The Next War Could Begin In Space Within 5 Years, Experts Warn [17 Oct 26, 7:00pm] A major attack on satellites could disrupt GPS, internet services, television broadcasts, weather forecasting and air traffic control. Banking and other essential services could also suffer, potentially bringing modern life to a standstill.
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Four Drones Over Riyadh Amid Houthi Attacks [17 Oct 26, 5:31pm] Since the conflict flared back to life in July after a years-long hiatus, the kingdom has faced sustained Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting its oil installations, tankers and airports.
Israeli Settlers Attack European Diplomats In West Bank, French Mayor Beaten [17 Oct 26, 5:09pm] Cars from the French, Belgian and Polish missions had brought diplomats to visit Taybeh, a largely Christian village in the occupied West Bank, when settlers descended to stop Palestinians from gathering olives, witnesses said.
WP Feature Notifications weekly update: 2026-10-16 [16 Oct 26, 9:04am] This is the first in a series of weekly status update posts from the WP Feature Notifications work. Security PRS There are 30+ open Dependabot PRs that will resolve various dependency security alerts across the repository. It would be really helpful…
What’s new in Gutenberg 24.2? (14 October) [14 Oct 26, 6:03pm] “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…
Real-time Collaboration: A Guide to Sync Engines [14 Oct 26, 2:40am] In Moving to a server-aware approach for collaboration, @chriszarate explains why the server needs to be at the heart of real-time collaboration, and introduces the engines we’ve been investigating to power the future of RTC. In this post, we’ll…
Dev Chat Agenda – October 14, 2026 [14 Oct 26, 2:23am] 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…
“Up to 20% more responsive”: Windows 11’s big update makes even 8GB RAM PCs faster [16 Oct 26, 8:38pm] The numbers come seven months after Microsoft promised to fix Windows 11's memory use, as RAM prices push PC makers back to 8GB laptops. We explain what the 2GB and 200MB figures mean, how Microsoft measured them, and why 8GB still locks you out…
HP Googlebook 14 Review: Great laptop, shame about the OS [16 Oct 26, 11:30pm] HP’s first crack at a Googlebook laptop is a winner, or at least as much of one as the platform allows. While Googlebook as an operating system leaves a lot to be desired, the HP Googlebook 14 checks every single box for a fantastic laptop. mor…
Pixelated 121: Is Googlebook the first real post-smartphone PC? [16 Oct 26, 9:00pm] Welcome to Pixelated episode 121. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will dive deep into Google’s new laptop platform, Googlebook. From hardware impressions across review units to making sense of the earliest days of desktop Android, there’s a ton of…
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 rolling out for Pixel [16 Oct 26, 8:25pm] Google is rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 today a week after the last preview for Pixel devices, which did not feature major user-facing changes. more…
Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel [17 Oct 26, 11:00am] Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets.The post Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel appeared first on SecurityWeek.
In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit [16 Oct 26, 2:09pm] Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BofA adds 1,000 patching contractors, KGB RAT pairs data theft with jump scares, and Langflow flaw under attack.The post In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $…
BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts [16 Oct 26, 11:46am] A cyber incident affecting contractor BAE Systems has knocked out the Bankruptcy Noticing Center, halting notices nationwide for a week.The post BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day [16 Oct 26, 10:53am] Armory Castle exploited CVE-2026-102764 for initial access, deployed custom tools, and deleted logs and artifacts.The post Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks [16 Oct 26, 10:32am] Left without funds for a coding task, an OpenAI model spent test crypto from a stranger’s wallet and left it out of its report.The post OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
One AI model, trillions of variants: Breaking mass attacks on voice assistants [17 Oct 26, 12:00pm] Imagine sitting in your home, listening to what you think is a run-of-the-mill advertisement or perhaps a piece of music you enjoy. But while you hum along, that audio file is sending a secret, malicious audio message—imperceptible to human ears—…
Team develops embodied robotic arm 'EmArm' with human-like touch sensing [17 Oct 26, 11:00am] A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an Embodied Sensorimotor Robotic Arm (EmArm) capable of whole-arm tactile sensing and adaptive manipulation. By embedding a soft optical tactile skin directly…
AI is coming for every company, Nvidia boss says [16 Oct 26, 10:00pm] Artificial intelligence will ultimately become a key aspect of all companies, the head of AI chip giant Nvidia said during a visit to Stockholm, where he urged Europe to ramp up its AI industry.
