Dev Chat Agenda – October 28, 2026 [28 Oct 26, 4:47am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting focuses on upcoming releases and Core development, with time for discussions and open floor. If you have requests for help with a …
Help shape future Release Roadmaps by Nov 16th [26 Oct 26, 10:12pm] For each WordPress release, a roadmap is pulled together to share what’s planned and provide opportunities for folks to contribute. Over the last three years, these posts have taken roughly the same shape and approach, with some variation around th…
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 2.0: A redesigned app, in your language [23 Oct 26, 5:45pm] TL;DR: WordPress Contributor Toolkit v2.0.0 has been released with a new interface built on the WordPress Design System, a settings dialog, a dark theme, and translations into ten languages. The WordPress Contributor Toolkit removes the points of fri…
WP Feature Notifications weekly update: 2026-10-23 [23 Oct 26, 10:09am] This week was more of a maintenance week: 24 PRs merged, 23 of them Dependabot updates, The more interesting activity is in review: 16 new contributor PRs opened this week. Highlights README now points to the demo plugin (#648, @psykro): adds a note…
Dev Chat Agenda – October 21, 2026 [21 Oct 26, 4:10am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting focuses on upcoming releases and Core development, with time for discussions and open floor. If you have requests for help with a …
The Sideload 049: The death of the browser [27 Oct 26, 8:30pm] Welcome to episode 49 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is once again joined by Daniel Bader — now in a more permanent co-host position, listen to the episode to find out more — as they discuss the state of browsers outside…
Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of ‘Tailworm’ Flaws [27 Oct 26, 3:26pm] Tailscale is preparing a patch for Tailscale SSH flaws whose details went public over the weekend, before any fixes had been released.The post Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of ‘Tailworm’ Flaws appeared first on Security…
Vendor Key Leak Puts Data of 238,000 Denver Health Plan Members at Risk [27 Oct 26, 1:30pm] A leaked SquareML access key could have been used to access a database containing personal and health information.The post Vendor Key Leak Puts Data of 238,000 Denver Health Plan Members at Risk appeared first on SecurityWeek.
HPE Patches Dozens of Critical Flaws in Networking Products [27 Oct 26, 1:13pm] Eight max-severity security defects could lead to remote code execution and authentication bypass.The post HPE Patches Dozens of Critical Flaws in Networking Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Unexplained DreamHost Incident Prompts Email, FTP Password Resets [27 Oct 26, 12:02pm] The company says it reacted to an issue affecting some of its systems, including DreamHost webmail.The post Unexplained DreamHost Incident Prompts Email, FTP Password Resets appeared first on SecurityWeek.
iOS, macOS 27.2 Patch 286 Bugs; Fix for Exploited Flaw Backported to iOS 18 [27 Oct 26, 11:49am] Apple patched 286 vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS 27.2 and brought the fix for an exploited CoreGraphics zero-day to older iPhones.The post iOS, macOS 27.2 Patch 286 Bugs; Fix for Exploited Flaw Backported to iOS 18 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Why were you shown that ad? Most platforms still won't say, despite EU law [27 Oct 26, 10:00pm] Article 39 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) requires very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs), including social media platforms like Instagram, shopping platforms like Temu and app stores like Google Play,…
Researchers develop wearable sensors to track movement during sports and exercise [27 Oct 26, 8:20pm] What does a good biceps curl look like? Walk into a busy gym, and the answer may vary from one person to the next. Some people learn by watching a trainer, while others copy fellow gym-goers or follow videos on their phones. Without regular supervisi…
Flash heating offers faster way to recover critical metal from e-waste [27 Oct 26, 7:28pm] Many electronic devices use flame-retardant plastic as casing in order to reduce the risk of electrical fires. This plastic is formulated using a metal called antimony along with organic bromide compounds. In fact, 39% of the world's antimony is…
How Do Offshore Wind Turbines Stay In Place In The Ocean? [28 Oct 26, 3:45am] Floating wind turbines might offer a great balance of power generation and environmental friendliness, but how do they stay in place? Here's what we know.
3 Disadvantages Of Front-Load Washing Machines [28 Oct 26, 2:15am] Front-load washing machines are efficient and can be stacked to save space, but there's more to consider than utility bills when choosing your next washer.
