Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Under Its Control: Report [13 Aug 26, 8:35am] The remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US had "total control" of the strategic waterway.
In pictures: Europe's best solar eclipse since 1999 [13 Aug 26, 10:06am] A total solar eclipse crossed Iceland and Spain on Aug. 12, while much of Europe saw a partial eclipse and businesses benefited from demand.
WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers [12 Aug 26, 6:12pm] Planning for WordPress 7.2 is underway with a proposed release date around December 8th-10th, 2026. This post outlines the key milestone dates and includes a call for volunteers to help lead the release. Whether you are a seasoned contributor or new…
WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate 3 [12 Aug 26, 3:57pm] The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 7.1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical…
Performance Chat Summary: 11 August 2026 [11 Aug 26, 5:04pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins) Open Floor Our next chat will be held on in the #core-performance channel in Slack. #core-performance, #…
Dev Chat Agenda – August 11, 2026 [11 Aug 26, 4:23am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer…
What’s new in Gutenberg 23.7? (05 August) [6 Aug 26, 7:34am] “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways t…
White House Mobilizes Security Firms for Operations Against Foreign Cybercrime Gangs [13 Aug 26, 9:53am] Contracts may require a $1 million bond, which will be forfeited if a company fails to comply with operational requirements.The post White House Mobilizes Security Firms for Operations Against Foreign Cybercrime Gangs appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs [13 Aug 26, 9:06am] Tracked as CVE-2026–59310, the directory traversal bug allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.The post Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Nightmare Eclipse Drops Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘ShieldBreak’ [13 Aug 26, 8:38am] Dropped on Patch Tuesday, the exploit allows any user to spawn a shell with System privileges.The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘ShieldBreak’ appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release [12 Aug 26, 2:47pm] The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in July and CISA warned that it could end up being exploited in the wild.The post SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Protect AI Systems [12 Aug 26, 1:24pm] The cybersecurity startup will use the fresh investment to scale its product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams.The post Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Protect AI Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.
KASHOVSKI “Great Music Alone Isn’t Always Enough To Build A Career” [10 Aug 26, 8:40pm] Off the back of new single "Show Me", Kashovski takes on our Q&A, covering everything from Zidane to his greatest fear.What's your greatest fear?God's judgement.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?S…
Native Instrument’s SuperStarSaw Review [3 Aug 26, 1:58pm] It’s not often an instrument tells you what it is so blatantly. And perhaps there’s a reason for that, as SuperStarSaw is far more than the one-trick pony its name suggests.It’s not uncommon for me to start a review with a disclaimer or co…
reFX releases Rippler, a dual‑layer physical modelling synthesiser [31 Jul 26, 9:13am] New plugin combines resonator‑based acoustic emulation with subtractive synthesis, launching at an introductory price of $99.reFX has released Rippler, a new plugin that combines physical modelling with subtractive synthesis across two indepen…
How To make your own kick drums in Diva [28 Jul 26, 3:49pm] With so many kick drum samples available, it’s easy to overlook the benefits of programming your own. It only takes seconds.Kick drums, eh? You can’t live with ‘em, but you can’t live without programming ‘em. Except, of course, you can…
5 of the Best Software and Hardware Trackers [22 Jul 26, 11:32am] If you make a genre like jungle, IDM or breakcore, you need a tracker. These are the five best trackers available, plus how to bring one into your workflow.We’re all familiar with the traditional DAW sequencer, which scrolls along a timeline f…
4 New Electronics On Costco Shelves In August 2026 [13 Aug 26, 4:58am] Costco probably isn't everyone's first stop for electronics, but the big box retailer is constantly adding a range of new products to its catalog.
Why Do Some US Roads Have Two Different Speed Limit Signs? [12 Aug 26, 11:45pm] You may have seen a sign on a U.S. road designating two different speed limits. Actually, those limits are designed to regulate different types of vehicles.
5 Stihl Chainsaws That Are Made For Light Jobs [12 Aug 26, 11:30pm] Got some branches to trim or firewood to cut? These Stihl chainsaws are worth a look if you want something capable without going too big.
Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet [13 Aug 26, 10:00am] Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers [10 Aug 26, 10:00am] Beijing is pioneering regulations that could shape how governments around the world govern emotionally intelligent chatbots.
Arizona wants Taiwan’s investors to think beyond chips [7 Aug 26, 1:00pm] As Arizona’s economic fortunes have become increasingly tied to TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies.
Want to Lead a Big Art Museum? Some Are Hiring! [12 Aug 26, 10:54pm] The New Museum, Buffalo, and Portland have named new leaders, but other director's chairs sit empty.The post Want to Lead a Big Art Museum? Some Are Hiring! appeared first on Artnet News.
