While researching PHP vulnerabilities, I lost track of why computers work at all

On the evening of October 21, 2026, while browsing the web between tasks, a headline caught my eye: "A critical vulnerability ...

⁠Scale of cyber-security flaw 'unprecedented' but no sign of breaches, says expert

In the UK, 32 government services are unavailable as security work takes place, but "this does not mean they were hacked", ...