China, Japan Our Competitors, Not Andhra: Revanth Reddy Unveils Vision 2047 [30 Nov 25, 6:41pm] Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy made a powerful declaration today, announcing that the state is setting its economic benchmark not against its neighbouring states, but against Asian economic powerhouses.
Sheikh Hasina Ordered 2009 Bangladesh Mass Killings: Commission [30 Nov 25, 6:39pm] A commission set up to investigate a violent mutiny that saw dozens of senior army officers massacred 16 years ago on Sunday said former premier Sheikh Hasina had ordered the killings.
Swiss voters reject proposed tax on super rich [30 Nov 25, 6:12pm] Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more.
'Zootopia 2' fuels top 5 Thanksgiving box office haul [30 Nov 25, 5:22pm] Disney's "Zootopia 2" tallied an estimated $156 million during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, leading the box office to a top five performance.
WordPress Importer can now migrate URLs in your content [27 Nov 25, 1:48pm] Moving a WordPress site has always meant fixing countless broken URLs. The links still pointed to the old domain, the images didn’t load, and the cover blocks lost their background. Not anymore! WordPress Importer now migrates the URLs in your impo…
Core Committers Check-in – November 2025 [26 Nov 25, 7:43pm] This post summarizes key discussions from the Core Committer meeting held on November 25, 2025 with project leadership. As with previous check-ins, the goal is to align on key initiatives, gather feedback, and clarify next steps for the WordPress pro…
Summary, Dev Chat, November 26, 2025 [26 Nov 25, 4:00pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 6.9 Release Candidate 3 is now available! WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 3 is now available for download and testing.Further information you ca…
6.9 Release Day Timeline Shift for State of the Word [26 Nov 25, 4:19am] Each and every WordPress release day is an acknowledgment of the collective efforts from every single contributor in the community that helped to make that release possible. The State of the Word has historically also been festive in nature, calling…
We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards [30 Nov 25, 3:30pm] Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with its AI characters, with the full restriction to taking effect on 25 November 2025.
'Dinosaur tartare' and holograms: Dubai AI chef sparks awe and ire [30 Nov 25, 12:20pm] A Dubai restaurant has opened that prides itself on having the world's "first AI chef," the latest ostentatious dive into new technology in a city obsessed with being on the cutting edge of the future.
AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season [30 Nov 25, 12:06pm] Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented share of online spending.
Google Home trick lets you enable the new Gemini voices immediately [30 Nov 25, 1:01pm] The Gemini for Home voice assistant started rolling out at the end of October, with Early Access availability currently quite limited. A trick today does not enable the new LLM-powered assistant, but does give you access to the new Gemini voices.…
What Google Messages features are rolling out [November 2025] [30 Nov 25, 1:41am] Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced. From various reports, Google itself, and devices we’ve c…
Google Weather app for Android might be replaced by redesign in Search [29 Nov 25, 8:17pm] Over the years, the Google Weather Android “app” has seen infrequent updates, and the company looks to now be getting rid of it entirely for a Google Search experience that has just been redesigned. more…
French Soccer Federation Hit by Cyberattack, Member Data Stolen [28 Nov 25, 2:39pm] According to the federation, the unauthorized access was carried out using a compromised account.The post French Soccer Federation Hit by Cyberattack, Member Data Stolen appeared first on SecurityWeek.
