Thieves Steal Artworks Worth $10 Million From France's Renoir Museum [8 Sep 26, 9:27am] Renoir Museum's collection includes objects and furniture that belonged to Renoir, including his easel and wheelchair, as well as portraits, landscapes, and nudes painted by the artist.
UAE Warned Netanyahu Of Hamas Plans Days Before October 2023 Attack: Report [8 Sep 26, 9:07am] During a 45-minute call, the Emirati ruler reportedly asked Netanyahu to take the threat seriously, expressing concern that any such attack could not only lead to bloodshed but also destabilise the entire region and undermine the Abraham Accords.
WordPress 7.1 Release Retrospective [7 Sep 26, 4:44pm] A huge congratulations, and a giant thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 7.1 happen! The release was only made possible by your dedication and hard work. You all are heroes. Now that the development cycle is over, it’s time for a retro.…
Runnable code examples are now live in the Code Reference [4 Sep 26, 9:49am] WordPress 7.1 shipped the first two runnable code examples in the Code Reference. They are powered by WordPress Playground, and more are coming in 7.2. On the WP_HTML_Processor::class_list() Code Reference page, select Run button in the code snippet…
Replacing Dashicons in the admin bar and menu [4 Sep 26, 7:03am] A patch has been in progress since June that replaces Dashicons in the admin bar and the sidebar with WordPress icons, using the wp_get_icon() function that was introduced in WordPress 7.1. Props to @fushar, @wildworks, and @lucasmdo for moving this…
WordCamp US 2026: PHP conversation [3 Sep 26, 7:56pm] At WordCamp US 2026, a group of contributors gathered for an informal conversation about the relationship between the WordPress project and the PHP language and community. The discussion was held under the Chatham House Rule, so notes below are not a…
Dev Chat summary: September 2, 2026 [2 Sep 26, 7:29pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 See the agenda post. Announcements 📢 7.2 We have a Proposal: Secrets API for WP 7.2 We are still waiting for a release squad to be published, probably early next week as per @jeffpaul…
What’s new in Android’s September 2026 Google System Updates [U] [7 Sep 26, 10:58pm] The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others…
What new Google Messages features are rolling out [September 2026] [7 Sep 26, 6:24pm] Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google announcements, and devices we’ve checked, this is t…
Nightmare Eclipse Drops CrowdStrike, Nvidia, Avast Zero-Day Exploits [7 Sep 26, 12:15pm] The proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits lead to privilege escalation, spawning a shell with System privileges.The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops CrowdStrike, Nvidia, Avast Zero-Day Exploits appeared first on SecurityWeek.
North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit [7 Sep 26, 12:12pm] The stealthy toolkit embeds a backdoor in HAProxy and targets automotive and media organizations in South Korea for long-term surveillance.The post North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website [7 Sep 26, 12:03pm] OpenAI agents made 15,000–18,000 autonomous edits to a German wiki over three months, evading moderation and echoing tactics seen in the Hugging Face breach.The post OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Adobe Commerce Zero-Day Exploited to Backdoor Online Stores [7 Sep 26, 11:58am] The StyleSmuggler zero-day allows attackers to execute code and deploy a stealthy backdoor on Adobe Commerce and Magento stores.The post Adobe Commerce Zero-Day Exploited to Backdoor Online Stores appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Modified ScreenConnect Clients Used in Worm-Like Campaign [7 Sep 26, 11:45am] The attacks rely on backdoored ScreenConnect instances to transfer and execute payloads to newly connected clients.The post Modified ScreenConnect Clients Used in Worm-Like Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Australia threatens hefty fines if big tech fails 'duty of care' [8 Sep 26, 8:50am] Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tuesday as he unveiled draft laws reining in big tech.
French AI firm Mistral valued at 21 billion euros after latest funding [8 Sep 26, 8:40am] Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the French AI firm at more than 21 billion euros.
The effects of wind, solar projects on Indiana home values [8 Sep 26, 3:00am] A new research brief from Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) finds no statistically significant negative effects on residential property values associated with proximity to large wind or utility-scale solar…
New method blends real-time 3D rendering with more accurate surface geometry [7 Sep 26, 8:00pm] Reconstructing a three-dimensional object or environment from multiple photographs is a central problem in computer vision. The resulting models support applications such as robotics, augmented and virtual reality, digital twins, and cultural heritag…
The Pros And Cons Of Diesel Engines [8 Sep 26, 9:45am] There are various reasons why you might want a vehicle with a diesel engine instead of a gasoline engine, but they do have quite a few cons as well.
