What’s new in Android’s April 2026 Google System Updates [U] [27 Apr 26, 10:38pm] The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some features apply to end users, while others…
The Sideload 031: The fate of OnePlus [27 Apr 26, 8:30pm] Welcome to episode 31 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will welcomes Android Central’s Nick Sutrich back to the show to discuss the swirling rumors surrounding OnePlus. From its fate in Europe looking questionable to quiet demand…
Gemini app preps ‘Proactive Assistance’ and new Gemini voices [27 Apr 26, 6:42pm] Google’s goal with Gemini is to build a personal, proactive, and powerful assistant. The final tentpole is the underlying model, while Personal Intelligence became free earlier this year. The Gemini app is now readying “Proactive Assistance.”…
Spectrum Security Emerges From Stealth Mode With $19 Million [28 Apr 26, 8:25am] The threat detection startup will invest in accelerating its engineering and go-to-market efforts.The post Spectrum Security Emerges From Stealth Mode With $19 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Medtronic Hack Confirmed After ShinyHunters Threatens Data Leak [28 Apr 26, 6:35am] The ShinyHunters cybercrime group claimed to have stolen 9 million records containing personal information from Medtronic.The post Medtronic Hack Confirmed After ShinyHunters Threatens Data Leak appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Incomplete Windows Patch Opens Door to Zero-Click Attacks [27 Apr 26, 1:09pm] The initial vulnerability was exploited by Russia-linked APT28 in attacks against Ukraine and EU countries.The post Incomplete Windows Patch Opens Door to Zero-Click Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenSSH Flaw Allowing Full Root Shell Access Lurked for 15 Years [27 Apr 26, 12:29pm] A code reuse issue enabled comma characters in certificate principals to be interpreted as list separators.The post OpenSSH Flaw Allowing Full Root Shell Access Lurked for 15 Years appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Malicious AI Prompt Injection Attacks Increasing, but Sophistication Still Low: Google [27 Apr 26, 12:08pm] The tech giant found that many indirect prompt injection attempts are harmless, but some malicious exploits have also been identified.The post Malicious AI Prompt Injection Attacks Increasing, but Sophistication Still Low: Google appeared first on S…
Scientists finally solve mystery of strange “golden orb” found 2 miles deep [27 Apr 26, 3:05pm] A mysterious “golden orb” found more than two miles deep in the Gulf of Alaska left scientists baffled for over two years, sparking wild speculation about its origins. After an intensive investigation combining deep-sea expertise, microscopic ana…
This tiny mammal survived the dinosaur apocalypse and changed life on Earth [27 Apr 26, 2:58pm] A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, Cimolodon desosai, lived 75 million years ago and had traits—like a small body and varied diet—that likely boosted surviv…
This hidden kind of stress may be damaging your memory as you age [27 Apr 26, 2:55pm] A new study reveals that internalizing stress—especially feelings of hopelessness—may significantly speed up memory decline in older Chinese Americans. Surprisingly, factors like community support didn’t show the same impact. Researchers say cu…
Scientists discover how to freeze transplant organs without cracking them [27 Apr 26, 2:02pm] Scientists are making a major leap toward freezing organs for future use without damaging them. A new study reveals that one of the biggest obstacles—cracking during ultra-cold preservation—can be reduced by carefully tuning the temperature at wh…
Students build a “cosmic radio” to listen for dark matter [27 Apr 26, 1:40pm] A group of undergraduate students pulled off something remarkable: they built their own dark matter detector and used it to probe one of physics’ biggest mysteries. Working with limited resources but plenty of creativity, they designed a stripped-d…
3 Of The Best Uses For Your Old Chromebook [28 Apr 26, 1:45am] Don't let your old Chromebook go to waste. Even if it's no longer receiving updates, you can keep it useful with these fun DIY ideas.
AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. [24 Apr 26, 1:00pm] New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia.
Lost New Testament Pages Recovered After 1,500 Years [28 Apr 26, 12:17am] Researchers from the University of Glasgow were able to identify the words of a 6th century manuscript thanks to 'ghost imaging.'The post Lost New Testament Pages Recovered After 1,500 Years appeared first on Artnet News.
Inside the Inaugural Edition of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca [27 Apr 26, 9:03pm] The new Mediterranean art fair debuted earlier this month, codifying the region's growing presence on the international art scene.The post Inside the Inaugural Edition of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca appeared first on Artnet News.
