NATO's "Future" At Stake: Danish Foreign Minister On Trump's Tariff Threat [18 Jan 26, 5:51pm] The NATO alliance is at risk from US President Donald Trump's tariff threat on NATO allies backing Denmark against his goal to seize control of Greenland, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Sunday.
'India Can Add 20% To Global Growth This Year': WEF Chief To NDTV At Davos [18 Jan 26, 5:41pm] India will likely become the fastest growing of the large economies this year to such an extent that it would make up for 20 per cent of all global growth, World Economic Forum (WEF) president Borge Brende told NDTV at Davos.
1 Killed, 27 Injured During Bull Race At Pongal Festival In Tamil Nadu [18 Jan 26, 5:00pm] An elderly man lost his life, and at least 27 others sustained injuries during a bull race organised as part of Pongal festival celebrations at Govinda Reddipalayam village in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
Summary, Dev Chat, January 14, 2026 [15 Jan 26, 11:45am] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @desrosj 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 WordPress 7.0 Call for Volunteers If you are interested in volunteering for WordPress 7.0, please comment here by January 16. Nominations for Core Team…
Performance Chat Summary: 13 January 2026 [13 Jan 26, 5:54pm] 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, #…
Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2026 Edition [13 Jan 26, 11:20am] This post kicks off the formal election process with a call for nominations for the 2026 Core Team Reps. For 2025, Francesca Marano (@francina), Jb Audras (@audrasjb) and Benjamin Zekavica (@benjamin_zekavica) have served as the elected Core Team Rep…
Dev Chat Agenda – January 14, 2026 [13 Jan 26, 10:08am] 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…
Dropping support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 [9 Jan 26, 9:24pm] Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0, currently scheduled for release in April 2026. The minimum recommended version of PHP will remain at 8.3, but the new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.4.0. The minimum supported…
A new approach to energy harvesting opened up by the quantum world [18 Jan 26, 3:50pm] Touch the back of a laptop and it often feels warm. This is because part of the energy used for computation and communication escapes to the outside as heat. Yet even this "waste heat" still contains a great deal of usable energy. Technolog…
Soft robotic hand 'sees' around corners to achieve human-like touch [17 Jan 26, 3:30pm] To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their manipulation strategies based on the objects they are working with, similarly to how humans leverage information they gain vi…
Google Messages preps Smart Reply ‘Tap to Edit’ that doesn’t instantly send [16 Jan 26, 10:57pm] Currently, tapping on a Smart Reply in Google Messages immediately sends the suggestion, but the latest beta reveals an upcoming “Tap to Edit” preference that will make for a nice quality-of-life improvement. more…
Google Meet for Android gets more Material 3 Expressive [16 Jan 26, 10:02pm] Google Meet is joining Drive for Android this month in adopting more Material 3 Expressive. Like other Workspace services, the video calling app now has a search app bar. more…
Pixelated 84: New year, same Pixel [16 Jan 26, 9:30pm] Welcome to episode 84 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Abner, Damien, and Will talk through Google’s big changes to Gmail, including a new AI Inbox and improved search. They also turn their attention to Gemini’s Personal Intell…
Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly Hacking Supreme Court’s Filing System [17 Jan 26, 11:00am] Nicholas Moore pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s filing system and illegally accessing computer systems belonging to AmeriCorps and the Department of Veterans Affairs.The post Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly H…
Monnai Raises $12 Million for Identity and Risk Data Infrastructure [16 Jan 26, 2:51pm] The company will use the investment to accelerate the adoption of its solution among financial institutions and digital businesses.The post Monnai Raises $12 Million for Identity and Risk Data Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Project Eleven Raises $20 Million for Post-Quantum Security [16 Jan 26, 2:21pm] The startup is building the necessary infrastructure and tools to help organizations transition to post-quantum computing.The post Project Eleven Raises $20 Million for Post-Quantum Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.
