'Ukraine Opened Pandora's Box': Putin Slams Strikes On Economic Targets [22 Aug 26, 4:49pm] Ukraine has this summer escalated a campaign of drone strikes targeting Russian economic infrastructure, including oil refineries and online retailers' warehouses, seeking to destroy infrastructure it says is central to Russia's war effort.
Top US Army Official To Step Down After Months Of Tension With Hegseth: Report [22 Aug 26, 4:11pm] His departure would create another leadership vacuum at the top of the US Army, which has already been without a Senate-confirmed chief since Hegseth removed the army's chief of staff General Randy George in April.
How 'Dark' Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz Are Keeping Oil Prices In Check [22 Aug 26, 1:54pm] With Iranian drones threatening tankers in the Persian Gulf, oil companies from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE turned to a workaround: chartering tankers, switching off their transponders and moving crude out of the Gulf under US Navy escort…
Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers [20 Aug 26, 9:39pm] WordPress 7.1.0 was released August 19, 2026. While the work of a major release team includes people filling many different positions, maintenance release teams generally are considerably smaller, often 1–3 people. Minor release managers are respon…
What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) [19 Aug 26, 12:03pm] “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…
Dev Chat summary: August 18, 2026 [18 Aug 26, 3:49pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 See the agenda post. Announcements 📢 7.1 @amykamala mentioned that commit freeze is currently in effect until Wednesday post-release. From @joedolson: “Nothing else to share from the…
Dev Chat Agenda – August 18, 2026 [17 Aug 26, 9:10pm] 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…
Please don’t buy Google’s wildly overpriced Pixel 11 Clear Case [22 Aug 26, 1:00pm] Buying a new smartphone usually means buying a new case alongside it, unless you’re one of those risk-fueled daredevils who opt to go caseless. And while there’s no shortage of third-party case options piling up at your local Best Buy or in Amazo…
Pixelated 113: Made You (Camera) Look [21 Aug 26, 8:30pm] Welcome to Pixelated episode 113. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will dive into their thoughts and reviews of the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold.Enjoy the episode? You can listen to our brand new weekly members-only Pixe…
Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight [22 Aug 26, 8:30am] The spyware-equipped Manic, a persistent Grandoreiro campaign in Latin America and Europe, and an expanded ToxicPanda 2.0 malware.The post Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm [21 Aug 26, 4:27pm] The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients confronting cybersecurity, geopolitical, and personal security risks.The post Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches Nat…
Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini [21 Aug 26, 2:34pm] Researchers say the new ‘Cryptographic Context Injection’ technique conceals malicious instructions until they are decrypted inside a trusted execution environment.The post Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini appeare…
New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets [21 Aug 26, 2:22pm] Researchers say iAuthFlow V2 can register an attacker-controlled passkey, enabling persistent access even after passwords are changed and active sessions revoked.The post New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets ap…
CRSSD Festival Reveals Full Lineup for Fall 2026 [21 Aug 26, 9:41am] CRSSD Festival has confirmed its complete lineup for its Fall 2026 edition, returning to Waterfront Park in San Diego on 26 and 27 September.Headlining the two-day event are Chris Lake b2b Disclosure (DJ set) and Mochakk, alongside a bill stacke…
Cleaning Up Vocal Rips With LALAL.AI Lynx [18 Aug 26, 9:40pm] Grabbing vocal samples from the internet or vinyl? Here’s how to clean up voice rips with LALAL.AI and its new algorithm, Lynx, and use them in tracks.There’s nothing like a vocal sample to spice up a track. Whether that be an acapella, a st…
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…
Can Your TV Satellite Dish Also Be Used For Internet? [22 Aug 26, 4:15pm] Internet satellite dishes and TV dishes look extremely similar and have complementary uses. But can you use a TV dish for internet? Here's what to know.
5 Compact Cars With More Powerful Engines Than Most SUVs [22 Aug 26, 3:15pm] Small cars mean small power, right? Well, that's usually the case, but there have been many exceptions over the years. Here are some great examples.
Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded [17 Aug 26, 10:00am] Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
The online shopping trend where you buy nothing [14 Aug 26, 1:00pm] On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
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.
V&A Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay, Heat—and More Industry Intel [21 Aug 26, 8:23pm] Plus: A London gallery plans its first New York outpost, and the Wolf Kahn Foundation get a permanent headquarters.The post V&A Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay, Heat—and More Industry Intel appeared first on Artnet News.
Why Louis Comfort Tiffany Still Dazzles Collectors [21 Aug 26, 5:01pm] Two New York shows offer new windows on the designer's expansive practice.The post Why Louis Comfort Tiffany Still Dazzles Collectors appeared first on Artnet News.
MoMA PS1 Gets New Cafe, Neue Galerie’s to Reopen—and Other Art World Matters [21 Aug 26, 7:16am] Plus: Tate Britain's Whistler show is coming to Washington, D.C., and there's been an arrest in a Minneapolis art theft.The post MoMA PS1 Gets New Cafe, Neue Galerie’s to Reopen—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News…
Welcome to the World of Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez [20 Aug 26, 9:11pm] The duo joins Artnet culture editor Min Chen to discuss Marina, their new performance commissioned by the Whitney Biennial.The post Welcome to the World of Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez appeared first on Artnet News.