SNIK Paints “Verdure” for Out in the Open in Aalborg [24 Oct 26, 3:32pm] SNIK has completed Verdure on a 14-metre wall in Aalborg, Denmark, for KIRK Gallery’s Out in the Open project. The artist duo describes figures entwined with abundant growth, bringing their hand-cut stencil work together with layers of colour and t…
Iota Paints “Any minute now” for Expo de Ouf! 14 in Nîmes [24 Oct 26, 1:32pm] Iota painted “Any minute now” for Expo de Ouf! 14 in Nîmes, France. The mural occupies a façade facing rue Clérisseau, where the Brussels-based artist joined the festival’s 2026 programme of paintings across the city’s streets. The festiva…
What Does Constructing Space Mean for Five Canadian Abstract Painters? [27 Oct 26, 8:21pm] Oeno Gallery presents five distinct visual languages all built on the idea that color is structural.The post What Does Constructing Space Mean for Five Canadian Abstract Painters? appeared first on Artnet News.
Wet Paint Goes to Paris: Inside Rick Owens’s Concrete Palace, the Grand Palais, and More! [27 Oct 26, 6:51pm] With appearances by Jeff Koons, Martin Rev, Karsten Greve, Eden Tinto Collins, Jeff Magid, Casey Spooner, Michèle Lamy, and other notables.The post Wet Paint Goes to Paris: Inside Rick Owens’s Concrete Palace, the Grand Palais, and More! appeared…
Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sculptor of Sublime Wooden Totems, Dies at 84 [27 Oct 26, 6:29pm] 'Her sculptures stand as sentinels to inspire new generations,' said her dealer.The post Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sculptor of Sublime Wooden Totems, Dies at 84 appeared first on Artnet News.
Art Basel Qatar Returns With 82 Galleries, Courts New Collectors [27 Oct 26, 11:00am] The fair will also cover some shipping costs and accommodation for artists and exhibitors.The post Art Basel Qatar Returns With 82 Galleries, Courts New Collectors appeared first on Artnet News.
How I Used Claude Code to Speed Up My Shell Startup by 95% [28 Oct 26, 3:35am] I like the idea of "Please suggest 10 improvements to my ~/.zshrc" as a prompt (John Lindquist). Nick Taylor wrote up all the stuff it found for him and got nearly a second back for every fresh terminal opened.
The Vertical Codebase [23 Oct 26, 10:14pm] A nice app architecture thought by Dominik: The Vertical Codebase. When component architecture came along, many started co-locating HTML/CSS/JS for a component, and it felt right. What if you take that one step further and co-locate based on the site…
Building an Isolated Preview for AI-Generated HTML [22 Oct 26, 6:17pm] An iframe with srcdoc feels like a safe place to render HTML a model wrote. It isn't. Three tests show how the preview can read your page, escape the frame, and phone home, and four layers of protection close each hole.
“I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years” [20 Oct 26, 3:43pm] I watched this whole video by Juxtaposed, assuming it was a real redesign of the VLC player, but alas, it is not official. Nevertheless, it should be, and it’s a wonderful example of how much real human brainpower it takes to design something well.
Structured Output with TanStack AI [19 Oct 26, 12:25pm] Part 2 of this intro to TanStack AI covers structured output: constraining the model's response to a Zod schema, then streaming that JSON in and rendering it while it's still incomplete.