5 Exhibitions in New York to Catch Before Summer Ends [12 Aug 26, 10:12pm] From an institutional solo in Long Island City to a cross-generational group show of women artists downtown, here's what's on right now from the Artnet Gallery Network. The post 5 Exhibitions in New York to Catch Before Summer Ends appeare…
An Apartment in Virginia Woolf’s Childhood Home Just Hit the Market [12 Aug 26, 6:49pm] The Victorian townhouse is where Woolf and her painter sister Vanessa Bell grew up.The post An Apartment in Virginia Woolf’s Childhood Home Just Hit the Market appeared first on Artnet News.
Zeitz MOCAA Taps Elvira Dyangani Ose as Artistic Director [12 Aug 26, 9:00am] The Spanish curator succeeds the late Koyo Kouoh as the Cape Town museum nears its 10th anniversary.The post Zeitz MOCAA Taps Elvira Dyangani Ose as Artistic Director appeared first on Artnet News.
The Lucas Museum Is Now Taking Reservations—and Other Art World Matters [12 Aug 26, 7:00am] Also: A couple digs up a possible New Deal art treasure, and 'House of the Dragon' textile art.The post The Lucas Museum Is Now Taking Reservations—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News.
Random Post Button Followup [6 Aug 26, 10:41pm] I had fun with the post about making a link to a random post in just HTML/CSS the other day. But I was almost certainly over-thinking it on the original. Using random() was kind of the point, so we can stick with that.
5 CSS Properties You Should Know for Better Text Designs [5 Aug 26, 3:08pm] Includes background-clip for masking backgrounds, vertical-align for aligning elements, box-decoration-mode for consistent edge styling, letter-spacing for spacing control, and text-combine-upright for vertical text layouts.
Web Platform Status Notification Emails [4 Aug 26, 6:15pm] I’m just learning that the Web Platform Status website offers email alerts when features of your choosing change in support. For instance, I just signed up to hear exactly when Customizable <select> becomes Baseline Newly Available.
The Index: Issue #193 [7 Aug 26, 11:55am] Your ‘App’ could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you…)A thoroughly enjoyable read!SmoothCSSComplete CSS alumni, Rob McCormick, has built a really nice looking design system/CSS framework/UI kit.The CSS lh unitAn extremely useful uni…
Working with ::highlight() using progressive enhancement [6 Aug 26, 11:55am] Highlighting in CSS has been beneficial for applying a highlight on specific text or text fragments during user selection, emphasizing a piece of information on a website, or visually emphasizing a text for the sake of branding. Particularly, this is…
The Index: Issue #192 [31 Jul 26, 11:55am] CodePen 2.0 is hereHats off to the CodePen team for getting their huge 2.0 release over the line. The possibilities really are endless and that's a great achievement for a team of 5!95 reasons for having your own websiteDoes exactly what it s…
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…
Your tokenmaxxing is not valuemaxxing [11 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Coder’s Rob Whiteley to chat about why tokenmaxxing isn’t proving real value and just triggering Goodhart’s Law, how release speed and PR merges can help you measure agentic outcomes with or without a human-in-the-loop, and wh…
How to be fearlessly AI native [7 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes McLaren Stanley, Senior Principal Engineer for Amazon Stores, to discuss what it actually takes to make teams AI native, why agentic engineering is shifting code bottlenecks downstream to testing and deployment, and why robust validatio…
Explorers, exploiters, and the myth of the 100x engineer [5 Aug 26, 7:40am] The “find the special ones and promote their traits” approach isn’t the best or only way to drive AI adoption and productivity on an engineering team.
Your MVP doesn’t need a Kubernetes cluster [4 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Anurag Goel, CEO and co-founder of Render, to discuss why most startups shouldn’t start by managing their Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
What happens to the internet when robots act like humans? [31 Jul 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes WPEngine CTO Ramadass Prabakar to the show to chat about what happens—and what we should do—when agents start acting like humans online, how our internet is evolving to serve both human and agentic experiences from the same interfac…
Spill From Grounded Tanker Begins to Reach Oman's Shores [13 Aug 26, 1:36am] The crude oil spill emanating from the wrecked tanker Caroline Bezengi continues to spread unabated off the southeastern coast of Oman, and it is thre...
Marine Corps Picks Up Drones for Surveying the Surf Zone [13 Aug 26, 12:32am] The U.S. Marine Corps is working with a robotics contractor to field small submersible drones for use near shore, bringing automation to one of the mo...
