US Actress Selma Blair Arrested After Allegedly Biting Flight Attendant [12 Oct 26, 8:21pm] The "Legally Blonde" and "Cruel Intentions" star was detained at John F Kennedy Airport after her Delta Air Lines flight landed late Sunday following reports of a physically abusive passenger.
Bangladesh Requests India For Removal Of Trade Restrictions [12 Oct 26, 7:03pm] Bangladesh has called for the removal of restrictions on its exports through Indian land ports, the withdrawal of anti-dumping duties on Bangladeshi jute products and PET film, and the continuation of tariff preferences after graduating from the leas…
Presence API meeting summary: October 12, 2026 [12 Oct 26, 6:36pm] The Presence API meeting took place on Monday, October 12, 2026 at 15:00 UTC in #feature-presence-api. It also hosts the real-time collaboration (RTC) work. This week’s focus was the feature plugin merge criteria, and which gaps are left before a c…
Call for feedback: the W and the site name in the Toolbar [12 Oct 26, 1:26pm] Since WordPress 7.1 the Toolbar is also displayed in the Post Editor and the Site Editor (#65091, dev note). That change made an old problem more visible: the first two items of the Toolbar, the W and the site name, do not behave the same everywhere.…
Feature Notifications: status update and plan for 0.3.0 [10 Oct 26, 3:46pm] Feature Notifications is the project exploring a unified notifications system for WordPress (#43484). It has been quiet since version 0.2.0 shipped in April 2023. This post covers where the project stands today and the plan to get to version 0.3.0, w…
NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES SQL mode is now turned off by default in WordPress 7.2 [9 Oct 26, 6:13pm] WordPress 7.2 adds NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES to the list of SQL modes that WordPress doesn’t support. WordPress already turns off some modes, such as STRICT_ALL_TABLES, TRADITIONAL and ANSI, when it connects to the database. This mode is now on that lis…
Progress Report: wp_kses() [7 Oct 26, 7:57pm] Since its inception, WordPress has relied on the KSES1 subsystem to sanitize HTML. Its purpose has grown and changed over time, but primarily serves two purposes: correct aesthetic defects that are likely the result of typos or pasting errors; and re…
Microsoft is giving Windows 11’s legacy UI dark mode instead of killing it, now in Hyper-V [10 Oct 26, 10:03pm] Windows 11 doesn’t have a single design language, as even its own apps and OS features are scattered across different frameworks. Microsoft eventually plans to rebuild much of the legacy stuff using WinUI, but that would take a while. Instead of ki…
What’s new in Android’s October 2026 Google System Updates [U] [12 Oct 26, 9:53pm] 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…
Chromecast with Google TV gets first update of 2026 [12 Oct 26, 5:49pm] Following the last release 11 months ago, Google is rolling out the first update of 2026 to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K). more…
IonQ to Acquire Zero Trust Firm Elisity for Up to $1.3 Billion [12 Oct 26, 2:25pm] The all-stock deal brings Elisity’s least-privilege access technology into IonQ’s security portfolio.The post IonQ to Acquire Zero Trust Firm Elisity for Up to $1.3 Billion appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Bricksforge WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild [12 Oct 26, 1:14pm] The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-85097 can allow threat actors to take control of the targeted WordPress websites.The post Bricksforge WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Canonical Websites Disrupted in Second DDoS Attack This Year [12 Oct 26, 11:58am] The outage hit the main Ubuntu and Canonical websites, including the Ubuntu blog and developer portal.The post Canonical Websites Disrupted in Second DDoS Attack This Year appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Mastermind of 15,000-Mule Cybercrime Laundering Network Pleads Guilty in US [12 Oct 26, 11:24am] Oleg Korniev was a leader of YMCO, a sophisticated network of money mules that helped hackers move funds outside the US.The post Mastermind of 15,000-Mule Cybercrime Laundering Network Pleads Guilty in US appeared first on SecurityWeek.
iRhythm Data Breach Impacts at Least 360,000 People [12 Oct 26, 11:05am] Hackers stole patients’ personal information, including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers.The post iRhythm Data Breach Impacts at Least 360,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AI framework offers new approach to teaching engineers ethical decision-making [12 Oct 26, 9:20pm] Research published in the International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning suggests that artificial intelligence is increasingly moving beyond technical automation to train engineers in ethical decision-making. The wor…
Smarter cities need more than smart algorithms. They need trust [12 Oct 26, 9:00pm] We've never had a better understanding of how cities move, but turning that knowledge into smoother, cleaner and more equitable trips remains a challenge. The main obstacle to sustainable mobility may not be technological, but rather political a…
Microsoft bets on homegrown AI chip to challenge Nvidia [12 Oct 26, 8:40pm] Microsoft said Monday it will roll out its in-house Maia artificial intelligence chips on a massive scale starting in 2027, making them the main hardware for running AI across its products—a move that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia.
