Why Meghan Markle Faces Difficult Return To The UK [21 Aug 26, 7:45pm] Both Meghan and Harry have complained about her treatment by the British media which Harry told a court this year made her life "an absolute misery".
Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers [20 Aug 26, 9:39pm] WordPress 7.1.0 was released August 19, 2026. While the work of a major release team includes people filling many different positions, maintenance release teams generally are considerably smaller, often 1–3 people. Minor release managers are respon…
What’s new in Gutenberg 23.8? (19 August) [19 Aug 26, 12:03pm] “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways t…
Dev Chat summary: August 18, 2026 [18 Aug 26, 3:49pm] Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 See the agenda post. Announcements 📢 7.1 @amykamala mentioned that commit freeze is currently in effect until Wednesday post-release. From @joedolson: “Nothing else to share from the…
Dev Chat Agenda – August 18, 2026 [17 Aug 26, 9:10pm] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below refer…
Pixelated 113: Made You (Camera) Look [21 Aug 26, 8:30pm] Welcome to Pixelated episode 113. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will dive into their thoughts and reviews of the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold.Enjoy the episode? You can listen to our brand new weekly members-only Pixe…
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm [21 Aug 26, 4:27pm] The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients confronting cybersecurity, geopolitical, and personal security risks.The post Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches Nat…
Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini [21 Aug 26, 2:34pm] Researchers say the new ‘Cryptographic Context Injection’ technique conceals malicious instructions until they are decrypted inside a trusted execution environment.The post Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini appeare…
New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets [21 Aug 26, 2:22pm] Researchers say iAuthFlow V2 can register an attacker-controlled passkey, enabling persistent access even after passwords are changed and active sessions revoked.The post New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets ap…
Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host [21 Aug 26, 12:26pm] The type confusion bug can lead to V8 sandbox escape and control-flow hijacking of the host process.The post Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host appeared first on SecurityWeek.
CRSSD Festival Reveals Full Lineup for Fall 2026 [21 Aug 26, 9:41am] CRSSD Festival has confirmed its complete lineup for its Fall 2026 edition, returning to Waterfront Park in San Diego on 26 and 27 September.Headlining the two-day event are Chris Lake b2b Disclosure (DJ set) and Mochakk, alongside a bill stacke…
Cleaning Up Vocal Rips With LALAL.AI Lynx [18 Aug 26, 9:40pm] Grabbing vocal samples from the internet or vinyl? Here’s how to clean up voice rips with LALAL.AI and its new algorithm, Lynx, and use them in tracks.There’s nothing like a vocal sample to spice up a track. Whether that be an acapella, a st…
KASHOVSKI “Great Music Alone Isn’t Always Enough To Build A Career” [10 Aug 26, 8:40pm] Off the back of new single "Show Me", Kashovski takes on our Q&A, covering everything from Zidane to his greatest fear.What's your greatest fear?God's judgement.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?S…
Native Instrument’s SuperStarSaw Review [3 Aug 26, 1:58pm] It’s not often an instrument tells you what it is so blatantly. And perhaps there’s a reason for that, as SuperStarSaw is far more than the one-trick pony its name suggests.It’s not uncommon for me to start a review with a disclaimer or co…
reFX releases Rippler, a dual‑layer physical modelling synthesiser [31 Jul 26, 9:13am] New plugin combines resonator‑based acoustic emulation with subtractive synthesis, launching at an introductory price of $99.reFX has released Rippler, a new plugin that combines physical modelling with subtractive synthesis across two indepen…
12 Downsides Of Daily Driving A Sports Car [21 Aug 26, 4:30pm] A sports car can turn heads, but daily driving comes with plenty of trade-offs, from rough rides and tight cabins to costly maintenance.
What Is The 12-Person Rule On A Yacht? [21 Aug 26, 2:45pm] There are plenty of regulations to adhere to when you're out at sea, one of which is the 12-person rule for yachts. Here's what the rule is and why it exists.
5 DeWalt Tools Smart Homeowners Should Have On Hand [21 Aug 26, 12:45pm] DeWalt sells a pretty large array of tools, but if you're not a pro or regular DIYer, you probably don't need most of them to get by. These are the ones you do.
Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded [17 Aug 26, 10:00am] Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
The online shopping trend where you buy nothing [14 Aug 26, 1:00pm] On South Korea’s “dopamine sites,” the pleasure comes from aspirational shopping rituals like browsing, curating, and tracking — not from a delivery.
Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet [13 Aug 26, 10:00am] Raffi Krikorian explains that while consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control.
V&A Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay, Heat—and More Industry Intel [21 Aug 26, 8:23pm] Plus: A London gallery plans its first New York outpost, and the Wolf Kahn Foundation get a permanent headquarters.The post V&A Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay, Heat—and More Industry Intel appeared first on Artnet News.
Why Louis Comfort Tiffany Still Dazzles Collectors [21 Aug 26, 5:01pm] Two New York shows offer new windows on the designer's expansive practice.The post Why Louis Comfort Tiffany Still Dazzles Collectors appeared first on Artnet News.
MoMA PS1 Gets New Cafe, Neue Galerie’s to Reopen—and Other Art World Matters [21 Aug 26, 7:16am] Plus: Tate Britain's Whistler show is coming to Washington, D.C., and there's been an arrest in a Minneapolis art theft.The post MoMA PS1 Gets New Cafe, Neue Galerie’s to Reopen—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News…
Welcome to the World of Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez [20 Aug 26, 9:11pm] The duo joins Artnet culture editor Min Chen to discuss Marina, their new performance commissioned by the Whitney Biennial.The post Welcome to the World of Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez appeared first on Artnet News.
CSS Infinity Use Cases [20 Aug 26, 6:01pm] It’s kinda cool there is Infinity in CSS. You just always need to use it within a calc(), like border-radius: calc(infinity * 1px);. Adam has lots of ideas in that post, and I remember Will was messing with similar ideas a few years ago. I’d say…
Introducing AI Skills for Real Engineers [18 Aug 26, 2:03pm] Matt Pocock's skills offers a suite of impactful skills to streamline AI integration in software development. These skills facilitate prompt refinement, project setup, and task management.
React Compiler Linting Just Got a Rust-Native Speedup in Oxlint [17 Aug 26, 8:49pm] Update! This is a re-written version of this recently-published post about linting code bound for the React Compiler with Oxlint. Oxlint just published a new guide to this, so this post reflects that new information. The React team made a big splash…
Delayed-Then-Instant Tooltips with HTML & CSS Alone [13 Aug 26, 9:31pm] We don't NEED JavaScript to adjust tooltip timing displays. Super modern CSS and HTML has this covered simply, and we can do fully successful fallbacks.
Tooltips Need a Delay, and Then They Need to Skip It [13 Aug 26, 9:13pm] Thinking about UX, a slight delay on a simple tooltip can be nice so that mousing over something quickly doesn't trigger it, but if there are related tooltips nearby, maybe we don't need to wait.
The Index: Issue #195 [21 Aug 26, 10:50am] BulletedThis is the stuff that's exciting about the AT protocol. Not the "new twitter" bullshit, but the endless possibilities that this technology opens up. It's using the fancy new private data stuff too.The future of CSS: tar…
A look at the geolocation HTML element and how it works [20 Aug 26, 11:55am] The <geolocation> HTML element does exactly what you might think it does. It’s a dedicated element that gets the user’s location, either once or continuously. The options are set using HTML attributes instead of JavaScript, but JavaScript i…
The Index: Issue #194 [14 Aug 26, 11:55am] Cooking NotebookJosh Nesbitt is an immense cook, trust us, and they've compiled some great recipes for this very nice website. They're using tabular recipe layouts, which is also a nice touch.Keeping type consistent in changing conditions…
Personal website redesign project post: A little progressive enhancement as a treat [13 Aug 26, 11:55am] For a long time, I've included last.fm and Open Scrobbler links on each music collection item's detail page in some shape or form because those are pretty straightforward to render, but something I really wanted on this new website was prov…
The Index: Issue #193 [7 Aug 26, 11:55am] Your ‘App’ could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you…)A thoroughly enjoyable read!SmoothCSSComplete CSS alumni, Rob McCormick, has built a really nice looking design system/CSS framework/UI kit.The CSS lh unitAn extremely useful uni…
Get rid of your CAPTCHA, the future of the web is bots [21 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Brian Alvey, CTO at WordPress VIP, about how AI agents are changing the business models of the web, what parts of how we build our sites won’t survive our current digital evolution, and why your site will always need structured cont…
Building an agentic SDLC with a QA engineering mindset [18 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan welcomes Suneet Malhotra, Senior Manager of Test Engineering at Motorola Solutions, to chat about building end-to-end agentic SDLC pipelines using MCPs, using Cohen’s kappa to evaluate multiple LLMs-as-judges, and how you can improve requireme…
