Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE Updates: Trump Says He Had A "Great Meeting" With Xi Jinping [24 Sep 26, 7:50pm] Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE Updates: Trade tariffs, technology, AI, military ties, conflicts in Middle East, the Russia-Ukraine war, the arms race in space and US arms sales to Taiwan are expected to figure in talks between Xi and Trump.
Meta AI Boss Posts Edited Altman-Dario Pic With PM Modi, Then Deletes It [24 Sep 26, 7:14pm] In Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang's edited version of the photograph, Meta's furry Muse mascot was placed between Altman and Amodei, holding both their hands and completing the chain. The image turned the awkward moment into a joke about Muse&…
Hundreds Of Trucks Block Turkey-Iran Border After US Blockade [24 Sep 26, 7:07pm] Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has pressed to accelerate overland trade as the blockade limits the vast majority of imports while cutting off the oil and gas sales that largely keep the economy alive.
WordPress Trac MCP server [24 Sep 26, 8:06pm] Ask your AI assistant about any WordPress.org Trac. Announcing the the WordPress Trac Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other MCP client to read tickets, changesets, and timeline history straight from Trac. Pu…
Dev Chat summary: September 23, 2026 [24 Sep 26, 7:54pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 See the agenda post. Announcements 📢 7.2 Introducing Ipsum, the new default theme Call for testing: DataForm editor inspector Moving to a server-aware approach for collaboration Roadma…
Iterating from live events to livestreamed releases [23 Sep 26, 7:49pm] After a few rounds of doing releases at live events, first at State of the Word 2025 and most recently with WordPress 7.1 at WordCamp US, it’s time to iterate and move towards a live-streamed zoom option. Doing in-person live releases has been a go…
New public repo: core release tools [23 Sep 26, 6:03pm] The core team is working hard on better release automation, including CLI scripts, AI skills, and updated documentation. Why is this work important? A minor WordPress release—including every security patch—can touch 20+ branches, and much of the…
Gutenberg’s JavaScript unit and integration tests now use Vitest [23 Sep 26, 2:05pm] TL;DR Gutenberg’s JavaScript unit and integration tests now use Vitest, bringing better support for modern JavaScript modules and real-browser component testing. Tests explicitly import Vitest APIs. Filenames select Node, jsdom, or Browser Mode acc…
Microsoft tried to ban “Microslop,” and six months later it has given up [24 Sep 26, 12:46am] In March, Windows Latest was the first to notice that Microsoft’s official Copilot Discord server was blocking messages containing “Microslop.” Anyone who tried to post it got a moderation warning, and people quickly started testing variations…
Bellroy’s leather Pixel 11 Pro case is a keeper [24 Sep 26, 7:11pm] Like any sane capitalist, I love getting new stuff. But there’s something heartening about those new things settling into age, like a fecund garden becoming slightly unwieldy, or a pair of shoes getting more comfortable as you use them.Similarl…
Android’s Create My Widget ‘app’ detailed on phones, Googlebooks [24 Sep 26, 5:45pm] Create My Widget will debut in early October on Googlebooks. Ahead of that, a Play Store listing details what the interface will look like, including on Android phones. more…
Motorola Signature 27 confirmed to support GrapheneOS [24 Sep 26, 5:30pm] It’s confirmed: The mysterious Motorola phone getting support for the privacy-focused GrapheneOS will be the Motorola Signature 27 that was announced earlier this week. more…
Kontext Security Emerges With $4 Million for AI Agent Runtime Controls [24 Sep 26, 3:52pm] The startup’s runtime enforcement platform evaluates AI agents in real time to provide visibility and control over their actions.The post Kontext Security Emerges With $4 Million for AI Agent Runtime Controls appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data [24 Sep 26, 2:43pm] Australia disclosed that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to non-public government information.The post OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AI-Powered Campaign Targets Hundreds of Online Retailers [24 Sep 26, 12:48pm] A threat actor is using three AI harnesses for vulnerability research, exploitation, and attack orchestration.The post AI-Powered Campaign Targets Hundreds of Online Retailers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Island Raises $400 Million at $6.4 Billion Valuation [24 Sep 26, 11:39am] The enterprise security firm has raised more than $1 billion since its launch in 2020; Evolution Equity Partners led the latest funding round. The post Island Raises $400 Million at $6.4 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OT Security Guidance: NIST Drafts Updated Guide, CISA/FBI Advise on ICS Integrators [24 Sep 26, 11:05am] Revision 4 of NIST’s operational technology security guide is open for public comments until November 30.The post OT Security Guidance: NIST Drafts Updated Guide, CISA/FBI Advise on ICS Integrators appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Engineers connect health wearables and implants using the body as the network [24 Sep 26, 6:00pm] Using the human body to transmit signals, Georgia Tech engineers have created a wireless networking system that allows tiny implantable sensors and actuators to communicate with each other and with wearable devices. Their system means devices can wor…
NASA modernizes commercial airline systems [24 Sep 26, 12:20pm] NASA researchers know that when you settle into your seat on a commercial flight, you expect a smooth takeoff, views over the clouds, a steady descent and, hopefully, an early arrival.