What Does Vinegar Do To Tires? [8 Sep 26, 8:30am] Vinegar has many different purposes, notably as an all-purpose household cleaner. Should you use vinegar to clean the tires on your vehicle?
Is The Ford Explorer Body-On-Frame? [8 Sep 26, 3:45am] The long-lived Ford Explorer is one of the most popular mid-size SUVs on the market. But is it the SUV for those who want a body-on-frame model?
What Does Vinegar Do To An Air Conditioner? [8 Sep 26, 1:15am] Vinegar has a lot of uses and purposes around the home beyond just a condiment, especially for cleaning. Is it a good idea to use it on your air conditioner?
I refused to train the AI that could replace me [3 Sep 26, 10:00am] AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.
Taiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labs [2 Sep 26, 10:00am] Previously unpublished government data reveals the scale of Taiwan’s crackdown on Chinese companies accused of hiding their ties while recruiting chip talent and pursuing sensitive technology.
How Digital Photography Reshaped Raphaella Spence’s Hyperrealist Practice [7 Sep 26, 6:00pm] Ahead of her solo show "From Rome to New York" at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, the hyperrealist painter discusses why a photograph is only the starting point for her monumental cityscapes.The post How Digital Photography Reshaped Raphaella Spe…
Route 66 at 100: How Artists Have Captured the Mythical Highway [7 Sep 26, 11:00am] John Steinbeck immortalized it, Bob Dylan painted it, and Ed Ruscha photographed it. Here's how the Mother Road reshaped the artistic imagination.The post Route 66 at 100: How Artists Have Captured the Mythical Highway appeared first on Artnet…
Beyoncé Gives $2M to Studio Museum in Harlem—and Other Art World Matters [7 Sep 26, 9:02am] Plus: A Seoul museum will shutter, two must-see shows, and Kendall Jenner dons Alexander Calder.The post Beyoncé Gives $2M to Studio Museum in Harlem—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News.
What to Watch in the Market This Fall [7 Sep 26, 8:34am] Plus, what sold at Frieze Seoul and the questions surrounding Yayoi Kusama's late works. The post What to Watch in the Market This Fall appeared first on Artnet News.
Custom Scrollbar Component In 2026 [7 Sep 26, 3:37pm] Thanks to some very modern CSS, we can visually replicate the logic of scrollbars. Then make them actually functional.
React Now Rusted All The Way Out [4 Sep 26, 3:29pm] The transition to the Rust version of the React Compiler for the 1,036-file React Router codebase resulted in a significant speed increase, improving build times from 14.3 seconds to 0.81 seconds. The new compiler addresses previous limitations and e…
Two vs. Three-State Color Theme Toggles [3 Sep 26, 2:54pm] There was a fun and intellectual debate recently about UI controls for dark/light mode. I think the story starts with Modern Web Guidance skills from Google, which recommend using a two-state toggle, apparently written by Lea Verou, and Bramus Van Da…
Having Fun with Vercel’s AI SDK and AI Gateway [31 Aug 26, 1:31pm] The why and how to get it installed and use it with different models, then actually build something. Plus a little Zod type safety for good measure.
Background Image Refraction in CSS [28 Aug 26, 1:22pm] "Liquid glass" design is helped along by offsetting/scaling the background as if you're looking through real glass. But that gets tricky with arbitrary CSS background positioning.
The Index: Issue #196 [28 Aug 26, 9:55am] Before we get into this week's links, I just thought I'd let you know we're having a summer break next week, so the next issue won't be with you until September 11!Midnight Vinyl ClubA handy service that helps you explore music…
Personal website redesign project post: A CLI for adding new music to the collection [27 Aug 26, 11:55am] Right, we are at the end of iteration one.The last thing to do is to make my life a little easier. Markdown files work perfectly fine for the music collection, but they're a bit of a faff. Mostly because I always forget the front matter struct…
The Index: Issue #195 [21 Aug 26, 10:50am] BulletedThis is the stuff that's exciting about the AT protocol. Not the "new twitter" bullshit, but the endless possibilities that this technology opens up. It's using the fancy new private data stuff too.The future of CSS: tar…
A look at the geolocation HTML element and how it works [20 Aug 26, 11:55am] The <geolocation> HTML element does exactly what you might think it does. It’s a dedicated element that gets the user’s location, either once or continuously. The options are set using HTML attributes instead of JavaScript, but JavaScript i…
The Index: Issue #194 [14 Aug 26, 11:55am] Cooking NotebookJosh Nesbitt is an immense cook, trust us, and they've compiled some great recipes for this very nice website. They're using tabular recipe layouts, which is also a nice touch.Keeping type consistent in changing conditions…
Scaling your money safely with AI [8 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Srini Venkatesan, CTO at PayPal, about validating AI-generated deterministic code for security, developing autonomous SDLC harnesses with iterative feedback loops, and creating a seamless headless checkout experience.