What Is The Best Thing To Clean A Tractor With? [12 Oct 26, 10:45pm] Want to keep your tractor running strong? Discover the best tools and formulas to clean your tractor effectively, plus common wash mistakes to avoid.
Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance [6 Oct 26, 10:00am] From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare…
The Vermeer Obsessive Who Changed Art History [12 Oct 26, 5:17pm] Vermeer has one man to thank for catapulting him into the limelight almost 200 years after his death.The post The Vermeer Obsessive Who Changed Art History appeared first on Artnet News.
Echoes of Magritte Are Everywhere in London’s Galleries Right Now [12 Oct 26, 4:26pm] From Nicole Eisenman at Sadie Coles to Louis Fratino at David Zwirner, the sense of uncanny is everywhere.The post Echoes of Magritte Are Everywhere in London’s Galleries Right Now appeared first on Artnet News.
Inside Cannupa Hanska Luger’s Cave of Clay and Sound [12 Oct 26, 4:00pm] The artist's new site-specific installation in Curaçao engages with a five million-year-old limestone cavern.The post Inside Cannupa Hanska Luger’s Cave of Clay and Sound appeared first on Artnet News.
Galerie von Vertes Stages a Pop Art Homecoming in London [12 Oct 26, 12:02pm] Running alongside PAD London, the exhibition brings together Warhol, Haring, Chamberlain, and more in the city where the movement first took shape in the mid-1950s.The post Galerie von Vertes Stages a Pop Art Homecoming in London appeared first on A…
Pope Leo Meets With Major Museum Leaders [12 Oct 26, 11:55am] Plus, a Kennedy Center donor is IDed as an FBI informant, Harry Blain is back in business, and other art world matters.The post Pope Leo Meets With Major Museum Leaders appeared first on Artnet News.
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.
How an accessibility designer adds keyboard shortcuts to a web app [9 Oct 26, 1:38am] Eric Bailey explains the thinking and research that go into adding just a few custom keyboard shortcuts to a web app. There’s an absolute ton to consider and test, and plenty of challenges can come from your own team.
Testing an iframe’s postMessage Handler [7 Oct 26, 3:23pm] There are some real complexities using iframes and the postMessage API for communication between a widget and its parent. Security vulnerabilities like cross-origin scripting risks being one.
Interop 2027 [6 Oct 26, 10:13pm] I should have noted this sooner (sorry!), but it’s that time of year when Interop is planning for next year. Submissions are closed, and now they spend time refining and culling the proposals. We’ll hear on February 4th, 2027 what the focus will…
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…
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…
Taking a look under your agent’s hood [9 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Yanbing Li, Chief Product Officer at Datadog, to talk about applying observability to non-deterministic AI agents, blurring the boundaries between software development and production workflows, and navigating emerging challenges in…
Production-grade LLMs and agents: a field guide [8 Oct 26, 8:22pm] A maturity model for taking agents from an impressive demo to a system people can depend on — with a self-assessment and the map to a deep-dive on each layer.
Part 5: Operating an LLM system: observability, cost, routing, and the platform underneath [8 Oct 26, 8:08pm] Your service can be 100% up and still quietly approving the wrong things, burning its budget, or failing over into untested quality. Level 5 is the infrastructure that lets you see your decisions, bound your spend, route and fail over between models,…
A green exit code is not evidence that the work happened [8 Oct 26, 2:00pm] Agents don't build trust for another reason, structurally worse than the first. It isn't only that the tool keeps changing shape. It's that the feedback loop you would need in order to learn the tool is broken at the point of measureme…
Could This Dutch Invention Help Tackle Plastic Pollution in America's Waterways? [9 Oct 26, 5:49pm] The Netherlands has had success with the Bubble Barrier, which pumps air bubbles from the bottom of a canal or river to direct plastic to the surface. Now, Lansing, Michigan, is looking to be the first to install the technology stateside
First of Matson’s New Containerships Is Christened [12 Oct 26, 10:05pm] Work is proceeding on three new large container ships being built for Matson as part of what the company reports is a $1 billion investment in fleet e...