Unlocking sulfur's third electron boosts lithium-sulfur battery voltage and capacity [24 Sep 26, 12:20pm] While lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) remain the most widely used rechargeable batteries worldwide, energy engineers have been testing various alternatives with different underlying chemistries. These include lithium-sulfur batteries, which store and re…
6 Cool Gadgets That Make Boating Even Better [24 Sep 26, 8:30pm] These cool boating gadgets can make your time on the water even better, with useful picks for entertainment, safety, navigation, and charging.
5 Budget-Friendly Tablets That Can Replace Your Old Laptop [24 Sep 26, 5:30pm] Replacing an old laptop with a new tablet might not always be feasible, but there are affordable tablets with more than enough capability for everyday use.
America is in the wrong AI race with China [22 Sep 26, 10:00am] The U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance.
The case for a robot tax to redistribute wealth [18 Sep 26, 10:00am] In an excerpt from his book, “Innovate for Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Technology Beyond AI,” Alessandro Crimi explains that a tax on automation is more effective than retraining labor.
In Surprise Move, MOCA Los Angeles Taps Media Exec for Top Job [24 Sep 26, 7:40pm] Jonathan Abbott, who ran the nonprofit GBH, will be the museum’s new director.The post In Surprise Move, MOCA Los Angeles Taps Media Exec for Top Job appeared first on Artnet News.
The 2026 Turner Prize Show Is Grim—but the Strongest in Years [24 Sep 26, 4:53pm] Marguerite Humeau, Tanoa Sasraku, Simeon Barclay, and Kira Freije confront apocalypse, greed, and grief at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.The post The 2026 Turner Prize Show Is Grim—but the Strongest in Years appeared first on Artnet Ne…
What Can Buyer’s Fees Tell Us About the Market’s Weirdness Right Now? [24 Sep 26, 3:19pm] Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips, and Bonhams have all hiked auction fees this year.The post What Can Buyer’s Fees Tell Us About the Market’s Weirdness Right Now? appeared first on Artnet News.
Anna Weyant’s Blood-Stained Banner Graces the Met Opera [24 Sep 26, 6:30am] Plus, $10M to fight Trump's D.C. makeover and a sharp new show on U.S.-China art ties, and more art world matters. The post Anna Weyant’s Blood-Stained Banner Graces the Met Opera appeared first on Artnet News.
The Getty Scoops Up Newly Discovered Velázquez Painting [24 Sep 26, 12:38am] The painting is the first work by the Spanish master to enter the museum's collection.The post The Getty Scoops Up Newly Discovered Velázquez Painting appeared first on Artnet News.
100 Devs [24 Sep 26, 1:46pm] Kevin Powell is doing game-show-style (specifically Family Feud) shorts where, using data from a survey of 100 devs, he asks another dev what the most popular answers were. Here’s:
Introducing Solo [23 Sep 26, 4:02pm] A versatile tool for managing coding projects, integrating multiple terminals and AI agents within a single control panel.
