US-Russia Talks To End Ukraine War Now Involves A Massive Oil Deal: Report [3 Oct 26, 6:53pm] The deal, which is contingent on approval from the US government and the Kremlin, involves a sprawling set of oil fields, refineries and gas stations around the world owned by Russian energy group Lukoil
"I Am Jane Doe": Women Share Their Experiences After Cornell University Rape [3 Oct 26, 6:47pm] Women, some citing their own experiences of sexual assault, are posting on social media that they are Jane Doe, in solidarity with the woman using the pseudonym in accusing fraternity members of raping her at Cornell University in 2024.
"Out Of Control": Paris Top Cop Urges Protesting Students To Be Peaceful [3 Oct 26, 5:43pm] Student unions have called for a national day of demonstrations on Tuesday. Security officials fear that an organised protest in central Paris in particular could see further violence amid concerns that far-left anarchist groups could hijack the move…
Core Trac and GitHub Team Spring Cleaning (Southern Hemisphere edition) [2 Oct 26, 5:21pm] Over the last few days, there have been a few actions taken on Trac and in the WordPress GitHub organization that are aimed at clarifying who is looking after areas of the project, and making it easier for contributors to do their work. Maintainer Cl…
Presence API: What’s new [2 Oct 26, 5:11pm] Since its announcement, the Presence API feature plugin has grown to show who's working where across a whole multisite network, with post locks that leave the posts cache alone.
What’s new in Gutenberg 24.1? (30 September) [30 Sep 26, 9:35am] “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways t…
Dev Chat Agenda – September 30, 2026 [30 Sep 26, 12:18am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer…
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.2: One app for your first Core or Gutenberg contribution [25 Sep 26, 5:09pm] TL;DR: WordPress Contributor Toolkit v1.2.0 has been released providing full Core and Gutenberg contribution workflows for first-time contributors. The WordPress Contributor Toolkit was created to remove the points of friction first-time contributors…
Hacker hijacked Microsoft’s X, promised Clippy back, then apologized on Microsoft’s behalf [2 Oct 26, 3:30pm] The hijacked account followed a Clippy account, promised to bring Clippy back at 500,000 likes, and posted a strange apology about a $Clippy token tied to $MSFT. It happened shortly after Microsoft took down the AI-powered EvilTokens cybercrime servi…
The Pixel 5 doesn’t get enough credit for making the best of a bad situation [3 Oct 26, 1:05pm] In 2020, Google Pixel was in a remarkably tough spot. A flailing flagship with one of its central features effectively ruined by a global pandemic combined with massive supply shortages meant that grand plans for the future were on hold. It was alway…
doxx.net Raises $38 Million to Prevent AI Agent-on-the-Internet Misadventures [3 Oct 26, 11:45am] doxx.net’s new ADN platform prevents agentic misadventure while the agent is operating under the user’s authority.The post doxx.net Raises $38 Million to Prevent AI Agent-on-the-Internet Misadventures appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS [3 Oct 26, 11:34am] The bugs could lead to authentication bypass, shell command execution, and memory corruption.The post Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS appeared first on SecurityWeek.
macOS Users Targeted by Fake Zoom Installer Carrying CloudSyncD Backdoor [2 Oct 26, 1:15pm] The dropper “carries a complete universal Mach-O inside itself, roughly 756 KB in the development build, and extracts it at runtime.The post macOS Users Targeted by Fake Zoom Installer Carrying CloudSyncD Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account [2 Oct 26, 11:46am] Hackers used the account, which has 13 million followers, to amplify a Clippy-themed cryptocurrency account.The post Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New material provides boost to carbon capture technologies [3 Oct 26, 5:40pm] Oregon State University scientists have filed a patent application for a new carbon-capture material that turns water in factory flue emissions from a problem into an advantage.
Scaled-up seawater system produces both hydrogen and fresh water with higher efficiency [3 Oct 26, 1:00pm] Water electrolyzers are promising devices that use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. If powered by solar cells or other renewable energy technologies, they could contribute to the sustainable production of hydrogen used to make amm…
Cloud-based platform pinpoints delays across complex autonomous-driving software [3 Oct 26, 12:00pm] Autonomous-driving systems must process large volumes of sensor data and generate vehicle-control commands within strict time limits. As vehicles increasingly become software-defined, their development often involves multiple software platforms with…
Asian carmakers besting US rivals at home, China poised to strike [3 Oct 26, 10:00am] Major U.S. automakers have watched their domestic market share shrink further as Asian competitors gain ground—a situation that may worsen if Chinese firms are able to enter the U.S. market, an idea floated by President Donald Trump.
