OpenAI Denies Firing Researchers Over AI Safety Warnings [9 Oct 26, 8:33pm] Refuting claims that the exits were related to safety, the AI firm said an internal probe had uncovered "a significant breach of trust" beyond what they had disclosed.
Trump Says Putin Agrees To Major Release Of Diesel To US, Global Markets [9 Oct 26, 7:46pm] US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had secured Russian leader Vladimir Putin's agreement to release diesel into US and global markets, vowing this will help cool surging energy costs amid war with Iran.
Ukraine Says It Attacked 3 Missile Production Facilities In Russia [9 Oct 26, 6:46pm] In a statement on Telegram, Ukraine's General Staff said the Russian facility for "liquidation of intercontinental ballistic missiles" was hit to degrade Russia's ability to source explosives and rocket fuel.
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…
Proposal: Minor updates to the WordPress Core CSS Coding Standards [7 Oct 26, 1:09pm] The purpose of this proposal is to introduce minor changes to the WordPress CSS Coding Standards required to integrate Stylelint into Core. Please keep any feedback focused on the scope of these minor changes. On Trac ticket #29792 a proposal has bee…
Dev Chat Agenda – October 7, 2026 [7 Oct 26, 12:40am] 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…
Performance Chat Summary: 6 October 2026 [6 Oct 26, 4:28pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared that prefetching has finally been committed in changeset 64120. The next step is to default script and style concatenation to off outside d…
Pixelated 120: The definitive Pixel tier list [9 Oct 26, 9:08pm] Welcome to Pixelated episode 120. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will celebrate 10 years of Pixel by ranking all of Google’s smartphones released over the past decade. Also, we finally make the jump over to video!Enjoy the show? You can listen t…
Googlebook’s app situation is a mess, and not just because things are missing [9 Oct 26, 6:45pm] Having been using a Googlebook for the better part of a week, there are any number of headaches I could talk about, but easily the biggest problem I’m running into thus far is the app situation. Frankly, it’s a mess. more…
OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks [9 Oct 26, 9:07pm] The ChatGPT maker said the researchers "violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.”The post OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks [9 Oct 26, 11:43am] Hackers hijacked the .gh, .sl, and .as ccTLDs and obtained HTTPS certificates for several Google domains.The post Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild [9 Oct 26, 10:23am] The flaws, CVE-2026-105133 and CVE-2026-105134, allow attackers to bypass authentication and inject OS commands.The post Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Pre-Baked Firmware Malware Hits Budget Android Devices in 150+ Countries [9 Oct 26, 9:55am] Midnight Mimosa is the name given to a malware campaign primarily running preinstalled on low-cost Android devices.The post Pre-Baked Firmware Malware Hits Budget Android Devices in 150+ Countries appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Global consensus sets testing guidelines for solar cells harvesting indoor light [9 Oct 26, 6:20pm] Indoor photovoltaics (iPV) converts light from LEDs and fluorescent lamps found in homes and buildings into electricity, offering a route to self-powered sensors, remote controls, wearables and the tens of billions of connected devices expected to ma…
AI image watermarks can survive new model training, but durability varies by design [9 Oct 26, 6:20pm] Watermarks are increasingly being used to make AI-generated images recognizable and to ensure their origin can be traced. Previous research has focused on whether watermarks can withstand image manipulation. CISPA researcher Michel Meintz from the Sp…
Temporary melting liquid could help build better perovskite solar cells and LEDs [9 Oct 26, 5:20pm] A team co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new way to make perovskite solar cells—a promising next-generation solar technology—more efficient and durable. By creating a temporary liquid while the materi…
Shape-sensing sheet digitally tracks its movement as it bends and twists [9 Oct 26, 5:00pm] MIT engineers have developed a flexible, shape-sensing sheet that digitally reconstructs its own form as it bends and twists. The sensor is similar in principle to some motion-capture garments, which track a person's physical movements to mimic…
The Coolest Tech Inside GMC's 2027 Sierra 1500 [9 Oct 26, 8:45pm] The 2027 GMC Sierra 1500 is packing all-new powertrains, more capability, and some very impressive technology. These are a few of the stand-out features.