Brighter Than White [22 Sep 26, 9:43pm] If you’ve got an HDR display, and use Chrome 137+ or Safari 26+ (even on iOS), perhaps you’ve seen images sometimes with colors that are so bright they seem to dim the rest of the screen. I find it a bit distracting, but I can see how it could be…
Custom Glow Rings Inside of Elements [18 Sep 26, 10:32pm] A box-shadow is an obvious choice for an inner glow of an element to highlight it. But with some fancy masking, we can use any overlay style we want.
Better Centering with CSS text-box [17 Sep 26, 11:08pm] Jake has a very nice, clear video about what text-box solves in CSS. It essentially makes even padding on an element (like a button) doable without magic numbers, and that will work across any font (sick). Temani made a tool to help pick the right va…
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…
A decent custom checkbox pattern for until ::checkmark is ready [17 Sep 26, 11:55am] Now that we can better customise <select> elements, it's only natural to side-eye other form <input> types that have caused us visual headaches.Sure, we should be applying the lightest of touches to form elements, especially, but ev…
The Index: Issue #197 [11 Sep 26, 12:00am] Mindful Design ProductsThis is exactly what we need to counter the great slopification of what used to be useful products. Calm, considered and above all, useful.Scott's written about the why here, too.How the heck do record players work?An…
Save 35% on all courses for two weeks only [9 Sep 26, 9:55am] The summer is over and the autumn (or fall, for our American friends) is here, so we're offering a huge 35% discount on all courses if you use the coupon code PRICEFALL at checkout.This is the time of year where people, fresh off a summer brea…
Haters think AI agents can't write GPU code? This'll ROCm [22 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Anush Elangovan, VP of Software at AMD, about ROCm's open-source unified toolchain for GPUs, how agentic AI is drastically lowering the barrier to entry for low-level hardware programming, and the rapid convergence of software an…
The AI magic words [17 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO at O'Reilly Media, to talk about the role of books as user interfaces to knowledge, the power of "magic words" to extract better outputs from AI, and why human taste is becoming hi…
AI, JD, and other letters of the law [15 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law program at the University of Texas School of Law, about the legal and social impacts of data centers, the realities of workforce disruption, and regulating AI for child safety using…
AI cybersecurity is a cat and mouse game [11 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Sam Curry, CSO at Zscaler, about where human intelligence sits in the new security landscape with AI, why shifting security protections closer to applications helps limit probes for vulnerabilities, and why building more resilient cod…
The Humble History of the Bedpan [24 Sep 26, 7:04pm] Over the past few centuries, inventors have tweaked the design of the receptacles here and there, but overall, not much has changed about the dependable medical supply
17-Year-Old Athlete Helps Marathon Runner Win the Race After Collapsing [24 Sep 26, 7:20pm] 17-Year-Old Athlete Helps Marathon Runner Win the Race After CollapsingMarathons can be nail-biting competitions where the winner crosses the finish line first by 0.01 seconds; or they can be displays of resilience where runners push through the pai…
Mexico Successfully Reintroduces the American Bison Following a 100-Year Absence [24 Sep 26, 5:30pm] Mexico Successfully Reintroduces the American Bison Following a 100-Year AbsenceBisons are most often associated with the American West; particularly, with the sprawling landscapes of Yellowstone National Park. But these majestic creatures were once…
Female Diver Saves Whale’s Life by Removing Trash From Its Mouth With Her Hands [24 Sep 26, 4:35pm] Female Diver Saves Whale’s Life by Removing Trash From Its Mouth With Her HandsA female diver risked it all to help one of the largest animals in the world. Robby Melville and Lorien Cleavinger of Globetrotting Baes, a pair who host small group tr…
British Museum Enforces a Photo Ban at Its Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition [24 Sep 26, 2:45pm] British Museum Enforces a Photo Ban at Its Bayeux Tapestry ExhibitionIn a time when taking photos can be one of the main reasons people attend museum exhibitions, the British Museum has taken a strong stance on photography at its popular Bayeux Tape…
When chat is the wrong UI [24 Sep 26, 8:00pm] What is a developer to do when they need something more tangible than a chat box? Enter canvases.The post When chat is the wrong UI appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