Fire Breaks Out Aboard Seismic Ship off U.S. Gulf Coast [12 Oct 26, 8:32pm] A fire has been reported aboard the seismic survey ship Rem Andes off the coast of Grande Isle, Louisiana, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. 42 peop...
Hundreds of Floating Porcelain Bowls Turn Water Into Music in Outdoor Athens Installation [11 Oct 26, 1:45pm] Hundreds of Floating Porcelain Bowls Turn Water Into Music in Outdoor Athens InstallationHundreds of white porcelain bowls drift across deep-blue pools, slowly approaching one another before meeting with a delicate chime. French artist and composer…
Ha Chong-Hyun Painting Retrospective Spans 60 Years of Material Experimentation [10 Oct 26, 1:45pm] Ha Chong-Hyun Painting Retrospective Spans 60 Years of Material ExperimentationFor six decades, Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun has pushed painting beyond the boundaries of the canvas. Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum…
Groundbreaking Exhibition Returns After 50 Years for a New Generation of Artisans [10 Oct 26, 12:50pm] Groundbreaking Exhibition Returns After 50 Years for a New Generation of ArtisansWhat makes an object a work of art? Is it the materials, the maker, or simply the way we choose to value it? More than 50 years after a groundbreaking exhibition helped…
RIP Margaret Hamilton: Software Pioneer Who Guided Apollo 11 to the Moon Dies at 90 [9 Oct 26, 7:20pm] RIP Margaret Hamilton: Software Pioneer Who Guided Apollo 11 to the Moon Dies at 90Margaret Hamilton, a computing pioneer whose software was key in taking the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon, has died at age 90. Her death was announced by the Massa…
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder [12 Oct 26, 5:56pm] Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase [12 Oct 26, 5:43pm] Learn how to add custom instructions and skills to your repository, use custom agents, and connect MCP servers like Playwright.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build [9 Oct 26, 4:00pm] The barriers to building software have collapsed. Today, anyone can build. Hackathons are a great place to start learning.The post Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate [8 Oct 26, 5:02pm] As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques, and experiences hacking on GitHub.The post How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate…
Secret protection must scale with software [7 Oct 26, 5:45pm] Developers aren’t becoming more careless; they’re being outpaced. The tools that let developers create more software should also take on more of the work of protecting it.The post Secret protection must scale with software appeared first on The…
Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development [6 Oct 26, 8:57pm] We're rebuilding GitHub's Git infrastructure while GitHub keeps running, creating a foundation for agent-scale software development.The post Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
YouTube To Test Ask YouTube Inside The Shorts Player via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [12 Oct 26, 10:16pm] YouTube is planning a limited, English-only test of Ask YouTube on select Shorts and says the watch-page feature will soon reach Shorts and live streams.The post YouTube To Test Ask YouTube Inside The Shorts Player appeared first on Search Engine Jo…
Negative Signals, Positive Intent: PPC Leads Hiding In ‘Cancel’ Searches [12 Oct 26, 2:30pm] Turn competitor complaints and cancellation searches into PPC leads with tailored offers that address customer frustrations and make switching easier.The post Negative Signals, Positive Intent: PPC Leads Hiding In ‘Cancel’ Searches appeared firs…
Your First 30 Days As A Growth Leader – The Challenge From Day One [12 Oct 26, 12:00pm] Use your first 30 days as a growth leader to identify where B2B buyers lose trust and rethink the channels meant to engage them.The post Your First 30 Days As A Growth Leader – The Challenge From Day One appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Meet the modders porting ringfenced DLSS features to older GPUs [12 Oct 26, 3:30pm] DLSS Multi-Frame Generation and DLSS 5 Neural Rendering can now run on hardware never intended for it, at least according to Nvidia. Now, two of the modders foundational to the release of these community advancements speak out.
