Eyes On Indian Ocean, China Expands Naval Fleet To Over 400 Ships [7 Nov 26, 2:08pm] The growing presence has become a major concern for American military planners. China now has more naval ships than the US, and its fleet continues to expand at a pace that Washington is finding difficult to match.
Protesters Climb Crane, Set Off Flares At Microsoft Data Centre Site [7 Nov 26, 12:01pm] The action was part of a wider campaign against large data centres, with activists in several European countries demanding a halt to new projects over concerns about their environmental and social costs.
SVG icons in the admin bar and menu in WordPress 7.2 [5 Nov 26, 11:15am] You may have noticed the new shiny icons in the admin screens in WordPress 7.2 Beta. As previously announced on Replacing Dashicons in the admin bar and menu, the icons in the admin bar and menu are now inline SVGs from @wordpress/icons. Before, they…
Your Content Is Going To Get More Random! [5 Nov 26, 2:59am] Maybe not your content per se, but the ability to discover it is with the introduction of the /random/ endpoint in WordPress 7.2. A request to example.com/random/ will lead end users to a randomly selected published post. The feature is on by default…
Dev Chat Agenda – November 4, 2026 [4 Nov 26, 6:57am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting focuses on upcoming releases and Core development, with time for discussions and open floor. If you have requests for help with a tick…
Android XR glasses officially get a December release date [Video] [6 Nov 26, 10:40pm] Following a pre-order date announcement earlier this week, Google’s other Android XR launch partner has now confirmed a December release date for this first batch of glasses. more…
Pixelated 124: Is it time for a Nest Hub comeback? [6 Nov 26, 10:00pm] Welcome to Pixelated episode 124. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will dive into the announcement of Motorola’s flagship return in North America, the Signature 27. Is a $1,600 non-foldable the comeback everyone hoped for, or is this device doomed by ri…
Ray-Ban Meta Audio review: Great specs, shame about the price [6 Nov 26, 9:09pm] Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses attempt to curb the controversy by removing the cameras, and while they’re still an excellent product, the price makes them harder to recommend. more…
SonicWall Patches Exploited SonicOS Vulnerability That Weakens VPN Logins [7 Nov 26, 10:16am] CVE-2026-19868 can let attackers holding credentials for a different login method get past SAML checks, including SAML-enforced MFA.The post SonicWall Patches Exploited SonicOS Vulnerability That Weakens VPN Logins appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Japan Announces Emergency Cybersecurity Package Following a Wave of Attacks [6 Nov 26, 6:28pm] The emergency package comes after dozens of companies and government agencies were hit by unauthorized access to their systems and leaks of client data, prompting uneasiness across Japan.The post Japan Announces Emergency Cybersecurity Package Follo…
In Other News: Trezor Implant, LLMJacking Bills Hit $1M, SAP Flaws Weaponized Within Days [6 Nov 26, 2:40pm] Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Synology warns about NAS ransomware attacks, Flowise ‘hello’ attacks, Chainalysis breach impact expands.The post In Other News: Trezor Implant, LLMJacking Bills Hit $1M, SAP Flaws Weaponize…
DigiCert Data Breach Impacts Business Customer Information [6 Nov 26, 2:00pm] Hackers created an account on an internal system and accessed names, email addresses, phone numbers, and business addresses.The post DigiCert Data Breach Impacts Business Customer Information appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI Says New GPT-6 Cyber Model Hunts Flaws Without Crossing the Line [6 Nov 26, 1:19pm] Rated Critical for cybersecurity, OpenAI’s new model beats GPT-5.6 Cyber at exploitation while staying in scope more reliably.The post OpenAI Says New GPT-6 Cyber Model Hunts Flaws Without Crossing the Line appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cyberattack shuts down internet fan fiction library [7 Nov 26, 11:30am] One of the world's most popular fan fiction libraries has been dark for over a week after a cyberattack forced it offline, leaving millions of fans without access to their favorite stories.
Japan announces emergency cybersecurity package following a wave of attacks [7 Nov 26, 11:05am] Japan on Friday announced an emergency cybersecurity package that includes the use of artificial intelligence and cyber rescue teams after a wave of massive data breaches hit major companies and government agencies.
Measuring for success: Construction app makes estimates faster, easier [7 Nov 26, 1:20am] U.S. Navy and Marine Corps engineer officers and engineer chiefs have tough, dirty jobs in what's called horizontal construction—building and maintaining roads, airstrips, landing zones and base camps.
Why Do Some Axes Have Doubled-Sided Blades? [7 Nov 26, 1:45pm] Double-sided axes, also known as double-bit axes, became popular in America in the nineteenth century as the need for lumberjacks expanded across the continent.
