Bangladesh Picks 'Controversial' Journalists For India Missions, Raises Brows [23 Jul 26, 5:53pm] Both countries have been making noises about resetting relations after a bruising stretch following the political upheaval that swept Sheikh Hasina from power in August 2024. Appointing press officers with a visible history of India-critical posts is…
Editor components updates in WordPress 7.1 [23 Jul 26, 12:51pm] 40px default size for form controls Starting in WordPress 7.1, @wordpress/components form controls use a 40px default height unconditionally. The opt-in __next40pxDefaultSize prop is no longer needed and has no runtime effect when passed. This comple…
Editable blocks inside the Custom HTML block [23 Jul 26, 12:29pm] In WordPress 7.1, the Custom HTML block supports interleaving static HTML with regular, editable blocks (79115): In the editor, the static markup renders inert while the inner blocks are editable in place — but locked: they can’t be moved, remove…
Media Library infinite scrolling is now enabled by default, with a per-user opt-out [23 Jul 26, 9:30am] Background The grid view of the Media Library (including the Media Modal) has supported infinite scrolling for a long time, where attachments load automatically as you scroll instead of behind a Load more button. That behavior was controlled by the m…
Text Shadow Support in Global Styles [23 Jul 26, 8:45am] WordPress 7.1 introduces the ability to define a text-shadow value in Global Styles through theme.json. Themes can now set a text shadow globally, on specific blocks, and on elements such as links, without a plugin or custom stylesheet. GitHub issue:…
Client-Side Media Processing in WordPress 7.1 [22 Jul 26, 5:24pm] WordPress 7.1 ships client-side media processing – a capability that handles image compression, resizing, format conversion, rotation, and thumbnail generation directly in the user’s browser using WebAssembly, rather than on the server. The featu…
Microsoft is cracking down on Windows 11 bloatware ads, forces LG to pull McAfee popup [23 Jul 26, 10:26am] LG has agreed to disable the McAfee popup in its Monitor App Installer, Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri confirmed on X. LG also sent a statement blaming Windows distribution and user consent, but the app's own changelog and reader reports tell a…
OpenAI Fixes ChatGPT Agent Flaw That Could Let Attackers Forge an AI Insider [23 Jul 26, 3:09pm] AgentForger allows an attacker to create, insert and remotely control an invisible autonomous AI agent inside a victim organization.The post OpenAI Fixes ChatGPT Agent Flaw That Could Let Attackers Forge an AI Insider appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Is Patching Dead? Vulnerability Management in the Post-Mythos Era [23 Jul 26, 3:00pm] You cannot out-patch a machine that writes a working exploit from a vulnerability description in twenty hours. Stop trying to optimize a game you cannot win.The post Is Patching Dead? Vulnerability Management in the Post-Mythos Era appeared first on…
Chick-fil-A Accounts Get Fried in Credential Stuffing Attack [23 Jul 26, 2:55pm] Threat actors used credentials obtained from other companies to hack into Chick-fil-A One accounts.The post Chick-fil-A Accounts Get Fried in Credential Stuffing Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Nuclear-Sabotage Malware Benchmark Trips Up Most Frontier AI Models [23 Jul 26, 12:42pm] SentinelOne’s new benchmark, built on the Fast16 case, shows which AI models can sustain a malware investigation and which cannot.The post Nuclear-Sabotage Malware Benchmark Trips Up Most Frontier AI Models appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Ancient ferns turned Triassic Europe into a wildfire inferno [22 Jul 26, 1:10pm] Ancient fern savannahs may have transformed parts of Europe into a wildfire-prone inferno during the end-Triassic mass extinction. New fossil evidence suggests the ferns repeatedly regrew after fires, creating fresh fuel that helped prolong the devas…
Colorectal cancer warning signs younger adults should never ignore [22 Jul 26, 12:47pm] Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50, and cases in younger adults continue to rise. Warning signs can include persistent bowel changes, recurring rectal bleeding, dark or narrow stools, unexplained weight l…
Lab-grown mini brains may predict which Alzheimer’s treatments will work [22 Jul 26, 12:34pm] Miniature brain models grown from patients’ cells revealed striking differences in how Alzheimer’s-related tissue responds to an antidepressant. The organoids and the particles they release could eventually guide more personalized treatments and…
A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer [22 Jul 26, 12:17pm] Researchers discovered a proton-assisted mechanism that greatly improves how triplet energy moves between quantum dots and nearby molecules. The proton briefly shifts position, helps coordinate electron movement, and then returns to where it started.…
MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view [22 Jul 26, 10:00am] MIT engineers have found a way to give chip-based lidar a wider, clearer view without relying on moving parts. Their design uses differently shaped antennas that can sit close together without scrambling one another’s signals. In tests, the system…
4 Gas-Powered Ryobi Products You Can Still Buy In 2026 [23 Jul 26, 4:45pm] Think Ryobi is strictly a battery-powered brand these days? Discover the four heavy-duty gas-powered machines the company still manufactures in 2026.