750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog [16 Jan 26, 12:34pm] The incident impacted the personal information of CIRO member firms and their registered employees.The post 750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Canadian Investment Watchdog appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The real danger of Tylenol has nothing to do with autism [18 Jan 26, 5:03pm] While social media continues to circulate claims linking acetaminophen to autism in children, medical experts say those fears distract from a far more serious and proven danger: overdose. Acetaminophen, found in Tylenol and many cold and flu remedies…
The Ring Nebula is hiding a giant structure made of iron [18 Jan 26, 3:24pm] A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of times the size of Pluto’s orbit and containing a Mars-sized amount of iron. It was detected using a new instrument that al…
Scientists sent viruses to space and they evolved in surprising ways [18 Jan 26, 2:54pm] When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way they do on Earth. In microgravity, infections still occurred, but both viruses and bacteria evolved differently over time. Ge…
A once-in-a-generation discovery is transforming dairy farming [18 Jan 26, 1:53pm] A Michigan dairy farm took a gamble on a new kind of soybean—and it paid off fast. After feeding high-oleic soybeans to their cows, milk quality improved within days and feed costs dropped dramatically. Backed by years of MSU research, the crop is…
A 47-year study reveals when fitness and strength start to fade [18 Jan 26, 8:01am] A long-running Swedish study has followed adults for nearly five decades, uncovering when physical decline truly begins. Fitness and strength start slipping around age 35, then worsen gradually with age. The encouraging twist: adults who began exerci…
Should You Hand Dry Your Car After Each Wash? [18 Jan 26, 6:15pm] A clean car is always a good idea, and one of the most crucial steps is drying it after washing it. Why is it necessary? Should it be done by hand?
Who Makes BMW Engines And Where Are They Manufactured? [18 Jan 26, 4:15pm] BMW manufactures internal combustion vehicles, motorcycles, and hybrid vehicles all around the world. That's a lot of different engines to think about.
Uganda shuts down internet two days before election [14 Jan 26, 9:54am] As President Yoweri Museveni contests for the seventh term, regulators cite misinformation risks for internet shutdown. Rights groups say it undermines free and fair voting.
The Secret to a Gallery’s Success? Community Is Key [17 Jan 26, 4:19pm] As London’s Condo gallery share model turns 10, emerging dealers say its community-first approach has helped them grow more sustainably and creatively.The post The Secret to a Gallery’s Success? Community Is Key appeared first on Artnet News.
Who Is F V T, the Rising Artist Set to Star at Art Palm Beach? [17 Jan 26, 11:00am] Presented by Ccucu Gall-Art, the emerging artist is pioneering new, more expansive approaches to abstraction.The post Who Is F V T, the Rising Artist Set to Star at Art Palm Beach? appeared first on Artnet News.
Norman Foster Designs a Time Capsule for America’s 250th Birthday [16 Jan 26, 10:22pm] The titanium box will be installed under the Washington Monument Plaza.The post Norman Foster Designs a Time Capsule for America’s 250th Birthday appeared first on Artnet News.
The Art Trade’s ‘Necessary Evil’ Keeps Getting More Expensive [16 Jan 26, 10:02pm] Complicated rules and persistent inflation are making the matter more and more vexing.The post The Art Trade’s ‘Necessary Evil’ Keeps Getting More Expensive appeared first on Artnet News.
Zod + TypeScript: Schema Validation Made Easy [16 Jan 26, 5:00pm] I can easily imagine a job interview question being “What’s the difference between TypeScript and Zod and in what circumstances do you need each?” They are both type validation libraries. Would you ever need both? The short answer is that TypeS…
The Missing Link for Web Components [15 Jan 26, 9:30pm] If your project uses web components of your own making, you could be auto-generating a Custom Elements Manifest that can be ultra-helpful, like powering a VS Code language server.
JavaScript Engines Zoo [14 Jan 26, 11:48pm] Holy cow there are a lot of JavaScript engines. These are the big ones like V8 that Chrome uses or JavaScriptCore that Safari uses, but also purposefully lightweight engines like QuickJS for “embedding”. (I’m also just realizing that domains li…
Simulating Crop Marks [13 Jan 26, 6:15pm] Crop marks are an idea that comes from the print design world. Design in the bleed area will be cut away by giant cutter machines, and that bleed area is designated by the crop marks. We can do it on the web too, just for kicks.
`document.currentScript` is more useful than I thought. [13 Jan 26, 3:24am] Huh. Today I learned (from Alex MacArthur): you can access the current <script> element from a script (if it’s not type="module") with document.currentScript. Meaning you can put configuration data as attributes on it and pluck them…
Beyond the Mouse: Animating with Mobile Accelerometers [9 Jan 26, 1:24pm] Mousing over an element and watching it tilt in 3D space is a beautiful and compelling effect. Let's bring it to mobile and use the phone itself rather than a cursor.
