The 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 was introduced in the midst of a RAM crisis that has seen prices of the once-affordable single-board computer hit the roof. You can still get your hands on one for $45 (for now), and your investment can pay for itself in a matter of months if you use it to ditch your subscriptions.
A perennial in the esoteric operating system space is ReactOS, a project with its roots in the 1990s which is doing a pretty good job of creating an open source clone of 32-bit Windows. They have a new version out, and itβs acquired some useful features.
Top of the list is a new graphical installer, removing the need for separate live and install ISOs, followed by improvements in video bug fixes and high definition audio drivers and subsystems. Thereβs a headless server install too, in which the GUI is suppressed. Perhaps most interesting, they are working on version syncing the open-source projects such as WINE on which they rely, meaning with luck that any improvements there will show up in ReactOS.
A while back we took a look at using ReactOS as a daily, and found it to be quirks aside, as usable as youβrd expect a Windows XP clone to be. Given that there are plenty of pieces of hardware and software around that still need an early-2000s era Windows to run, this remains an OS to keep an eye on.
Switchboard has halted oracle operations on several networks, including SUI and Aptos, after detecting a potential security compromise.
The precautionary halt also affects IOTA and Movement, according to the validated incident materials. The key detail is scope: Switchboardβs oracle services were halted on affected chains, not the chains themselves.
That distinction matters.
This should not be framed as SUI, Aptos, IOTA, or Movement halting block production. It is an oracle infrastructure incident, and the impact depends on which applications rely on Switchboard feeds or services.
Still, oracle halts can be serious because DeFi applications depend on accurate, timely data to function safely.
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Oracles are critical infrastructure.
They bring external data into blockchain applications. Lending markets need prices. Perpetuals platforms need market data. Structured products need reference rates. DeFi protocols depend on oracles to decide liquidations, collateral values, and trading conditions.
If an oracle is compromised, stale, or unreliable, applications can become dangerous quickly.
That is why shutting down operations can be the safer move. A temporary halt may be disruptive, but bad data can cause far worse damage.
Switchboardβs response appears to fit that risk-management logic.
The language matters.
A potential compromise is not automatically the same as a confirmed exploit. Until the provider publishes full incident details, the safer wording is that operations were halted as a precaution after a possible security issue.
That protects readers from assuming funds were lost, chains were hacked, or every dependent application failed.
The incident may still be serious, but it needs to be described accurately.
Security coverage should clarify what is known, what is not known, and which systems are affected.
SUI and Aptos are both high-performance chains with growing DeFi ecosystems.
For these networks, oracle reliability matters because applications need trusted data to support lending, swaps, collateral, derivatives, and structured products. If oracle services are paused, some protocols may need to pause markets, adjust risk parameters, or rely on fallback systems.
That can affect users even if the base chain keeps running normally.
The same applies to IOTA and Movement if applications there rely on Switchboard services.
One important lesson is that infrastructure incidents can span multiple chains.
A protocol like Switchboard may serve several ecosystems at once. That creates efficiency, but it also means a security concern can affect many networks simultaneously.
This is a broader DeFi risk.
Projects often think in chain-specific terms, but shared infrastructure can become a cross-chain dependency. Oracles, bridges, RPC providers, indexers, wallets, and middleware can all create shared points of failure.
Switchboardβs halt is a reminder of that.
Users and developers will be watching for a full incident explanation.
The important questions are straightforward: what was compromised, what services were affected, whether any data was manipulated, whether any protocols took losses, and when operations will resume.
Until then, applications using Switchboard feeds may need to remain cautious.
For the wider market, the incident shows why oracle security remains one of DeFiβs most important issues.
Blockchains can keep producing blocks, but applications still need reliable data. When the data layer stops, the application layer can feel it immediately.
This article is based on Switchboard status materials and public incident information.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
This report is based on information released by Status. at Status
Over recent years there have been a range of classic 16-bit consoles coaxed into running familiar operating systems, with -nommu Linux being a favourite. But the 16-bit era had its own operating systems of note, and [1d4r3k] has brought one of them to a console that fit very much into a different 16-bit camp. Itβs Atariβs TOS, on a Sega Mega CD.