AI-powered fuzzing with the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent [24 Sep 26, 6:26pm] In this blog post, I explain how to use the new fuzzing taskflow based on the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent AI framework. The post AI-powered fuzzing with the GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Rendering huge pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app [23 Sep 26, 6:29pm] How we rebuilt the diff surface in the GitHub Copilot app to open a million-line pull request with hundreds of inline review comments.The post Rendering huge pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Should you read the code, is RAG dead, and did Skills kill MCP? [18 Sep 26, 3:00pm] We dive into these questions and other AI hot takes on the latest episode of the GitHub Podcast.The post Should you read the code, is RAG dead, and did Skills kill MCP? appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Why Agencies Lose Clients In The First 90 Days (And How To Stop It) [24 Sep 26, 2:30pm] Most client churn happens in the first 90 days, not month six. This phase-by-phase onboarding framework shows agencies how to keep clients engaged and retained.The post Why Agencies Lose Clients In The First 90 Days (And How To Stop It) appeared fir…
Rising CPC? You’re Funding The Competition. Here’s How To Trace It. [24 Sep 26, 2:04pm] Strong affiliate numbers can hide brand bidding. Learn how to define violations, build a search test list, capture ad evidence, and match it to partners.The post Rising CPC? You’re Funding The Competition. Here’s How To Trace It. appeared first…
A Day In the Life With LE SSERAFIM at BlizzCon | Billboard [24 Sep 26, 7:35pm] For the latest episode of A Day In the Life With, Billboard is with LE SSERAFIM at BlizzCon in Los Angeles, as the group is getting ready to hit the stage for its first BlizzCon performance in three years. The girls take Billboard behind the scenes,…
Snyk’s Evo Reaches 60% of New Deal Volume As AI Risks Soar [24 Sep 26, 5:02pm] The rise of agentic AI security threats is accelerating growth for vendors that can help protect enterprises. Snyk’s Evo software, the agent-native layer of its core AI security platform, now accounts for 60% of the company’s new deal volume and…
MetaKarta v12 Unifies Enterprise Metadata Management for AI, BI, and Databases [24 Sep 26, 1:51pm] MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Meta Integration Technology, Inc. (MITI) today announced general availability of MetaKarta v12, including Semantic Hub that compiles governed business definitions into the databases, BI tools, and AI agents that depend on th…
Rocket Software Advances Governed, Agentic AI on the Mainframe [23 Sep 26, 3:57pm] WALTHAM, Mass. — Rocket Software today announced the expansion of Rocket EVA, its agentic AI platform for mission critical systems. The expanded platform provides governed, auditable AI agents on the mainframe to correlate and reason across operat…
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.
First Public Working Draft: Bitstring Status List v1.1 [24 Sep 26, 8:28am] This specification describes a privacy-preserving, space-efficient, and high-performance mechanism for publishing status information such as suspension or revocation of Verifiable Credentials through use of bitstrings.
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…
VVC On The Rise [20 Sep 26, 1:20pm] The thing about codec adoption is that years of hard work and development must occur before a single stream gets distributed by an independent publisher. The bottleneck is almost always the decode side, accumulating sufficient compatible players to m…
Munich FRAND Royalty Guidelines: More Questions than Answers [14 Sep 26, 2:46pm] On August 13, 2026, the 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court issued a 67-page FRAND Guidelines. Although multiple outlets have reported on them, I have not located a public copy of the Guidelines themselves, though I have requested one. I…
Bitmovin Releases 10th Edition of the Video Developer Report [10 Sep 26, 9:12am] Each year, I write about Bitmovin’s Video Developer Report because it’s one of the few recurring data points available to the streaming industry. It reports survey-based usage and planned usage for codecs, protocols, encoding, player development,…
AI-guided mutations help viruses infect bacteria up to 1 million times more effectively [24 Sep 26, 8:30pm] Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using AI to tackle one of modern medicine's most pressing challenges: the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Using data collected in their lab, biochemistry professor Vatsa…
First known case of Marfan syndrome discovered in feline siblings [24 Sep 26, 8:20pm] Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Baker Institute of Animal Health have published the first molecular characterization of Marfan syndrome in domestic cats in a paper in the Sept. 19 issue of Scientific Reports.
