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Variety asks whether Tom Cruise's new film 'Digger' will extend Warner Bros.' poor box office run. The studio has endured a string of underperforming releases this year, and the industry is watching to see if the Cruise vehicle can reverse its fortunes or add to a disappointing streak.

The Athletic's NBA newsletter, The Bounce, lays out 10 storylines to follow as teams hold their annual media days ahead of the new season. The feature highlights the key questions and talking points expected to dominate press conferences as players and coaches face reporters before training camps open and the 2024-25 NBA campaign gets underway.

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as EUVD-2026-86803, has been published after a fix was merged. The flaw sits in the configfs filesystem's rmdir handling, where the dentry was not unhashed before the item was dropped. It affects Linux across multiple product entries, with no severity score assigned yet. Security watchers are noting the advisory as part of routine kernel vulnerability tracking.

A new vulnerability, tracked as EUVD-2026-86804, has been disclosed and resolved in the Linux kernel. The flaw involves the configfs subsystem, where the fix pins the symlink target's dirent instead of chasing its dentry pointer, closing a potential security issue. The advisory covers the Linux kernel across multiple affected versions and was published on September 25, 2026, with an update on October 3, 2026. No severity score has been assigned yet, and administrators are advised to apply kernel updates.

A new vulnerability entry, EUVD-2026-86806, was published on 25 September 2026 for the Linux kernel and later updated on 3 October. It concerns the sunvdc virtual disk driver, where LDC cookies were not unmapped when a descriptor send failed. The fix has been resolved in the kernel, and the advisory affects Linux alongside roughly two dozen other listed products.

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets networking subsystem has been resolved, with the fix addressing TCP stream corruption that could occur when large memory pages are in use. The advisory, published 25 September 2026 and updated 3 October, affects the Linux kernel and a range of related products, drawing attention from security teams tracking kernel updates.

A new study finds that climate change may have contributed to roughly a quarter of emergency room visits for heat-related illness between 2018 and 2025. The findings suggest warming temperatures are already having a measurable impact on public health, with hospitals seeing a significant share of heat-related cases attributable to human-driven climate change.

An unnamed Eastern Conference superstar has called LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers 'the enemy' heading into the new NBA season. The remark frames James and the Sixers as the players and team to beat, adding fuel to early-season rivalry talk as teams prepare for training camp and the 2024-25 campaign.

MLB.com is ranking the comeback chances of the four teams that dropped Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. Five seasons into the best-of-three format (2020 and 2022-25), the data shows losing the opener is a serious warning sign, making their paths to advancing steep.

NASA has issued a correction regarding collaborators under the ROSES-25 solicitation, element D.9, which covers the Habitable Worlds Observatory Implementation and Community Activities (HWO-ICA) programme. The notice adjusts who may participate as collaborators on proposals. Researchers and teams preparing bids for the observatory's community activities are expected to review the updated terms before submitting.

North Carolina Central University's Eagles return home to host nationally ranked Campbell, currently rated No. 18/24 in the polls. The matchup gives NCCU a marquee opportunity against a top-25 opponent on its home floor. Fans and local outlets are following how the Eagles measure up against the high-flying Camels in this in-state North Carolina contest.

Autonomous System 8075, the network operated by Microsoft, was observed announcing IP address space located in Oslo, Norway. The observation was logged and shared on 25 September 2026 with the cybersecurity community under the tag #shodansafari. This type of sighting is used by security researchers to track how large cloud and technology providers extend their network presence into new regions and data centre locations.