Apertus 1.5: Swiss Fully Open Models Get Vision, Audio and 262K Context
The Swiss AI team published full release notes and a technical report for Apertus 1.5, the update to its fully open 8B and 70B models. The…
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ColGrep-Agent: A Local 2B Model That Cuts Claude Code’s Tokens by a Third
Coding agents burn a lot of tokens just figuring out where to look. LightOn’s answer is ColGrep-Agent-2B, an open 2-billion-parameter code-search agent that runs locally between…
Apple Invites Media to an October 28 Launch Experience: Touchscreen MacBooks and M6
Apple is inviting select media to an all-day “product launch experience” in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 28, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. What’s expected Touchscreen…
ConnectWise Cloud Backup Breach Hits Microsoft 365 Tenants: Check Your Service Principals
This is a supply-chain hit that MSPs and anyone running Microsoft 365 should look at today. ConnectWise shut down access to its Cloud Backup service (formerly…
Drupal Patches Two Critical RCE Flaws (CVE-2026-108097, CVE-2026-108099): Update Now
Drupal shipped fixes for two critical remote code execution bugs and warned that exploits “might be developed within hours or days.” If you run Drupal, this…
BlockStrap (CVE-2026-103849): Critical Magento and Adobe Commerce Flaw, Patch Before It’s Exploited
Sansec is warning that a maximum-severity Magento and Adobe Commerce bug, dubbed BlockStrap (CVE-2026-103849), will likely be exploited soon even though no attacks have been seen…
17 New Vulnerabilities in X.Org Client Libraries: Update libX11, libXpm and Friends
Not even two weeks after a dozen X.Org Server and XWayland vulnerabilities, 17 more were disclosed, this time in the X.Org client libraries. What’s affected libX11,…
Blue Origin Plans New Florida Pads to Push New Glenn Toward Multiple Flights a Week
Blue Origin says it’ll add new launch pads on Florida’s Space Coast to ramp up New Glenn, as it recovers from a static test fire explosion…
NASA Tracks a Possibly Record 2026 El Niño From Space
NASA is tracking what could be the strongest El Niño since 1950. As of October, NOAA puts the odds at 83%. How it built The first…
JAXA’s MMX Launches Monday to Bring Home a Piece of Mars’ Moon Phobos
Japan’s MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission is set to launch from Tanegashima Space Center at 2:41 p.m. CT on Monday, Oct. 19, with NASA playing a…