#200 – Corey Maass on His Real-Life AI Tools and Workflows in WordPress Development [14 Jan 26, 3:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley talks with Corey Maass about how AI tools have transformed web development, especially for client projects. Corey Maass shares his ever-changing tech stack, the impact of AI on productivity and creativity, and how tool…
#197 – Johanne Courtright on Enhancing Gutenberg: Agency-Driven Block Editor Innovations [10 Dec 25, 3:00pm] In this episode, Johanne Courtright chats with Nathan Wrigley about her journey in WordPress development, focusing on enhancing the block editor (Gutenberg). She discusses her project, Groundworx, which adds features and custom blocks tailored for ag…
#196 – Topher DeRosia on How Public Contributions Shape Careers in WordPress [3 Dec 25, 3:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley chats with Topher DeRosia about the impact of doing things in public within the WordPress community. Topher shares how openness, community involvement, and generosity have shaped his career and personal life, reflectin…
How AWS re:Invented the cloud [16 Jan 26, 8:40am] From the floor at AWS re:Invent, Ryan is joined by AWS Senior Principal Engineer David Yanacek to chat about all things AWS, from the truth behind AWS’s Black Friday origin mythos to the development of essential cloud tools like SQS and DynamoDB. P…
Vibe code anything in a Hanselminute [13 Jan 26, 8:40am] Ryan welcomes back the mighty Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community at Microsoft, for a crossover episode about all things vibe coding.
New class of strong magnets uses earth-abundant elements, avoids rare-earth metals [18 Jan 26, 5:33pm] Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious metals—a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer electronics such as motors, rob…
How to prevent charge buildup in a lunar rover [18 Jan 26, 5:30pm] As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric charge on their wheels. Through new analysis published in Advances in Space Research, Bill Farrell at the Space Science…
More than 55% of Cerrado native vegetation already lost, new review reveals [18 Jan 26, 4:50pm] A comprehensive new review synthesizing decades of research warns that the Brazilian Cerrado—a biodiversity hotspot, known for its vast inverted forests—is facing a massive, multi-faceted ecological crisis.
New Exhibition Contends With Black Heritage Through Layered, Evocative Textile Art [17 Jan 26, 1:50pm] New Exhibition Contends With Black Heritage Through Layered, Evocative Textile ArtDespite decades of friendship and practicing similar kinds of art, Carolyn Malzoomi and Sharon Kerry-Harlan have never exhibited together. That changed on January 9, 2…
My Modern Met’s Art + Culture Guide to Denver [16 Jan 26, 9:15pm] My Modern Met’s Art + Culture Guide to DenverDenver, Colorado, has an elevation that’s exactly one mile above sea level. Its high altitude has earned it the nickname the “Mile High City,” and its history has made it a place that is elevated…
Heinz’s Ingenious New French Fry Container Has a Secret Pocket for Ketchup Dipping [16 Jan 26, 8:20pm] Heinz’s Ingenious New French Fry Container Has a Secret Pocket for Ketchup DippingKetchup and french fries may be a perfect pair, save for one fact: enjoying them on-the-go is notoriously difficult. Finding a spot to squirt out the ketchup packet…
Leaders of Japan and South Korea Got Together To Jam Out in K-Pop Drum Duet [16 Jan 26, 6:30pm] Leaders of Japan and South Korea Got Together To Jam Out in K-Pop Drum DuetAfter hours of discussing nuclear weapons, economic security, and rare minerals, the leaders of Japan and South Korea decided to let loose. In an impromptu act of harmony, Pr…
Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows [18 Jan 26, 5:00pm] Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies
Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about [17 Jan 26, 10:45pm] While it's easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space. It's “not nice up there,”…
Building an agentic memory system for GitHub Copilot [15 Jan 26, 9:31pm] Copilot’s cross-agent memory system lets agents learn and improve across your development workflow, starting with coding agent, CLI, and code review.The post Building an agentic memory system for GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
When protections outlive their purpose: A lesson on managing defense systems at scale [15 Jan 26, 8:54pm] User feedback led us to clean up outdated mitigations. See why observability and lifecycle management are critical for defense systems.The post When protections outlive their purpose: A lesson on managing defense systems at scale appeared first on T…
GitHub Availability Report: December 2025 [14 Jan 26, 10:06pm] In December, we experienced five incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.The post GitHub Availability Report: December 2025 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Community-powered security with AI: an open source framework for security research [14 Jan 26, 6:45pm] Announcing GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent, an open source and collaborative framework for security research with AI.The post Community-powered security with AI: an open source framework for security research appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
What AI is actually good for, according to developers [13 Jan 26, 6:39pm] AI is designed to help you do what you love most, not replace your expertise. Discover how developer feedback and real-world experience are shaping AI coding tools that keep you in control.The post What AI is actually good for, according to develope…