In Other News: HashJack AI Browser Attack, Charming Kitten Leak, Hacker Unmasked [28 Nov 25, 10:24am] Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Scattered Spider members plead not guilty, TP-Link sues Netgear, Comcast agrees to $1.5 million fine.The post In Other News: HashJack AI Browser Attack, Charming Kitten Leak, Hacker U…
Asahi Data Breach Impacts 2 Million Individuals [27 Nov 25, 3:52pm] Hackers stole the personal information of customers and employees before deploying ransomware and crippling Asahi’s operations in Japan.The post Asahi Data Breach Impacts 2 Million Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI User Data Exposed in Mixpanel Hack [27 Nov 25, 12:09pm] Multiple Mixpanel customers were impacted by a recent cyberattack targeting the product analytics company. The post OpenAI User Data Exposed in Mixpanel Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Clover Security Raises $36 Million to Secure Software by Design [26 Nov 25, 2:08pm] The cybersecurity startup embeds AI agents into widely used tools to identify design flaws and eliminate them early.The post Clover Security Raises $36 Million to Secure Software by Design appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Scientists find a hidden obesity trigger in soybean oil [30 Nov 25, 3:46pm] Researchers at UC Riverside have uncovered why soybean oil, one of America's most widely consumed ingredients, drives significant weight gain—at least in mice. The findings point not to the oil itself but to the fat-derived molecules it produc…
Your skin has a built-in cancer defense and sunlight turns it off [30 Nov 25, 2:33pm] Scientists have uncovered how too much sunlight can flip a hidden switch inside skin cells that makes inflammation spiral out of control and increases the risk of cancer. Their research reveals that UV radiation breaks down a protective protein calle…
A backwards Bible map that changed the world [30 Nov 25, 2:01pm] Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the map reshaped the Bible into a Renaissance book an…
New 3D scan reveals a hidden network of moai carvers on Easter Island [30 Nov 25, 12:20pm] A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a top-down system, the statues appear to have been produced by separate family groups working independently while sharing techniques…
Scientists discover a hidden brain circuit that rewrites vision [30 Nov 25, 11:42am] MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible for planning and control send specialized signals that either boost or quiet visual details. These areas seem to balance each o…
5 Simple Habits That Instantly Make You Safer Online [30 Nov 25, 7:30pm] If you're reading this, chances are that you're on the internet. But do you know how to stay there safely? It's not hard if you follow these rules.
Why Ryobi's Snow Shovels Have Bad Performance Ratings [30 Nov 25, 7:00pm] Ryobi's snow shovels promise an easier way to clear driveways and sidewalks, but customer feedback suggests expectations may not match real performance.
ChatGPT turns 3 [26 Nov 25, 11:00am] Since its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT has been a global phenomenon. Here’s a look at its impact on work, life, and more across the world.
Florida Exhibition Reveals a Glimpse Into the Art and Life of Rembrandt [30 Nov 25, 3:00pm] The U.S. debut of the Leiden Collection—which includes the only painting by Johannes Vermeer in private hands—is on view at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach.The post Florida Exhibition Reveals a Glimpse Into the Art and Life of Rembra…
Michelangelo’s Forgotten Foray Into Military Fortress Design [30 Nov 25, 12:00pm] Although the Old Master's designs were impressive, they were also complicated, and never fully completed.The post Michelangelo’s Forgotten Foray Into Military Fortress Design appeared first on Artnet News.
A Massive Ring of Stonehenge Pits Were Manmade, Study Says [29 Nov 25, 2:00pm] They might make up Britain's largest Neolithic structure.The post A Massive Ring of Stonehenge Pits Were Manmade, Study Says appeared first on Artnet News.
Art Miami 2025 Mixes Market Mainstays With Fresh Discoveries [29 Nov 25, 2:00pm] Art Miami anchors Miami Art Week 2025, with Context and Aqua extending the circuit from blue-chip icons to emerging discoveries.The post Art Miami 2025 Mixes Market Mainstays With Fresh Discoveries appeared first on Artnet News.
The Forgotten Roman Ruins of the ‘Pompeii of the Middle East’ [29 Nov 25, 12:00pm] Excavations at Jerash continue more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.The post The Forgotten Roman Ruins of the ‘Pompeii of the Middle East’ appeared first on Artnet News.
How to Add and Remove Items From a Native CSS Carousel (…with CSS) [26 Nov 25, 9:30pm] It's already quite impressive you can build a carousel with no JS at all (in Chrome, for now, anyway) and with some checkbox-hack stuff we can control dynamically what is shown.