The Index: Issue #203 [23 Oct 26, 10:55am] Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabsThis is fun.All my hobbies are getting slopped up, and it’s exhaustingVideo game orientated, but I'm sure many of you will resonate with this.FreeMixThe AT protocol strikes again! This coul…
Native masonry layouts with CSS grid lanes [22 Oct 26, 11:55am] Native masonry layouts have been a long time coming to CSS and after years of debate over how they should work and fit into the language, we finally have display: grid-lanes.If you want the full backstory on how we got here, Sunkanmi Fafowora has a…
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…
Elevators, toasters, and the birth of Java [27 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with James Gosling, creator of Java at Sun Microsystems, to talk about the early networking friction that drove the need for interconnectedness, the stringent reliability requirements of consumer electronics companies that inspired the…
Rumors of the SaaS demise are greatly exaggerated [23 Oct 26, 7:40am] Recorded on the floor of LDX3, Ryan chats with Nivia Henry, an engineering leader most recently at Netflix, about the reality of the supposed SaaS apocalypse, the complex calculus of the modern build-versus-buy decision in the era of AI, and the crit…
Survey Says: You'll swap the model, but everything you build around it is staying put [21 Oct 26, 2:00pm] Earlier this month, my team at Stacklok surveyed 520 technical leaders to understand whether they were concerned about being locked into frontier labs. The data says they’re already swapping models in and out, but the trap they’re concerned about…
Don't forget about the UI for AI [20 Oct 26, 7:40am] Recorded at OpenAI Dev Day 2026, Ryan sits down with Andrew Ambrosino, member of the technical staff at OpenAI, for a conversation on OpenAI's strategy for merging ChatGPT and Codex into a unified experience, the advantages of localized computer…
Entries Open As World Triathlon Women’s Cup Returns To Dubai With A Race For Every Woman [27 Oct 26, 9:01pm] Dubai, UAE: Entries are now open for the World Triathlon Women’s Cup Dubai, which makes its way to Al Mamzar Beach Park on Sunday 6 December with races for women of all abilities, from first-time triathletes to elite international athletes. The sec…
Employee Happiness Awards UAE 2026 Celebrates People-First Workplaces at Fourth Edition [27 Oct 26, 8:32pm] Dubai: The Employee Happiness Awards (EHA) UAE 2026, organisedby Eventyst Global, concluded its fourth and largest UAE edition at JW Marriott Marquis Dubai. More than 300 guests, including business and HR leaders, finalists, independent jury membe…
Dubai Businessman Launches London Investment Company [27 Oct 26, 8:26pm] DUBAI: A Dubai businessman has launched a London-based investment company to acquire stakes in private and listed businesses in the United Kingdom and international markets. Hari Shankar Tibrewala, who founded Dubai-based Zenith Global Limited and Ze…
Norway's Research Council Funds Nuclear-Propulsion R&D [27 Oct 26, 11:47pm] A Norwegian research funding institute has decided to provide early-stage support to a nuclear propulsion startup featuring some of the best-known nam...
Photographer Transforms Familiar Places Into Sites of Uncanny Psychological Portraits [27 Oct 26, 2:45pm] Photographer Transforms Familiar Places Into Sites of Uncanny Psychological PortraitsUkrainian photographer Serhii Fett transforms familiar places and objects into uncanny compositions that explore the complexities of human experience. Through surre…
2026 Weather Photographer of the Year Shortlist Captures Nature at Its Most Dramatic [27 Oct 26, 1:45pm] 2026 Weather Photographer of the Year Shortlist Captures Nature at Its Most DramaticWeather can transform a landscape in minutes. Dramatic storms roll in, unusual clouds fill the sky, and fog, snow, or rain can make even a familiar place look comple…
Meet Bezzy, a Cuddly Plushie Inspired by a Data Center (Including How It Sounds) [26 Oct 26, 7:15pm] Meet Bezzy, a Cuddly Plushie Inspired by a Data Center (Including How It Sounds)This is Bezzy. Bezzy needs you to welcome it into your home. Embrace it, and it will repay you with its mind-numbing, forever hum. It’s cute, it’s cuddly, and it jus…
Activist-Led Orchestra Takes a Stand Through Classical Music During Protests in France [26 Oct 26, 5:25pm] Activist-Led Orchestra Takes a Stand Through Classical Music During Protests in France Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por Remy El Sibaïe – Photographe Reportage (@remy.reports) Mass demonstrations have taken p…
Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash [27 Oct 26, 10:26pm] The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze, and price decisions.