CSS Infinity Use Cases [20 Aug 26, 6:01pm] It’s kinda cool there is Infinity in CSS. You just always need to use it within a calc(), like border-radius: calc(infinity * 1px);. Adam has lots of ideas in that post, and I remember Will was messing with similar ideas a few years ago. I’d say…
Introducing AI Skills for Real Engineers [18 Aug 26, 2:03pm] Matt Pocock's skills offers a suite of impactful skills to streamline AI integration in software development. These skills facilitate prompt refinement, project setup, and task management.
React Compiler Linting Just Got a Rust-Native Speedup in Oxlint [17 Aug 26, 8:49pm] Update! This is a re-written version of this recently-published post about linting code bound for the React Compiler with Oxlint. Oxlint just published a new guide to this, so this post reflects that new information. The React team made a big splash…
Delayed-Then-Instant Tooltips with HTML & CSS Alone [13 Aug 26, 9:31pm] We don't NEED JavaScript to adjust tooltip timing displays. Super modern CSS and HTML has this covered simply, and we can do fully successful fallbacks.
Tooltips Need a Delay, and Then They Need to Skip It [13 Aug 26, 9:13pm] Thinking about UX, a slight delay on a simple tooltip can be nice so that mousing over something quickly doesn't trigger it, but if there are related tooltips nearby, maybe we don't need to wait.
The Index: Issue #195 [21 Aug 26, 10:50am] BulletedThis is the stuff that's exciting about the AT protocol. Not the "new twitter" bullshit, but the endless possibilities that this technology opens up. It's using the fancy new private data stuff too.The future of CSS: tar…
A look at the geolocation HTML element and how it works [20 Aug 26, 11:55am] The <geolocation> HTML element does exactly what you might think it does. It’s a dedicated element that gets the user’s location, either once or continuously. The options are set using HTML attributes instead of JavaScript, but JavaScript i…
The Index: Issue #194 [14 Aug 26, 11:55am] Cooking NotebookJosh Nesbitt is an immense cook, trust us, and they've compiled some great recipes for this very nice website. They're using tabular recipe layouts, which is also a nice touch.Keeping type consistent in changing conditions…
Personal website redesign project post: A little progressive enhancement as a treat [13 Aug 26, 11:55am] For a long time, I've included last.fm and Open Scrobbler links on each music collection item's detail page in some shape or form because those are pretty straightforward to render, but something I really wanted on this new website was prov…
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…
Get rid of your CAPTCHA, the future of the web is bots [21 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Brian Alvey, CTO at WordPress VIP, about how AI agents are changing the business models of the web, what parts of how we build our sites won’t survive our current digital evolution, and why your site will always need structured cont…
Building an agentic SDLC with a QA engineering mindset [18 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Suneet Malhotra, Senior Manager of Test Engineering at Motorola Solutions, to chat about building end-to-end agentic SDLC pipelines using MCPs, using Cohen’s kappa to evaluate multiple LLMs-as-judges, and how you can improve requireme…
Port of Galveston Awarded $7.4M in Mobility Grants [22 Aug 26, 12:35am] With a boost of $7.4 million in grant funding, the Port of Galveston is investing more than $8.5 million in six new projects to continue improving ve...
RIP Plas Johnson: Saxophonist Behind the Iconic ‘Pink Panther’ Theme Dies at 94 [21 Aug 26, 5:30pm] RIP Plas Johnson: Saxophonist Behind the Iconic ‘Pink Panther’ Theme Dies at 94Embed from Getty Images You might not immediately recognize the name Plas Johnson, but you’ve almost certainly heard his saxophone. The musician behind the slinky,…
‘The Simpsons’ Fan Spends 3 Years Building Massive Model of Springfield [21 Aug 26, 2:45pm] ‘The Simpsons’ Fan Spends 3 Years Building Massive Model of SpringfieldThe beloved TV series The Simpsons has featured an array of adventures for over 30 years, but it wouldn’t be half as fun if it weren’t for all the characters and business…
Wall-Mounted Audio System Lets You Listen to Music in Style and With Intention [21 Aug 26, 1:50pm] Wall-Mounted Audio System Lets You Listen to Music in Style and With IntentionIn this age of streaming, a lot of music lovers have found comfort in physical media—vinyl, CDs, cassettes—as it seems to imbue the music listening experience with int…
Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model [22 Aug 26, 4:00pm] A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasingly demonstrate unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior.
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense [22 Aug 26, 3:20pm] U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after EV incentives were slashed.