11 New Multi-Tools To Add To Your Wishlist In 2026 [9 Oct 26, 8:30pm] The multi-tool market may seem pretty static, but even established brands that have been making similar products for decades are constantly iterating.
5 VR Alternatives That Beat The Meta Quest [9 Oct 26, 7:45pm] The VR gold rush has long settled down at this point, and it may seem like Meta's Quest headsets are now the only serious options. That's not true, however.
Why Do Most Modern Airplane Fuel Tanks Use Nitrogen Gas? [9 Oct 26, 5:45pm] Inside every aircraft is a complex system designed to generate the power required for flight. Nitrogen is used in many fuel systems for safety reasons.
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…
Where the Art World Eats, Sleeps, and Shops in London During Frieze [9 Oct 26, 8:44pm] Legendary martinis, a perfect lobster omelette, and some challenging reservations await this year.The post Where the Art World Eats, Sleeps, and Shops in London During Frieze appeared first on Artnet News.
Sotheby’s Nabs $100M Ted and Ruth Baum Collection [9 Oct 26, 5:13pm] Plus, Super Dakota shutters, a new fair launches in Santa Fe, and more industry intel.The post Sotheby’s Nabs $100M Ted and Ruth Baum Collection appeared first on Artnet News.
Why This Avery Singer Painting Just Sold at a 91 Percent Loss [9 Oct 26, 4:31pm] The 2018 work 'Kundry' hammered far below its estimate at Sotheby’s contemporary curated sale.The post Why This Avery Singer Painting Just Sold at a 91 Percent Loss appeared first on Artnet News.
Could This Victorian Snap Be History’s Earliest Mirror Selfie? [9 Oct 26, 3:55pm] London's V&A acquired the exceptionally rare self-portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron's sister. The post Could This Victorian Snap Be History’s Earliest Mirror Selfie? appeared first on Artnet News.
The Whitney’s Roy Lichtenstein Survey Is a Sly Triumph [9 Oct 26, 12:14pm] This understated affair offers icons that can be deliciously enigmatic and absolutely brutal.The post The Whitney’s Roy Lichtenstein Survey Is a Sly Triumph 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…
Fallbacks for CSS `progress()` [2 Oct 26, 2:10pm] The new CSS progress() function calculates a value between 0 and 1, representing its position within a defined range. While awaiting broader browser support, users can manually implement this using other methods.
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
Jiangnan Picks TMC to Equip VLAC Pair [9 Oct 26, 8:56pm] Jiangnan Shipyard has chosen Norway-based TMC Compressors (TMC) to deliver a marine compressed air system to two very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) t...
Port Houston Celebrates Historic Project 11 Milestone [9 Oct 26, 8:53pm] HOUSTON – Port Houston joined federal, state, and local elected officials and industry partners Thursday, October 8, to celebrate the completion of Po...
Put Your Paws Together for the Winners of the 2026 Dog Photography Awards [8 Oct 26, 7:20pm] Put Your Paws Together for the Winners of the 2026 Dog Photography AwardsIf you can’t get enough of wagging tails and smiling tongues, then you’re probably a dog lover. In that case, we have a photography contest for you—the Dog Photography Aw…
Scientists Discover World’s Largest Underwater Garden Home to 20,000 Octopuses [8 Oct 26, 4:35pm] Scientists Discover World’s Largest Underwater Garden Home to 20,000 Octopuses View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Weather Channel India (@weatherindia) Scientists are baffled by the number of octopuses gathered at an underwater…
‘Head Trip’ EDM Festival Is Descending on the Coachella Valley for One Time Only [8 Oct 26, 1:50pm] ‘Head Trip’ EDM Festival Is Descending on the Coachella Valley for One Time OnlyHead Trip is taking over the California desert. From October 10 to 11, 2026, the electronic music festival will welcome EDM juggernauts, including Calvin Harris, Swe…
Long live the mechanical keyboard [9 Oct 26, 10:08pm] Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.