Scientists Finally Date Mysterious Paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume Cave [12 Aug 26, 1:50pm] Scientists Finally Date Mysterious Paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume CaveEmbed from Getty Images For more than a century, ancient art painted inside France’s Font-de-Gaume cave have kept their age a secret. Archaeologists knew the cave, tucked…
Toast the Cat Is Miraculously Rescued From a Burned Building 72 Hours After the Fire [11 Aug 26, 7:20pm] Toast the Cat Is Miraculously Rescued From a Burned Building 72 Hours After the Fire View this post on Instagram A post shared by Unified Fire Authority (@unifiedfire) Building fires are frightening events that could be disastrous, both physica…
AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO [12 Aug 26, 10:24pm] Lee McIntire, an independent member of Fermi's board, has been hired as CEO, more than three months since the company fired co-founder Toby Neugebauer from the top post.
GitHub availability report: July 2026 [12 Aug 26, 10:17pm] In July, we experienced eight incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.The post GitHub availability report: July 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app [12 Aug 26, 7:00pm] Learn how to write your first prompt in the GitHub Copilot app, choose the right context and model, and start your first task with confidence.The post Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project? [12 Aug 26, 6:00pm] AI contributors are already in your queue. AutoGPT maintainer Nicholas Tindle shares the repo instructions, gates, and boundaries that keep maintainers in control.The post Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project? appeared first on The Gi…
From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role of a developer [11 Aug 26, 6:38pm] Developers are owning more of the delivery system around code, not just code itself. Join us during GitHub Universe to meet other devs, learn something new, and explore what's next.The post From coder to orchestrator: How agents shift the role…
Using the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java [10 Aug 26, 7:30pm] Enterprise Java developers have a new superpower—drive GitHub Copilot from idiomatic Java code with annotations, virtual threads, and more.The post Using the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [13 Aug 26, 1:00am] Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data.The post Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice appeared first on Search Engine Journa…
How to Create Health & YMYL Content That Performs in AI Search [12 Aug 26, 7:00pm] Thin health content was always risky. With AI Overviews answering most medical queries, it's now invisible. Here's what earns citations instead.The post How to Create Health & YMYL Content That Performs in AI Search appeared first on S…
Google Amends SerpApi Suit With Content Licensing Terms via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [12 Aug 26, 6:02pm] Google amended its DMCA complaint against SerpApi, adding licensing terms after a court dismissed the original claims over search scraping.The post Google Amends SerpApi Suit With Content Licensing Terms appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [12 Aug 26, 3:14pm] OpenAI's ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations.The post OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
ZeroDrift introduces Command control place for compliance teams [12 Aug 26, 6:12pm] A startup security company, ZeroDrift has introduce Command, a control plane for compliance teams to train and enforce firewalls on standards that enforces policies in communication between people and among agents. The release is added to ZeroDrift…
Your Next User is an Agent, Not a Person [12 Aug 26, 5:02pm] Pull your access logs for last week and ask a question most teams never think to ask: how much of that traffic was read by a person? Cloudflare started publishing an answer in July 2025. Across its entire customer base in the first week of that Augus…
CodeRabbit Introduces Agentic Change Management [12 Aug 26, 4:28pm] CodeRabbit today introduced Agentic Change Management, a control layer that provides governance and understanding of the software being shipped. The company’s foundation is its code review and validation capabilities; the new solution brings in sof…
Citrix expands Platform Flex for workspace observability and secure development [11 Aug 26, 5:45pm] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Citrix today announced new services for Citrix Platform Flex, expanding the company’s flexible credit model to help enterprises simplify how they deliver, monitor and secure modern work. The new offerings include Citrix…
What the History of AI Suggests about the Future of Quantum Computing [11 Aug 26, 5:32pm] Quantum computing is a technology that could radically change the world. It’s also one that, despite decades of development, has so far failed to achieve anything resembling radical real-world change because practical quantum solutions that are usa…
Updated W3C Recommendation: ARIA in HTML [11 Aug 26, 3:19pm] This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 and Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 attributes on {HTML} elements.
Group Note: Further Aligning W3C's Program of Technical Work with Human Rights [4 Aug 26, 9:16am] In this document, the Advisory Board lists examples of how human rights and technical standards setting map to each other, points to existing W3C work in this area, and provides concrete proposals to further the alignment between the W3C’s technica…
W3C Invites Implementations of WebTransport [30 Jul 26, 8:25am] This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in WebIDL to allow data to be sent and received between a browser and server.
