Ukraine Drone Terror Makes Russian Ships Use 'Mad Max' Style Nets, Cages [13 Aug 26, 3:00pm] Anti-drone nets, metal cages and even water tanks are being strapped to vessels sailing through the Black Sea and nearby waters as Moscow tries to shield its maritime infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks.
Accessibility Improvements in WordPress 7.1 [13 Aug 26, 4:43pm] WordPress 7.1 continues to polish accessibility across WordPress Core and Gutenberg, advancing the goals to meet accessibility standards. In this release, high-impact changes include the new accessible tooltips API, improved predictability for screen…
WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers [12 Aug 26, 6:12pm] Planning for WordPress 7.2 is underway with a proposed release date around December 8th-10th, 2026. This post outlines the key milestone dates and includes a call for volunteers to help lead the release. Whether you are a seasoned contributor or new…
WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate 3 [12 Aug 26, 3:57pm] The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 7.1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical…
Performance Chat Summary: 11 August 2026 [11 Aug 26, 5:04pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins) Open Floor Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #…
Dev Chat Agenda – August 11, 2026 [11 Aug 26, 4:23am] 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…
Google’s Pixel Tag picks a bold strategy in a sea of AirTag clones [Gallery] [13 Aug 26, 5:05pm] Google’s first first-party Find Hub tracker is finally here. The Pixel Tag drops in November and, while there’s a lot of promise here, Google has opted for a pretty bold strategy in a world where the AirTag dominates – let’s see if it pays of…
Pixel 11 Pro’s ‘HiLight’ missed its opportunity to be the perfect notification LED [13 Aug 26, 3:30pm] The Pixel 11 doesn’t carry much of a different look, and the only major hardware change happening on the exterior could be glossed over without a second thought. Pixel 11’s HiLight hides in the camera LED and acts like a notification light when y…
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026 [13 Aug 26, 2:41pm] Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Barracuda, CrowdStrike, Cyera, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm.The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Adobe Commerce Bug Targeted Immediately After Disclosure [13 Aug 26, 2:17pm] The first exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2026-71362 were observed shortly after Adobe released patches.The post Adobe Commerce Bug Targeted Immediately After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [13 Aug 26, 12:53pm] Attackers with Author-level user or higher permissions could exploit the flaw via malicious Postscript files.The post WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million [13 Aug 26, 11:42am] The Israeli company has nearly $2 billion in total assets under management since 2014.The post Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager [13 Aug 26, 10:40am] The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to log in with random usernames and passwords or impersonate any FortiGate appliance.The post Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager appeared first on SecurityWeek.
KASHOVSKI “Great Music Alone Isn’t Always Enough To Build A Career” [10 Aug 26, 8:40pm] Off the back of new single "Show Me", Kashovski takes on our Q&A, covering everything from Zidane to his greatest fear.What's your greatest fear?God's judgement.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?S…
Native Instrument’s SuperStarSaw Review [3 Aug 26, 1:58pm] It’s not often an instrument tells you what it is so blatantly. And perhaps there’s a reason for that, as SuperStarSaw is far more than the one-trick pony its name suggests.It’s not uncommon for me to start a review with a disclaimer or co…
reFX releases Rippler, a dual‑layer physical modelling synthesiser [31 Jul 26, 9:13am] New plugin combines resonator‑based acoustic emulation with subtractive synthesis, launching at an introductory price of $99.reFX has released Rippler, a new plugin that combines physical modelling with subtractive synthesis across two indepen…
How To make your own kick drums in Diva [28 Jul 26, 3:49pm] With so many kick drum samples available, it’s easy to overlook the benefits of programming your own. It only takes seconds.Kick drums, eh? You can’t live with ‘em, but you can’t live without programming ‘em. Except, of course, you can…
5 of the Best Software and Hardware Trackers [22 Jul 26, 11:32am] If you make a genre like jungle, IDM or breakcore, you need a tracker. These are the five best trackers available, plus how to bring one into your workflow.We’re all familiar with the traditional DAW sequencer, which scrolls along a timeline f…
How To Tell If Your Air Conditioner Condenser Is Bad [13 Aug 26, 1:45pm] The summertime is the worst time for to find out your air conditioning is having issues, but a failing condenser unit has some telltale signs, at least.
How Many Miles Is Too Many For An NA Mazda MX-5 Miata? [13 Aug 26, 12:45pm] If you've ever considered buying an NA Mazda MX-5 Miata, you probably wondered how many miles is too much. The short answer is: It depends. Let's talk about it.
Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet [13 Aug 26, 10:00am] Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers [10 Aug 26, 10:00am] Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips [7 Aug 26, 1:00pm] As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
What Artnet Auctions Specialists Can’t Stop Thinking About This Month [13 Aug 26, 9:24am] The potential shift in the seasonality of the auction calendar, material distinctions of a photographer's oeuvre, and the rise of Kikuo Saito's market are all top of mind right now.The post What Artnet Auctions Specialists Can’t Stop Thi…
Tom Holland Has the Collecting Bug—and Other Art World Matters [13 Aug 26, 7:00am] Also, the Guggenheim graces the New Yorker's cover, and a Basquiat play lands in New York.The post Tom Holland Has the Collecting Bug—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News.
Want to Lead a Big Art Museum? Some Are Hiring! [12 Aug 26, 10:54pm] The New Museum, Buffalo, and Portland have named new leaders, but other director's chairs sit empty.The post Want to Lead a Big Art Museum? Some Are Hiring! appeared first on Artnet News.
5 Exhibitions in New York to Catch Before Summer Ends [12 Aug 26, 10:12pm] From an institutional solo in Long Island City to a cross-generational group show of women artists downtown, here's what's on right now from the Artnet Gallery Network. The post 5 Exhibitions in New York to Catch Before Summer Ends appeare…
An Apartment in Virginia Woolf’s Childhood Home Just Hit the Market [12 Aug 26, 6:49pm] The Victorian townhouse is where Woolf and her painter sister Vanessa Bell grew up.The post An Apartment in Virginia Woolf’s Childhood Home Just Hit the Market appeared first on Artnet News.
Random Post Button Followup [6 Aug 26, 10:41pm] I had fun with the post about making a link to a random post in just HTML/CSS the other day. But I was almost certainly over-thinking it on the original. Using random() was kind of the point, so we can stick with that.
5 CSS Properties You Should Know for Better Text Designs [5 Aug 26, 3:08pm] Includes background-clip for masking backgrounds, vertical-align for aligning elements, box-decoration-mode for consistent edge styling, letter-spacing for spacing control, and text-combine-upright for vertical text layouts.
Web Platform Status Notification Emails [4 Aug 26, 6:15pm] I’m just learning that the Web Platform Status website offers email alerts when features of your choosing change in support. For instance, I just signed up to hear exactly when Customizable <select> becomes Baseline Newly Available.
Personal website redesign project post: A little progressive enhancement as a treat [13 Aug 26, 11:55am] For a long time, I've included last.fm and Open Scrobbler links on each music collection item's detail page in some shape or form because those are pretty straightforward to render, but something I really wanted on this new website was prov…
The Index: Issue #193 [7 Aug 26, 11:55am] Your ‘App’ could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you…)A thoroughly enjoyable read!SmoothCSSComplete CSS alumni, Rob McCormick, has built a really nice looking design system/CSS framework/UI kit.The CSS lh unitAn extremely useful uni…
Working with ::highlight() using progressive enhancement [6 Aug 26, 11:55am] Highlighting in CSS has been beneficial for applying a highlight on specific text or text fragments during user selection, emphasizing a piece of information on a website, or visually emphasizing a text for the sake of branding. Particularly, this is…
The Index: Issue #192 [31 Jul 26, 11:55am] CodePen 2.0 is hereHats off to the CodePen team for getting their huge 2.0 release over the line. The possibilities really are endless and that's a great achievement for a team of 5!95 reasons for having your own websiteDoes exactly what it s…
Your tokenmaxxing is not valuemaxxing [11 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Coder’s Rob Whiteley to chat about why tokenmaxxing isn’t proving real value and just triggering Goodhart’s Law, how release speed and PR merges can help you measure agentic outcomes with or without a human-in-the-loop, and wh…
How to be fearlessly AI native [7 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes McLaren Stanley, Senior Principal Engineer for Amazon Stores, to discuss what it actually takes to make teams AI native, why agentic engineering is shifting code bottlenecks downstream to testing and deployment, and why robust validatio…
Explorers, exploiters, and the myth of the 100x engineer [5 Aug 26, 7:40am] The “find the special ones and promote their traits” approach isn’t the best or only way to drive AI adoption and productivity on an engineering team.
Your MVP doesn’t need a Kubernetes cluster [4 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Anurag Goel, CEO and co-founder of Render, to discuss why most startups shouldn’t start by managing their Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
What happens to the internet when robots act like humans? [31 Jul 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes WPEngine CTO Ramadass Prabakar to the show to chat about what happens—and what we should do—when agents start acting like humans online, how our internet is evolving to serve both human and agentic experiences from the same interfac…
Russian Naval Boost for President Putin [13 Aug 26, 4:52pm] President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet during its major annual exercise, which began on August 4, a visit made with...
