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Today — 21 October 2026Main stream

Student Protests Mushroom Across Europe, Exposing Bleak Views of the Future

21 October 2026 at 21:05
Since high school students began protesting in France in September, they’ve been joined by young demonstrators in at least seven other European countries.

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Protesters against the high cost of living in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday.

Thélyson Orélien's Quebec Publisher Cuts Ties Over A.I. Accusations

21 October 2026 at 20:47
Thélyson Orélien, a celebrated novelist, used artificial intelligence while writing a breakout book, his publisher says.

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Thélyson Orélien in Montreal earlier this year.

FreshRSS 1.30.4

By: Alkarex
21 October 2026 at 20:45

This is a fourth security release in the continuation of 1.30.x, mostly to address some severe PHP vulnerabilities and update our official alternative Docker images (Alpine) (our default Docker images based on Debian were already fixed).

Note that our rolling-release channel (edge) is recommended for faster security patches.

Bug fixes highlights 🐛:

This release has been made by @Alkarex, @Frenzie and newcomer @icco

Full changelog:

  • Security
    • Docker alternative image (Alpine 3.24) updated with PHP 8.5.12 and Apache 2.4.69 #9475
    • Docker: disable PHP session.upload_progress.enabled for additional security #9476
  • I18n

Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude Duet

21 October 2026 at 20:41
The tool, which is not yet widely available, will compete with OpenAI’s dots and Meta’s Muse. It is built for work and not personal errands.

© via Anthropic

Anthropic’s new A.I. agent, Claude Duet.

PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today

21 October 2026 at 20:36
A number of cursors point toward an unhappy face on a laptop

Two bugs found with AI are behind major issues today for 4chan, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, and the blog where the bar around the corner posts pictures of people's dogs. The "critical vulnerabilities" were discovered in the PHP programming language, which underpins much of the internet, including any site built on WordPress. But it's far bigger than that. Some Dutch and Finnish government agencies took their sites down as a precaution. The NSA Cybersecurity account on X recommended that organizations take their systems offline if "an immediate update is not feasible," as did the UK's National Cyber Security Center. Even Pokémon Home and Pokémon C …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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