Group Note Draft: Verifiable Credentials Overview v1.1 [30 Jul 26, 8:20am] The family of W3C Recommendations for Verifiable Credentials, described in this overview document, provides a mechanism to express these sorts of credentials on the Web in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and machine-verifi…
VVC Gains Momentum with Amazon and Dolby Acquisitions [13 Aug 26, 1:14am] Recent moves by Amazon and Dolby may hint at a growing interest in VVC (Versatile Video Coding). Amazon’s Acquisition of MX Player On Wednesday, June 5, Amazon agreed to acquire key assets of Indian video streaming service MX Player from Times Inte…
Chick-fil-A’s Play App: A Family-Focused Strategy with a Strategic Edge [13 Aug 26, 1:04am] While driving to Atlanta the Saturday before Thanksgiving, I streamed the Georgia UMass football game on my iPhone (my wife was driving). The video quality was good with only occasional buffering, but the advertising was limited and monotonous; prett…
AI Dubbing: An Untapped Opportunity for Global Growth [12 Aug 26, 11:04pm] The rise of AI-driven dubbing has created a fundamental shift in content localization. While some see it as an added expense, forward-thinking content producers and vendors increasingly recognize it as a strategic opportunity. By lowering costs, impr…
First Human Trial of Poop Transplant to Treat Food Allergies Shows Promising Results [13 Aug 26, 10:00am] In a new study, transplanted microbiomes that were removed from donors' excrement helped resolve some people's severe allergic reactions. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don'…
How safe is the new Alzheimer’s drug? [11 Aug 26, 5:14pm] Researchers studied patients treated with lecanemab, a new therapy designed to remove a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease from the brain.
This mushroom is behind ‘tiny people’ hallucinations [11 Aug 26, 5:04pm] A researcher speaks about the Lilliputian mushroom, the decades-long mystery behind it, and the implications of a new hallucinogenic compound.
How 1 sunburn can be ‘life-changing’ [11 Aug 26, 4:48pm] Even a single severe sunburn can damage skin-cell DNA and increase the risk of skin cancer later in life.
Is AI better at recognizing faces than you? [7 Aug 26, 6:39pm] "If we use AI as the benchmark for 'good' recognition, it suggests a large portion of the population is actually not that great at recognizing faces."
John Oliver Doubles Down After Latest Buc-ee’s Trademark Bullying Lawsuit [13 Aug 26, 3:04am] The Buc-ee’s trademark bullying saga continues! The company, once best known for building ridiculously enormous gas station and convenience store combinations has more recently become nearly as infamous for its bullying and litigious behavior. Buc-…
Not Ready For Prime Time: The Current State Of Legal Ethics And AI [12 Aug 26, 10:11pm] I’ve been presenting at UC Law San Francisco Lexlab Law and AI certificate program its past several sessions, as well as some law school classes, on whether lawyers’ use of AI complies with the rules of professional conduct governing how lawyers…
Trump Rushes To Stock FCC With Personal Lackeys, Refuses To Seat Dem Commissioners [12 Aug 26, 6:06pm] When Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr isn’t trampling free speech or harassing major networks for platforming comedians, he’s been illegally taking a hatchet to whatever’s left of media consolidation rules and telecom consumer protection oversight.…
Daily Deal: The 2026 Complete Linux Certification Learning Paths [12 Aug 26, 6:01pm] Learn Linux from the ground up. LinuxPath training is a fun and interactive learning platform that lets you experience real-world applications in a highly qualified environment. Immerse yourself in a deep learning experience that increases retention…
‘nature becomes the choreographer’: janet echelman on a sky full of hope in frankfurt [13 Aug 26, 7:50am] janet echelman suspends 'a sky full of hope' over frankfurt, where wind and public use continually reshape the work and the space beneath it.The post ‘nature becomes the choreographer’: janet echelman on a sky full of hope in frankfurt…
island records and emi turn their king’s cross headquarters into a spatial mixtape [13 Aug 26, 7:20am] the king’s cross office trades corporate neutrality for pantone yellow, a deconstructed union jack and more than 70 works of art.The post island records and emi turn their king’s cross headquarters into a spatial mixtape appeared first on design…
what if housing was designed around changing relationships rather than nuclear families? [12 Aug 26, 6:30pm] relationships change much faster than buildings, and a floor plan could begin by anticipating that.The post what if housing was designed around changing relationships rather than nuclear families? appeared first on designboom | architecture & de…
shifted roofs and reflected light connect old and new homes in suburban tokyo [12 Aug 26, 3:15pm] the new house carries forward the original residence’s pointed roof and white exterior walls.The post shifted roofs and reflected light connect old and new homes in suburban tokyo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
