Trump Critic Lula Wins Record Fourth Term In Brazil In Surprise Comeback [26 Oct 26, 3:36am] Lula's reelection for an unprecedented fourth term extends a political career spanning more than four decades and delivers a humiliating blow to the movement built by former President Jair Bolsonaro
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 2.0: A redesigned app, in your language [23 Oct 26, 5:45pm] TL;DR: WordPress Contributor Toolkit v2.0.0 has been released with a new interface built on the WordPress Design System, a settings dialog, a dark theme, and translations into ten languages. The WordPress Contributor Toolkit removes the points of fri…
WP Feature Notifications weekly update: 2026-10-23 [23 Oct 26, 10:09am] This week was more of a maintenance week: 24 PRs merged, 23 of them Dependabot updates, The more interesting activity is in review: 16 new contributor PRs opened this week. Highlights README now points to the demo plugin (#648, @psykro): adds a note…
Dev Chat Agenda – October 21, 2026 [21 Oct 26, 4:10am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting focuses on upcoming releases and Core development, with time for discussions and open floor. If you have requests for help with a …
Performance Chat Summary: 20 October 2026 [20 Oct 26, 5:04pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets Script/style concatenation was only used in the login/admin for core’s own assets. It served its purpose, especially for HTTP/1.1, but WordPress 7.2 will use…
Recap: WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” Retrospective [19 Oct 26, 6:30pm] This post summarizes the feedback received from the WordPress 7.1 retrospective. Thank you to those who contributed their feedback via the retrospective survey and comments on the post! For ease of reading, feedback has been synthesized. Full feedba…
What tech is making you happy? [25 Oct 26, 1:00pm] Tech is in a weird place right now. There are plenty of exciting developments in AI, tons of new hardware, and rapidly growing ideas, but it’s all surrounded by the effect today’s tech is having on society. So, what tech is making you happy right…
This clever USB-C cable doubles as a stand for your phone [Gallery] [24 Oct 26, 1:30pm] One of my favorite things about the rise of magnetic wireless charging has been the prevalence of chargers that hold my phone upright on my nightstand. But, when travelling, that tends to be a bit more cumbersome, or at least a little more expensive.…
Former Unit 8200 Officers Raise $34 Million for Agentic SecOps Startup Mave [25 Oct 26, 11:00am] Founded in 2025 by Unit 8200 alumni, Tel Aviv-based Mave uses AI agents to investigate alerts across existing security stacks.The post Former Unit 8200 Officers Raise $34 Million for Agentic SecOps Startup Mave appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Mirai Botnet Operators Join PHP2Shell Attacks as ASLR Bypass Exploits Emerge [23 Oct 26, 12:45pm] Researchers tie PHP2Shell attempts to a Mirai botnet and show an ASLR bypass, but no successful compromise has been confirmed yet.The post Mirai Botnet Operators Join PHP2Shell Attacks as ASLR Bypass Exploits Emerge appeared first on SecurityWeek.
China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks [23 Oct 26, 10:31am] The state-sponsored hackers targeted hundreds of organizations and gained privileged access to some environments.The post China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Attackers Exploit Third Arista VCO Zero-Day in Four Months [23 Oct 26, 9:58am] The critical-severity SQL injection flaw allows attackers to access privileged internal functionality and gain operator privileges.The post Attackers Exploit Third Arista VCO Zero-Day in Four Months appeared first on SecurityWeek.
'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead [25 Oct 26, 6:40pm] Companies and government agencies rushed this week to patch two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that runs a large share of the world's websites.
Engineers develop stealthy, low-cost tech to detect drones [25 Oct 26, 2:20pm] Florida International University researchers have developed a new way to detect incoming drones using the unique magnetic signatures generated by their motors—offering a detection method that is stealthier, safer and cheaper than traditional radar.
Wearable system captures human activity data for robot training [24 Oct 26, 4:00pm] Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body shape that resembles that of humans, could tackle various chores and everyday manual tasks. To successfully complete these tasks, however, the robots should be able to reliably coordinate their movements,…
5 Hedge Trimmer Brands With Better Ratings Than Craftsman [26 Oct 26, 3:45am] Craftsman may be the brand your parents or grandparents preferred, but when it comes to hedge trimmers, they tend to come up short. These are much better.
Why Do Some Buoys Have Solar Panels? [26 Oct 26, 2:15am] The U.S. Coast Guard began refitting buoys with solar panels in the 1980s. The practice continues today, making solar-powered buoys a common sight.