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive [22 Aug 26, 1:31am] Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover n…
The August 17 outage, and the work ahead [20 Aug 26, 6:36pm] An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we're taking to improve reliability.The post The August 17 outage, and the work ahead appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work [19 Aug 26, 5:50pm] If you’re juggling multiple Copilot sessions, use the My work pane to track what's in flight, what's done, and what's next.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient [17 Aug 26, 4:00pm] Chat is great for intent, but agent work gets lost in the scroll. Here is how I use canvases with my agentic workflows—and why your workflow also deserves a canvas.The post How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient…
How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps [14 Aug 26, 4:00pm] See how four GitHub agent apps can help you scope, secure, roll out, and ship a feature across the SDLC–all without leaving GitHub. The post How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps appeared first on The GitHub Blog…
Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched! [13 Aug 26, 7:00pm] The GitHub Universe session catalog is live. Explore interactive workshops, community talks, demos, and panels. Plus, register before August 19 to save $300.The post Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched! appeared fi…
The House Doesn’t Publish Its Tells via @sejournal, @pedrodias [21 Aug 26, 2:30pm] AI labs are buying pre-2022 books to avoid training on AI slop while quietly building text watermarking, exposing why content-at-scale strategies are a losing bet.The post The House Doesn’t Publish Its Tells appeared first on Search Engine Journal…
AI SAST: Code Security for the Agentic SDLC [21 Aug 26, 6:54pm] Endor Labs has launched an AI-powered Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tool for C code that detects more vulnerabilities than traditional scanners without requiring a software build. By combining deterministic program analysis with LLM reas…
Sauce Labs Expands AURA with Model Choice [21 Aug 26, 5:11pm] Sauce Labs has announced that bring-your-own-model capabilities are available now to Sauce Labs enterprise customers within AURA, the company’s code verification and release assurance platform. The new capabilities allow enterprises to build softwa…
Claude Academy Teaches How to Use AI Safely and Effectively [20 Aug 26, 7:53pm] Recent reports show that more non-developers are using AI to create apps and to work more quickly. Coupled with the pace of change within frontier models, the need for workers to understand how to use AI safely and effectively grows in urgency. Anthr…
Beyond AI Coding Assistants: The Next Evolution of Software Development [19 Aug 26, 4:56pm] Some AI adoption stories are embarrassing, and the embarrassing part is that nobody in the room seems to notice. A development team adds AI coding assistants. Velocity metrics look better by Q2. Then somebody calls the organization AI-native at the n…
First Public Working Draft: The Profiles Vocabulary [20 Aug 26, 5:44am] The Profiles Vocabulary is an RDF vocabulary created to allow the machine-readable description of profiles of specifications for information resources.
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…
Munich Court Proposes €1.05 Monthly Codec Royalty for Netflix Premium Subscribers [20 Aug 26, 7:14pm] The 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court just published detailed FRAND guidelines addressing standard-essential patent licensing. The guidelines include an analysis of how the court might calculate video codec royalties for streaming serv…
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…
Hidden Pulses Within Your Brain May Hold Your Thoughts Together [22 Aug 26, 10:00am] The findings offer a compelling possibility.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
Why do your pupils dilate when you’re surprised? [21 Aug 26, 5:34pm] When people encounter new information that challenges their expectations, their pupils are likely to dilate. New research digs into why.
RFK Jr. Loses It Over CNN Host Doing The Math On Meal Costs From His Cooking Show [22 Aug 26, 2:39am] As you’ll recall, RFK Jr., who is totally not checked out of his job at HHS, has managed to sneak in hosting a government sponsored cooking show in between not doing anything about the country’s problems with measles, cyclosporiasis, whooping cou…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: School Of Hard Blocks [21 Aug 26, 8:04pm] 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 —…
Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets [21 Aug 26, 6:11pm] Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, about half the states in the US have some intern…
Daily Deal: Plantum Plant Identifier (iOS only) [21 Aug 26, 6:06pm] The Plantum app is a digital tool that helps to identify plants, diagnose plant diseases, and improve plant care. The app can identify over 40,000 plant species, assess their health, and give specific care advice. Plantum offers a suite of digital to…
david gianotten of OMA on why local context matters in shaping future cities [22 Aug 26, 10:50am] the OMA managing partner discusses why the future of urban life depends less on universal planning models than on local context, public infrastructure, and community agency.The post david gianotten of OMA on why local context matters in shaping futu…
pyramids and maya forms shape coco brun and sten studio’s stone vessels [22 Aug 26, 7:13am] coco brun and sten studio transform upcycled travertine, marble and onyx into limited-edition vessels inspired by pyramids and maya ornament.The post pyramids and maya forms shape coco brun and sten studio’s stone vessels appeared first on designb…
minqa atelier steps charred timber refuge down a steep slope in ecuador’s chocó forest [21 Aug 26, 8:35pm] stepped teak platforms follow a forest slope above gabions walls filled with river stones.The post minqa atelier steps charred timber refuge down a steep slope in ecuador’s chocó forest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design mag…
takuto ohta turns 200 leftover cedar logs into an evolving furniture system [21 Aug 26, 4:25pm] A dynamic and sensory creative approach utilizing materials destined for disposal through the exhibition process.The post takuto ohta turns 200 leftover cedar logs into an evolving furniture system appeared first on designboom | architecture & d…
peleg design’s crocodile clips keep beach towels from blowing away [21 Aug 26, 3:46pm] crococlips by peleg design use playful crocodile-shaped grips to secure beach towels and picnic blankets on windy days.The post peleg design’s crocodile clips keep beach towels from blowing away appeared first on designboom | architecture & de…
