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WORLDTECH.NEWSFront PageMonday, 05 October 2026

Technology

pg_ivm 1.16 released

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IVM Development Group is pleased to announce the release of pg_ivm 1.16. Prevent spurious transaction failures during incremental maintenance (Dzmitry Levankou) During incremental maintenance, locks are acquired on the materialized view to prevent anomalies caused by concurrent maintenance. Fix OID handling when OID exceeds INT_MAX (Artur Aleksander Kanošin) View maintenance failed when the global OID counter exceeds INT_MAX. Previously, due to the timing of lock release during commit, a transaction could fail unnecessarily with a lock error even though no concurrent incremental maintenance was actually in progress. About pg_ivm is an extension module that provides Incremental View Maintenance (IVM) feature.

Source: PostgreSQL News

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AI

An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat

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GPT-6 (large language model by OpenAI) Astra went and downloaded Stardust, and started running that instead of its own bot. StarSkirmish pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots against one another, as well as against human-made bots. On Friday, GPT was facing off against Claude and the human-created bot Pluto, but according to Kotaku, it couldn't quite get an edge.

04 OctSource: The Verge

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WORLDTECH.NEWSBitcoin & CryptoMonday, 05 October 2026

Bitcoin & Crypto

Zcash gets a Washington lobbyist to push crypto policy

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A Zcash-focused advocacy group has filed to lobby in Washington, stepping up the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency ecosystem’s efforts to shape US policy on digital assets. Pretty Good Policy for Zcash (PGPZ) filed a lobbying registration effective on Oct.

Source: Cointelegraph

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WORLDTECH.NEWSCybersecurityMonday, 05 October 2026

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WORLDTECH.NEWSChips & HardwareMonday, 05 October 2026

Chips & Hardware

Upgrading a Benchtop Laser for Megawatt Power

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This happens even in normal operation, but as [Les’ Lab] demonstrated, adding a Q-Switch can considerably enhance the peak power. Eventually, at some energy level, the Q-switch suddenly stops blocking light, and the cavity lases in a very short, powerful pulse.

Source: Hackaday

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In Brief

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WORLDTECH.NEWSRoboticsMonday, 05 October 2026

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WORLDTECH.NEWSScience & SpaceMonday, 05 October 2026

Science & Space

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5022-5028: Cashing in at Cache Creek

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Curiosity has long since climbed above the quads that were selected before landing, and before her 14-year, 38-kilometer (24.6-mile) trek, which included more than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) of elevation gain.

04 OctSource: NASA News Releases

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Science & Space

The Big Moon Plot

When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep.

04 OctSource: Hackaday

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Technology

pgvector 0.8.7 Released

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Users are encouraged to upgrade when possible. This release fixes a buffer overflow with IVFFlat index builds (CVE-2026-103484 (the public catalogue number for a specific software flaw)), which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Source: PostgreSQL News

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