Michael Jackson Accessories Hit the Market Amid Biopic Buzz [27 Apr 26, 7:58pm] An autographed pair of black loafers and a crystal-studded white glove are among the lots on offer.The post Michael Jackson Accessories Hit the Market Amid Biopic Buzz appeared first on Artnet News.
This 17th-Century ‘Supercomputer’ Could Set a New Auction Record [27 Apr 26, 7:42pm] The piece, which once belonged to the last ruling king of Jaipur, is one of the largest astrolabes in existence.The post This 17th-Century ‘Supercomputer’ Could Set a New Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News.
Code is Clay [27 Apr 26, 7:15pm] A nice essay from Cam Pedersen. Clay breaks. A lot. My first few attempts collapsed on the wheel. One piece cracked in the kiln. I dropped another walking to my car. But nobody cries about it, you just start over. The clay doesn’t care. It’s just…
Auto `sizes` on Images [24 Apr 26, 3:11pm] Hand-writing/maintaining a sizes attribute is just not going to happen. This is the way.
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button [22 Apr 26, 10:10pm] A radio button is this: Paul Hebert took at fair look at how Shadcn turns that into 45 lines of code and three imports, which in turn uses Radix which is 215 lines of code and 7 more imports. But do you get better accessibility? No, it’s arguably w…
The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments with HTML in Canvas [21 Apr 26, 1:34pm] An experimental API let's us put HTML within those opening and closing canvas tags and render it to the canvas, while remaining interactive. Lots of possibility here!
Building a Blog in TanStack (Part 2 of 2) [20 Apr 26, 1:18pm] A blog is a perfect use case for pre-rendering, so that the static build files can render all on their own. TanStack Start can even help with the server functions via middleware.
#213 – Malcolm Peralty on Managed WordPress Hosting and AI Innovation at Pressable [22 Apr 26, 2:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Malcolm Peralty from Pressable, about his tech and WordPress career, experiences with Drupal and Acquia, and his current role as a technical account manager. They discuss Pressable’s hosting services, thei…
#212 – Anne Bovelett on How Web Accessibility Boosts Traffic, SEO, and Revenue [15 Apr 26, 2:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Anne Bovelett, about the economic and human impact of web accessibility in WordPress. They discuss how improving accessibility offers significant SEO, traffic, and revenue benefits, referencing research show…
#211 – Elliott Richmond on WordPress Content Creation, Education, and Pizza Plugins [1 Apr 26, 2:00pm] Elliot Richmond discusses his 20+ years with WordPress, from early b2 days to founding a successful pizza delivery business powered by WordPress and WooCommerce. He shares plans for a pizza plugin and licensing model, and explains his new partnership…
#210 – Zach Stepek on the Interconnected WordPress Ecosystem, Partnerships and Trust [25 Mar 26, 2:00pm] In this episode, Nathan Wrigley talks with Zach Stepek about the evolving nature of partnerships in the WordPress ecosystem. Zach shares his journey through various tech roles, his discovery of WordPress, and his passion for WooCommerce. They discuss…
#209 – Simon Pollard on Navigating the New Normal for WordPress Community and Events [18 Mar 26, 2:00pm] In this episode of WP Tavern Jukebox podcast, Nathan Wrigley chats with Simon Pollard about the changing landscape of WordPress Meetups and community events. Simon reflects on the vibrant pre-pandemic community, its sudden decline during COVID-19, an…
Your LLM issues are really data issues [28 Apr 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Harsha Chintalapani, co-founder and CTO at Collate and co-creator of Open Metadata, to the show to discuss why AI and LLMs struggle with real-time, structured production data.
Lights, camera, open source! [24 Apr 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined on the show by Cult.Repo producers Emma Tracey and Josiah McGarvie to discuss making documentaries about open-source software and the people behind the major technologies that uphold the internet.
How to get multiple agents to play nice at scale [22 Apr 26, 4:40am] Chase Roossin, group engineering manager, and Steven Kulesza, staff software engineer, from Intuit join the podcast to chat about what might be the hardest problem in engineering right now: getting multiple AI agents to work together in a complex sys…
We still need developer communities [21 Apr 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Mike Swift, co-founder and CEO of Major League Hacking, to the show to chat about the never-ending need for software developer communities and entry points into programming; MHL’s recent acquisition of DEV and how they’re creating a…
Why Freight Decarbonization Must Become Network-Based [28 Apr 26, 4:29am] {By Mikael Lind, Sandra Haraldson, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Thomas Bjørdal, Valdemar Ehlers, Cecilia Gabrielii, Ida Kallmyr Lerheim, Kenneth Lind, Per Löf...