Google On Phantom Noindex Errors In Search Console via @sejournal, @martinibuster [17 Jan 26, 11:14pm] Google's John Mueller acknowledges phantom noindex errors in Search Console reflect hidden indexing signals surfaced during Googlebot access. The post Google On Phantom Noindex Errors In Search Console appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
ChatGPT To Begin Testing Ads In The United States via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson [16 Jan 26, 9:08pm] OpenAI will begin testing ads for ChatGPT Free and Go users in the U.S., outlining strict guardrails around privacy, answer independence, and ad placement.The post ChatGPT To Begin Testing Ads In The United States appeared first on Search Engine Jou…
10 Remarketing Lists To Boost PPC Performance via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson [16 Jan 26, 12:00pm] Turn first-party data into measurable PPC gains using remarketing strategies built for real account management, not theory.The post 10 Remarketing Lists To Boost PPC Performance appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Report: Companies with technical debt unlikely to see benefits from AI adoption [16 Jan 26, 9:05pm] Organizations that have modernized their applications are three times more likely to see a clear ROI on their AI investments compared to those that haven’t, according to a new survey from Cloudflare. The 2026 App Innovation Report found that 93% of…
Copilot Studio Extension now available in VS Code [15 Jan 26, 4:12pm] Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Copilot Studio Extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension allows developers to build and manage Copilot Studio agents directly from within their IDE. According to Microsoft, the extension i…
Updated Candidate Recommendation: Dubbing and Audio description Profiles of TTML2 [18 Dec 25, 8:18am] This specification defines DAPT, a TTML-based file format for the exchange of timed text content in transcription and translation workflows used in the production of dubbing scripts, audio description, translation subtitles and hard of hearing subtit…
Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice [17 Jan 26, 4:26pm] Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta.In addition, the group's alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national…
OpenAI to Show Ads in ChatGPT for Logged-In U.S. Adults on Free and Go Plans [17 Jan 26, 8:34am] OpenAI on Friday said it would start showing ads in ChatGPT to logged-in adult U.S. users in both the free and ChatGPT Go tiers in the coming weeks, as the artificial intelligence (AI) company expanded access to its low-cost subscription globally.&q…
GootLoader Malware Uses 500–1,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection [16 Jan 26, 5:59pm] The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that's designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives."The actor creates a malformed…
Five Malicious Chrome Extensions Impersonate Workday and NetSuite to Hijack Accounts [16 Jan 26, 2:09pm] Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five new malicious Google Chrome web browser extensions that masquerade as human resources (HR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms like Workday, NetSuite, and SuccessFactors to take control of v…
Listen: Quantum sensors could detect diseases earlier [12 Jan 26, 6:12pm] An expert explains how quantum systems—once thought to be too fragile for real-world use—are becoming some of the most powerful sensors ever.
Inflatable robot arm picks apples [12 Jan 26, 5:32pm] "The uncomplicated nature of the design makes it low-cost, easy to maintain, and highly reliable for a soft robot."
‘Plug-and-play’ system could improve cancer immunotherapy [31 Dec 25, 8:03pm] Researchers have developed a modular cancer immunotherapy that can be switched on, off, or reprogramed to attack different cancers.Promising initial testing results, published in Science Advances, demonstrate a “universal” function built on a ch…
This Week In Techdirt History: January 11th – 17th [17 Jan 26, 8:00pm] Five Years Ago This week in 2021, we wrote about how critics of Section 230 should rethink their position considering their biggest allies were Senators Hawley and Cruz, while former FCC boss Tom Wheeler was continuing to misunderstand and misreprese…
Report Says AI That Hallucinated A Cop Into A Frog Is Making Utah Streets ‘Safer’ [16 Jan 26, 11:44pm] AI can be useful. But so many people seem to feel it’s nothing more than an unpaid intern you can lean on to do all the work you don’t feel like doing yourself. (And the less said about its misuse to generate a webful of slop, the better.) Like e…
NoFap Founder Sued Pornhub, UCLA, and Scientists While Intimidating Journalists. [16 Jan 26, 9:41pm] Alexander Rhodes, the founder of the pornography addiction self-help group NoFap and repeat plaintiff, sued the parent company of Pornhub, Aylo, along with the University of California Los Angeles, two scientists, and an academic publisher for defama…
vespa-inspired curved geometry shapes vietnam residence clad in wood [18 Jan 26, 12:45pm] story architecture organizes spaces vertically to balance privacy, circulation, and shared living.The post vespa-inspired curved geometry shapes vietnam residence clad in wood appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
metal sawtooth roof tops renovated narxoz university business school in almaty [17 Jan 26, 9:01pm] the project reuses a former soviet-era structure within the narxoz university campus.The post metal sawtooth roof tops renovated narxoz university business school in almaty appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
watch snøhetta’s theodore roosevelt presidential library take shape in north dakota [17 Jan 26, 5:30am] a new video by snøhetta shows the theodore roosevelt presidential library's sloping green roof rise from the badlands of north dakota. The post watch snøhetta’s theodore roosevelt presidential library take shape in north dakota appeared fir…
