Daily Tech News 22 October 2026

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So PHP did a thing. (Bleeping Computer)

Patches are out now if you're on a recent version. If you're not on a recent version, tough. Thanks, PHP.
There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability. (Elias Taylor)

Do not take advice from random websites. This does not appear to be true.

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The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupial species though to have been extinct for thousands of years, have been discovered in New Guinea. (BBC)

Always in the last place you look.
The creator of OpenClaw says he racked up $10 million in token charges last month. (The Register)

He works for OpenAI now, so he didn't pay for it.

Did he generate $10 million worth of value, though? I doubt it.
Electronic Arts finally drove a stake through the chest of the shambling corpse of BioWare. (WCCFTech)

The company's last unreservedly good game came out in 2010.
Micron is vagueposting. (WCCFTech)

Promising new types of memory soon. Not for you though.
Microsoft's next generation Xbox, expected in 2028, is also expected to cost between $1200 and $1800. (Ars Technica)

Call it a kiwi because that's never gonna fly.
I was looking to see if I could buy a pink bottlebrush, and then the red bottlebrushes I planted last year flowered and I realised that I already had one - the one I planted first, early last year, and thought was red was clearly pink when you see them side-by-side.

Musical Interlude

Anime is Saga of Tanya the Perfectly Nice Girl Once You Get to Know Her. Song is Trouble by Neon Jungle.

Disclaimer: I don't know, I've only ever killed communists.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Morning Skip and Pixy

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 22, 2026 04:05 AM (gs4+4)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 22, 2026 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

4 "I was looking to see if I could buy a pink bottlebrush, and then the red bottlebrushes I planted last year flowered and I realised that I already had one - the one I planted first, early last year, and thought was red was clearly pink when you see them side-by-side."
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Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 22, 2026 04:16 AM (z4VKm)

5 Always the last place you look

Isn't that always?

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2026 04:29 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Wish I could go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

7 BOING!

Going for an exercise walk with Mrs. BD.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2026 04:45 AM (lgmVC)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2026 04:50 AM (sAmhv)

9 How are winters at Pixy Manor? I remember it was a thing you’d have to acclimate to.

Posted by: Accomack at October 22, 2026 05:01 AM (RBD82)

10 The problem with autumn on the eastern shore is no deciduous trees. We know fall has arrived when the combines and hunters are out and about.

Posted by: Accomack at October 22, 2026 05:03 AM (RBD82)

11 Christian comedian Tim Hawkins talks about "wrong Bible verse":

https://tinyurl.com/3vevab8r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:04 AM (JrHfD)

12 My son and husband have been watching a movie with great animation called "Flow" about a cat and various animals . It won an academy award awhile back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:07 AM (JrHfD)

13 Another hundred mile commute today
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Electronic Arts finally drove a stake through the chest of the shambling corpse of BioWare.

Closest analogy for EA that I can think of from the movies is the monster in John Carpenter's "The Thing". It kills/absorbs the original, mimics it for a while, and then turns into something horrific before your eyes and tries to go after another one of your friends.

Get the flamethrower...

Posted by: The ghosts of Westwood and Bullfrog Studios at October 22, 2026 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 22, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)

16 w00t

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:09 AM (odBC9)

17 13 Another hundred mile commute today
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

yikes

Be careful out there, Skip!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

18 @12/FenelonSpoke: "My son and husband have been watching a movie with great animation called "Flow" about a cat and various animals."

I've seen that! It is pretty good. Definitely tugs on the heartstrings at times.

Posted by: The ghosts of Westwood and Bullfrog Studios at October 22, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

19 "in step with God" Man writes a devotional on Galatians 5:16-26:

https://tinyurl.com/3bjs92j2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:11 AM (JrHfD)

20 My morning has started with an OVA of Tanya the Evil. This is a good thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2026 05:16 AM (+4yJ5)

21 BBC says, about the PHP thingie:

"The onus lies mainly on website operators, but users should stay alert for any security advice issued by affected services, such as requests to change passwords, Kanhere said."