Upcycled battery materials roughly double cell cycle life in tests [16 Oct 26, 8:00pm] A new recycling approach developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers could help make battery waste a valuable source of high-performance materials. In a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a team led by professor Yan Wang…
Decarbonization in civil aviation: Transition strategies still don't go far enough [16 Oct 26, 5:00pm] As the effects of climate change and the associated risks are increasingly being felt, several organizations have developed roadmaps that outline potential steps toward carbon neutrality in the aviation sector. These strategies include multiple lever…
Can You Put A Turbocharger On A Non-Turbo Engine? [17 Oct 26, 7:45pm] Turbocharging a naturally aspirated engine raises big questions about compression, tuning, and heat. Here's what every project car owner should know.
This Week in AI: Expanding the Possibilities [16 Oct 26, 3:55pm] New AI tools are making business data easier to explore. They’re also giving researchers new ways to study disease outbreaks and physical systems. On the latest episode of This Week in AI, we examined developments from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistra…
Code Review After Code Gets Cheap [16 Oct 26, 10:54am] In my previous article, I argued that agentic development needs enough specification to make correctness checkable. A quick prompt can get implementation started quickly, but someone still has to decide whether the result does what we wanted. I left…
Generative AI in the Real World: Observability for AI with Charity Majors [15 Oct 26, 3:54pm] AI makes it possible to generate code faster than teams can understand and support it. In this episode, Honeycomb cofounder and CTO Charity Majors joined Ben to discuss how that shift changes the work of building reliable software. Charity explained…
Agentic Code Quality [15 Oct 26, 10:54am] The following article originally appeared on Addy Osmani’s Elevate blog and is being republished here with the author’s permission. For much of human history, we’ve evaluated code quality via code review: Someone reads what you wrote and makes…
Why Does AI Write Like Yoda? [14 Oct 26, 10:50am] I use AI for writing all the time. But not because it’s good at writing. In fact, just the opposite is true. AI is so reliably bad at writing that I’ve actually taken advantage of that, and made its bad writing an integral part of my writing proc…
Art Market Minute: Live From London [17 Oct 26, 10:48am] Frieze Abu Dhabi’s Dyala Nusseibeh and gallerist Asmaa Al-Shabibi join host Margaret Carrigan to talk about what's next for the Gulf's art market.The post Art Market Minute: Live From London appeared first on Artnet News.
6 Standout Lots From Artcurial’s Major Art Basel Paris Sales [16 Oct 26, 6:18pm] Highlights include a private collection built around Impressionism and the Nabis, as well as modern and contemporary standouts like a long-unseen Gauguin and a Basquiat work on paper.The post 6 Standout Lots From Artcurial’s Major Art Basel Paris…
Where the Art World Eats, Sleeps, and Shops in Paris During Art Basel [16 Oct 26, 5:31pm] A concise guide, from exquisite Basque food and perfect pizza to a treasure-filled antiques market.The post Where the Art World Eats, Sleeps, and Shops in Paris During Art Basel appeared first on Artnet News.
Ooh Là Là! 10 Must-See Shows in Paris This Fall [16 Oct 26, 4:00pm] Have your pick from surveys on photography and landscape painting to spotlights on Zurbarán, Mary Cassatt, and more.The post Ooh Là Là! 10 Must-See Shows in Paris This Fall appeared first on Artnet News.
Unlocking AI in Your Apps with TanStack AI [16 Oct 26, 12:32pm] TanStack AI is a strongly typed set of libraries for adding AI features to your apps. Part 1 of this intro covers basic setup and prompting, streaming responses, persisting threads to your database, and resuming a response after a mid-stream refresh.
Building a Fancy Scrollspy Using Modern CSS [14 Oct 26, 3:20pm] Scrollspy navigation used to mean IntersectionObserver and a pile of JavaScript. With scroll-target-group, :target-current, and a little anchor positioning, a plain list of anchor links can highlight the current section all on its own.
“WebMCP is Agentic WebPerf” [14 Oct 26, 3:19pm] Yoav Weiss makes a good point: “WebMCP is Agentic WebPerf”. I’ve seen both pushback to WebMCP in the form of “websites should just be better, or agents should be smarter, there shouldn’t be alternative paths to using them built.” And I’…
5 Good Choices for HTML Containers [9 Oct 26, 3:24pm] Divs and spans are fine, but purposefully meaningless. Often the meaning actually matters, so let's look at some of those situations.