Vite: The Documentary [26 Nov 25, 4:32pm] I think it’s cool our industry has these high quality documentaries documenting the stories behind some of the transformative tech in what we do. The Vite one just came out about a month ago. What would you pick if you could pick the next one? I wo…
How to Fix Any Bug [25 Nov 25, 9:48pm] Dan Abramov has an interesting article How to Fix Any Bug where he’s having Claude write the code, but a bug shows up he needs to fix. Claude just isn’t getting it and it keeps saying it’s fixed when it isn’t (classic). Claude was repeatedly…
Classic Mac OS System 1 Patterns [21 Nov 25, 8:12pm] Paul Smith made these Classic Mac OS System 1 Patterns, which are super tiny (in size) graphics that work with background-repeat to make old school “textures”. They have an awfully nostalgic look for me, but they are so simple I can see them bein…
How to Create 3D Images in CSS with the Layered Pattern [20 Nov 25, 6:25pm] Repeat the same content over and over on top of each other, and you can move each of them just a smidge in 3D space creating the illusion of shape.
#194 – Devin Walker on Leading Jetpack: Challenges, Vision, and the Future [19 Nov 25, 3:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley talks with Devin Walker, the new Artistic Director (Head) of Jetpack at Automattic. Devin shares his background in WordPress, the challenges and opportunities of leading Jetpack, and his plans to bring focus, simplify…
#193 – Roger Williams on How We Might Reimagine Sponsoring WordPress Contributions [12 Nov 25, 3:00pm] In this episode, Roger Williams joins Nathan Wrigley to discuss the complexities and evolution of sponsored contributions in the WordPress community. They explore how companies like Kinsta can support WordPress and other open source projects, balanci…
#192 – Joshua Bryant on How Dow Jones Is Supercharging WordPress Editorial Workflows [5 Nov 25, 3:00pm] In this WP Tavern Jukebox podcast episode, Nathan Wrigley talks with Joshua Bryant about how Dow Jones uses WordPress in a headless setup to power major news sites like the Wall Street Journal. Joshua shares how his team decoupled the Gutenberg edito…
#191 – Arnas Donauskas on AI-Powered Troubleshooting for Websites [29 Oct 25, 2:00pm] On the podcast today we have Arnas Donauskas from Hostinger. Arnas shares how Hostinger uses AI to help users build, fix, and optimise WordPress sites, automatically detecting errors, applying fixes, and improving performance. He highlights their AI…
Lightning-as-a-service for agriculture [28 Nov 25, 8:40am] Darryl Lyons, co-founder and Chief Rainmaker at Rainstick, joins the show to dive into advancements in AgTech and how Rainstick is using bioelectricity to enhance agricultural productivity.
Essential ingredients for enterprise AI success [25 Nov 25, 5:00pm] Here, we’ve distilled the survey findings, laid out action items for leadership, and dug into recommendations around agentic AI for the enterprise. Spoiler alert: It all comes back to data quality.
You’re probably underutilizing your GPUs [25 Nov 25, 8:40am] Ryan is joined by Jared Quincy Davis, CEO and co-founder of Mithril, to explore the importance of efficient resource allocation and GPU utilization in AI, the myth and misconceptions of the GPU shortage, and how the economics of GPU will change with…
Only you can stop AI database drops [21 Nov 25, 8:40am] Ryan is joined by David Hsu, CEO and founder of Retool, to explore how AI is transforming the role of a software developer into a software architect, the increasing accessibility of coding for non-engineers, and the importance of placing guardrails a…
Drones have changed warfare. Two new weapons might alter its course again [30 Nov 25, 6:30pm] Like so many conflicts before it, the Russo-Ukraine war has forced both sides to innovate. Since they have been able to gain control of opposition air space, neither side has made wide use of traditional air assets such as fast fighter jets, which ta…
Will This Newly Approved Crash Test Dummy Make Car Accidents Less Deadly for Women? [28 Nov 25, 4:31pm] The government approved the specifications of THOR-05F, marking a first step toward the government and manufacturers potentially using the dummy in future car safety tests. But it still represents only the smallest women in the United States
The HKC–Cash Buyer Nexus: A Structural Loophole [30 Nov 25, 6:03pm] The global debate on ship recycling has, for far too long, centered on scenes from the beaches of South Asia: ships driven ashore at high tide, steel...