Dyoma Paints “Shandarba,” a Ryazan Folk Dance Across a Folded Facade [28 Oct 26, 4:55pm] Dyoma has painted “Shandarba” across a residential building at 1A Kashirina Street in central Ryazan. Named for a traditional women’s dance from the Ryazan region, the mural turns the building’s projecting and recessed corners into part of its compos…
Gallery GF Brings Contemporary Art Into a New Dimension [6 Nov 26, 9:00pm] What began as a pandemic-era move online has grown into a worldwide business for founder Irina Fedoroff.The post Gallery GF Brings Contemporary Art Into a New Dimension appeared first on Artnet News.
French Court Investigates Fraud Claims by Picasso’s Heirs [6 Nov 26, 6:53pm] Plus, Daniel Sikkema sentenced to life in prison, India Art Fair announces exhibitors, and more industry intel.The post French Court Investigates Fraud Claims by Picasso’s Heirs appeared first on Artnet News.
Get Out the Vote? Venice Biennale Pushes Controversial People’s Choice Awards [6 Nov 26, 5:36pm] Two Visitors Lions awards will go to the best national pavilion and the best artist included in "In Minor Attractions." {keys?}The post Get Out the Vote? Venice Biennale Pushes Controversial People’s Choice Awards appeared first on Artnet News.
Whitney Museum Taps a Choreographer to Co-Curate Its Next Biennial [6 Nov 26, 3:50pm] Zack Winokur and Whitney curator Meg Onli will helm the prestigious art exhibition. The post Whitney Museum Taps a Choreographer to Co-Curate Its Next Biennial appeared first on Artnet News.
How Isamu Noguchi Turned Light Into Sculpture [6 Nov 26, 3:36pm] A luminous new show at the Noguchi Museum revisits 75 years of the artist's signature lamps.The post How Isamu Noguchi Turned Light Into Sculpture appeared first on Artnet News.
true or false in CSS [6 Nov 26, 1:38pm] CSS doesn’t have a boolean type, but it does have the true and false keywords. Register a custom property that only accepts them, flip it with :has(), and container style queries turn messy :checked selector combinations into readable conditions.
Data Access Testing With @testcontainers [4 Nov 26, 12:58pm] Testing data access code has always been awkward: unit tests want to be fast and isolated, and a real database is neither. With Docker and @testcontainers you can spin up a throwaway Postgres inside your Vitest suite, push your Drizzle schema into it…
Multi-Column Different-Speed Scrolling [3 Nov 26, 8:24pm] Scroll-Driven Animations can step in and make scrolling feel different even if you aren't actually interfering with the actual page scroll.
Overriding Heading Levels With the headingoffset HTML Attribute [2 Nov 26, 1:27pm] The new headingoffset HTML attribute lets you bump a heading’s level up by adding to it, which is handy when a component’s h1 needs to be an h2 somewhere else. Here’s how the math works, how to reset it, how to style the result with :heading(), and w…
Two Circles, One Connection, and border-shape [30 Oct 26, 1:28pm] Swapping the clip-path arrow from the previous article for border-shape and shape(), we can connect two draggable circles with fancy curved lines that stay perfectly aligned.
Useful @custom-media Presets [29 Oct 26, 12:34am] Custom media queries let you name and reuse media queries the way custom properties do for values. Here’s a set of drop-in @custom-media presets for input mechanisms, breakpoints, and true HDR, plus a container style query version of each that works…
Welcome to life in the chip age [6 Nov 26, 8:40am] Ryan sits down with Rakesh Kumar, professor of computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about the astounding complexity of manufacturing modern semiconductors, the massive environmental and geopolitical footprint of AI dat…
Your .NET parallel loop can become serial in a one-CPU container [4 Nov 26, 4:34pm] CPU-based defaults can leave an I/O-heavy loop processing one record at a time. Raising the limit helps, but each downstream service still needs a concurrency budget it can handle.
Oh, your agents need OAuth2, too [3 Nov 26, 8:40am] Recorded at LDX3 by LeadDev, Ryan chats with Dan Moore, Senior Director of CIAM Strategy and Identity Standards at FusionAuth, about adapting established OAuth2 protocols for the agentic era, the security necessity of giving autonomous AI agents thei…
It’s ok that computers are (sometimes) better than us [30 Oct 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO at Honeycomb, for a conversation about applying the concept of immutable infrastructure to software development to treat code like cattle instead of pets, shifting the paradigm of system specificat…
The reports of Stack Overflow's death are greatly exaggerated [29 Oct 26, 10:30pm] I’ve seen the recent predictions about Stack Overflow’s demise. They make for compelling headlines, but they confuse a change in how people access knowledge with the disappearance of the knowledge—and the company—behind it.