The Index: Issue #202 [16 Oct 26, 10:55am] Tiny Little OfficeThis is really smart. It's a word processor, along with other common office software like spreadsheets, but it's completely URL powered.Introducing the Accessible Components LibraryYou could not be in better hands than…
The Index: Issue #201 [9 Oct 26, 8:55am] 2027 web platform feature rankingThis is the second year we're doing this, and last year's 1900+ rankings not only helped us push the right proposals in the Interop process, it was also used to prioritize web platform feature development…
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…
AI says you’re right, formal methods say you’re wrong [16 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Gabriela Moreira, CEO at Quint, about why formal specification languages like TLA+ are essential for catching system design flaws before writing code, how Quint brings developer-friendly syntax and executability to formal methods, a…
Keep calm and call clone with Rust [13 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with Josh Triplett, member of the Rust Leadership Team at the Rust Project, to chat about how the borrow checker delivers compile-time memory safety without garbage collection overhead, why Rust consistently ranks as developers' m…
Porsche Mission S Reimagines the Essence of the Sports Car [16 Oct 26, 11:23pm] STUTTGART/NEW YORK: Porsche has unveiled the Mission S concept as a preview of a planned permanent super sports car offering above the 911, signalling a new direction for its vehicle design and driver-focused interiors. Presented under the company’…
IREIS 2026 returns to ADNEC from Nov. 10–12 [16 Oct 26, 10:15pm] ABU DHABI: The International Real Estate and Investment Show (IREIS) will return to ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from November 10 to 12, 2026, bringing developers, investors, financial institutions and homebuyers together to explore property opportunities…
Viking Names Seven New River Ships [17 Oct 26, 6:28pm] Viking today announced the naming of its seven newest river ships during a simultaneous ceremony in Amsterdam that virtually connected locations acros...
Canaveral Port Authority Donates Firefighting Equipment [17 Oct 26, 5:15pm] The Canaveral Port Authority today officially turned over the ceremonial keys to “Truck 52,” an aerial fire apparatus formerly operated by Canaveral F...
Mattel Unveils Céline Dion Barbie Doll Inspired by Her Iconic 1998 Oscars Look [16 Oct 26, 7:20pm] Mattel Unveils Céline Dion Barbie Doll Inspired by Her Iconic 1998 Oscars LookCéline Dion is back on top of the world. After years away from the spotlight due to health issues, the Canadian star is back on stage with a sold-out 26-concert residenc…
Bhutan’s Pioneering Sustainability Initiatives Make It a Finalist for the Earthshot Prize [16 Oct 26, 4:35pm] Bhutan’s Pioneering Sustainability Initiatives Make It a Finalist for the Earthshot PrizeThe human-caused climate crisis needs big solutions. Some initiatives, groups, and even countries are doing their part to help revitalize and restore precious…
This Solar-Powered E-Ink Canvas Lets You Change Your Wall Art Anytime [16 Oct 26, 1:50pm] This Solar-Powered E-Ink Canvas Lets You Change Your Wall Art Anytime View this post on Instagram A post shared by INKANVA (@inkanva_official) If you’re one of those people who struggles with decision making, especially when it comes to decor…
Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says [17 Oct 26, 6:48pm] Over the weekend, Masad clarified that OpenAI would replace Anthropic as its default model provider. Claude will still be available to customers on the platform.
The next developer interface is ambient intelligence [15 Oct 26, 7:39pm] AI, agents, voice, and physical controls are shifting software development from operating tools to expressing intent—and helping developers stay focused on building.The post The next developer interface is ambient intelligence appeared first on Th…
Staying Evergreen: How we automated secure access and repo hygiene in a shared org [15 Oct 26, 6:00pm] Put native GitHub features to work to review outside collaborator access and archive stale repositories.The post Staying Evergreen: How we automated secure access and repo hygiene in a shared org appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub availability report: September 2026 [14 Oct 26, 8:01pm] In September, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: September 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
From 2,500 requests to 24: Rebuilding star history without the stargazers [14 Oct 26, 7:11pm] Our new repo star history API now provides trends without returning individual identities or requiring unbounded database work. These are the engineering tradeoffs we made.The post From 2,500 requests to 24: Rebuilding star history without the starg…
GitHub’s model for secret detection: Finding more secrets with less noise [13 Oct 26, 5:56pm] GitHub’s context-aware secret classifier improves detection quality, raises weighted acceptance by 11.5%, and reduces median scan execution time by 86%.The post GitHub’s model for secret detection: Finding more secrets with less noise appeared f…
Meta’s New Terms Expand Crawling Rights Beyond Advertisers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [16 Oct 26, 9:38pm] New terms let Meta crawl sites tied to business users and use the content to train its products, widening rights ad buyers had already granted.The post Meta’s New Terms Expand Crawling Rights Beyond Advertisers appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
Why The New York Times Puts Free Content First [16 Oct 26, 7:00pm] The New York Times gives prime homepage space to free articles and tells readers they’re free. Here’s why that works.The post Why The New York Times Puts Free Content First appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
HyperX Cloud Alpha Air Review: Open-back and budget-friendly [17 Oct 26, 3:40pm] The HyperX Cloud Alpha Air is the brand's first open-back gaming headset. It's lightweight and comfortable, and it sounds very good. But microphone pickup is low, and it doesn't seem to work with the brand's peripheral software (y…
ADLC: Why Judgment Must Move Upstream [16 Oct 26, 6:15pm] In early automobile assembly, the most skilled workers were fitters, who hand-finished each part so it would fit with its neighbor. The role disappeared when precision gauging made interchangeable parts possible. However, their expertise was not lost…
Kong announces Context Management for efficient AI agent use [14 Oct 26, 8:13pm] Kong today has announced Kong Context Management, designed to ensure agents can access more of the enterprise context it needs without swamping the model with everything it could use. The new capability is generally available today as part of Kong AI…
BrowserStack Launches Real-Browser Load Testing Ahead of Holiday Sales [14 Oct 26, 5:23pm] DUBLIN – BrowserStack, the leading AI-native software testing platform, today announced the launch of BrowserStack Load Testing, which runs real browsers and API traffic in a single test so teams can see how their web apps hold up ahead of holiday…
A release gate for AI agent incidents [14 Oct 26, 5:10pm] Consider a hypothetical support agent that processes a cancellation request using an outdated policy. The message sounds helpful. The account update succeeds. The customer loses access, and the person reviewing the incident has to work out which poli…
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.