LumenUs helps automate tedious paperwork in times of grief [9 Oct 26, 5:00pm] "The day your loved one passes away, you also get this honorary badge of a project manager for a project you had no idea about," said founder Sara Tashakorinia.
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.
ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review [5 Oct 26, 3:59pm] We’re launching ReviewBench, a benchmark for code review agents built on representative GitHub pull requests, multi-source ground truth, calibrated evaluation, and production-aligned metrics.The post ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code revi…
Jetpack 16.3 WordPress Plugin Update Is A Winner via @sejournal, @martinibuster [9 Oct 26, 5:06am] Jetpack announced the release of version 16.3, a major update that adds three new blocks, expands existing features, improves accessibility and security, and reorganizes settings to bring related controls together in the user interface. Three New Blo…
PC shipments tumble over 20% in 3Q26 as chip shortages bite [9 Oct 26, 11:10am] PC shipments for the third quarter of 2026 drop by 15.8 million units, with Lenovo, HP, and Dell being hit the hardest. Memory chip manufacturers estimate that the situation will not improve until 2028 or 2029, even as Acer believes that PC prices wi…
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…
Three quantum-inspired cores leave opposite fingerprints on the ringing of black holes [9 Oct 26, 9:40pm] Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a singularity, a point of infinite density where the theory itself breaks down. Most physicists expect quantum gravity to replace…
Aspens 'remember' past drought in their leaves, 3-year experiment finds [9 Oct 26, 8:40pm] Drought is written into trees, appearing as narrow bands in their annual growth rings. But aspen may go farther, creating "functional memories" of previous dry years reflected in the chemistry of their leaves, according to new research by U…
NASA advances LISA mission contributions with new test telescope [9 Oct 26, 8:40pm] NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in space-time called gravitational waves.
Plant-bacteria partnership reveals how roots access iron locked in soil [9 Oct 26, 8:20pm] A new study led by Paul Schulze-Lefert from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Ricardo F.H. Giehl at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben, revealed how Arab…
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…
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 —…
Daily Deal: The Essential MATLAB & LabVIEW Mega Bundle [9 Oct 26, 6:05pm] The Essential MATLAB and LabVIEW Mega Bundle has 9 courses to help you improve your skills in programming and visualization. You’ll learn the basics of each and then go through hands-on courses building apps, learning about data analysis and visual…
Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad [9 Oct 26, 4:23pm] There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more.…
playfool’s game installation at V&A puts you in the role of data center cleaner [9 Oct 26, 8:35pm] the server interactive game installation uses a playful cleaning routine to highlight the often-overlooked labor of maintaining digital infrastructure and cultural collections.The post playfool’s game installation at V&A puts you in the role o…
massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store [9 Oct 26, 5:01pm] an olfactory archive, curated design books, and a custom coffee activation connect the fashion retail space to local culture.The post massimo dutti reincarnates 16th-century palace as rome flagship store appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
burgundy wood and blue ceilings shape café, bookshop, and wine bar in valencia [9 Oct 26, 2:55pm] sahuquillodearriba renovates a 59-sqm space in el botànic neighborhood retaining elements of the building’s original character.The post burgundy wood and blue ceilings shape café, bookshop, and wine bar in valencia appeared first on designboom |…
liam de la bedoyere’s inflatable chopsticks roll up into your pocket between meals [9 Oct 26, 10:34am] popsticks turns everyday tableware into portable inflatable chopsticks inspired by 1990s design.The post liam de la bedoyere’s inflatable chopsticks roll up into your pocket between meals appeared first on designboom | architecture & design ma…
tim walker traces five decades of queer activism through portraiture in ‘fairyland’ [9 Oct 26, 7:45am] from pioneering activists and healthcare workers to drag performers and musicians, 250 portraits trace how queer communities have shaped british cultural life through resistance, solidarity, and self-expression.The post tim walker traces five decade…