China's Push Beyond the First Island Chain [28 Apr 26, 2:47am] {By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen}ddChina’s defense and security presence beyond the Western Pacific is set to intensify over the next...
22,580 Drones Glitter in the Sky While All Shattering a Guinness World Record [27 Apr 26, 9:05pm] 22,580 Drones Glitter in the Sky While All Shattering a Guinness World RecordThere are many amazing breakthroughs in the world of drones, particularly light shows. As such, there are very specific achievements and records to be broken, all different…
Standout Shortlisted Images of the 2026 World Food Photography Awards [27 Apr 26, 5:25pm] Standout Shortlisted Images of the 2026 World Food Photography AwardsThe 2026 shortlist for the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi® offers a vivid look at how food connects people across cultures and environments. Selected from thousan…
Man With Super-Speed Reflexes Claims He’s “The Fastest Man Alive” [27 Apr 26, 4:35pm] Man With Super-Speed Reflexes Claims He’s “The Fastest Man Alive”@kenleefastestman KAIOKEN DELL'UNIVERSO! PER VOI DIVENTO LUCE!!!(Super Saiyan 11° livello!) #kenlee #kenshirorealstar #kaioken #universe #animeman #live #supersaiyan #ultra…
This Stunning Photography Book Unveils the Hidden Patterns That Define Our World [27 Apr 26, 2:45pm] This Stunning Photography Book Unveils the Hidden Patterns That Define Our WorldIn Jon McCormack’s mind, he’s less of a nature photographer than what he calls a “pattern photographer.” It’s a fitting label, considering it encapsulates his…
Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports [27 Apr 26, 7:09pm] The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers.
OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal [27 Apr 26, 5:40pm] OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft gets more cash in a revenue-share agreement.
An update on GitHub availability [28 Apr 26, 10:01am] Here’s what we’ve done—and what we’re still doing—to improve our availability and reliability.The post An update on GitHub availability appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing [27 Apr 26, 3:58pm] Starting June 1, your Copilot usage will consume GitHub AI Credits.The post GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans [20 Apr 26, 6:15pm] We're making these changes to ensure a reliable and predictable experience for existing customers.The post Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Highlights from Git 2.54 [20 Apr 26, 4:43pm] The open source Git project just released Git 2.54. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.The post Highlights from Git 2.54 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Building an emoji list generator with the GitHub Copilot CLI [17 Apr 26, 6:00pm] See how we created an emoji list generator during the Rubber Duck Thursday stream.The post Building an emoji list generator with the GitHub Copilot CLI appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Bing Previews AI Citation Share For Webmaster Tools via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [28 Apr 26, 12:04am] Microsoft previewed four new AI reporting features for Bing Webmaster Tools at SEO Week, including Citation Share and grounding query intent labels.The post Bing Previews AI Citation Share For Webmaster Tools appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
‘American Idol’ Enters Its Taylor Swift Era With Theme Night [28 Apr 26, 9:44am] Keyla Richardson drew particular attention for her take on “Lover,” reworking the song into something that even guest judge Nikki Glaser said felt entirely new.
Opsera Launches Forge, a Context-Aware Enterprise Software Factory [27 Apr 26, 4:06pm] Opsera has launched Forge, an intent and context-aware software factory that transforms raw ideas into enterprise-ready code at AI speed, with security, stability and compliance. Forge was created as an AI-SDLC that enforces context, spec-based devel…
When Production Logs Become Your Best QA Asset [24 Apr 26, 3:34pm] Most people who use banking apps never think about what happens behind the scenes when a transaction goes through. They tap a button, money moves, and that’s that. But for the engineers responsible for making sure those transactions work reliably,…
Anthropic adds memory to Claude Managed Agents [24 Apr 26, 3:11pm] On the heels of its recent relesae of Claude Managed Agents, Anthropic this week has released to public beta Memory on Claude Managed Agents, which enables agents to learn from past sessions and share what they’ve learned with other agents. The mem…
Analyst View: The Rise of AndTek — Why Google and MediaTek are the New WinTel [23 Apr 26, 3:04pm] For those of us who have been around long enough to remember when “WinTel” was a term of endearment (or a curse, depending on your stock portfolio), the idea of someone displacing Microsoft and Intel feels a bit like suggesting the sun might deci…
First Public Working Draft: Long Animation Frames API [28 Apr 26, 5:47am] This document defines an API that web page authors can use to detect presence of "long animation frames" that monopolize the UI thread for extended periods of time and block other critical tasks from being executed - e.g. reacting to user i…
First Public Working Draft: CBOR-LD 1.0 [28 Apr 26, 5:44am] CBOR is a compact binary data serialization and messaging format. This specification defines CBOR-LD 1.0, a CBOR-based format to serialize Linked Data.