UAE Reinforces Its Global Leadership in Military Medicine [6 Nov 26, 1:14pm] Abu Dhabi: The Frontline Heroes Office commended the UAE’s hosting of the 46th World Congress on Military Medicine, scheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from 9 to 13 November 2026, with the participation of more…
VOX Cinemas Brings Festive Holiday Magic to the Big Screen [6 Nov 26, 9:24am] Dubai: This festive season, VOX Cinemas is inviting moviegoers to experience the magic of the holiday season with VOX Festive, running from 8 December 2026 to 7 January 2027 across five cinema locations in Mall of the Emirates, City Centre Mirdif, Du…
IQOS Unveils CURIOUS STUDIO With OUCHHH Collective at Dubai Design Week [6 Nov 26, 9:10am] Dubai: IQOS announces the debut of CURIOUS STUDIO, a new creative platform that invites adult nicotine users in the global IQOS community to step inside the creative process—leaving their own trace alongside renowned voices from culture, art, design…
Finland Is Inviting 16 Singles on an All-Expenses-Paid Blind Date — Here’s How To Apply [6 Nov 26, 6:30pm] Finland Is Inviting 16 Singles on an All-Expenses-Paid Blind Date — Here’s How To ApplyIn a romantic landscape dominated by dating apps, Finland is presenting another option. The world’s happiest country is inviting 16 international singles on an al…
A Tale of Two Bobs: Pope Leo XIV and Bob Dylan Meet up in the Vatican [6 Nov 26, 5:35pm] A Tale of Two Bobs: Pope Leo XIV and Bob Dylan Meet up in the VaticanEmbed from Getty Images As luck would have it, two of the most influential men in the world are both named Bob; one is a Nobel Prize winner, and the other happens to be the Pope. N…
Studio Ghibli Character Humidifiers Are Back and They Make the Perfect Desktop Companions [6 Nov 26, 3:45pm] Studio Ghibli Character Humidifiers Are Back and They Make the Perfect Desktop CompanionsThere’s never been a cuter way to ease the negative effects of dry air. Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku in Japan has brought back its beloved Lit…
Frieze Abu Dhabi: Inaugural Edition of the International Art Fair Launches This Month [6 Nov 26, 2:50pm] Frieze Abu Dhabi: Inaugural Edition of the International Art Fair Launches This MonthFrieze is expanding its international art fair calendar with the inaugural edition of Frieze Abu Dhabi. Taking place at Manarat Al Saadiyat, the fair will bring tog…
From the front row to the hot seat — what the midterms mean for Big Tech [7 Nov 26, 4:16am] After spending two years getting cozy with the White House, Big Tech is suddenly trying to make friends with Democrats, and the open question is whether that image makeover can hold up against what states, local communities, and the markets are about…
Beyond code generation: A developer’s guide to agentic engineering [6 Nov 26, 10:15pm] Writing code got faster. The work around it didn't. See how you can plan, write code, review changes, and investigate production issues with GitHub Copilot, and what work still needs your judgment.The post Beyond code generation: A developer’s guide…
Inside GitHub’s new Git storage architecture [5 Nov 26, 8:23pm] GitHub's new Git storage architecture is built so thousands of agents can push to a single repository at once. Here's how it works.The post Inside GitHub’s new Git storage architecture appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Accessibility statements now have a home on GitHub [5 Nov 26, 4:00pm] GitHub now highlights ACCESSIBILITY.md files and helps maintainers document accessibility goals, known barriers, supported environments, contributor expectations, and reporting processes.The post Accessibility statements now have a home on GitHub ap…
Arnis turns any place on Earth into a Minecraft world [3 Nov 26, 4:00pm] Louis Erbkamm built the first prototype in his free time. Now GitHub Copilot helps him maintain it alone.The post Arnis turns any place on Earth into a Minecraft world appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Game Off 2026: The theme is SHIFT [1 Nov 26, 9:36pm] GitHub’s annual month-long game jam is back for its 14th year! This November, make a game inspired by the theme SHIFT. Change gears, swap perspectives, bend reality, or just press a certain key.The post Game Off 2026: The theme is SHIFT appeared fir…
TikTok Search Ads Are Becoming Real Search Advertising via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [6 Nov 26, 3:35pm] TikTok's search ads carry match types, negatives, keyword bids, and impression share. Here's what carries over for a paid search team, and what doesn't.The post TikTok Search Ads Are Becoming Real Search Advertising appeared first on Search Engine J…
LaunchDarkly Introduces Automating Release Safeguards for AI-Written Code [6 Nov 26, 6:02pm] OAKLAND, Calif. — LaunchDarkly has introduced Release Autopilot, automation that lets engineering teams ship more AI-written code with less manual release work and has automated safeguards against production issues. This new functionality helps decid…
Kiro introduces Kiro Bots, goal-oriented agents [5 Nov 26, 7:00pm] In a major development for software engineering teams, Kiro has officially announced the general availability of Kiro bots within Kiro Crew. The release introduces named, long-running artificial intelligence agents designed to restructure how agentic…
Why AI Adoption Depends on Business Processes, Not Just Technology [5 Nov 26, 5:39pm] Businesses are investing in artificial intelligence to reduce manual work, improve customer service, and make everyday operations more efficient. New AI tools can process documents, answer customer questions, analyse information, and support business…
W3C and the State of the Web in the AI Era [21 Oct 26, 9:56am] This W3C paper from the Strategy Team is intended to foster discussion in the technical community at TPAC — the most important W3C community event of the year — about how the W3C technical agenda for the web needs to evolve based on the rise of AI ag…
First Public Working Draft: Animation Triggers [20 Oct 26, 5:55am] Defines CSS properties and an API for creating mechanisms that affect animation playback, based on DOM events resulting from user interaction, or on entry/exit of ranges on animation timelines.