US regulator finds Boeing 737 MAX software bug 'not a safety concern' [3 Oct 26, 9:40am] A software bug that delayed the U.S. certification of Boeing's 737 Max 10 aircraft does not pose a safety concern, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday after an investigation.
These 5 Flip Phones Are Still Worth Buying [3 Oct 26, 8:30pm] Miss snapping your phone shut to end a call? Here are the flip phones still worth buying, from cheap backups to picks built for seniors.
AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own [30 Sep 26, 10:00am] At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
Lee Bul Floats a Giant Airship in Chelsea [2 Oct 26, 10:33pm] The artist's Hauser & Wirth debut takes a poetic approach to the promises and failures of modernity.The post Lee Bul Floats a Giant Airship in Chelsea appeared first on Artnet News.
Luhring Augustine Gallery Is Closing Its Tribeca Branch [2 Oct 26, 6:41pm] The blue-chip firm briefly ran three New York spaces. It will continue in Chelsea.The post Luhring Augustine Gallery Is Closing Its Tribeca Branch appeared first on Artnet News.
Hong Kong’s Fall Auctions Top $255M [2 Oct 26, 5:32pm] Plus: Independent has a new owner, New York's Salon 94 plans Paris space, and more industry intel.The post Hong Kong’s Fall Auctions Top $255M appeared first on Artnet News.
Wet Paint Fight Night! Artists vs. Critics, Critics vs. Critics, and More! [2 Oct 26, 5:21pm] Plus, Rashid Johnson's new girlfriend, big lawsuits, Kanye West, and more juicy art-world gossip.The post Wet Paint Fight Night! Artists vs. Critics, Critics vs. Critics, and More! appeared first on Artnet News.
Andy Warhol’s Mythical Pop Art Book Gets a Second Life [2 Oct 26, 4:59pm] Nearly six decades after the Pop master dropped his first book, the playful art object is getting a second life.The post Andy Warhol’s Mythical Pop Art Book Gets a Second Life appeared first on Artnet News.
Fallbacks for CSS `progress()` [2 Oct 26, 2:10pm] The new CSS progress() function calculates a value between 0 and 1, representing its position within a defined range. While awaiting broader browser support, users can manually implement this using other methods.
Front-End Checklist [1 Oct 26, 2:23pm] David Dias has been working on “Front-End Checklist” stuff for a decade, and it looks like this latest version of it a little over a year. There is loads of good general advice in it that can be easy to forget: Now it’s all AI’d up, which mak…
You Don’t Know Bidi (And Neither Does ChatGPT) [30 Sep 26, 4:38pm] Text that is set in a left-to-right *and* right-to-left language, mid-sentence, is a thing. Getting it right means understanding it, because your LLM isn't going to know.
Modern Web Types [29 Sep 26, 8:18pm] The web platform evolves. When it does, other tech has to catch up, and not just LLMs. Another one is TypeScript types. Philip Walton explains: For example, here’s an error I got just the other day when trying to use element-scoped view transitions…
The Index: Issue #200 [2 Oct 26, 8:55am] It's issue #200 of The Index! A real milestone that we should celebrate with a dedicated CSS links issue. Let's get stuck in to the good links.Multiple-column layout, rows, rules, and floatsThe Boss™ is here with some fantastic news on…
The Index: Issue #199 [25 Sep 26, 9:55am] Blurry before beautiful: image previews for the webA very good looking proposal!The root scroller and how not to lose itYet another in-depth, fantastic article by Kilian at Polypane.fonts.xyzYou know us by now: we see a good place to get fonts a…
Stop buttons triggering zoom when they’re double tapped [23 Sep 26, 11:55am] I stumbled across this great project by Barry Prendergast. It's a web-based radio player with a lush UI. On mobile I spotted that as I was rapidly flicking through the stations to find one that was on air, the browser was zooming in and out.Her…
The Index: Issue #198 [18 Sep 26, 9:55am] You’ll miss publishers when they’re goneYet again, the industry has been let down by DigitalOcean and their abandonment of CSS-Tricks. It's time to step up and protect publishers whose goal is simply, to educate and share knowledge.It’s…
A decent custom checkbox pattern for until ::checkmark is ready [17 Sep 26, 11:55am] Now that we can better customise <select> elements, it's only natural to side-eye other form <input> types that have caused us visual headaches.Sure, we should be applying the lightest of touches to form elements, especially, but ev…
Constraints that make developers faster [2 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Julien Verlaguet, CEO at Skip Labs, about finding the balance between human tolerance and tooling constraints, the spectrum of typed programming languages, and building cost-effective tooling for AI agents.
