scoped grants and XQuery function misuse. Fixes have been available since September 10 in MarkLogic 11.3.7 and 12.1.0, but earlier patches for ten August flaws do not cover the new issues. The critical CVEs score 9.9 and 9.6 on the CVSS scale; one high‑severity bug (8.6) can elevate [...]

Bloq Quantum unveiled Bloq Maya, an AI‑driven agent aimed at accelerating enterprise quantum‑computing projects. The platform combines a low‑code library of more than 15 research‑grade algorithms, a visual circuit builder, an experiments module, and hardware‑agnostic execution on cloud simulators and quantum processors from IBM, AWS Braket and others. Through a conversational interface, users can request custom circuits, QUBO formulations, algorithm reviews or optimized code, reducing development time by up to tenfold, according to CEO Sreekuttan L S. Bloq Maya targets high‑value [...]

Mercedes Rose, the original voice of Rosalina in Nintendo’s 2007‑2010 games, praised Brie Larson’s portrayal of the character in the 2026 “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” but lamented that Rosalina received limited screen time. Rose voiced her wish to have been cast herself, posting the comment on Twitter. The film, despite a low 42 % critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, earned an 87 % audience score and surpassed $1 billion worldwide. Critics noted the movie’s energetic style but criticized the underdeveloped storyline and the handling of [...]

Clearway Energy announced on 9 October that it has added 210 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity to its Honeycomb Energy Centre fleet in southern Utah, raising the combined storage capacity to 2,120 MWh. The expansion is backed by long‑term power purchase agreements with utility PacifiCorp and enables three new BESS facilities to move into the second phase of the Honeycomb project. Each 80 MW installation sits beside an existing Clearway solar plant, also contracted to PacifiCorp. The Honeycomb [...]

On the night of October 11, attackers remotely seized control of Danfoss‑manufactured refrigeration controllers in hundreds of French supermarkets, forcing fridges and freezers to enter defrost mode and heat up to 50 °C. The breach affected two Danfoss series, the AK‑SM and AK‑SC, many of which are legacy models no longer receiving security updates. French CERT‑FR urged operators to disconnect or tightly filter internet access to these devices. Intermarché’s Les Mousquetaires reported total loss of perishable goods and projected tens [...]

Walmart is offering the Gigabyte A16 Pro 16‑inch gaming laptop for $1,449 with free shipping for one week, reviving a deal from the recent GeForce Week Event. The machine pairs an Intel Core i7‑1240H ten‑core processor (up to 5.2 GHz) with Nvidia’s mobile RTX 5070 Ti GPU, a 12 GB card running at 115 W TGP, delivering roughly 20‑30 % more performance than the RTX 5070 and matching RTX 4080 levels in DLSS 4.5‑enabled titles. It ships with 32 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1 TB SSD, [...]