Spill From Grounded Tanker Begins to Reach Oman's Shores [13 Aug 26, 1:36am] The crude oil spill emanating from the wrecked tanker Caroline Bezengi continues to spread unabated off the southeastern coast of Oman, and it is thre...
Marine Corps Picks Up Drones for Surveying the Surf Zone [13 Aug 26, 12:32am] The U.S. Marine Corps is working with a robotics contractor to field small submersible drones for use near shore, bringing automation to one of the mo...
4,000 Colorful Numbers Make Time Flow Above a Hong Kong Walkway [13 Aug 26, 2:45pm] 4,000 Colorful Numbers Make Time Flow Above a Hong Kong WalkwayArtist Emmanuelle Moureaux has brought her signature chromatic language across the harbor to Hong Kong for the first time with 100 colors no.54 FLOW. Suspended above a bank of escalator…
100+ Iconic Photos Explore the Power of Presence in This Traveling Exhibition [13 Aug 26, 1:50pm] 100+ Iconic Photos Explore the Power of Presence in This Traveling ExhibitionPhotography, as theorist Roland Barthes once argued, functions as a kind of proof, a “certificate of presence” confirming that a moment, person, or place truly existed.…
13-Year-Old Boy Builds Custom 3D-Printed Wheelchair for a Little Girl [12 Aug 26, 5:30pm] 13-Year-Old Boy Builds Custom 3D-Printed Wheelchair for a Little GirlUtah-based teen Zac Waters loves 3D printing. The 13-year-old has been experimenting, designing, and printing various objects at home for a while, but recently decided to use his t…
What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era [13 Aug 26, 4:00pm] See how the open source projects in Session 4 of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund combined AI-assisted workflows, maintainer expertise, GitHub security tools, expert guidance, and funding to improve project security. The post What 50 open source p…
GitHub availability report: July 2026 [12 Aug 26, 10:17pm] In July, we experienced eight incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.The post GitHub availability report: July 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app [12 Aug 26, 7:00pm] Learn how to write your first prompt in the GitHub Copilot app, choose the right context and model, and start your first task with confidence.The post Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project? [12 Aug 26, 6:00pm] AI contributors are already in your queue. AutoGPT maintainer Nicholas Tindle shares the repo instructions, gates, and boundaries that keep maintainers in control.The post Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project? appeared first on The Gi…
From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role of a developer [11 Aug 26, 6:38pm] Developers are owning more of the delivery system around code, not just code itself. Join us during GitHub Universe to meet other devs, learn something new, and explore what's next.The post From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role…
Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke via @sejournal, @brentcsutoras [13 Aug 26, 2:30pm] Search referrals measure how people reach Reddit. They don't measure why people go looking for it, and that gap is where the value sits.The post Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [13 Aug 26, 1:00am] Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data.The post Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice appeared first on Search Engine Journa…
Elixir, Clojure, or Python for LLM Agents? Our Experience with All Three [13 Aug 26, 4:32pm] Most agent tooling is Python-first. LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, and LangGraph all target Python. Given that Python is the second-most-popular programming language, the current ecosystem might work well for teams already using it. Still, organizations…
Rubrik’s First Month in Project Glasswing: High Fidelity and Humans in the Loop [13 Aug 26, 3:58pm] Security professionals live in a time of new AI realities. Threat discovery, once the main focus of security assessment, is now fast and abundant. Breaches that used to evolve over weeks now happen in seconds. Vulnerability chains, long invisible to…
Unlocking Efficiency: A Conversation on AWS Lambda MicroVMs [13 Aug 26, 3:04pm] AWS recently announced a new serverless compute primitive within AWS Lambda that lets you run code generated by users or AI in isolated, stateful execution environments. You get virtual machine level isolation, near-instant launch and resume, and di…
ZeroDrift introduces Command control place for compliance teams [12 Aug 26, 6:12pm] A startup security company, ZeroDrift has introduce Command, a control plane for compliance teams to train and enforce firewalls on standards that enforces policies in communication between people and among agents. The release is added to ZeroDrift…
Your Next User is an Agent, Not a Person [12 Aug 26, 5:02pm] Pull your access logs for last week and ask a question most teams never think to ask: how much of that traffic was read by a person? Cloudflare started publishing an answer in July 2025. Across its entire customer base in the first week of that Augus…
Updated W3C Recommendation: ARIA in HTML [11 Aug 26, 3:19pm] This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 and Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 attributes on {HTML} elements.