Organizations need decision-grade knowledge. AI makes it urgent. [30 Sep 26, 5:00pm] AI can make the first part remarkably fast. It can find the page, the discussion and the person who might know. The harder work begins when those sources disagree, or when they become stale.
Anyone can start building verified knowledge with Stack Internal [30 Sep 26, 4:00pm] Stack Internal transforms your daily work into a living memory that’s shared with the rest of your team. Now anyone can create and share their knowledge in a Stack Internal workspace for free by visiting stackinternal.com.
Your phone is AI’s newest hardware [29 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with Div Garg, CEO at AGI Inc., to talk about running AI agents entirely on mobile devices, optimizing models for edge computing chips, and building safety mechanisms into autonomous app interactions.
KAWS Reimagines the World-Known Absolut Vodka Bottle in His Iconic Street Art Style [2 Oct 26, 5:30pm] KAWS Reimagines the World-Known Absolut Vodka Bottle in His Iconic Street Art StyleFor more than 40 years, Absolut has invited artists to reimagine its vodka bottle in their image. More than 550 creatives—including Andy Warhol—have contributed o…
George Lucas Reveals He Planned To Direct Three More ‘Star Wars’ Movies Before Retiring [2 Oct 26, 4:35pm] George Lucas Reveals He Planned To Direct Three More ‘Star Wars’ Movies Before RetiringAfter the release of the first Star Wars movie back in 1977, director George Lucas earned his spot among the most visionary directors of all time. With Episod…
Hermès Brings the NYC Skyline to the Table at Celebration Dinner for New Flagship Store [2 Oct 26, 2:45pm] Hermès Brings the NYC Skyline to the Table at Celebration Dinner for New Flagship Store Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por STUDIO BOUM (@studioboum) The true architectural beauty of New York City does not lie in…
AI is changing developer work. Here are three skills to strengthen. [2 Oct 26, 3:00pm] Learn to direct AI agents, critically review their output, and keep technical judgment at the center of your workflow.The post AI is changing developer work. Here are three skills to strengthen. appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
10 technical talks I’m excited about at GitHub Universe 2026 [1 Oct 26, 3:07pm] From verifying AI-written code to securing npm dependencies, these are the sessions I’m building my Universe agenda around.The post 10 technical talks I’m excited about at GitHub Universe 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead [29 Sep 26, 3:00pm] Explore GitHub’s latest transparency data and learn more about policy updates affecting developers and open source.The post Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent [28 Sep 26, 7:00pm] A look at the targeted AI taskflows behind these findings, the critical Android bugs they uncovered, and how to run the same open-source agent on your own app.The post How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent a…
Highlights from Git 2.56 [28 Sep 26, 5:23pm] The open source Git project just released Git 2.56. Here is GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.The post Highlights from Git 2.56 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 3, 2026 [3 Oct 26, 2:00pm] This week on Tom's Hardware Premium, we open the floodgates with a free-to-access chip design week, including expert interviews, a sit-down with OpenAI on its custom ASIC, and much more.
Allstacks Gives Product Managers a Dedicated Senior Engineer [2 Oct 26, 7:38pm] RALEIGH, N.C. — Allstacks, the product and engineering intelligence layer for modern development, has announced Allstacks Code Engine (ACE), a new Product Studio capability that gives product managers direct answers about how their product’s cod…
SD Times News Roundup: Oct. 1 , 2026 — IBM Bob, JetBrains Air, Qodo 3.0 [1 Oct 26, 6:34pm] IBM announces self-hosted deployment for IBM Bob IBM Bob, the company’s agentic software development platform, helps teams move beyond code generation to apply AI to the work of software delivery and modernization. The platform enables organizati…
Leapwork Play a continuous validation platform for Playwright test suites [1 Oct 26, 5:57pm] Leapwork Play, available today, is an AI-native continuous validation platform designed for users to build, run and manage Playwright test suites at scale. The open-source Playwright framework has become popular for enabling organizations to keep tes…
Consortium Members elect Board of Directors [28 Sep 26, 12:47pm] World Wide Web Consortium Members have elected seven individuals to the World Wide Web Consortium, Inc. Board of Directors
W3C Workshop Report: The Future of ODRL [24 Sep 26, 11:13am] W3C is pleased to announce the report from the W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL, held in July 2026 in London, UK, and online.