Shared blueprint in aphid proteins helps AI predict their structures [24 Sep 26, 8:10pm] Tiny insects called aphids inject hundreds of mysterious proteins into plants, hijacking the plants' own genomes to build galls: structures made of plant tissue but constructed to the insects' specifications to house and feed their offsprin…
NASA to study human health and performance during Crew-13 mission [24 Sep 26, 8:00pm] During NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission aboard the International Space Station, astronauts will support a series of biomedical and human performance investigations, including a new collaborative effort to study how spaceflight affects blood flow an…
Why feeding birds can make you feel better [22 Sep 26, 3:55pm] "Feeding and observing birds is a really meaningful way for people to connect with nature, and people feel that it has positive impacts on their well-being."
The Antitrust Problem With Meta’s Settlement With The States [24 Sep 26, 8:09pm] Originally published as an op-ed in The Mercury News. Republished here with permission from the author. Meta’s settlement with the state attorneys general (currently awaiting court approval) has been touted as industry-redefining. Indeed, Meta desp…
Trump Easily Loses His Censorial SLAPP Suit Over A Poll Predicting He Might Lose [24 Sep 26, 6:08pm] You may recall that after he had won the 2024 Presidential election, the sorest winner in the history of sore winners, Donald Trump sued retiring pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register for… having reported the — admittedly surprising and…
Daily Deal: LabsDigest [24 Sep 26, 6:03pm] LabsDigest is built for those who learn best by doing. Whether you’re preparing for a CompTIA certification or diving into Python development, our platform offers interactive labs that simulate real-world tasks—no passive watching or reading, jus…
Trump Administration Is Now Sending More Arrested Migrants To Gitmo [24 Sep 26, 4:27pm] Guantanamo Bay has always been shorthand for disappearing people. It’s a place where people cease to exist, along with any rights they may have been afforded if they’d been imprisoned inside the United States. Its name is synonymous with torture…
Meta’s AI Agent Muse Launches With Nasty Zero-Day Flaw, Then Gets Blocked By Amazon [24 Sep 26, 12:26pm] After burning $80 billion on the failed metaverse pivot — and billions more on desperate “me too” offerings in the AI space — Meta is looking to leverage its massive ad dominance to colonize the agentic AI (or personal assistant) market. So t…
scars left by bears ripple through these japanese cedar surfboards [24 Sep 26, 6:10pm] asian black bears leave irregular grain across cedar that is shaped by hand and sealed beneath glossy urushi lacquer.The post scars left by bears ripple through these japanese cedar surfboards appeared first on designboom | architecture & design…
leaning timber frame anchors shrine office in japanese mountain valley [24 Sep 26, 3:15pm] larch timber, stone footings, and corten steel shape the shrine office by sobokuya.The post leaning timber frame anchors shrine office in japanese mountain valley appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
renée levi brings fluorescent painting to hayward gallery’s brutalist facade [24 Sep 26, 10:59am] the swiss artist turns industrial mesh and raw concrete into a temporary painting for audemars piguet contemporary, shaped by architecture, movement and the changing city.The post renée levi brings fluorescent painting to hayward gallery’s brutal…
when art gives you nothing to look at, absence becomes the spectacle [24 Sep 26, 10:50am] artists have used absence to shift attention from the artwork itself to the experience of seeing, hearing, and being there.The post when art gives you nothing to look at, absence becomes the spectacle appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
MPNYC turns former port warehouse into adaptable cultural space in piraeus [24 Sep 26, 7:45am] the architects trace the industrial past of the building while adapting it for exhibitions, workshops, meetings, and collaboration.The post MPNYC turns former port warehouse into adaptable cultural space in piraeus appeared first on designboom | arc…