How to build a secure-by-default AI coding agent [4 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Greg Jennings, VP of Engineering for AI Products at Anaconda, about what it takes to build a secure-by-default AI coding agent, why prompts shouldn't be treated as strict security guardrails, and how Anaconda is using strategic a…
Elevating security, control, and accessibility: Stack Internal 2026.6 [3 Sep 26, 4:00pm] In our 2026.6 release, we are shipping updates across administrative security, programmatic API control, developer portal integrations, and platform-wide accessibility—ensuring both your engineers and your AI agents act on verified, decision-grade…
The good ol’ days of building Java [1 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with Tim Lindholm, an early contributor to the Java language at Sun Microsystems, to chat about what it was like building one of the most popular programming languages ever at its inception, why it was strategically important for the J…
When you keep AI Lean, you keep AI correct [28 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Leo de Moura, Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS and the creator of the Lean language, about proving correctness in AI agents with the Lean language, how automated reasoning complements probabilistic AI models, and the use of A…
Adani Mundra Port Sets New Cargo Handling Records [7 Sep 26, 11:51pm] Mundra Port, operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ), achieved several operational milestones in August 2026, setting new indus...
Hefring Marine Selected for NATO DIANA Mission Track [7 Sep 26, 11:51pm] Icelandic tech company Hefring Marine has been selected as one of just 15 companies to advance to Mission Track of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerat...
Mixed Media or Realistic Portrait Drawing? Here’s How To Find What’s Right for You [8 Sep 26, 9:55am] Mixed Media or Realistic Portrait Drawing? Here’s How To Find What’s Right for YouThere’s more than one way to draw a human face. Depending on your preference, artwork featuring the face can be bold and expressive or precise and lifelike. But…
Herman Melville Statue Honors the Author in the Whaling City That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’ [7 Sep 26, 7:15pm] Herman Melville Statue Honors the Author in the Whaling City That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’ View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Bedford Whaling Museum (@whalingmuseum) Few novels are as closely tied to the sea as Herman Melville’s…
This Geologist’s Theory of a Catastrophic Flood Changed Our Understanding of Earth [7 Sep 26, 5:25pm] This Geologist’s Theory of a Catastrophic Flood Changed Our Understanding of EarthScience is constantly evolving, and even ideas once accepted as fact can eventually be proven wrong. In the 1920s, geologist J Hardlen Bretz challenged one of the do…
26 Islamic Art Masterpieces From the Louvre Are Coming to the Smithsonian [7 Sep 26, 2:45pm] 26 Islamic Art Masterpieces From the Louvre Are Coming to the SmithsonianFor the first time, 26 masterpieces from the Louvre’s renowned collection of Islamic art will travel to the United States. From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art opens…
A secret new Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns Telluride [7 Sep 26, 6:02pm] Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary, "You Can See Everything," stunned Telluride audiences Sunday night with its generous access to the Theranos founder.
What we expect from the upcoming Apple launch [7 Sep 26, 3:58pm] While Apple's first foldable iPhone Ultra will headline the September 9 launch, we're also expecting news about AirPods and HomePods.