When Will AV2 and VVC Be Worth Deploying? [8 Oct 26, 6:48pm] Consider this beta version 0.9 of my algorithmic view of how codec markets are penetrated. There are lots of assumptions that I’ve tried to document in the readme tab of the Excel file you can download below. I assume there will be errors in both m…
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…
What a worm's brain can teach us about sex differences in the nervous system [17 Oct 26, 9:20pm] Ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a worm—how it processes information, responds to stimuli and perceives the world around it? Northeastern University researchers have opened up that can of worms, specifically the one containing C. elegan…
How one of Earth's worst volcanic disasters affected societies in prehistoric Japan [17 Oct 26, 8:00pm] A new international study led by Lund University examines what happened to population levels after the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption in prehistoric Japan. The results paint a more complex picture than what had previously been believed. The paper is…
Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats [17 Oct 26, 7:00pm] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.
Quantum magic state cleanup cuts errors 40-fold in first successful hardware test [17 Oct 26, 6:00pm] Qubits, the quantum equivalent of digital bits, are fragile and prone to errors. That makes building reliable quantum computers extremely difficult. One fix has been to use traditional magic state distillation, which filters out flaws, but it is extr…
Deleting AI chats may not erase every trace [16 Oct 26, 5:59pm] Deleting a conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant may not erase everything the assistant remembers.
Song lyrics have become less emotional [16 Oct 26, 5:41pm] New research finds that popular music has gradually become less explicit about emotion and relationships.
MLB Plans To Play Stupid Games With Its Website Again In Upcoming Lockout [17 Oct 26, 2:39am] Back in the much simpler times of 2021, we wrote about some of the games Major League Baseball decided to play as part of a brief owner’s lockout of players while both sides negotiated a collective bargaining agreement. This included essentially sc…
Something Else To Look Forward To: AI Worms [16 Oct 26, 10:28pm] Back in the early days of the Internet – 1988 to be precise – the self-replicating computer program known as the Morris worm spread across the network and shut down thousands of online VAX and Sun computers. It was a good example of software not…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: No Good Feed Goes Unpunished [16 Oct 26, 8:02pm] 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 —…
11 Or 13 Justices Start An Arms Race. 100 Justices Might Actually End It. [16 Oct 26, 6:03pm] For years, the idea of expanding the Supreme Court has been dismissed as a fantasy among “serious” thinkers. However, with it becoming ever more clear that the Supreme Court has gone completely off the rails and is now a purely partisan entity, r…
tob.studio’s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile [17 Oct 26, 8:35pm] the bike station integrates e-bike charging stations, repair facilities, and digital information, as well as public amenities including an accessible toilet and shower.The post tob.studio’s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile…
projection mapping and performances make the night come alive at signal festival [17 Oct 26, 2:15pm] co-founder martin pošta reflects on the origins of the digital art festival that transforms prague’s streets, landmarks, and historic buildings with light, sound, and performance.The post projection mapping and performances make the night come al…
snøhetta unveils completed shanghai grand opera house with spiraling public rooftop [17 Oct 26, 12:00pm] the norwegian architecture studio completes the 146,786-square-meter shanghai grand opera house with three auditoriums and a rooftop open to the public.The post snøhetta unveils completed shanghai grand opera house with spiraling public rooftop app…