4 Disadvantages Of Tankless Water Heaters [26 Oct 26, 1:45am] Tankless water heaters sound like a good idea, since you'll almost always have hot water ready to go. They do have some disadvantages worth knowing, however.
What Does A Blue Road Sign With A Question Mark Mean? [26 Oct 26, 1:15am] Some road signs are easier to understand than others. The blue question mark might seem straightforward to some motorists while mystifying others.
SNIK Paints “Verdure” for Out in the Open in Aalborg [24 Oct 26, 3:32pm] SNIK has completed Verdure on a 14-metre wall in Aalborg, Denmark, for KIRK Gallery’s Out in the Open project. The artist duo describes figures entwined with abundant growth, bringing their hand-cut stencil work together with layers of colour and t…
Iota Paints “Any minute now” for Expo de Ouf! 14 in Nîmes [24 Oct 26, 1:32pm] Iota painted “Any minute now” for Expo de Ouf! 14 in Nîmes, France. The mural occupies a façade facing rue Clérisseau, where the Brussels-based artist joined the festival’s 2026 programme of paintings across the city’s streets. The festiva…
Sojo Paints “La Frenda” for Muro Crítico 2026 in Santiago de Alcántara [24 Oct 26, 8:32am] Sojo painted “La Frenda” in Santiago de Alcántara, Spain, for Muro Crítico 2026. Made during the programme’s October 12–16 visit to the town, the mural takes its name from a wedding-eve procession built around a practical act of generosity:…
The Paris Art Fairs and Museums Closing Amid Protests [23 Oct 26, 3:55pm] The protests arrive at a high point in the city's art calendar.The post The Paris Art Fairs and Museums Closing Amid Protests appeared first on Artnet News.
Ibrahim Mahama Is Reviving the Past to Build a Different Future [23 Oct 26, 3:49pm] At Fondation Cartier, a reconstructed Ghanaian glass factory and a circle of Ashanti stools turn ruins into living material.The post Ibrahim Mahama Is Reviving the Past to Build a Different Future appeared first on Artnet News.
The Intimate Gallery That’s Bringing British Art Home [23 Oct 26, 12:00pm] Furnished rooms, a constantly changing hang, and a wide range of prices make Jenna Burlingham Gallery as welcoming to new collectors as to seasoned ones.The post The Intimate Gallery That’s Bringing British Art Home appeared first on Artnet News.
Barbara Hepworth Dominates at Christie’s $30M British and Irish Art Evening Sale [23 Oct 26, 10:58am] Plus, a rare Hilma af Klint surfaces at auction, forthcoming Róng Museum appoints curatorial team, and more industry intel.The post Barbara Hepworth Dominates at Christie’s $30M British and Irish Art Evening Sale appeared first on Artnet News.
The Vertical Codebase [23 Oct 26, 10:14pm] A nice app architecture thought by Dominik: The Vertical Codebase. When component architecture came along, many started co-locating HTML/CSS/JS for a component, and it felt right. What if you take that one step further and co-locate based on the site…
Building an Isolated Preview for AI-Generated HTML [22 Oct 26, 6:17pm] An iframe with srcdoc feels like a safe place to render HTML a model wrote. It isn't. Three tests show how the preview can read your page, escape the frame, and phone home, and four layers of protection close each hole.
“I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years” [20 Oct 26, 3:43pm] I watched this whole video by Juxtaposed, assuming it was a real redesign of the VLC player, but alas, it is not official. Nevertheless, it should be, and it’s a wonderful example of how much real human brainpower it takes to design something well.
Structured Output with TanStack AI [19 Oct 26, 12:25pm] Part 2 of this intro to TanStack AI covers structured output: constraining the model's response to a Zod schema, then streaming that JSON in and rendering it while it's still incomplete.
Unlocking AI in Your Apps with TanStack AI [16 Oct 26, 12:32pm] TanStack AI is a strongly typed set of libraries for adding AI features to your apps. Part 1 of this intro covers basic setup and prompting, streaming responses, persisting threads to your database, and resuming a response after a mid-stream refresh.
