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Screenshot of Alpine Linux's security advisory listing who is affected by the openssh-server password bypass, from the package and PasswordAuthentication to accounts marked with a star.

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OpenSSH 10.6p2 fixes Alpine Linux password bypass

OpenSSH 10.6p2 and Alpine fixed an SSH login that needs no password on November 5. A Tech AI Wire test of five Alpine images shows who is exposed.

By Claire Whitmore

Nov 5, 20264 min read

Coding

Fedora 45 ships with RPM 6.1 blocking unsigned packages

Fedora 45 shipped November 3 with RPM 6.1, which refuses unsigned packages. A Tech AI Wire test on Fedora 44 and 45 shows the error and the fixes.

Nov 4, 20265 min read

Screenshot of the Fedora Project wiki page for the change Enforcing signature checking by default, showing its contents list and summary.

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Claude Code 2.1.317 widens its game-recreation rule

Claude Code 2.1.317 widens its rule against recreating existing games. A Tech AI Wire check of four builds shows when the rule arrived and what changed.

Nov 3, 20264 min read

Screenshot of the top of Anthropic's Usage Policy page, with a link back to the Legal center and a Download PDF button.

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Claude Code plugins, explained

What Claude Code plugins add, how /plugin installs them, and a hands-on test of version 2.1.317's validator, which flags 2 problems in a bare plugin.

Nov 3, 20266 min read

Screenshot of Anthropic's Claude Code documentation page on installing plugins, showing the /plugin install command for commit-commands from the claude-plugins-official marketplace.

AI & LLMs

SemiAnalysis GDPx benchmark: Claude Opus 5.5 leads at 12%

SemiAnalysis's new GDPx benchmark gives AI agents 206 long tasks in 11 high-value fields. The best model, Claude Opus 5.5, scores 12.0%.

Nov 2, 20264 min read

Screenshot of the GDPx leaderboard on SemiAnalysis's site, listing Claude Opus 5.5 first at 12.0%, then Gemini 4 Carbon at 10.9% and GPT-6 Astra at 9.6%.

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ChatGPT and Codex will share one usage limit in December

From December, ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Business plans will draw ChatGPT and Codex use from one allowance. Only Instant chats stay off the meter.

Nov 2, 20264 min read

Screenshot of OpenAI's Codex pricing page, showing a note that ChatGPT Work and Codex share usage above the Free and Go plan cards.

Tech Industry

Binance resumes withdrawals after $6.3B North Korea hack

Binance reopened withdrawals in phases on November 1 after a $6.3 billion hot-wallet theft. The FBI blames North Korea; 95% of assets are covered.

Nov 1, 20265 min read

Dev Stack

Kwi, KDE's new terminal, claims 3x-35x Konsole speedup

KDE developer Eike Hein unveiled Kwi on November 1, a GPU-rendered terminal built on Ghostty's libghostty-vt that he says runs 3x-35x faster than Konsole.

Nov 1, 20264 min read

Screenshot of the Kwi terminal emulator showing one dark tab with a shell prompt and a window title that ends in Kwi.

Coding

Drupal Commerce Core flaw exploited; update to 3.3.13 now

Attackers are using CVE-2026-118539, a highly critical access bypass in Drupal Commerce Core, to place fraudulent orders. Fixes: 3.3.13 and 8.x-2.41.

Nov 1, 20265 min read

Screenshot of the Drupal.org security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-254 for Commerce Core, showing the red Highly critical label, the 21/25 risk score and the affected versions.

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SemiAnalysis GDPx benchmark: Claude Opus 5.5 leads at 12%

Nov 2, 20264 min read

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Claude Code 2.1.317 widens its game-recreation rule

Nov 3, 20264 min read

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Fedora 45 ships with RPM 6.1 blocking unsigned packages

Nov 4, 20265 min read

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Binance resumes withdrawals after $6.3B North Korea hack

Nov 1, 20265 min read

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Startup Watch

FuriosaAI raises $620M at $2.9B for its RNGD AI chip

Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI raised $620 million at a $2.9 billion valuation, with $280 million from Korea's state-backed National Growth Fund.

Oct 30, 20263 min read

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Amazon Echo Show 16 is a $499.99 wall display with Fire TV

Amazon's Echo Show 16 costs $499.99, or $569.99 with anti-glare glass, and ships later this year beside a new $99.99 Echo Dot and a $199.99 Echo Time clock.

Oct 30, 20264 min read

An Echo Show 16 hangs on a beige wall, its screen showing smart home controls for lights, a thermostat and several camera feeds.

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Pico CSS is no longer maintained; v2.1.1 is the last

Ubuntu Core Desktop revived as Canonical forms new team

Tech Industry

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MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR brings touch to the Mac

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