Snap Gets Its RAND Trial Against Dolby and Access Advance. Five Issues to Watch [2 Nov 26, 10:14pm] You may have heard about a recent decision in Snap’s UK licensing dispute with Dolby and Access Advance. Here’s what you need to know. Background Dolby sued Snap for HEVC and AV1 patent infringement in Delaware and Rio de Janeiro on March 23, 2026, s…
Optimizing x265 with FFmpeg [22 Oct 26, 7:41pm] If you distribute 4K or HDR video, HEVC is a must-have, not a nice-to-have. That’s the format the TVs and devices that play 4K HDR expect, and H.264 isn’t a realistic alternative. But what if you’re distributing 1080p SDR video? In this case, H.264 p…
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 mat…
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 soci…
Polar vortex faltering weeks earlier than ever recorded [7 Nov 26, 11:20am] Meteorologists said Friday they were observing an unprecedented early disruption of the polar vortex, raising the risk of cold snaps across the Northern Hemisphere, though there remains significant uncertainty.
What are the risks of using kratom? [1 Nov 26, 5:28pm] An expert explains what kratom is, what the risks are of using it, and where regulation of the drug stands at the federal and state levels.
Placenta protein may offer clues to brain development [31 Oct 26, 4:54pm] Researchers have discovered a protein in the placenta that plays a role in infant vascular development and potentially affects maternal health.
AI can get ‘brain rot’ like humans do [31 Oct 26, 4:15pm] Researchers have determined that when large language models are trained on frivolous online content, they can get brain rot like humans do.
America Records Its 8th Measles Death Of The Year In Wisconsin [7 Nov 26, 3:39am] The national embarrassment that is America’s measles problem continues to have devastating effects. While the federal government generally, and RFK Jr. specifically, blissfully ignores the thousands getting sick from a disease that was declared eradi…
Resisting The Menace Of Federal Data Consolidation [6 Nov 26, 11:35pm] In the past two years, the federal government has unlawfully consolidated data exposing our private information. This consolidation has been chaotic but generally came in three rolling waves: It started with DOGE, moved to agency-to-agency data shar…
Judge Tosses Trump’s Epstein Letter SLAPP Suit Against Murdoch, For Real This Time [6 Nov 26, 10:05pm] Last year when Donald Trump sued Rupert Murdoch over the WSJ’s article revealing the… um… birthday card he sent Jeffrey Epstein, we pointed out that it was a pure SLAPP suit (and also that it was against a guy who, you could argue, is one of the main…
Daily Deal: Salesforce Certification Exam Training [6 Nov 26, 6:53pm] The Salesforce Certification Exam Training Bundle includes practice exam questions and study guides for various certifications, covering a wide range of roles such as administrators, developers, architects, sales representatives, and marketing cloud…
julia lohmann’s otherworldly kelp sculptures imagine a future beyond human-centered design [7 Nov 26, 3:15pm] from leather-covered cow benches to towering kelp sculptures, julia lohmann questions how humans turn living organisms into design materials.The post julia lohmann’s otherworldly kelp sculptures imagine a future beyond human-centered design appeared…
peter morris brings miami art deco to london’s gothic streets with pink ‘cloud house’ [7 Nov 26, 3:25am] peter morris' self-built cloud house combines miami pastels with elongated arches across two adjoining homes in north london.The post peter morris brings miami art deco to london’s gothic streets with pink ‘cloud house’ appeared first on designboom…
concrete pairs with brushed metal for hybrid automotive gallery café in hong kong [6 Nov 26, 10:35pm] studio ruei designs macchina gallery café showcasing rotating automobiles against raw industrial interiors.The post concrete pairs with brushed metal for hybrid automotive gallery café in hong kong appeared first on designboom | architecture & desig…
carsten höller brings people together through four giant slides in mexico city [6 Nov 26, 4:30pm] descending from restaurants, offices, and a future hotel, the installation brings an unexpected element of play into the everyday rhythms of a mixed-use urban development.The post carsten höller brings people together through four giant slides in me…
