Engineers host web server on vape.
Also, glass gets a liquid update and Microsoft hides the Copilot stapler.

The New Server Room is by the Ashtray

IT is pleased to announce a breakthrough in our hardware recycling initiative, solving both our e-waste problem and our low-resource web hosting needs. Engineer Bogdan Ionescu, also known as BogdanTheGeek, took one of those fancy adult pacifiers, technically a disposable vape, and repurposed its microcontroller to run a web server hosting his blog post.

The hardware in question is a Puya PY32F002B, which features an Arm Cortex M0+ chip running at 24MHz with a generous 3KB of static RAM. Initial attempts were, to use the industry term, "laughably bad," with full-page load times of over twenty seconds. However, after a software patch and some aggressive batching, Mr. Ionescu got the server to load a full page in about 160 milliseconds. This proves that even the most carelessly discarded office supplies possess the capability for "blazingly fast" performance. We suggest the Data Center team check the nearest recycling bin for their next critical enterprise solution.

Apple Reinvents The Window Again

Apple is rolling out its new desktop operating system, **macOS Tahoe**, which brings a major stylistic overhaul to the user experience. The entire look is now centered around a new design language called "Liquid Glass," which somehow manages to look like glass while also being liquid.

Apparently, all the windows in the operating system now have a much rounder corner radius, and the toolbars are more translucent. Users can customize folder colors and switch between 'Clear' and 'Tinted' appearances, presumably for when the office lighting changes. Beyond the significant decorative changes, Apple is also including a new Apple Games application and integrating **Live Translation** features. This means your desktop now looks slightly different and is ready for you to ignore your work in two new ways: by playing games and by translating the email chain you were already supposed to answer.

IoT Spying Mishap: Dog Camera Watches Manufacturer

The pursuit of modern home security has once again led to a corporate IT oopsie. A user, Kennedn, bought a TP-Link Tapo indoor camera to monitor their dog, only to find the setup process so frustrating that they decided to reverse engineer the entire device. This is the equivalent of trying to hang a picture and ending up rebuilding the entire wall because the nail was wrong.

Kennedn had to deploy dynamic instrumentation to bypass certificate pinning and decrypt the camera's proprietary "securePassthrough" channel, thus gaining insight into what **TP-Link** considers a secure onboarding. The main discovery was a fundamental misunderstanding of password security; specifically, the camera failed to update its local admin password when the user changed their cloud password. This suggests the device operates on a temporary default, which is the kind of benevolent incompetence that makes every Systems Administrator want to take a mandatory two week vacation.

Briefs

• Financial Rebranding: PayPal is now officially a crypto supporter, joining the crowd by backing Ethereum and Bitcoin via its payments platform. The company is treating digital assets like another quarterly earnings call, unavoidable and slightly boring.
• AI Takes Over Code Review: OpenAI announced an upgrade to its coding assistant, **GPT-5-Codex**, focusing on "agentic coding". The model is now capable of working autonomously for over seven hours on a single task and is being integrated with GitHub to automatically review pull requests. It is a good thing we hired the AI intern; it can finally be unsupervised.
• Forced Installation: Microsoft is planning to forcibly install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto user machines in October. This move is consistent with the corporate strategy of assuming the user wanted the software all along, even if they never clicked "Yes."