We should in all fairness start by saying itβs not βrealβ TOS, but EmuTOS, an open-source drop-in replacement. So far it supports a serial keyboard device, a printer, and sound, and it mounts the CD or cartridge it booted from, a RAMdisk, internal backup RAM, and cartridge save RAM. Weβre told in the tip email that thereβs also been some work porting GEOS to the platform, and thus the GEOS software suite may be ported to it.
Sadly there are no images, so we canβt see it working, but trying it looks to be as straightforward as burning aan ISO or flashing a cartridge if you have the original hardware. We have no idea as to whether it would be any use given the specs of the Sega, but given that TOS ran on Ataris without a lot of RAM we suspect it might be. Meanwhile, hereβs a Megadrive/Genesis running Linux.
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Pyth Network has launched a USDY/USD price feed designed to support Ondo Financeβs yield-bearing USDY asset across Aptos and Sui DeFi ecosystems.
The feed gives developers and protocols real-time pricing data for USDY, which is important if the asset is used in lending markets, collateral systems, trading products, or other on-chain financial applications.
That makes the update a small but meaningful piece of real-world asset infrastructure.
USDY is not just another token in this context. It represents a yield-bearing note structure, and DeFi protocols need reliable pricing before they can safely integrate assets like that.
Real-world assets are only useful on-chain if applications can price them reliably.
A tokenized Treasury product, yield-bearing note, or RWA-backed asset may have strong demand, but DeFi protocols still need accurate market data. Without it, lending markets can misprice collateral, liquidations can fail, and traders may face unnecessary risk.
That is where oracle networks come in.
Pyth provides price feeds that applications can use to read asset values on-chain. A USDY/USD feed gives Aptos and Sui developers a more direct way to integrate USDY into financial products.
This does not automatically mean large DeFi growth. It simply removes one important infrastructure barrier.
Before an asset can become useful collateral or a trading pair, protocols need to know what it is worth.
Aptos and Sui are both newer high-performance Layer 1 networks that are competing for developers, DeFi activity, and institutional use cases.
Adding support for RWA pricing helps both ecosystems broaden their financial infrastructure.
For Sui, the update fits into a wider push around DeFi, payments, and enterprise-friendly features. For Aptos, it adds another building block for applications that want to use tokenized yield assets.
The important part is that RWAs need more than token issuance.
An issuer can launch a tokenized asset, but ecosystems still need wallets, exchanges, lending markets, oracles, compliance tooling, custody infrastructure, and liquidity. Price feeds are one part of that stack.
Pythβs USDY feed therefore makes the asset easier for developers to work with.
Ondo Finance has been one of the more visible names in tokenized real-world assets.
USDY is designed as a yield-bearing product, which makes it different from a simple stablecoin. That difference can be useful, but it also creates extra complexity for DeFi integrations.
Protocols need to understand how the asset behaves, how it is priced, and how quickly values update. A clean oracle feed can help reduce some of that uncertainty.
For lending markets, the feed is especially important.
If USDY is used as collateral, pricing needs to be reliable enough to support risk parameters and liquidation systems. If it is used in trading, users need confidence that markets are referencing accurate data.
That does not remove all RWA risk.
Investors still need to understand the asset structure, issuer risk, liquidity, redemption mechanics, and legal framework. But without price data, most DeFi integrations cannot even begin.
The tokenized asset story is often discussed in large terms: trillions of dollars in real-world assets coming on-chain, tokenized Treasuries, institutional adoption, and new financial rails.
In practice, adoption happens through smaller infrastructure steps.
A new price feed. A new collateral market. A wallet integration. A custody update. A new chain deployment. A risk framework.
Pythβs USDY/USD feed belongs in that category.
It may not be a flashy consumer story, but it helps make tokenized yield assets more usable on Aptos and Sui. That is how RWA markets develop: one integration layer at a time.
The next thing to watch is whether DeFi protocols on those networks actually adopt the feed and build products around USDY.
If they do, the feed could help deepen RWA liquidity across both ecosystems.
If they do not, it remains useful infrastructure waiting for application demand.
Either way, the launch shows that oracle networks are becoming central to the RWA expansion story. Tokenized assets need trusted data, and Pyth is positioning itself as one of the providers helping newer chains support that market.
This article is based on Pyth Networkβs announcement of the USDY/USD price feed.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
This report is based on information released in disclosures at primary source documentation.
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