5 Air Conditioner Models You Should Steer Clear Of [23 Jul 26, 1:30pm] Are you in the market for a new air conditioner? It's a purchase you'll want to get right, so make sure to steer clear of these five models.
What Is The 2-2-2 Rule For Motorcycle Helmets? [23 Jul 26, 11:45am] Wearing a helmet is one of the best ways to stay safe on a motorcycle, but it's only truly effective if it fits. Follow this rule to make sure it does.
The hidden cost of Myanmar’s rare earth mines [23 Jul 26, 3:00pm] As the U.S. races to bypass China, the global hunger for critical minerals is financing warlords and poisoning Myanmar's borderlands.
China’s AI talent race is starting in high school [21 Jul 26, 10:00am] As demand for elite AI engineers outpaces supply, companies are recruiting teenagers through camps, research programs, and guaranteed job pipelines.
AI is shrinking video game development teams to one [20 Jul 26, 10:00am] AI is helping solo developers thrive in Turkey’s gaming industry, but writers, artists, and junior programmers are being left behind.
Marco Stanke Imagines Life Beyond the White Cube [23 Jul 26, 5:20pm] At Füssinger and Wolff, Marco Stanke's solo show "Home Alone" treats the apartment as a living organism.The post Marco Stanke Imagines Life Beyond the White Cube appeared first on Artnet News.
Jensen Huang Plows $75M Into Art School’s Rebirth—and Other Art World Matters [23 Jul 26, 8:00am] Also in today's Artnet Bulletin: A storied publication uncorks its archive, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first cultural moves.The post Jensen Huang Plows $75M Into Art School’s Rebirth—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on…
How Jewish Women Helped Shape Modern Design [23 Jul 26, 1:02am] "Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Wrkstätte" brings attention to the influence Jewish women exerted as artists, designers, and patrons in early 20th-century Vienna.The post How Jewish Women Helped Shape Modern Design appeared f…
Jeff Koons Beats Copyright Infringement Claims in ‘Made in Heaven’ Lawsuit [22 Jul 26, 4:37pm] A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that sculptor Michael Hayden waited too long to sue over the controversial series.The post Jeff Koons Beats Copyright Infringement Claims in ‘Made in Heaven’ Lawsuit appeared first on Artnet News.
Nub [21 Jul 26, 10:56pm] Nub looks like an interesting new “toolchain” for Node.js. It’s one of those “it makes everything you already do faster” sort of things, like installing and running scripts. Bytes.dev… … won’t be surprised if it becomes the de facto w…
Durable Objects on Cloudflare [20 Jul 26, 5:20pm] This is a post on one of Cloudflare’s coolest features: Durable Objects. We’ll introduce what they are, how they work, and walk through a reasonably realistic use case for them. Cloudflare Workers Review I’ve written about Cloudflare Workers pr…
Masonry (with Animation) in CSS [17 Jul 26, 7:52pm] Masonry.js was famous for creating, uh, Masonry layouts. But it did something else, too: animate fluid grids. Here's a way to get that in native CSS as well as the layout.
Lumis: Syntax Highlighter powered by Tree-sitter [16 Jul 26, 11:52pm] Lumis looks like a pretty sweet new syntax highlighter tool. Powered by Tree-sitter, of which I can vouch for its speed and power. I like how many runtimes it supports, almost encouraging server-side use, which is the best place for the job when you…
Lessons Learned Rewriting a Sticky Detector [15 Jul 26, 11:38pm] A dozen years go by, it turns out we can do things a lot differently and a lot better. Here a `scroll` event is entirely replaced by HTML and CSS features and much better performance.
The Index: Issue #191 [17 Jul 26, 11:55am] Howdy! Before we get into the links, we're going to take a break next week, so we'll see you on July 31 🌴Art as resistenceMore of this please!Mildliner referenceIf you've ever thought "I wish I could use Midliner marker col…
Use cases for aria-expanded [16 Jul 26, 11:55am] Communication can be difficult. Not only when we humans try to communicate with one another, but also in web development.While it is easy for sighted people with full mental and motor abilities to click a button with a mouse to display more informat…
The Index: Issue #190 [10 Jul 26, 11:55am] Code TV: The best landing page everWe very rarely share video content, but this episode was an absolute delight to watch. They're running a hackathon too which is well worth checking out.New Game+Mat has not given up and nor should you!Kyroh…
Proxy and Reflect [9 Jul 26, 11:55am] FYII'm Mat, author of Piccalilli's very own {JavaScript for Everyone}(https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone), a course designed to help you make the jump from junior- to senior developer. As ever, I'm here to teach you JavaScrip…
The Index: Issue #189 [3 Jul 26, 11:55am] Fixing full-bleed CSSA rather deep dive into how some of the newer CSS can make this age old pattern even better.Where’s the holistic AI productivity data?It’s hard to find anything other than anecdata from individuals telling us how AI has m…
Two Tankers Attacked: What Next in the Bab el Mandeb? [23 Jul 26, 4:00pm] The Houthis are claiming attacks on two tankers in the Red Sea, furthering their threat to impose by force a blockade on Saudi ships or ships using Sa...
