https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/ See today's viral websites, the most visited sites on Earth, and 50 AI tools worth using. Updated daily — not an audited traffic chart. en-us Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT 60 https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5 https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#anthropic.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A model drop just rented everyone's afternoon. Claude Opus 5.5 https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#openai.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Yesterday a company. Today the group chat. GPT-6 Sol and Luna https://www.404media.co/we-hacked-the-fbi-hackers-say-they-have-data-on-all-fbi-employees/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#404media.co Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Same newsroom, several fires, one very online afternoon. 'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#bloomberg.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The terminal people, now also the group-chat people. Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/i-wish-apple-would-just-stop-that-crap-apple-has-added-persistent-ads-to-ios-and-its-driving-users-crazy https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#techradar.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Your phone grew an ad. The review site noticed. Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy https://www.cryptocellar.org/bgac/the-mvueh-break.html https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#cryptocellar.org Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A cipher from 2005 just lost an argument with a chatbot. OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005 https://michaelheap.com/i-dont-want-the-details/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#michaelheap.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A plea for fewer details that immediately received more details. I don't want the details https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1094575/2385e98583715c2b/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#lwn.net Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Git news for people who read the footnotes. Looking forward to Git 2.56 - and 3.0 https://no-sloptober.com/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#no-sloptober.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A whole month dedicated to not posting sludge. Ambitious. No Sloptober https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1wjdpgx/psa_grammarly_will_send_unhinged_messages_to_all/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#reddit.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A cancellation flow so unhinged it became the product. Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel https://www.nobodywho.ai/posts/jev-in-25-lines/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#nobodywho.ai Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Twenty-five lines of Python and the timeline folded. Jev in 25 Lines of Python https://radicle.dev/2026/09/23/disclosure-of-vulnerability-in-network-protocol.html https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#radicle.dev Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A protocol disclosure is the indie-web version of a fire drill. Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/21/saml-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#blog.trailofbits.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT SAML, described as a fractal. Security people nodded grimly. SAML: A fractal of bad design https://apnews.com/article/italy-nuclear-chernobyl-4891b6b7c7791ae84db6b0bf0f7cf567 https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#apnews.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parliament voted. The internet voted louder. Italian parliament votes for return to nuclear energy https://linebender.org/blog/fearless-simd-1-0/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#linebender.org Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT SIMD, now with less fear. Graphics people exhaled. Fearless SIMD v1.0 is here https://alexn.org/blog/2026/09/22/ai-has-no-wisdom-and-neither-will-you/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#alexn.org Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A warning that the model has no wisdom. The model is still open in the next tab. AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You https://foxscript.org/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#foxscript.org Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. The internet filed an appeal. Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived https://blog.szypowi.cz/p/claude-code-reads-agents.md-only-when-telemetry-is-on/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#blog.szypowi.cz Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A config-file post should not be this stressful. Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed] https://jyn.dev/tokens-too-cheap-to-meter/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#jyn.dev Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tokens got cheap. Attention did not. tokens too cheap to meter https://blog.melashri.net/posts/scientific-linux-mistake/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#blog.melashri.net Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose. Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake https://kdeforpeople.com/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#kdeforpeople.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A desktop environment, campaigning like a candidate. KDE for People https://mouse.dev/blog/muse-runtime-export/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#mouse.dev Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Asked a model for its filesystem. Received a small truck of bytes. I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8GB https://arcturus-labs.com/blog/2026/09/21/will-openai-eat-jevs-lunch/ https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#arcturus-labs.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A fast-follow essay. The internet loves a horse race. OpenAI is well positioned to fast-follow Jev https://inessential.com/2026/09/22/that-about-wraps-it-up-for.html https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#inessential.com Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A eulogy for Mac UI, delivered while the UI is still in the room. That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/claude-opus-5-5 https://www.ruletheinternet.lol/viral/#artificialanalysis.ai Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The spreadsheet people use to decide which oracle to trust this week. Claude Opus 5.5 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis (Max)