The Index: Issue #203 [23 Oct 26, 10:55am] Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabsThis is fun.All my hobbies are getting slopped up, and it’s exhaustingVideo game orientated, but I'm sure many of you will resonate with this.FreeMixThe AT protocol strikes again! This coul…
Native masonry layouts with CSS grid lanes [22 Oct 26, 11:55am] Native masonry layouts have been a long time coming to CSS and after years of debate over how they should work and fit into the language, we finally have display: grid-lanes.If you want the full backstory on how we got here, Sunkanmi Fafowora has a…
The Index: Issue #202 [16 Oct 26, 10:55am] Tiny Little OfficeThis is really smart. It's a word processor, along with other common office software like spreadsheets, but it's completely URL powered.Introducing the Accessible Components LibraryYou could not be in better hands than…
The Index: Issue #201 [9 Oct 26, 8:55am] 2027 web platform feature rankingThis is the second year we're doing this, and last year's 1900+ rankings not only helped us push the right proposals in the Interop process, it was also used to prioritize web platform feature development…
The Index: Issue #200 [2 Oct 26, 8:55am] It's issue #200 of The Index! A real milestone that we should celebrate with a dedicated CSS links issue. Let's get stuck in to the good links.Multiple-column layout, rows, rules, and floatsThe Boss™ is here with some fantastic news on…
Rumors of the SaaS demise are greatly exaggerated [23 Oct 26, 7:40am] Recorded on the floor of LDX3, Ryan chats with Nivia Henry, an engineering leader most recently at Netflix, about the reality of the supposed SaaS apocalypse, the complex calculus of the modern build-versus-buy decision in the era of AI, and the crit…
Survey Says: You'll swap the model, but everything you build around it is staying put [21 Oct 26, 2:00pm] Earlier this month, my team at Stacklok surveyed 520 technical leaders to understand whether they were concerned about being locked into frontier labs. The data says they’re already swapping models in and out, but the trap they’re concerned about…
Don't forget about the UI for AI [20 Oct 26, 7:40am] Recorded at OpenAI Dev Day 2026, Ryan sits down with Andrew Ambrosino, member of the technical staff at OpenAI, for a conversation on OpenAI's strategy for merging ChatGPT and Codex into a unified experience, the advantages of localized computer…
Production-grade LLMs and agents: a field guide [19 Oct 26, 3:32pm] A maturity model for taking agents from an impressive demo to a system people can depend on — with a self-assessment and the map to a deep-dive on each layer.
Jordan MMA Week Brings International Sporting Action to the Heart of Historic Amman [26 Oct 26, 5:49am] Dubai, UAE: Jordan is set to welcome travellers from across the GCC for Jordan MMA Week, taking place from 26 to 31 October 2026. The six-day programme will bring international mixed martial arts action to some of the Kingdom’s most iconic settings…
AQUORA Records 40% Sales as Casa Vista Development Prepares for Grand Unveiling in Dubai [26 Oct 26, 5:28am] Dubai, UAE: Casa Vista Development is preparing for the exclusive unveiling of AQUORA, its AED 350 million luxury waterfront residential project on Dubai Islands, following a significant milestone that has seen 40% of its residences sold. Taking plac…
8th Dubai Labour Sports Tournament flags off on Sunday [24 Oct 26, 8:33pm] DUBAI: The Dubai Sports Council will officially launch the competitions of the eighth edition of the ‘annual Dubai Labour Sports Tournament’, on Sunday. Held under the slogan ‘Making them happy is our goal’, the eighth edition of the annual e…
Dubai Humanitarian launches new air bridge to deliver winter relief supplies to Gaza [24 Oct 26, 3:14pm] DUBAI: Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian has launched a new air bridge to support humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza. The f…
New Lease on Life for Historic Tall Ship Providence [26 Oct 26, 3:06am] The recently-formed United States Maritime Foundation (USMF) is set to acquire the tall ship Providence with the intention of reopening it as a museum...
Canada Considers a Subsea Power Cable to Europe [26 Oct 26, 1:36am] Canada’s prime minister has expressed interest in exporting Canadian energy such as LNG to Europe, along with renewable energy. Other recent discussio...
US Deep-Sea Mining Claim Areas Rival ISA Licenses in Size [26 Oct 26, 12:22am] U.S. ambitions to mine the deep sea are rapidly expanding across the ocean, not only in the country’s own waters, but also on the high seas — the vast...