Project HydraFusion: Frontier quality via multi-model orchestration [4 Sep 26, 4:04pm] In controlled offline evaluations, HydraFusion’s selective coding workflows matched or exceeded the evaluated Opus 5 baseline while reducing estimated workflow cost. Now available as a research preview in GitHub Copilot.The post Project HydraFusio…
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Run several agents at once [3 Sep 26, 4:00pm] Learn how to run parallel agents in the GitHub Copilot app, and experience the moment it stops feeling scary and starts feeling powerful.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Run several agents at once appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Decoding the new AI lingo: Loops, harnesses, squads, hill climbing… oh my! [2 Sep 26, 9:00pm] From loop engineering to harnesses, squads, and open weights, the GitHub Podcast breaks down the AI terms showing up in developer conversations.The post Decoding the new AI lingo: Loops, harnesses, squads, hill climbing… oh my! appeared first on T…
How we make AI coding more cost efficient without sacrificing task quality [2 Sep 26, 6:00pm] Why shorter outputs can cost more, and how GitHub Copilot reduces wasted work across the complete coding task.The post How we make AI coding more cost efficient without sacrificing task quality appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it. [27 Aug 26, 4:00pm] OpenClaw is the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Peter Steinberger and several maintainers share what they learned in the project's first six months.The post OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it. appeared…
Rethinking Application Updates: Solutions for Faster, More Efficient CVE Patching [3 Sep 26, 3:49pm] It’s one thing to know about CVEs that affect your business’s applications. It’s quite another, however, to go about fixing CVEs quickly, particularly in cases where a CVE impacts a third-party dependency that multiple applications use. The rea…
Coder and SpaceXAI Bring Agentic Coding to Regulated Enterprises [3 Sep 26, 1:18pm] Austin TX — Coder has announced Coder Agent Relay, a self-hosted execution environment for cloud coding agents, with SpaceXAI as its launch partner. Cursor Cloud Agents can now run inside Coder workspaces on infrastructure the customer already ope…
The False-Heal Problem in AI Test Automation [2 Sep 26, 3:42pm] AI-powered test repair is often evaluated by one headline question: can it make a broken test run again? That question matters, but it misses the more dangerous failure mode. A test can return to green after an AI repair while checking the wrong elem…
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 [2 Sep 26, 3:23pm] Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, addressing issues such as performance, data retention, safeguards and price. The updates also target scientific discovery, as the company tested the capabilities of the models across many domain…
W3C opens 2026 community survey [4 Sep 26, 10:29am] W3C opens an 8-minute survey until 30 September and seeks community-wide input to get to know our community better, investigate needs, and understand how we can improve.
First Public Working Draft: The Profiles Vocabulary [20 Aug 26, 5:44am] The Profiles Vocabulary is an RDF vocabulary created to allow the machine-readable description of profiles of specifications for information resources.
Munich Court Proposes €1.05 Monthly Codec Royalty for Netflix Premium Subscribers [20 Aug 26, 7:14pm] The 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court just published detailed FRAND guidelines addressing standard-essential patent licensing. The guidelines include an analysis of how the court might calculate video codec royalties for streaming serv…
Codecs for CFOs [27 Jul 26, 7:00pm] Executive Summary The H.264 codec has proven remarkably durable, but demand for 4K efficiency, HDR compatibility, and small-screen/low-bitrate quality makes adopting advanced codecs like VP9, HEVC, AV1, and VVC inevitable for most services. However,…
Wowza’s New Video Intelligence Framework – Interviews [20 Jul 26, 12:00pm] Wowza just released the Video Intelligence Framework, or VIF. According to my article in Streaming Media Magazine, VIF is an AI inference module that runs inside Wowza Streaming Engine, rather than in a separate NVR/VMS stack or a cloud video AI serv…
What is nostalgia and what does it mean? [31 Aug 26, 5:36pm] What is nostalgia? Why is it so pervasive? Why is it such an integral part of our humanity? Three academics weigh in.
Study sheds light on bat immunity mystery [31 Aug 26, 3:50pm] Researchers may have solved the mystery of why bats can carry viruses while rarely becoming seriously ill themselves.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt [6 Sep 26, 7:00pm] This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad with a comment about calls for RFK Jr.’s resignation coming entirely from Democrats: And that’s why trying to distill partisan politics down to just “team blue” vs. “team red…
RFK Jr. Wants Your Medical Records [4 Sep 26, 10:22pm] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complic…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: License To Spill [4 Sep 26, 8:28pm] 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 —…
alaïa reopens shanghai boutique with perforated facade and curved interior [8 Sep 26, 7:45am] the boutique brings together contrasting materials, sculptural furniture, and a contemporary artwork by guan xiao.The post alaïa reopens shanghai boutique with perforated facade and curved interior appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
attention-seeking AI robot becomes a mobile vase for a single orchid [8 Sep 26, 6:15am] batten and kamp's embodied AI vase, beauty seeker seeker, interrogates the 21st-century attention economy.The post attention-seeking AI robot becomes a mobile vase for a single orchid appeared first on designboom | architecture & design mag…
tangent lifts porsche 911 three inches for a chicago-built urban safari [8 Sep 26, 2:10am] a 3D-scanned porsche 911 is transformed with custom bodywork and a three-inch lift.The post tangent lifts porsche 911 three inches for a chicago-built urban safari appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
triangular timber structure encloses tsukumo kiln ceramic studio in kobe, japan [7 Sep 26, 8:35pm] translucent FRP panels create a continuous exterior surface that changes appearance with shifting daylight.The post triangular timber structure encloses tsukumo kiln ceramic studio in kobe, japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & des…
