Indian Pilot Once Spoke About Discipline In Cockpit, Then He Was Stabbed There [30 Sep 26, 7:10pm] Flight FZ1073 was heading from Dubai International Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport when a fight broke out on the flight deck, according to flydubai. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that a pilot tried to…
What’s new in Gutenberg 24.1? (30 September) [30 Sep 26, 9:35am] “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 Agenda – September 30, 2026 [30 Sep 26, 12:18am] 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…
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.2: One app for your first Core or Gutenberg contribution [25 Sep 26, 5:09pm] TL;DR: WordPress Contributor Toolkit v1.2.0 has been released providing full Core and Gutenberg contribution workflows for first-time contributors. The WordPress Contributor Toolkit was created to remove the points of friction first-time contributors…
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…
Windows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC [30 Sep 26, 5:53am] Assisted Setup opens Get Started after OOBE to install apps, pin regional websites like BBC and eBay UK to the taskbar, and nudge you toward Windows Update. We tested it on a UK PC, along with the new Tips widget that brings Microsoft's retired…
How to download and install Windows 11 26H2, now available for everyone [30 Sep 26, 1:53am] Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a quick enablement package, and our test PC landed on Build 26300.9550. Here is when to use the Installation Assistant, how to upgrade from an ISO without losing files, and what Rufus can and cannot bypass…
Download Windows 11 26H2 ISO (offline installer) directly from Microsoft [30 Sep 26, 12:24am] Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a 174KB enablement package, but the ISO is a full installer. We explain the Media Creation Tool, clean installs, SHA-256 checks, and why the movable taskbar and resizable Start menu are not 26H2 exclusives…
Google announces Gemini 4 Argon as its new frontier model [30 Sep 26, 8:00pm] Gemini 4 Argon is Google’s “next era of frontier intelligence” and built for “deep reasoning across complex, long-horizon workflows.” It follows the cancellation of Gemini 3.5 Pro and focus on 3.8 Flash. more…
Mid-week Android game and app deals: Methods, Cyberlords, TABS, Kingdom Rush, more [30 Sep 26, 5:53pm] Today’s best Google Play app and game deals are now up for grabs alongside the thousands of price drops in Amazon’s early fall Prime Day sale. Highlights include Methods: Detective Competition, TABS Pocket Edition, Cyberlords – Arcology PREMIUM…
Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery [30 Sep 26, 2:05pm] Google’s analysis found that AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable remote code execution.The post Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery appeared first on SecurityWeek.
WatchGuard Patches Critical Fireware OS Code Injection Vulnerability [30 Sep 26, 1:16pm] WatchGuard has rolled out patches for 15 code execution, DoS, authorization, and path traversal bugs in Fireware OS.The post WatchGuard Patches Critical Fireware OS Code Injection Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Government, Finance Orgs Targeted in Weeks-Long NetScaler Zero-Day Attacks [30 Sep 26, 12:48pm] Several security firms have confirmed seeing exploitation of the NetScaler vulnerabilities CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772.The post Government, Finance Orgs Targeted in Weeks-Long NetScaler Zero-Day Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Over 100 Vulnerabilities [30 Sep 26, 12:16pm] Some of the flaws could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or escape the browser sandbox.The post Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Over 100 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit [30 Sep 26, 11:19am] Attacks by autonomous AI agents are moving out of the lab and into the courtroom, raising unsettled questions about who is liable for what agents do.The post Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit appeared first on…
Stretchable sensory device converts underwater ultrasound into artificial neural signals [30 Sep 26, 8:00pm] A research team led by Nae-Eung Lee, a professor at the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), has developed a material that can stretch like rubber while generating electricity. Using the material, th…
Soft material that selectively transports lithium ions could improve solid-state batteries [30 Sep 26, 7:40pm] Rice University researchers in the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science and Nanoengineering and at the Rice Advanced Materials Institute have developed a relatively soft, flexible material that can sel…
New magnetic computing system could tackle complex optimization problems [30 Sep 26, 7:20pm] When designing new computer chips, engineers need to make various decisions about how to connect their underlying components while efficiently using limited space. Planning these connections involves combinatorial optimization, or, in other words, a…
AI animation slider enables fine control of nuances in character motion [30 Sep 26, 6:00pm] In the production of video games and animated movies, directors and animators are constantly fine-tuning how a character's movements should appear. In many cases, directors require subtle changes, such as making a character appear a little more…
8 New Android Phones & iPhone Models Coming Out Soon [30 Sep 26, 8:30pm] The latest and greatest in smartphones are hitting the market soon, including exciting features like physical keyboards, folding tablets, and more.
AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own [30 Sep 26, 10:00am] At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
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.