Phnom Penh’s New International Airport Celebrates Cambodia’s Landscape and Heritage [29 Nov 25, 2:45pm] Phnom Penh’s New International Airport Celebrates Cambodia’s Landscape and HeritageEvery year, Cambodia attracts some 2.5 million international tourists, a mere fraction of those that neighboring countries like Thailand and Vietnam receive. But…
This Pilot Captured Stunning Footage of Daybreak While Landing a Plane in Munich [29 Nov 25, 1:50pm] This Pilot Captured Stunning Footage of Daybreak While Landing a Plane in Munich View this post on Instagram A post shared by Air Principito (@air_principito) Just as the day was breaking on a quiet morning in January, a pilot saw an opportunit…
Mark Twain Was the First Person To Use a Typewriter To Write a Novel [28 Nov 25, 8:15pm] Mark Twain Was the First Person To Use a Typewriter To Write a NovelIn his 1904 autobiography, Mark Twain asserted that he was the “first person in the world who ever had a telephone in his house for practical purposes.” He also purported to be…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Furniture Design Is Front and Center in Pioneering Chair Exhibition [28 Nov 25, 6:25pm] Frank Lloyd Wright’s Furniture Design Is Front and Center in Pioneering Chair ExhibitionWhen curators Thomas Szolwinski and Eric Vogel realized how many of Frank Lloyd Wright’s furniture designs remained unbuilt, they asked themselves a simple b…
Photographer Blurs His Subjects to the Point of Psychedelic Abstraction [28 Nov 25, 5:35pm] Photographer Blurs His Subjects to the Point of Psychedelic AbstractionOn a seemingly random day in 1997, Bill Armstrong spun the focus ring on his camera to infinity and captured an image. At that point, he had worked as a photographer for more tha…
ChatGPT launched three years ago today [30 Nov 25, 8:14pm] It’s no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech.
Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland [30 Nov 25, 4:59pm] TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.
Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk [29 Nov 25, 10:03pm] The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
Black Friday sets online spending record of $11.8B, Adobe says [29 Nov 25, 9:39pm] American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites.
New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing [29 Nov 25, 6:09pm] Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data."
The ultimate gift guide for the developer in your life [28 Nov 25, 1:08pm] Finding the perfect gift for your favorite developer is easy with our top tips.The post The ultimate gift guide for the developer in your life appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How GitHub’s agentic security principles make our AI agents as secure as possible [25 Nov 25, 4:00pm] Learn more about the agentic security principles that we use to build secure AI products—and how you can apply them to your own agents.The post How GitHub’s agentic security principles make our AI agents as secure as possible appeared first on T…
Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents [24 Nov 25, 4:00pm] Calling on developers, startups, and open source organizations to advocate against patent rules that would make it harder to challenge bad patents by the December 2 deadline.The post Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents appeared…
Evolving GitHub Copilot’s next edit suggestions through custom model training [20 Nov 25, 6:02pm] GitHub Copilot’s next edit suggestions just got faster, smarter, and more precise thanks to new data pipelines, reinforcement learning, and continuous model updates built for in-editor workflows.The post Evolving GitHub Copilot’s next edit sugge…
The Impact AI Is Having On The Marketing Ecosystem [28 Nov 25, 2:30pm] Harry Clarkson-Bennett dismantles AI hype, revealing how real marketing power still lies in creators, communities, and cross-platform customer journeys.The post The Impact AI Is Having On The Marketing Ecosystem appeared first on Search Engine Journ…
Paid Ad Scheduling Across Time Zones That Actually Works via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson [28 Nov 25, 1:00pm] Ad scheduling becomes a performance multiplier when campaigns align with regional time zones, local behavior, and data-driven delivery windows.The post Paid Ad Scheduling Across Time Zones That Actually Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Alpha Is Not LLM Monitoring via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig [27 Nov 25, 2:30pm] Fresh data reveals where AI search value is actually accumulating, and which companies may face painful down rounds.The post The Alpha Is Not LLM Monitoring appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Several new updates make their way into the MCP specification [26 Nov 25, 4:26pm] It has been one year since Anthropic first open sourced Model Context Protocol (MCP), and to celebrate this anniversary a new version of the specification is being released. “It’s hard to imagine that a little open-source experiment, a protocol t…
