Tiger Kills Man Who Entered Its Enclosure At UK Zoo [10 Oct 26, 6:50pm] South Yorkshire Police in northern England said it responded to reports at around 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) of a man entering the enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near the city of Doncaster.
2 Killed, 8 Lakh Left Without Power In 3 US States As Hurricane Makes Landfall [10 Oct 26, 6:49pm] Isaias roared ashore late Friday as a Category 2 hurricane near the resort community of Destin, Florida, packing sustained winds of 105 miles (165 kilometres) per hour, before weakening overnight, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
"Hero To All Of Humanity", Israel President Writes To Smit Machchhar [10 Oct 26, 6:12pm] Calling the flydubai captain, who is still recovering from his injuries at a Dubai hospital, a "hero" to India, Israel and the world, Herzog said he looks forward to welcoming him in Jerusalem as he "regains" his strength.
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…
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…
30-year Microsoft veteran explains why you shouldn’t run two antivirus apps on Windows 11 [10 Oct 26, 4:29am] Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen, who has been with the company for more than three decades, has advice for everybody with two or more antivirus solutions, and it’s quite straightforward. Just don’t use multiple AVs. While helping a colleague inves…
Samsung has updated these Galaxy devices to Android 17 [10 Oct 26, 8:58pm] Samsung is now rolling out its Android 17-based update, One UI 9, to its collection of supported Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Here’s the full list of devices that have been updated so far, and what you should know about the update. more…
Free Gemini users now on ‘Auto’ models as app adds thinking levels [10 Oct 26, 1:24am] As announced last week, Google is rolling out a big change to the Gemini app experience for users on the free plan. Additionally, everyone is getting access to thinking or “effort” levels. more…
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…
Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison [10 Oct 26, 11:00am] The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers.The post Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison appeared fir…
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.
High rare earth demand could complicate Europe's offshore wind ambitions [10 Oct 26, 3:20pm] Wind turbines, devices that can convert energy from the wind into electricity, do not burn fuel during operation and could thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite their possible environmental advantages, building these devices depends heavily o…
Can AI detect a silent internet outage before it occurs? [10 Oct 26, 1:40pm] The internet can encounter a strange type of failure in which a router seems to function normally but silently drops some data packets. Network engineers refer to these issues as "black holes." In these cases, data enters the network, yet s…
'Human-authored' book labels gain ground amid AI scandals [10 Oct 26, 12:40pm] Initiatives to label books as written by humans, not artificial intelligence, are gaining ground following a string of scandals in which authors were suspected of using the technology without admitting it.
Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police [10 Oct 26, 11:58am] An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident.
How Many Engine Hours Is Considered A Lot For A Semi-Truck? [10 Oct 26, 9:15pm] Whether you're already driving a semi-truck or looking to buy one, you should know how may engine hours it has, as it impacts how much life the truck has left.
9 Tablets That Outperform The OnePlus Pad Go 2 [10 Oct 26, 8:30pm] While the OnePlus Pad Go 2 is a perfectly serviceable mid-range tablet, it's not the only game in town; there are both Android and iOS tabs that outperform it.
Why Retro Games Look Better On Old-School CRT TVs [10 Oct 26, 7:15pm] Retro games on modern, high-resolution displays can look overly sharp and blocky. They're still playable, yet they look better on old TVs. Why?
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
Port Houston Celebrates Historic Project 11 Milestone [10 Oct 26, 4:53pm] HOUSTON – Port Houston joined federal, state, and local elected officials and industry partners Thursday, October 8, to celebrate the completion of Po...
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…
Watch GENER8ION and Yung Lean Recreate Their Viral Music Video Live on Stage [9 Oct 26, 5:30pm] Watch GENER8ION and Yung Lean Recreate Their Viral Music Video Live on Stage Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por Tristen Erickson (@tristen.erickson_) Earlier this year, GENER8ION and Yung Lean teamed up in what h…
RM of K-Pop Boy Band ‘BTS’ Co-Curates First Ever Museum Exhibition in San Francisco [9 Oct 26, 2:45pm] RM of K-Pop Boy Band ‘BTS’ Co-Curates First Ever Museum Exhibition in San FranciscoYou never know where your career will take you. From pop star to burgeoning art curator, RM of Korean pop group BTS has co-curated his first museum exhibition at…
This Purrfect Tech Accessory Helps Get Your Paws off Your Phone [9 Oct 26, 9:55am] This Purrfect Tech Accessory Helps Get Your Paws off Your PhoneGo hands-free with your phone when you outfit your desk with the purrfect tech accessory. Kikkerland Design is known for its playful products that bring joy, whether it’s through windo…
3 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Meet the startups before they hit mainstream [10 Oct 26, 3:00pm] TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 in San Francisco. Over 300 startups will show what they’ve built to 10,000 tech leaders. Plus, 250+ speakers are ready to share insights across 200+ sessions. Register before doors open to save up t…
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…
Ugreen’s 100W 4-port GaN charger drops 27% today [10 Oct 26, 4:20pm] Whether you need to charge a laptop before work, top up your smartphone, or keep your tablet ready for travel, this four-port Ugreen GaN charger delivers up to 100W via USB Type-C and is currently $15 cheaper on Amazon.
This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 10, 2026 [10 Oct 26, 3:00pm] This week on Tom's Hardware Premium, we covered how the AI buildout is affecting the industry supporting it across all axioms, including in law, chip design, manufacturing, and finance.
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…
How to meal prep safely: A microbiologist's step‑by‑step guide [10 Oct 26, 9:00pm] Meal prepping is a great way to save money, spend less time in the kitchen and stick to a meal plan. But while cooking meals for the week ahead may be convenient, there can be real risks associated with eating bulk-cooked meals.
Nearly 300,000 at risk from Himalayan floods, as flood zone building accelerates [10 Oct 26, 6:00pm] Nearly 300,000 people may live in areas at risk of flooding in the Nepalese, Indian and Chinese areas of the Himalayas. The results, from a study published in Scientific Reports, also indicate that the total area covered by buildings within potential…
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…
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 —…
what you’ll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders [10 Oct 26, 8:35pm] developed over fourteen years, the film traces the chapels, memorials, and cultural spaces crafted by the pritzker prize-winning architect.The post what you’ll see (in 3D) in the peter zumthor documentary by wim wenders appeared first on designboo…
straw walls shape amphitheater, experimental garden and walking path in rural spain [10 Oct 26, 2:15pm] paisajeencontrado creates a sensory land art installation turning a meadow in extremadura into a living field of observation, linked to the conservation of native species.The post straw walls shape amphitheater, experimental garden and walking path…
stefan sagmeister and ekn transform global data into colorful sneakers and boots [10 Oct 26, 8:49am] the designer collaborates with ekn footwear on a data-driven sneaker and leather boot for his upcoming paris exhibition.The post stefan sagmeister and ekn transform global data into colorful sneakers and boots appeared first on designboom | architec…
solid walnut, oak, and padauk give bathroom flush plates a sculptural identity [10 Oct 26, 2:10am] RTY studio introduces solid wood flush plates combining precise geometry with the warmth and individual grain of american walnut, european oak and padauk.The post solid walnut, oak, and padauk give bathroom flush plates a sculptural identity appeare…
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…