"stay alert"
= if asked, change those passwords!
or
= if asked, don't fall for that!

https://tinyurl.com/bdf68k2t

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)

22 The Apple Duo iPhone reviews are out: for $2,000 you get a worse iPhone and a worse iPad in one; a ManBearPig device that is extremely tempting but will leave you broke and regretting your life choices such as getting back together were your second ex-wife.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 22, 2026 05:17 AM (lQntB)

23 I am kind of sad to hear about Bioware although it's the kind of sadness from hearing about a friend you lost touch with dying from a terminal illness. The staff was very determined to force The Message!™ down the throats of gamers once they got rid of the good people and they insisted that their beliefs weren't to blame.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2026 05:18 AM (+4yJ5)

24 22 The Apple Duo iPhone reviews are out: for $2,000 you get a worse iPhone and a worse iPad in one; a ManBearPig device that is extremely tempting but will leave you broke and regretting your life choices such as getting back together were your second ex-wife.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 22, 2026 05:17 AM (lQntB)

auto-cucumber soiled your joke
darn it

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

25 21 BBC says, about the PHP thingie:

"The onus lies mainly on website operators, but users should stay alert for any security advice issued by affected services, such as requests to change passwords, Kanhere said."

"stay alert"
= if asked, change those passwords!
or
= if asked, don't fall for that!

https://tinyurl.com/bdf68k2t
Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)

Halp, Pixy!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:21 AM (odBC9)

26 Wow; That's a long trip for you, Skip. FenSpouse and I are praying for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:24 AM (JrHfD)

27 Posted by: The ghosts of Westwood and Bullfrog Studios at October 22, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

Good to have your thumbs up. I will have to watch it as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:26 AM (JrHfD)

28 from the BleepingComputer article:

PHP powers many websites and web applications, including content management systems, e-commerce platforms, and custom web services.

- content management systems
- e-commerce platforms
- custom web services

Not AoSHq?

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

29 Off old game studio sock

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

30 @27/FenelonSpoke: That was me. I left myself "socked" due to replying to Ace yesterday about the EA/Bioware thing. Oops.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

31 Old time hymn, "Open my eyes":

https://tinyurl.com/etcuubsb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:32 AM (JrHfD)

32 28 from the BleepingComputer article:

PHP powers many websites and web applications, including content management systems, e-commerce platforms, and custom web services.

- content management systems
- e-commerce platforms
- custom web services

Not AoSHq?
Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

"including" could be covering a lot of bases

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

33 Patches are out now if you're on a recent version. If you're not on a recent version, tough. Thanks, PHP.

Minx 0.8 beta.

They just created a bunch of extra work for you, didn't they Pixy?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

34 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

Well, we've all had socks which hang on

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:33 AM (JrHfD)

35 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW

What is a "Bullfrog Studio"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:36 AM (JrHfD)

36 And as far as "Bioware" it's it sounds more like a place that does biological warfare than an outfit that makes computer games, although I appreciate that games can both be very creative and artistic, and I was fascinated by all those gamers who got hired to be air traffic controllers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:40 AM (JrHfD)

37 asmongold

Elon Musk Just Dropped a Nuke
(that's a metaphor)

3:17

https://tinyurl.com/msffjyke

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

38 @35/FenelonSpoke: "What is a "Bullfrog Studio"?"

Bullfrog Productions Ltd. was the proper name, but they were a game studio that produced some very cool games. Here's the intro for "Syndicate" from 1993:

https://youtu.be/cM0d7VGFNsY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

39 I'm having no (fewer?) popups on my Adblockless iPad. PHP-related?

Posted by: m at October 22, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)

40 What is a "Bullfrog Studio"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Game company that got bought out by Electronic Arts.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2026 05:42 AM (+4yJ5)

41 Here's the intro for "Syndicate" from 1993:

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

That brings back a lot of good memories.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2026 05:42 AM (+4yJ5)

42 @41/NR Pax: "That brings back a lot of good memories."

Doesn't it just though?

Here's another one for you, from Westwood Studios - the intro to Dune II (which I still play regularly in DosBox to this day!):

https://youtu.be/8tC32ZIYXlE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

43 Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2026 05:42 AM (+4yJ5)

And does the quality of the games suffer when they are bought out?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2026 05:46 AM (JrHfD)

44 My absolute favorite video describing EA's behaviour:

https://youtu.be/e-LE0ycgkBQ

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 22, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

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