How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills [22 Oct 26, 5:21pm] As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @r31n, diving into their research approach, favorite bug classes, and advice for aspiring hackers.The post How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills a…
The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure [21 Oct 26, 4:00pm] We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub's repositories to Azure. Here's how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently.The post The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure appeared…
How 3 Java Champions are using GitHub Copilot for increased productivity [20 Oct 26, 4:05pm] Three Java Champions share how they use GitHub Copilot to solve problems, accelerate development, and keep humans responsible for the results.The post How 3 Java Champions are using GitHub Copilot for increased productivity appeared first on The Git…
How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code [19 Oct 26, 6:47pm] Learn how to move an agent session from the GitHub Copilot app into VS Code without losing the conversation, code changes, or working context.The post How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
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…
Why We Should Fear The Shadow Web We’re Building For AI via @sejournal, @chrisgreenseo [27 Oct 26, 7:00pm] Why would an AI search provider keep trusting information a brand hides from its own website? The parallels with cloaking are too close to ignore.The post Why We Should Fear The Shadow Web We’re Building For AI appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
Shopify Moves AI Agent Knowledge Base Into Merchant Admin via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [27 Oct 26, 3:39pm] Shopify's AI agent knowledge base now lives in the admin. Policies and contact details publish by default. Some app users need to re-add their facts.The post Shopify Moves AI Agent Knowledge Base Into Merchant Admin appeared first on Search Eng…
ChatGPT Data: 1 In 5 Consumer Messages Now Seek Information via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [27 Oct 26, 2:13pm] Looking things up now makes up about as large a share of consumer ChatGPT messages as writing, though the increase is smaller than earlier data.The post ChatGPT Data: 1 In 5 Consumer Messages Now Seek Information appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
Zara Larsson Smashes Venue Record at NZ’s Spark Arena [28 Oct 26, 3:39am] The Swedish pop star's sold-out Midnight Sun Tour of Australia and New Zealand wrapped with an historic two-night stand at Auckland’s Spark Arena.
Billboard Latin Music Awards 2026 Was a Ratings Hit [28 Oct 26, 3:03am] The annual celebration of Latin music posted a “strong multiplatform performance” to rank No. 1 in Spanish-language television for the 7pm-11pm primetime spot.
Israeli ad tech firm tied to suspected Starlink tracking effort, report claims [27 Oct 26, 5:37pm] Citizen Lab and Confiant linked Israeli firm Discover-Tech to suspected surveillance through online advertising. Researchers said its ads appeared across nearly 200,000 websites and mobile apps. TrendAI separately identified related activity under th…
Samsung Portable SSD P9 review: speedy USB4 in a slim, pricey package [27 Oct 26, 2:00pm] Samsung’s Portable SSD P9 is the new USB4 external drive to beat. It feels premium and performed very well in our testing. But you’ll have to pay a lot for it, or any similarly performing drive, these days.
A Scraper That Heals Itself: Lessons From a One-Day Build [27 Oct 26, 7:08pm] On Saturday, August 22, 2026, I sat down in a room in San Francisco with a laptop, three sponsor accounts and an idea I wasn’t sure would work in one day. By the end of the day, Scraper Factory had won the solo grand prize, for Best Full-Stack Inte…
Introducing pg_pinecone: Open-Source Search for Your Postgres Data [27 Oct 26, 4:59pm] Pinecone today released pg_pinecone, an open-source Postgres extension under the Apache 2.0 license, for search on your stored data. pg_pinecone is built on the search engine Pinecone runs at scale. The way it works is that it indexes your vector c…
UPDATE: Actions you can take to protect against the PHP2Shell vulnerability [26 Oct 26, 6:53pm] (UPDATED 10/26/26) The PHP2Shell vulnerability, which had gone unnoticed for over a decade, was discovered in August and made public on Oct. 17. Within 48 hours of the announcement, widespread exploitation attempts were discovered. Because PHP is a p…
Fraud is Getting Faster, Thanks to AI [26 Oct 26, 5:53pm] A growing population of consumers around the world prefers mobile transactions for retail purchases, banking, and a wide range of services. Fraudsters have kept pace with the “mobile-first” trend. A new PYMNTS report shows that initial contact fo…
Poka launches no-code AI Studio builder to bring Industrial AI agents to factory floors [26 Oct 26, 5:35pm] Orlando, FL — IFS company Poka Inc., creators of an AI platform for connected work, announced the global launch of Poka AI Studio, a no-code agent builder specifically made for managing human processes on the factory floor. Poka AI Studio empower…
W3C and the State of the Web in the AI Era [21 Oct 26, 9:56am] This W3C paper from the Strategy Team is intended to foster discussion in the technical community at TPAC — the most important W3C community event of the year — about how the W3C technical agenda for the web needs to evolve based on the rise of A…
First Public Working Draft: Animation Triggers [20 Oct 26, 5:55am] Defines CSS properties and an API for creating mechanisms that affect animation playback, based on DOM events resulting from user interaction, or on entry/exit of ranges on animation timelines.