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.5 with improvements to complex reasoning [25 Nov 25, 3:41pm] Anthropic has released the latest version of its largest Claude model, Opus. Claude Opus 4.5 is better at handling complex reasoning than previous Claude models and makes improvements across agentic tool use, computer use, novel problem solving, and…
Shai-Hulud is back with a new campaign infecting more npm packages [24 Nov 25, 8:51pm] A new malicious campaign linked to the Shai-Hulud worm is making its way throughout the npm ecosystem. According to findings from Wiz, over 25,000 npm packages have been compromised and over 350 users have been impacted. Shai-Hulud was a worm that in…
2026: The Year AI Moves from Faster Reports to Governed Outcomes in Planning and Funding [24 Nov 25, 7:21pm] The adoption of AI in enterprise organizations is causing an evolution in the practice of strategic portfolio management (SPM). The changes reshaping this — lean portfolio management, shorter application delivery cycles and the rise of agentic AI …
Angular v21 released with experimental Signal Forms [24 Nov 25, 4:11pm] The latest version of the web framework Angular is now available, with new features like Signal Forms (experimental), Angular Aria (preview), and updates to the Angular MCP Server. “With the release of v21, Angular is an even greater partner for yo…
Group Note Draft: Web User Agents [27 Nov 25, 8:20am] Web user agents include both web browsers and other intermediaries between end-users and the web.
Updated Candidate Recommendation: Pointer Events Level 3 [6 Nov 25, 10:52am] The features in this specification extend or modify those found in Pointer Events, a W3C Recommendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware-agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, or touchscreen. For…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited XSS Bug CVE-2021-26829 in OpenPLC ScadaBR to KEV [30 Nov 25, 9:23am] The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog to include a security flaw impacting OpenPLC ScadaBR, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability in question…
Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages [28 Nov 25, 4:27pm] Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain takeover attack.Software supply chain security comp…
North Korean Hackers Deploy 197 npm Packages to Spread Updated OtterCookie Malware [28 Nov 25, 4:18pm] The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have continued to flood the npm registry with 197 more malicious packages since last month.According to Socket, these packages have been downloaded over 31,000 times, and are de…
Why Organizations Are Turning to RPAM [28 Nov 25, 11:09am] As IT environments become increasingly distributed and organizations adopt hybrid and remote work at scale, traditional perimeter-based security models and on-premises Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions no longer suffice. IT administrators,…
Rural doctor shortage has gotten worse since 2017 [28 Nov 25, 9:06pm] "...the year-over-year numbers for rural areas were astonishing to me. The speed at which this has happened is remarkable and terrible."
A good mood may boost your creativity [28 Nov 25, 8:57pm] Research finds that positive emotions can translate to increased engagement in creative activities like drawing, writing, and playing music
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt [30 Nov 25, 8:00pm] This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about how fascism is happening live on TV: Trump’s supporters, like Trump himself, if being honest (ha!) will reply, “I don’t care, I want this to happen.” Th…
This Week In Techdirt History: November 23rd – 29th [29 Nov 25, 8:00pm] Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Portland, Maine passed a facial recognition ban that said the city can fire employees who violate it, which might have been useful in Seattle where a police detective took Clearview for a spin and possibly violated l…
Not Just Measles: Anti-Vaxxers Have Produced 3 Infant Deaths From Pertussis [27 Nov 25, 3:39am] In all of our conversations surrounding RFK Jr.’s appointment to lead HHS and the legitimization of his anti-vaxxer beliefs as a result, we have understandably been hyper-focused on measles. The reason for that is mostly that this is as stark an ex…
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own [26 Nov 25, 11:30pm] Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else already sworn into this 119th Congre…
diagonally cut A-frame roof revives dutch holiday home by kumiki [30 Nov 25, 8:30pm] exterior colors echo the earthy tones of the surrounding landscape.The post diagonally cut A-frame roof revives dutch holiday home by kumiki appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
moss-covered earthen roof shields teahouse’s waiting area in japan [29 Nov 25, 10:01pm] mortar mixed with excavated soil forms the single-slope roof’s textured surface.The post moss-covered earthen roof shields teahouse’s waiting area in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