First Public Working Draft: Bitstring Status List v1.1 [24 Sep 26, 8:28am] This specification describes a privacy-preserving, space-efficient, and high-performance mechanism for publishing status information such as suspension or revocation of Verifiable Credentials through use of bitstrings.
Why CDN77 Chose NETINT Quadra for Large-Scale Live Transcoding [29 Sep 26, 6:36pm] While visiting Prague before IBC 2026, I sat down with Michal Hošna, a Media Systems Architect at CDN77. We discussed CDN77’s recent decision to purchase a few thousand NETINT Quadra T1U transcoders for large-scale live production, primarily for s…
Optimizing x264 Settings and Per-title ladders [25 Sep 26, 7:35pm] If you’re producing solely H.264-encoded video, optimizing your encodes can save you bandwidth costs and deliver a higher quality experience to your viewers. If you’re considering adding HEVC or AV1 to the mix, you have another reason. Before you…
Media over QUIC (MoQ), What It Takes to Deploy It, and When It Matters (From CDN77) [24 Sep 26, 1:36am] The IETF’s MoQ Transport draft is on its 21th version. According to Michal Hošna of CDN77, who I interviewed in Prague before IBC 2026, the working group has been predicting completion “in six months” for two years. He now hopes for something…
VVC On The Rise [20 Sep 26, 1:20pm] The thing about codec adoption is that years of hard work and development must occur before a single stream gets distributed by an independent publisher. The bottleneck is almost always the decode side, accumulating sufficient compatible players to m…
Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments [3 Oct 26, 9:00pm] When everyone in a meeting voices the same opinion, an organization can miss important warning signs and new ideas. A research team from KAIST suggests that when members feel securely accepted within their group, they can express dissenting opinions…
Recovery after intimate partner violence: New study reveals what works [3 Oct 26, 6:00pm] Violence in the home can range from intimidation to physical abuse. When it occurs there, we refer to it as domestic violence. Every year, more than 1 million people in the Netherlands age 16 and older experience domestic violence. This type of viole…
Tiny robot can precisely control how high it jumps [30 Sep 26, 7:33pm] Engineers have created DirectHop, a roughly 1-gram robot that can perform multiple hops in sequence and jump high enough to clear a standard stair step.As our skies increasingly crowd with buzzing, hovering, flitting drones, spare a thought for the…
What you should know about acid reflux [30 Sep 26, 6:35pm] An expert breaks down everything you need to know about acid reflux, including when you should see a specialist such as a gastroenterologist.
Koreans Left With Spoiled Food Due To Borked Samsung Firmware Update For ‘Smart’ Fridges [3 Oct 26, 2:39am] I must be getting old, because the concept around most IoT injections into otherwise perfectly usable home devices has me wanting to get all these smart-devices off of my lawn. Call me a luddite if you like, but I just don’t think my toothbrush nee…
US Human Rights Record Plummets From An Already Dismal Starting Point [2 Oct 26, 10:05pm] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections, how is the U.S. government performing in terms of human rights? Listening to politicians,…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Going To The Ballot Bot [2 Oct 26, 8:07pm] Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice —…
when exhibitions become formats, what happens to the experience of art? [3 Oct 26, 2:15pm] a new generation of exhibitions is adapting the museum to the way we already consume media, raising questions about what happens to the artwork along the way.The post when exhibitions become formats, what happens to the experience of art? appeared f…
cypress, marble, and rippling glass rework apartment into local local’s athens studio [3 Oct 26, 7:45am] existing elements, custom furniture, and reused pieces renovate the space through a light-touch approach.The post cypress, marble, and rippling glass rework apartment into local local’s athens studio appeared first on designboom | architecture &am…
LOEWE’s paris runway occupies an ethereal arena by casper mueller kneer [3 Oct 26, 3:30am] guests watch the SS27 collection from above and across a circular runway built from white scaffold and sheer fabric.The post LOEWE’s paris runway occupies an ethereal arena by casper mueller kneer appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
color-shifting light sculpture suspends above orchestra at walt disney concert hall [3 Oct 26, 2:10am] rope-like LED tubing produces the installation’s changing illumination in synchronization with the performance.The post color-shifting light sculpture suspends above orchestra at walt disney concert hall appeared first on designboom | architecture…