RIP Plas Johnson: Saxophonist Behind the Iconic ‘Pink Panther’ Theme Dies at 94 [21 Aug 26, 5:30pm] RIP Plas Johnson: Saxophonist Behind the Iconic ‘Pink Panther’ Theme Dies at 94Embed from Getty Images You might not immediately recognize the name Plas Johnson, but you’ve almost certainly heard his saxophone. The musician behind the slinky,…
‘The Simpsons’ Fan Spends 3 Years Building Massive Model of Springfield [21 Aug 26, 2:45pm] ‘The Simpsons’ Fan Spends 3 Years Building Massive Model of SpringfieldThe beloved TV series The Simpsons has featured an array of adventures for over 30 years, but it wouldn’t be half as fun if it weren’t for all the characters and business…
Wall-Mounted Audio System Lets You Listen to Music in Style and With Intention [21 Aug 26, 1:50pm] Wall-Mounted Audio System Lets You Listen to Music in Style and With IntentionIn this age of streaming, a lot of music lovers have found comfort in physical media—vinyl, CDs, cassettes—as it seems to imbue the music listening experience with int…
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch [21 Aug 26, 7:57pm] The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today [21 Aug 26, 7:16pm] If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong [21 Aug 26, 6:09pm] Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of roof-integrated solar is dead?
The August 17 outage, and the work ahead [20 Aug 26, 6:36pm] An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we're taking to improve reliability.The post The August 17 outage, and the work ahead appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work [19 Aug 26, 5:50pm] If you’re juggling multiple Copilot sessions, use the My work pane to track what's in flight, what's done, and what's next.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Managing your work appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient [17 Aug 26, 4:00pm] Chat is great for intent, but agent work gets lost in the scroll. Here is how I use canvases with my agentic workflows—and why your workflow also deserves a canvas.The post How canvases make agentic workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient…
How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps [14 Aug 26, 4:00pm] See how four GitHub agent apps can help you scope, secure, roll out, and ship a feature across the SDLC–all without leaving GitHub. The post How to bring your software delivery workflow into GitHub with agent apps appeared first on The GitHub Blog…
Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched! [13 Aug 26, 7:00pm] The GitHub Universe session catalog is live. Explore interactive workshops, community talks, demos, and panels. Plus, register before August 19 to save $300.The post Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched! appeared fi…
The House Doesn’t Publish Its Tells via @sejournal, @pedrodias [21 Aug 26, 2:30pm] AI labs are buying pre-2022 books to avoid training on AI slop while quietly building text watermarking, exposing why content-at-scale strategies are a losing bet.The post The House Doesn’t Publish Its Tells appeared first on Search Engine Journal…
The Keyword Universe Was Always Smaller Than We Thought via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester [20 Aug 26, 7:00pm] Citation tools answer a different question than rank trackers did: not why you appeared, but whether the phrase you're chasing has already settled.The post The Keyword Universe Was Always Smaller Than We Thought appeared first on Search Engine…
AI SAST: Code Security for the Agentic SDLC [21 Aug 26, 6:54pm] Endor Labs has launched an AI-powered Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tool for C code that detects more vulnerabilities than traditional scanners without requiring a software build. By combining deterministic program analysis with LLM reas…
Sauce Labs Expands AURA with Model Choice [21 Aug 26, 5:11pm] Sauce Labs has announced that bring-your-own-model capabilities are available now to Sauce Labs enterprise customers within AURA, the company’s code verification and release assurance platform. The new capabilities allow enterprises to build softwa…
Claude Academy Teaches How to Use AI Safely and Effectively [20 Aug 26, 7:53pm] Recent reports show that more non-developers are using AI to create apps and to work more quickly. Coupled with the pace of change within frontier models, the need for workers to understand how to use AI safely and effectively grows in urgency. Anthr…
Beyond AI Coding Assistants: The Next Evolution of Software Development [19 Aug 26, 4:56pm] Some AI adoption stories are embarrassing, and the embarrassing part is that nobody in the room seems to notice. A development team adds AI coding assistants. Velocity metrics look better by Q2. Then somebody calls the organization AI-native at the n…
First Public Working Draft: The Profiles Vocabulary [20 Aug 26, 5:44am] The Profiles Vocabulary is an RDF vocabulary created to allow the machine-readable description of profiles of specifications for information resources.