Man Spends His Own Time and Money to Offer Illiterate Adults Free Literacy Lessons [22 Jul 26, 5:30pm] Man Spends His Own Time and Money to Offer Illiterate Adults Free Literacy LessonsVietnam boasts a high literacy rate, at 90.3% for adults and 94% for youths (15- to 24-year-olds). However, illiteracy still affects marginalized and remote communitie…
Giant Pop-Up Book at Los Angeles Public Library Sets Guinness World Record [22 Jul 26, 4:35pm] Giant Pop-Up Book at Los Angeles Public Library Sets Guinness World Record@lapubliclibraryLuceros y Penumbras has just been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest pop-up book ever created! Check out this record-breaking exhib…
Surreal Sculptures Visualize Human Greed as Soft Bodies Bloating Out of the Frame [22 Jul 26, 2:45pm] Surreal Sculptures Visualize Human Greed as Soft Bodies Bloating Out of the FrameMultifaceted artist Vincent Lagrange spent more than two decades photographing animals with a sense of closeness that defined his acclaimed series Between Us. With Neve…
Japanese Artist Repurposes Eraser Shavings To Create Detailed Bird Sculptures [22 Jul 26, 1:50pm] Japanese Artist Repurposes Eraser Shavings To Create Detailed Bird SculpturesAn eraser is one of the most reliable tools for an artist. It allows them to delete guide lines and mistakes that would otherwise ruin all the progress made on a project. B…
Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded [23 Jul 26, 5:07pm] The Media Router is a tool that automatically selects the best image, video, or audio generation model for a request based on whether a developer prioritizes quality, speed or cost.
Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse [23 Jul 26, 4:29pm] The number of paid robotaxi miles traveled fell 36% in the second quarter, despite expanding to new cities, according to Tesla's own figures.
The case for a cooldown: Why Dependabot now waits before issuing version updates [23 Jul 26, 4:00pm] A new default three-day cooldown delays version update pull requests so maintainers and security researchers can address findings in a release before it gets into your code.The post The case for a cooldown: Why Dependabot now waits before issuing ve…
Copilot vs. raw API access: What are you actually paying for? [22 Jul 26, 7:00pm] Copilot now bills usage at listed API rates. Compare direct model access with the coding workflow, policy, and harness work around it.The post Copilot vs. raw API access: What are you actually paying for? appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Next chapter: Restructuring GitHub’s bug bounty program [22 Jul 26, 4:00pm] GitHub is making some significant changes to its bug bounty program, shifting its focus to give researchers a better experience working with the GitHub team.The post Next chapter: Restructuring GitHub’s bug bounty program appeared first on The Git…
How to build interactive experiences with canvases [21 Jul 26, 4:00pm] Canvases turn AI into interactive workspaces where you can visualize information, explore workflows, and take action across complex tasks.The post How to build interactive experiences with canvases appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
$100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community [20 Jul 26, 4:00pm] Celebrating $100 million contributed by the community to the people who build and sustain open source every day.The post $100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
YouTube Explains What Can Stop A Channel Getting Paid via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [23 Jul 26, 4:00pm] YouTube spelled out three kinds of content that can stop a channel from getting paid, and says it's clarifying existing rules, not changing them.The post YouTube Explains What Can Stop A Channel Getting Paid appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
Aria Vega Reveals How Ryan Castro Joined the ‘Chévere’ Remix | Billboard Latin [23 Jul 26, 5:00pm] Aria Vega talks about the success of the “Chévere” remix with Ryan Castro, one of the biggest Latin songs of the year. She shares how the collaboration came together, her reaction to the song’s impact on the charts and the personal story that…
Forward-Deployed Engineers vs. Implementation Consultants: The Crucial Distinctions [23 Jul 26, 3:10pm] At first glance, forward deployed engineer, one of the trendiest enterprise technology buzzwords of the moment, might sound like a fancy new way of referring to what businesses have been calling implementation consultants for decades. After all, the…
Block Rolls Out Buzz AI Collaboration Workspace [23 Jul 26, 11:45am] As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, a growing challenge for development teams has been the isolation of AI-assisted work. Engineers often find themselves operating in silos, managing conversations with AI tools that require manual handoff…
BellSoft Announces Hardened Builder for Paketo Buildpacks for Zero-CVE Containers [22 Jul 26, 6:41pm] The BellSoft Hardened Images builder improves security and compliance for users of the open-source Paketo Buildpacks project in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. These hardened images, which automatically turn container images into production-re…
