A quick roundup of developer news since the last digest.
Releases & tools
- OpenBSD 8.0 released: The new release ships graphics drivers (inteldrm, radeondrm, amdgpu) based on Linux 6.18, a notable hardware-support update for the system. OpenBSD
- Go to reject chains with distrusted SPKIs: A Go issue proposes making the TLS stack refuse certificate chains that contain any of eight distrusted public keys. Go issue tracker
- Android apps running natively on macOS: The Mac.apk project demonstrates running Android apps on macOS without an emulator, and drew heavy discussion on Hacker News. GitHub
- Amazon pushes TorchNeuron for PyTorch: A new developer tool aims to let PyTorch workloads run on non-Nvidia chips, challenging Nvidia's grip on AI tooling. TechCrunch
AI & tooling
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash halves token prices: The new model is pitched as cutting agent costs by around 70 percent, though analysts note real agent bills may not fall as much. MiniMax
- Cloudflare cuts inference bill by 68%: After the cost of its AI code reviewer doubled, the team used prompt caching and smarter model selection to bring it down. Cloudflare
- Abliterated models as an attack vector: ProjectDiscovery shows how models with safety training removed can be abused to compromise the people running them. ProjectDiscovery
- Simon Willison on coding agents and the craft of programming: A widely shared reflection on what career programmers lose as agents take over the puzzle-solving part of coding. Simon Willison
Security
- OpenCode platform breached: Attackers got into part of the open source AI coding agent's online platform and ran up charges on users' AI accounts. TechCrunch
- Plex vulnerabilities exploited in the wild: Attackers are chaining four recently fixed flaws to install malware on unpatched media servers, so update now. Ars Technica
- Microsoft: treat AI agents like insider threats: The company argues enterprises should monitor agents closely because frontier models can't be fully trusted. TechCrunch
Industry
- ReactOS gains NTFS install support: A new driver lets the open Windows-compatible OS be installed onto NTFS, a major milestone for the project. Ars Technica
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