Golden Serpent Sculpture Winds Through the High Line During New York Fashion Week [25 Oct 26, 12:50pm] Golden Serpent Sculpture Winds Through the High Line During New York Fashion WeekVisitors to New York City’s High Line were met with a surprise during New York Fashion Week 2026. There, they came across auruBOROS: Urban Memory and Collective Dream…
Art Toronto 2026 Brings Together More Than 100 Galleries From Around the World [24 Oct 26, 12:50pm] Art Toronto 2026 Brings Together More Than 100 Galleries From Around the WorldThe 27th edition of Art Toronto returns October 29 through November 1, 2026, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. During that time, it will bring together more than 100…
Step Inside Five Famous Paintings in This Immersive Virtual Reality Exhibition [23 Oct 26, 7:15pm] Step Inside Five Famous Paintings in This Immersive Virtual Reality ExhibitionFive iconic works from Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado come to life in an immersive, high-tech event. At Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, New York, Masterpieces: A Virtual…
How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills [22 Oct 26, 5:21pm] As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @r31n, diving into their research approach, favorite bug classes, and advice for aspiring hackers.The post How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills a…
The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure [21 Oct 26, 4:00pm] We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub's repositories to Azure. Here's how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently.The post The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure appeared…
How 3 Java Champions are using GitHub Copilot for increased productivity [20 Oct 26, 4:05pm] Three Java Champions share how they use GitHub Copilot to solve problems, accelerate development, and keep humans responsible for the results.The post How 3 Java Champions are using GitHub Copilot for increased productivity appeared first on The Git…
How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code [19 Oct 26, 6:47pm] Learn how to move an agent session from the GitHub Copilot app into VS Code without losing the conversation, code changes, or working context.The post How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The next developer interface is ambient intelligence [15 Oct 26, 7:39pm] AI, agents, voice, and physical controls are shifting software development from operating tools to expressing intent—and helping developers stay focused on building.The post The next developer interface is ambient intelligence appeared first on Th…
GEO Is A Distraction: Here’s Where The Real Opportunity Is via @sejournal, @marie_haynes [23 Oct 26, 7:00pm] Universal Cart, UCP, WebMCP, intelligent eyewear: the agentic web is arriving. Marie Haynes maps the opportunities most businesses are ignoring.The post GEO Is A Distraction: Here’s Where The Real Opportunity Is appeared first on Search Engine Jou…
How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [23 Oct 26, 12:00pm] Rank trackers describe how they check suspect Google results, what customers see during checks, and what they say about reprocessing and past results.The post How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results appeared first on Search Engine J…
IQUNIX MQ80 low profile mechanical keyboard review [25 Oct 26, 3:08pm] The IQUNIX MQ80 is well-made and super stylish, but it’s not quite the instant sell it used to be. Catch this one if you don’t like magnetic switches, but otherwise wait for a sale.
Nvidia discusses $2,000-per-GPU annual fee for software that 'runs agents on AI factories' [25 Oct 26, 1:00pm] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reportedly weighing annual software fees of around $2,000 per GPU for enterprise AI, a model that could generate $10 billion a year if five million licenses were sold. The pricing and launch timeline remain unconfirmed, whi…
Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games [25 Oct 26, 12:40pm] Playden for PS5 creates an app for each Steam game that it downloads, allowing it to appear as a separate tile on the console's home screen.
Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) announces four new projects [22 Oct 26, 7:19pm] The Agentic AI Foundation today announced four new projects contributed by major AI players that address layers of the agentic stack. The layers being addressed are how agents gain new skills, how applications talk to models across providers, how age…
Azul Patches 53 OpenJDK Vulnerabilities [21 Oct 26, 5:42pm] SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Azul, the trusted leader in enterprise Java for today’s AI-first world, today released its October “Security-only, Stability-first” updates for Azul Core that are immediately deployable to address all 53 vulnerabilities di…
Harness Launches AI Budgets for Cost Management [21 Oct 26, 4:34pm] Harness has introduced AI Budgets, a feature in its Cost Management Agent designed to help organizations monitor and enforce limits on artificial intelligence spending. The company said many organizations have established AI cost policies but lack a…
Developers Report Mixed Feelings as AI Adoption Hits Record Highs, Atlassian Survey Finds [21 Oct 26, 11:30am] AI has rapidly transitioned from experimental pilots to an industry-standard practice, with over 95% of software developers and engineering leaders actively utilizing AI tools. However, new findings from Atlassian’s State of Developer Experience 20…
W3C and the State of the Web in the AI Era [21 Oct 26, 9:56am] This W3C paper from the Strategy Team is intended to foster discussion in the technical community at TPAC — the most important W3C community event of the year — about how the W3C technical agenda for the web needs to evolve based on the rise of A…
First Public Working Draft: Animation Triggers [20 Oct 26, 5:55am] Defines CSS properties and an API for creating mechanisms that affect animation playback, based on DOM events resulting from user interaction, or on entry/exit of ranges on animation timelines.