Upcoming: W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL [27 Apr 26, 12:22pm] A workshop to examine broad and specific aspects since ODRL became a W3C Recommendation in 2018 and gained robust recognition and adoption.
Five First Public Working Drafts published by the Verifiable Credentials Working Group [16 Apr 26, 7:34am] The Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published the following five First Public Working Drafts: Verifiable Credential Data Integrity 1.1, Data Integrity EdDSA Cryptosuites v1.1, Data Integrity ECDSA Cryptosuites v1.1, VCALM v1.0, and Verifiab…
Chinese Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to U.S. Over COVID Research Cyberattacks [28 Apr 26, 7:57am] A Chinese national accused of being a member of the Silk Typhoon hacking group has been extradited to the U.S. from Italy. Xu Zewei, 34, was arrested in July 2025 by Italian authorities for his alleged links to the Chinese state-sponsored threat gr…
Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover [28 Apr 26, 6:37am] An administrative role meant for artificial intelligence (AI) agents within Microsoft Entra ID could enable privilege escalation and identity takeover attacks, according to new findings from Silverfort.Agent ID Administrator is a privileged built-in…
Microsoft Confirms Active Exploitation of Windows Shell CVE-2026-32202 [28 Apr 26, 5:50am] Microsoft on Monday revised its advisory for a now-patched, high-severity security flaw impacting Windows Shell to acknowledge that it has been actively exploited in the wild.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-32202 (CVSS score: 4.3), a spoof…
Checkmarx Confirms GitHub Repository Data Posted on Dark Web After March 23 Attack [27 Apr 26, 2:19pm] Checkmarx has disclosed that its ongoing investigation tied to the supply chain security incident has revealed that a cybercriminal group published data related to the company on the dark web."Based on current evidence, we believe this data ori…
Bees Actually Can Count, New Study Suggests [27 Apr 26, 11:30pm] A long-running debate about their intelligence could be over.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
Scientists Discover Why Cats Suddenly Stop Eating Their Food [27 Apr 26, 6:00pm] It may depend on one surprising sense.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
How better weather forecasts could save lives [26 Apr 26, 5:10pm] "Considering climate change will increase the frequency of extreme heat, accurate weather forecasts will become more valuable."
Team cracks 100 year-old rubber mystery [26 Apr 26, 4:44pm] "How is it that we've been using this for 80, 90, 100 years and haven't really known how it works?"
‘Stop Killing Games’ Got Its EU Parliament Hearing [28 Apr 26, 3:10am] Progress may be slow, but it’s still progress. While I’ve been talking about the importance of video game preservation as a function of our own overall cultural preservation, very few people out there are actually trying to do something about it…
The Risks Of Anonymity In The Age Of Generative AI [27 Apr 26, 10:19pm] As its name suggests, generative AI is designed to generate material in response to prompts by drawing on its probabilistic database built up through analyzing huge quantities of training input. But it can draw on those patterns to analyze other file…
Judge Just Noticed The Obvious Problem With Trump Suing His Own IRS For $10 Billion [27 Apr 26, 6:05pm] One of the more frustrating things about the case in which Donald Trump sued the IRS that he runs, demanding $10 billion over nothing, was that it seemed like it might just work, and there might be nothing that could be done to stop it. But at least…
MPNYC transforms 19th-century warehouse into flexible cultural venue in piraeus [28 Apr 26, 8:30am] andreas kostopoulos reactivates a historic masonry shell as an adaptable platform for exhibitions, performances, and public events.The post MPNYC transforms 19th-century warehouse into flexible cultural venue in piraeus appeared first on designboom…
frankfurt students build mobile voting booth with timber frame and climbable platforms [28 Apr 26, 6:30am] a mobile voting booth by frankfurt UAS students translates democratic participation into a modular timber construction.The post frankfurt students build mobile voting booth with timber frame and climbable platforms appeared first on designboom | arc…
ricardo bofill drapes terraced green resort across coastal forest in albania [28 Apr 26, 2:00am] the development minimizes excavation while preserving the forest canopy and framing views toward the adriatic sea.The post ricardo bofill drapes terraced green resort across coastal forest in albania appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