Most Semantic Layers Were Built for BI: What a Semantic Layer for AI Requires [22 Jul 26, 4:23pm] When semantic layers emerged, their role was to provide business users with a consistent, governed view of data across BI tools and dashboards. Metrics were standardized, departments were aligned, analysts could query data without detailed knowledge…
Introducing Harness Agent DLC: New Capabilities for the AI Agent Development Lifecycle [21 Jul 26, 8:39pm] SAN FRANCISCO – Harness, the AI Software Delivery Platform company, today announced it is extending its platform to cover the full AI Agent Development Life Cycle (DLC), giving enterprises a single set of pipelines and controls to build, test, depl…
Group Note: WCAG Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0 [23 Jul 26, 1:08pm] This document describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
First Public Working Draft: Character Model for the World Wide Web: String Matching [16 Jul 26, 9:29am] This document builds upon Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals to provide authors of specifications, software developers, and content developers a common reference on string identity matching on the World Wide Web and thereby incr…
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…
SBE Portfolio: Measuring BD-Rate and Break-Even Across a Full Library [16 Jul 26, 10:01pm] The new Portfolio feature in SLC Bitrate Explorer (SBE) version 2.0 aggregates BD-Rate and break-even results across multiple source files. This walkthrough covers the workflow from data entry to Excel export. Portfolios were NOT available in SBE ver…
Cutting CDN Costs: A Conversation with CDN77 [14 Jul 26, 9:47pm] Recently, I sat down with Katerina “Kate” Dobnerova and Juraj Kacaba of CDN77 to discuss one of the largest recurring line items that every video publisher faces: CDN costs. By way of background, CDN77 is a video-focused global CDN that’s been…
The Correct Way to Choose an x264 Preset, Part 2: Your Audience Changes the Answer [29 Jun 26, 1:06pm] Here’s the question on the table. x264’s veryslow preset delivers better quality than the medium preset but takes roughly 4x longer to encode, boosting your encoding costs by a healthy 4x (2-3x if using a cloud encoder). Which is the right preset…
Who benefits most from AI data centers? [23 Jul 26, 5:20pm] New research examines how data center openings affect local jobs, wages, business activity, and electricity prices.
Daily Deal: The Modern No-Code Development Bundle [23 Jul 26, 6:14pm] The Modern No-Code Creator Bundle is an extensive online curriculum specifically developed to enable individuals to construct professional websites, applications & automated workflows without the necessity of writing any code. It has five courses…
ICE Illegally Scooped Up Medicaid Data, Then Shared It With Palantir [23 Jul 26, 4:34pm] The Trump administration’s continual trend towards maximum awfulness means that every report seems to be “I’ve got bad news and I’ve got worse news.” What was already bad has become even worse now that more of the administration’s actions…
Dem Texas AG Candidate Vows To Investigate Musk’s Starlink Grant Grift [23 Jul 26, 12:27pm] Last month I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring how Republicans had hijacked the Biden-era infrastructure bill to redirect billions of dollars away from next-generation fiber, and instead funnel it into the pockets of billionaires Elon Musk and…
Screen Time Guidelines For Kids Is Changing As Research Paints A More Nuanced Picture [23 Jul 26, 3:16am] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Concerns surrounding young people’s screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users unde…
EWE studio’s sculptural table combines hand-carved green marble with cast aluminum [23 Jul 26, 5:10pm] the exhuma dining table draws on ancestral purépecha casting techniques.The post EWE studio’s sculptural table combines hand-carved green marble with cast aluminum appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
world’s tallest timber tower reaches full height in sydney with design by SHoP [23 Jul 26, 2:52pm] the 39-story, 590 foot-tall tower is designed by SHoP architects and BVN with a hybrid timber structure which rises over sydney, australia.The post world’s tallest timber tower reaches full height in sydney with design by SHoP appeared first on d…
ramón esteve shapes chunky, monolithic forms for vondom’s mel outdoor collection [23 Jul 26, 10:05am] vondom introduces the mel collection, a series of monolithic, low-slung outdoor furniture balancing refined comfort with avant-garde design.The post ramón esteve shapes chunky, monolithic forms for vondom’s mel outdoor collection appeared first o…
sharmistha ray turns pittsburgh pickleball courts into playable geometric artwork [23 Jul 26, 9:23am] abstract painting, historic game boards, and community recreation come together at pittsburgh’s vibrant arts landing.The post sharmistha ray turns pittsburgh pickleball courts into playable geometric artwork appeared first on designboom | architec…