Is HEVC Worth the Royalties? We Tested x265 Against a Tuned x264 to Find Out [22 Oct 26, 7:41pm] If you distribute 4K or HDR video, HEVC is a must-have, not a nice-to-have. That’s the format the TVs and devices that play 4K HDR expect, and H.264 isn’t a realistic alternative. But what if you’re distributing 1080p SDR video? In this case, H…
When Will AV2 and VVC Be Worth Deploying? [8 Oct 26, 6:48pm] Consider this beta version 0.9 of my algorithmic view of how codec markets are penetrated. There are lots of assumptions that I’ve tried to document in the readme tab of the Excel file you can download below. I assume there will be errors in both m…
Why CDN77 Chose NETINT Quadra for Large-Scale Live Transcoding [29 Sep 26, 6:36pm] While visiting Prague before IBC 2026, I sat down with Michal Hošna, a Media Systems Architect at CDN77. We discussed CDN77’s recent decision to purchase a few thousand NETINT Quadra T1U transcoders for large-scale live production, primarily for s…
Optimizing x264 Settings and Per-title ladders [25 Sep 26, 7:35pm] If you’re producing solely H.264-encoded video, optimizing your encodes can save you bandwidth costs and deliver a higher quality experience to your viewers. If you’re considering adding HEVC or AV1 to the mix, you have another reason. Before you…
Lumina simulation brings the early universe to life on a record-breaking scale [26 Oct 26, 12:10am] The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Nancy Roman Space Telescope are revealing the universe's earliest chapters in detail. To help astronomers understand what they are seeing, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smith…
Experienced teachers are quitting or reducing their hours—they're struggling to cope [25 Oct 26, 11:30pm] Teacher shortages are affecting school systems in countries across the world. Governments have responded with initiatives to attract graduates into teaching. While much attention has focused on increasing supply, far less attention has been paid to w…
Assessment tool helps schools look at students holistically [25 Oct 26, 11:10pm] Researchers in the Neag School of Education are bringing a whole child screening assessment to a company that provides schools with a connected set of solutions that turn every student signal into timely, equitable, coordinated and measurable tools t…
Supercurrent enables the reading of quantum information without destroying it [25 Oct 26, 7:00pm] One of the fundamental challenges of quantum computing is obtaining information from a quantum bit, or qubit. Unlike a conventional bit, which can be read repeatedly without altering its content, direct measurement of a quantum system typically cause…
Can presidents affect gas prices? [23 Oct 26, 6:10pm] Economists have long dismissed the idea that presidents influence gas prices, but new research calls that assumption into question.
How gendered messaging can backfire [23 Oct 26, 6:01pm] "While often well-meaning, gendered messaging does not always promote more positive perceptions of women or girls..."
Music can make your food taste better [23 Oct 26, 4:55pm] A new study shows for the first time how sound and taste interact in the brain at a biological level.
What makes horror movies really terrifying [23 Oct 26, 4:46pm] An expert digs into why we love a good scary movie and discusses the key components of the horror film genre.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt [25 Oct 26, 7:00pm] This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment about the Canadian YouTuber who was visited by the cops after building a Flock-like camera to track cop cars: If the cops are doing nothing wrong, then they have nothing…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Meta Had A Lotta Scams, Lotta Scams, Lotta Scams [23 Oct 26, 8:10pm] 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 —…
modular timber framing and textile canopies compose open-air civic pavilion in turkey [25 Oct 26, 8:45am] a lightweight timber extension brings shade, communal seating and working surfaces, with removable fabrics recalling the sheltered passages of turkish bazaars.The post modular timber framing and textile canopies compose open-air civic pavilion in tu…
split ceramic curves cast soft reflected light in dimmable table lamp [24 Oct 26, 8:35pm] designed by alexey danilin for maytoni, hope is a table lamp featuring a split ceramic body that conceals internal LEDs.The post split ceramic curves cast soft reflected light in dimmable table lamp appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
flash forest scatters millions of seeds across canada’s wildfire-damaged landscapes [24 Oct 26, 2:15pm] biodegradable capsules packed with native seeds and beneficial fungi help restore wildfire-damaged landscapes across northern quebec. The post flash forest scatters millions of seeds across canada’s wildfire-damaged landscapes appeared first on de…
