Node.js 26.9.0 turns on node:ffi by default, six weeks before Node 26 becomes LTS
Any code in a Node 26.9.0 process can now call into a C library with no flag and no compiled addon. We tested the official binary, and the two ways to switch it off.
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Windows 11 Cloud rebuild reaches the Beta channel: a full reinstall from WinRE, with drivers pulled from Windows Update
Beta build 26220.9343 adds Cloud rebuild, a recovery option that wipes the system disk and reinstalls Windows 11 from Windows Update, no USB stick required. Microsoft's documentation spells out the error codes, the log paths, and one warning to take seriously.
The connection libcurl should have thrown away
curl 8.22.0: nine CVEs, TLS-SRP removed, NTLM and SMB next.
Apple's EU terms drop the per-install fee, and the EU-entity requirement with it
Apple's new EU business terms swap a per-install fee for a 5% commission and open marketplace operation to non-EU companies.
Chrome 152 removes Private Aggregation, two milestones later than the intent said
Chrome 152 removed Private Aggregation two milestones late, and Privacy Sandbox's status page shows what else is queued.
Go's h2c security fix armed a deadline it forgot to disarm
A Go security fix set a read deadline it only cleared when ReadTimeout was non-zero — killing h2c streams until 1.25.14, 1.26.7 and 1.27.0.
OpenSSH stops batching: 10.5 ships 36 days after 10.4, and the release notes say why
OpenSSH 10.5 fixes an agent-locking bypass, a client use-after-free and a restrict-keyword gap - and announces the end of batched releases.
Rust Coreutils 0.10.0 gets within 29 failures of GNU's own test suite
uutils coreutils 0.10.0: 645/690 GNU tests pass, TOCTOU fixes, mv --exchange, OpenSSL checksums.
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 is a map of where the new features are still wet
PG19 Beta 2's fixes cluster on temporal tables, property graphs, and REPACK — plus one revert.
Firefox 153 puts a permission prompt between the web and your LAN
Firefox 153 turns on Local Network Access restrictions by default; plain-HTTP pages can no longer reach the LAN.