For more than a decade, serious flaws had gone undetected in the technology underpinning much of the internet.
It took AI to bring them to light and caused a global cyber-security alert.
The vulnerabilities lie within a programming language called PHP, which has been used internationally since the 2000s to build websites.
Governments and cyber-security agencies around the world are scrambling to contain the fallout of the discovery on Wednesday, and have urged website operators to install a new emergency fix or consider taking their platforms offline.
Cyber-security firm Wiz - one of the companies whose researchers uncovered the vulnerabilities - described the flaws as the "most severe" ever detected by AI.
OpenAI, whose technology was used to find the flaws, called the discovery "one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory".
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When do you turn on your heatI find the same thing. I used to love going on cold winter hikes. Janet was always cold and I was always hot. We've completely reversed.
Same here. In his much younger youth Mr wtg wore a t-shirt and shorts in the middle of winter and I was bundled in wool sweaters. As reverse puberty hit me I shed the sweaters and he switched to sweat pants. There was a point when we were in our late 40s/early 50s when a single thermostat setting met both our needs. Our winter setting is 70; summer setting is 76. We used to let the nighttime setting for the furnace drop to 68, but since his stroke Mr wtg tends to get cold at night so we just leave it at 70.
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Something to round out your charcuterie boardPIcked up this variety pack of olives a couple of weeks ago at my third place.
Tried one of them (the olives and pickled vegetables) and it got the wtg seal of approval. Looking forward to trying the rest. Mr wtg isn't a fan of truffles or blue cheese, so I'll get to eat all of those....
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For Steve
Stealing that to share with some doodle-owning friends...
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Governor's race in OhioOh man, the AP story is even worse. Ramaswamy, swimming with the scum.
High-profile Republicans who back Ramaswamy — including Donald Trump Jr. and influencer Laura Loomer — elevated the video in online posts.
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Governor's race in OhioThe ad.
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million into a bombshell ad in which his opponent's estranged mother attacks her daughter — doubling down on the message despite fierce bipartisan backlash, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother — who Acton has said sided with her stepfather after he sexually assaulted Acton when she was 12 — will resonate with voters.
After the ad began appearing Tuesday on social media, many fellow Republicans urged Ramaswamy to distance his campaign from it.
They warned it could backfire at a time when the controversy over the Epstein files has elevated the sexual abuse of children as a national campaign issue.
Driving the news: Ramaswamy's campaign confirmed to Axios that it produced the ad, which began circulating on social media late Monday without language identifying its sponsor.
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/21/ramaswamy-ad-acton-mother-ohio
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Chicago, Toy TownWTTW (Chicago PBS station) has a series called Chicago Stories. This episode is about how Chicago was the center for toy design.
Beanie Babies, Tinkertoys, Radio Flyer Wagons, Operation, Lite-Brite, and Lincoln Logs. These beloved children’s toys have one thing in common: They were all invented in Chicago. Toys revolutionized playtime for children around the world and ballooned into a billion-dollar business. Chicago’s own Marvin Glass and Associates created such classics as Lite-Brite, Operation, and Simon. And then there’s Beanie Babies, which became a cultural phenomenon. Explore how Chicago became the global epicenter of toy design for a time, sparking innovation, business battles, and a cultural legacy that reached around the world.
https://www.wttw.com/chicago-stories/toy-town
Check out the other episodes of Chicago Stories; the one on skyscrapers is pretty cool.
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Major Buang-Ly’s Great EscapeI totally missed this story when it originally happened.
As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape in a tiny aircraft, miraculously finding a place to land it out at sea, saving himself and his family.
https://theaviationist.com/2025/03/14/major-buang-lys-great-escape/
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Germany is "wrong" to finance UkraineFor me, everything to this point hasn't been an argument at all, simply an exchange of information and opinions.
You did say that you were unconvinced by the AI answer after you said you'd reconsider, so I provided additional background on what its answer was based on. As I said, you're welcome to investigate those links if you have the time and inclination. If you don't, no prob.
Later, gator.