Is HEVC Worth the Royalties? We Tested x265 Against a Tuned x264 to Find Out [22 Oct 26, 7:41pm] If you distribute 4K or HDR video, HEVC is a must-have, not a nice-to-have. That’s the format the TVs and devices that play 4K HDR expect, and H.264 isn’t a realistic alternative. But what if you’re distributing 1080p SDR video? In this case, H…
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…
MapInsights helps police trainees learn the territory [28 Oct 26, 3:20am] In early 2026, the University of Illinois Division of Public Safety was facing a challenge. It had 11 security guards it planned to convert to community service officers, which meant they would change from being based in one building to working a who…
Digital tools and 3D printing emerge as key themes in circular economy research [28 Oct 26, 3:00am] A review of the research literature spanning the years 2020 to 2026 has found that digital technologies, additive manufacturing and resource recovery are major themes in the transition toward a sustainable, circular economy. The work, published in th…
New election forecast updates predictions every 10 minutes [28 Oct 26, 2:40am] From Alaska to Texas, the battle for control of the U.S. Senate is unfolding across 35 races. And a new Northwestern University election model is tracking them all—every 10 minutes.
5 tips for a safer Halloween [27 Oct 26, 4:49pm] While a few spooky surprises are part of the fun of Halloween, a little preparation can help families avoid real-life scares.
Highly sensitive people may not feel everything more intensely [26 Oct 26, 4:35pm] Environmental sensitivity may be a misleading name for a personality trait that appears to have less to do with how people respond to their physical environments and more to do with how they are affected by social experiences and perceived threats.A…
Xbox Business Manager Goes Full AI Evangelist Meatball, Deletes ExTwitter Account [28 Oct 26, 2:47am] If there are good, nuanced ways to make use of generative AI in gaming, as I think there are, that doesn’t change the fact that there are nuance-free and terrible ways for advocating for AI in gaming. Tim Sweeney and Epic Games have emerged as help…
When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification And The Right To Access Information [27 Oct 26, 10:20pm] Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? Th…
DHS Rejects Oversight Recommendation For ICE Body Cam Auto-Activation [27 Oct 26, 8:11pm] It wasn’t until after immigration officers started murdering US citizens that the Trump administration finally agreed to do anything about it. First, Trump turfed Kristi Noem, setting her up with a “special envoy” dead end job (which has also n…
The State Lawsuits Against Internet Companies Will Continue Until Humans Improve [27 Oct 26, 6:06pm] The big Meta settlement with a bunch of states got most of the headlines, but state AGs have gone all in on suing tech companies of late, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Last week things went ballistic when the judge in New Mexico’s case (Ne…
Daily Deal: The Lonely Planet Travel Bucket List Bundle [27 Oct 26, 6:01pm] Browse, plan, and prep every trip from one library. You get 30 Lonely Planet travel eBooks in one bundle, packed with bucket-list destinations, must-see sights, and insider tips for your next trip. Instead of buying guides one at a time, you build a…
meet otter, the portable newborn warmer designed for hospitals with unreliable power [28 Oct 26, 3:34am] design that matters and MTTS rethink newborn warming with an integrated, heat-conducting bassinet designed for the realities of low-resource healthcare settings.The post meet otter, the portable newborn warmer designed for hospitals with unreliable…
duyi han installs rain-inspired textile listening garden inside shanghai villa [28 Oct 26, 1:18am] artist duyi han installs it's raining outside, it's raining inside, pairing rain-ripple carpets, pleated organza sculptures, and embroidered cinematic lyrics to transform the domestic interior into a textile listening garden.The post duyi…
what can looking at earth from space teach us about how we live on it? [27 Oct 26, 9:35pm] bringing together more than 50 artists, astronauts, scientists, and cultural thinkers, 'inploration: art exploring space to understand earth' by richelle ellis and lawrence azerrad explores how art can turn the perspective of space explorat…
built from upcycled timber and iron, portable micro-barn wanders through japan [27 Oct 26, 6:53pm] dobedo studio develops ehho!², a portable micro-pavilion that reinterprets the traditional japanese kago, hand-carried by two people.The post built from upcycled timber and iron, portable micro-barn wanders through japan appeared first on designboo…