Updated W3C Recommendation: ARIA in HTML [11 Aug 26, 3:19pm] This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 and Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 attributes on {HTML} elements.
Group Note: Further Aligning W3C's Program of Technical Work with Human Rights [4 Aug 26, 9:16am] In this document, the Advisory Board lists examples of how human rights and technical standards setting map to each other, points to existing W3C work in this area, and provides concrete proposals to further the alignment between the W3C’s technica…
Munich Court Proposes €1.05 Monthly Codec Royalty for Netflix Premium Subscribers [20 Aug 26, 7:14pm] The 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court just published detailed FRAND guidelines addressing standard-essential patent licensing. The guidelines include an analysis of how the court might calculate video codec royalties for streaming serv…
VVC Gains Momentum with Amazon and Dolby Acquisitions [13 Aug 26, 1:14am] Recent moves by Amazon and Dolby may hint at a growing interest in VVC (Versatile Video Coding). Amazon’s Acquisition of MX Player On Wednesday, June 5, Amazon agreed to acquire key assets of Indian video streaming service MX Player from Times Inte…
Chick-fil-A’s Play App: A Family-Focused Strategy with a Strategic Edge [13 Aug 26, 1:04am] While driving to Atlanta the Saturday before Thanksgiving, I streamed the Georgia UMass football game on my iPhone (my wife was driving). The video quality was good with only occasional buffering, but the advertising was limited and monotonous; prett…
AI Dubbing: An Untapped Opportunity for Global Growth [12 Aug 26, 11:04pm] The rise of AI-driven dubbing has created a fundamental shift in content localization. While some see it as an added expense, forward-thinking content producers and vendors increasingly recognize it as a strategic opportunity. By lowering costs, impr…
Why do your pupils dilate when you’re surprised? [21 Aug 26, 5:34pm] When people encounter new information that challenges their expectations, their pupils are likely to dilate. New research digs into why.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: School Of Hard Blocks [21 Aug 26, 8:04pm] Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice —…
Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets [21 Aug 26, 6:11pm] Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, about half the states in the US have some intern…
Daily Deal: Plantum Plant Identifier (iOS only) [21 Aug 26, 6:06pm] The Plantum app is a digital tool that helps to identify plants, diagnose plant diseases, and improve plant care. The app can identify over 40,000 plant species, assess their health, and give specific care advice. Plantum offers a suite of digital to…
CBP Officers And Contractors Abused Government Databases To Stalk Their Exes [21 Aug 26, 4:28pm] This news will come as no surprise to anyone. Those who have been following police misconduct revelations for years have seen this happen time and time and time and time again. Those who are in the business of engaging in police misconduct have known…
Trump FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast [21 Aug 26, 12:27pm] I’ve spent the better part of a lifetime studying and writing about the way corrupted lawmakers and U.S. telecom giants work hand in hand to erode U.S. broadband standards and mapping so they can obscure the way corruption and monopoly result in li…
minqa atelier steps charred timber refuge down a steep slope in ecuador’s chocó forest [21 Aug 26, 8:35pm] stepped teak platforms follow a forest slope above gabions walls filled with river stones.The post minqa atelier steps charred timber refuge down a steep slope in ecuador’s chocó forest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design mag…
takuto ohta turns 200 leftover cedar logs into an evolving furniture system [21 Aug 26, 4:25pm] A dynamic and sensory creative approach utilizing materials destined for disposal through the exhibition process.The post takuto ohta turns 200 leftover cedar logs into an evolving furniture system appeared first on designboom | architecture & d…
peleg design’s crocodile clips keep beach towels from blowing away [21 Aug 26, 3:46pm] crococlips by peleg design use playful crocodile-shaped grips to secure beach towels and picnic blankets on windy days.The post peleg design’s crocodile clips keep beach towels from blowing away appeared first on designboom | architecture & de…
lotus-shaped bamboo roof floats over pablo luna studio’s yoga space in bali [21 Aug 26, 3:45pm] arched bamboo ribs shape a lotus-like yoga pavilion whose 'petals' spread over a river valley in bali.The post lotus-shaped bamboo roof floats over pablo luna studio’s yoga space in bali appeared first on designboom | architecture &…
opposite office moves into one-square-meter treehouse at bauhaus university [21 Aug 26, 2:15pm] Opposite Office has opened a new office - in a tree.One square metre, two to three architects, and no rent. The Baumhaus Office is a radical experiment in how little an architecture practice actually needs.The post opposite office moves into one-sq…