The Open Task Relay project [9 Oct 26, 8:39pm] Lane Kingsbery had a thought. If agents are going to be ubiquitous, why not put them to use for the public good? With that in mind, he started a project called the Open Task Relay, essentially a repository of small tasks that teams or individuals can…
AI Agents Are Taking Over the Service Desk. The Humans Aren’t Leaving. [8 Oct 26, 5:05pm] Most IT leaders have heard the same pitch this year. Put AI agents on the front line of the service desk, let them close the routine tickets, and watch the headcount line shrink. The agents part is happening. The headcount part, for the most part,…
Harness acquires Augment Code assets to advanced autonomous SDLC [8 Oct 26, 4:03pm] Harness today announced that it has acquired select Augment Code assets, including Cosmos and the Auggie CLI products, the Code Context Engine, and related technology. Cosmos, Augment Code’s software factory, was built to run fleets of autonomous a…
Jellyfish Advances Developer and Agent Productivity Insights for the AI-Native SDLC [7 Oct 26, 8:35pm] BOSTON, October 7, 2026 — Jellyfish, the leading Software Engineering Intelligence and AI Impact Platform, today announced a comprehensive suite of features to help organizations measure the impact of AI engineering tools. The features, launched d…
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…
Bacterial antiviral defense suggests ancient link to human chromosome protection [12 Oct 26, 10:20pm] A new antiviral defense system discovered by Columbia scientists could be adapted in the future into a gene editor that slows down aging in our cells and improves cancer therapies. At the same time, the discovery also sheds light on an ancient event…
Electoral integrity under pressure as elections faced persistent threats in 2025 [12 Oct 26, 10:10pm] Elections across the world faced a wide range of pressures on electoral integrity in 2025, from violence and misinformation and disinformation to electoral management malfunctions, cyberattacks and natural hazards, according to a new report.
Nanostructure-assisted ultrasound shows potential for Parkinson's treatment [12 Oct 26, 10:00pm] Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurological disorders associated with later life, and its prevalence rises sharply with age. It affects the brain systems that control movement, often causing tremor, stiffness, slowness and pr…
Immune aging speeds up around 40 and 60 [7 Oct 26, 3:44pm] "We tend to think of aging as a gradual process, but our findings show that the immune system does not simply decline at a steady rate."
Why is ADHD having a moment on social media? [7 Oct 26, 3:43pm] An expert digs into why ADHD is getting more attention now than ever on social media and what still gets lost in the conversation.
Eggshells help make stronger, lighter metal alloys [7 Oct 26, 3:11pm] "This work shows that you can produce high-value, high-quality magnesium alloys using an inexpensive, sustainable, biogenic waste material."
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…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt [11 Oct 26, 7:00pm] This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad replying to a comment about Mark Zuckerberg’s past projects: I’d say the first thing he did was bring back the AOL silo paradigm. In second place, it’s MrWilson with a comment abo…
Polling: Americans Uncertain On RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Stance, Very Certain That They Hate Him [10 Oct 26, 2:39am] In my many, many posts about RFK Jr. and his disastrous tenure as Secretary of HHS, there are two themes that have hopefully broken through all the noise. The first is that Kennedy is a miserable communicator, in a way that is totally purposeful. He…
US Postal Service To Start Exploring Its Always-On Surveillance Options [9 Oct 26, 10:18pm] Here comes the latest in ho-hum dystopia. And by that, I mean surveillance creep has become such a regular occurrence that it takes something truly Overton Window-breaking to gain traction with the general public. But that’s no reason to let this s…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Like Herding Chats [9 Oct 26, 8:15pm] 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 —…
sculptures made of timber and steel occupy raw concrete shell in seoul before demolition [12 Oct 26, 6:10pm] ghost barstairs: temporary hypotheses brings experimental furniture, sculpture, and plywood structures into a vacant concrete building in seoul, using its exposed frame to explore the possibilities of a space between demolition and renewal.The post…
tarek atoui turns tate modern’s turbine hall into a giant experimental orchestra [12 Oct 26, 2:12pm] the lebanese sound artist brings sculptural instruments and multisensory installations to london's turbine hall for the 2026 hyundai commission.The post tarek atoui turns tate modern’s turbine hall into a giant experimental orchestra appeared…
BIG stacks floating terraces above green public space in tirana [12 Oct 26, 2:00pm] a translucent facade, slender columns, and an open ground plane shape a proposal that brings public space, community facilities, and the surrounding landscape into a single architectural framework.The post BIG stacks floating terraces above green pu…
citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof [12 Oct 26, 10:57am] unveiled at the 2026 paris motor show, citroën's 2 cv concept reinterprets the 1948 classic as a compact electric car measuring just 3.76 metres.The post citroën revives the iconic 2 CV as a compact electric concept with a roll-up fabric roof…
carsten höller’s goggles turn the world upside down to challenge perception [12 Oct 26, 10:50am] inspired by a 19th-century psychology experiment, the wearable artwork turns familiar surroundings into an unsettling test of perception and movement.The post carsten höller’s goggles turn the world upside down to challenge perception appeared fi…
