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The widely-used Expat XML parsing library has released version two point eight point one, patching a vulnerability tracked as CVE-two thousand twenty six-forty five thousand one hundred eighty six. But the real conversation here is about CVSS scores — the industry-standard severity ratings that security teams rely on — and growing evidence that those numbers can mislead as often as they inform.
Shifting from security to space, NASA is inviting media to its annual Lunabotics competition, where student teams from across the United States design and build remote-controlled robots capable of mining simulated lunar soil. More than thirty five teams are competing this year, and events like this quietly shape the next generation of aerospace engineers.
And in the crypto world, Solana's major consensus protocol upgrade, called Alpenglow, has entered testing ahead of a full mainnet rollout. The upgrade promises meaningful improvements to how the network reaches agreement on transactions — a significant architectural change that developers and institutional investors will be watching closely in the weeks ahead.
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