Flatpak 1.18.1 Patches 10 Critical CVEs — Including a Full Sandbox Escape to Host
A critical update released August 11 fixes ten CVEs in Flatpak, including a complete sandbox escape (CVSS 9.3) that let any installed app read and write across the entire host filesystem. »
Grounded 2's Biggest Update Yet Just Dropped on PS5 — and It Opens an Entire World Beneath the Surface
Obsidian's underwater-themed "Into the Abyss" update hit all platforms on August 11, and brought Grounded 2's Early Access to PlayStation 5 for the first time. »
CachyOS Rewrites Its Package Manager from C# to Zig — and the Results Are Worth It
The August 2026 CachyOS release lands a fully rewritten Shelly package manager in Zig, dropping the managed runtime for native binaries with faster startup and lower memory use. »
Samsung's zHBM Stacks Memory Directly on AI Chips — and It's Claimed to Be 8× Faster Than HBM5
At FMS 2026, Samsung unveiled zHBM, zNAND-O, and V10 BV-NAND — three memory architectures that use wafer bonding to push the limits of AI hardware density and bandwidth. »
OpenAI's Astra Just Solved 10 Unsolved Math Problems for $2,000
OpenAI's next model Astra cracked ten long-standing open problems in mathematics — including a 27-year-old question in group theory — and published machine-checkable proofs for about $200 each. »