Group Note: Further Aligning W3C's Program of Technical Work with Human Rights [4 Aug 26, 9:16am] In this document, the Advisory Board lists examples of how human rights and technical standards setting map to each other, points to existing W3C work in this area, and provides concrete proposals to further the alignment between the W3C’s technica…
W3C Invites Implementations of WebTransport [30 Jul 26, 8:25am] This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in WebIDL to allow data to be sent and received between a browser and server.
Group Note Draft: Verifiable Credentials Overview v1.1 [30 Jul 26, 8:20am] The family of W3C Recommendations for Verifiable Credentials, described in this overview document, provides a mechanism to express these sorts of credentials on the Web in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and machine-verifi…
VVC Gains Momentum with Amazon and Dolby Acquisitions [13 Aug 26, 1:14am] Recent moves by Amazon and Dolby may hint at a growing interest in VVC (Versatile Video Coding). Amazon’s Acquisition of MX Player On Wednesday, June 5, Amazon agreed to acquire key assets of Indian video streaming service MX Player from Times Inte…
Chick-fil-A’s Play App: A Family-Focused Strategy with a Strategic Edge [13 Aug 26, 1:04am] While driving to Atlanta the Saturday before Thanksgiving, I streamed the Georgia UMass football game on my iPhone (my wife was driving). The video quality was good with only occasional buffering, but the advertising was limited and monotonous; prett…
AI Dubbing: An Untapped Opportunity for Global Growth [12 Aug 26, 11:04pm] The rise of AI-driven dubbing has created a fundamental shift in content localization. While some see it as an added expense, forward-thinking content producers and vendors increasingly recognize it as a strategic opportunity. By lowering costs, impr…
Pinot Noir Might Be Doomed as Droughts Become More Frequent [13 Aug 26, 11:00am] Could the best Pinot Noirs be behind us?ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
First-of-Its-Kind Trial Against Food Allergies Yields 'Exciting' Results [13 Aug 26, 10:00am] In a new study, transplanted microbiomes that were removed from donors' excrement helped resolve some people's severe allergic reactions. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don'…
How safe is the new Alzheimer’s drug? [11 Aug 26, 5:14pm] Researchers studied patients treated with lecanemab, a new therapy designed to remove a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease from the brain.
This mushroom is behind ‘tiny people’ hallucinations [11 Aug 26, 5:04pm] A researcher speaks about the Lilliputian mushroom, the decades-long mystery behind it, and the implications of a new hallucinogenic compound.
Flock (Again!) Activates A Camera System A Town Had Voted To Shut Down [13 Aug 26, 4:28pm] The easiest way to tell that Flock Safety doesn’t really care that its massive network of ALPR (automatic license plate reader) cameras is being abused by cops to stalk their exes and harass residents is to judge it by its actions. When confronted…
‘Trump Said A Thing’ Journalism Must Stop [13 Aug 26, 12:30pm] One obvious byproduct of letting what’s left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don’t want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually…
John Oliver Doubles Down After Latest Buc-ee’s Trademark Bullying Lawsuit [13 Aug 26, 3:04am] The Buc-ee’s trademark bullying saga continues! The company, once best known for building ridiculously enormous gas station and convenience store combinations has more recently become nearly as infamous for its bullying and litigious behavior. Buc-…
Not Ready For Prime Time: The Current State Of Legal Ethics And AI [12 Aug 26, 10:11pm] I’ve been presenting at UC Law San Francisco Lexlab Law and AI certificate program its past several sessions, as well as some law school classes, on whether lawyers’ use of AI complies with the rules of professional conduct governing how lawyers…
falwa restaurant transforms arabian equestrian heritage into fluid architectural interior [13 Aug 26, 3:30pm] rejecting literal motifs, the restaurant opts for boundary-dissolving forms, custom mineral plaster, and refined leatherwork that mirror the essence of equestrian tack and desert heritage.The post falwa restaurant transforms arabian equestrian herit…
stupid engineering gives holiday brain its own aluminum wall calendar [13 Aug 26, 2:00pm] ben ferrick’s deliberately obvious object gives holiday brain a permanent place on the wall.The post stupid engineering gives holiday brain its own aluminum wall calendar appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
studio ellsinger shapes a compact coastal home on sweden’s west coast [13 Aug 26, 9:01am] studio ellsinger’s hee house combines a compact footprint with strategic detailing for a spacious retreat on sweden’s west coast. The post studio ellsinger shapes a compact coastal home on sweden’s west coast appeared first on designboom | arc…
‘nature becomes the choreographer’: janet echelman on a sky full of hope in frankfurt [13 Aug 26, 7:50am] janet echelman suspends 'a sky full of hope' over frankfurt, where wind and public use continually reshape the work and the space beneath it.The post ‘nature becomes the choreographer’: janet echelman on a sky full of hope in frankfurt…