Rafael Ferrer, Restless Artist Who Defied Categorization, Dies at 93 [30 Sep 26, 5:26pm] The Puerto Rican-born artist brought a jazz improviser’s spirit to painting, sculpture, and performance.The post Rafael Ferrer, Restless Artist Who Defied Categorization, Dies at 93 appeared first on Artnet News.
Banksy’s Brexit-Era Rat Bound for $2.3M Auction [30 Sep 26, 7:00am] Plus, the artists in this year's MacArthur Genius class, Ed Ruscha takes on 'Digger,' and other art world matters.The post Banksy’s Brexit-Era Rat Bound for $2.3M Auction appeared first on Artnet News.
Paris Pulls Out All the Stops for Cezanne [30 Sep 26, 12:54am] A Grand Palais blockbuster surveys how the painter shaped modern art.The post Paris Pulls Out All the Stops for Cezanne appeared first on Artnet News.
You Don’t Know Bidi (And Neither Does ChatGPT) [30 Sep 26, 4:38pm] Text that is set in a left-to-right *and* right-to-left language, mid-sentence, is a thing. Getting it right means understanding it, because your LLM isn't going to know.
Modern Web Types [29 Sep 26, 8:18pm] The web platform evolves. When it does, other tech has to catch up, and not just LLMs. Another one is TypeScript types. Philip Walton explains: For example, here’s an error I got just the other day when trying to use element-scoped view transitions…
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.
The Index: Issue #199 [25 Sep 26, 9:55am] Blurry before beautiful: image previews for the webA very good looking proposal!The root scroller and how not to lose itYet another in-depth, fantastic article by Kilian at Polypane.fonts.xyzYou know us by now: we see a good place to get fonts a…
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…
Organizations need decision-grade knowledge. AI makes it urgent. [30 Sep 26, 5:00pm] AI can make the first part remarkably fast. It can find the page, the discussion and the person who might know. The harder work begins when those sources disagree, or when they become stale.
Anyone can start building verified knowledge with Stack Internal [30 Sep 26, 4:00pm] Stack Internal transforms your daily work into a living memory that’s shared with the rest of your team. Now anyone can create and share their knowledge in a Stack Internal workspace for free by visiting stackinternal.com.
Your phone is AI’s newest hardware [29 Sep 26, 7:40am] Ryan sits down with Div Garg, CEO at AGI Inc., to talk about running AI agents entirely on mobile devices, optimizing models for edge computing chips, and building safety mechanisms into autonomous app interactions.
LNG Prices Fall From 2026 Highs [30 Sep 26, 7:28pm] In a development which has surprised even traders in the London LNG commodities market, prices for LNG have been falling and come off year-long peaks...
6-Year-Old Rubik’s Cube Prodigy Sets the New Women’s World Record [29 Sep 26, 7:20pm] 6-Year-Old Rubik’s Cube Prodigy Sets the New Women’s World Record Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por Shenzhen Pages (@shenzhenpages) A 6-year-old girl has sent shockwaves in the world of Rubik’s Cube solvin…
Secondhand Book Sales in Japan Are Booming, But AI Could Be Behind It [29 Sep 26, 5:30pm] Secondhand Book Sales in Japan Are Booming, But AI Could Be Behind ItSecondhand book stores are some of the best places to find old stories and records of the past, but the independent businesses often struggle to make ends meet when competing with…
Ancient Rome’s Largest Wall Mosaic Reveals a Mysterious City in Vivid Detail [29 Sep 26, 4:35pm] Ancient Rome’s Largest Wall Mosaic Reveals a Mysterious City in Vivid DetailEmbed from Getty Images For nearly 2,000 years, an enormous Roman mosaic lay hidden beneath Rome. Now, the Great Mosaic has emerged from the underground galleries of the B…
Artist Replaces Broken Letter Tiles in NYC Subway Stations With Handmade Moss Art [29 Sep 26, 2:45pm] Artist Replaces Broken Letter Tiles in NYC Subway Stations With Handmade Moss Art View this post on Instagram A post shared by eujue 유주 (@eu.pottery) New York City’s subway stations aren’t exactly known for their greenery. But one artis…
Your Handwriting Is Already Art, and This Online Class Will Teach You How [29 Sep 26, 9:55am] Your Handwriting Is Already Art, and This Online Class Will Teach You HowIt’s easy to dismiss your capacity to write neatly, and that seems especially true when it comes to hand lettering. You might think, “I don’t have the handwriting to do t…
Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America [30 Sep 26, 8:20pm] Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body…
DoorDash’s drone strategy started on the ground [30 Sep 26, 7:22pm] DoorDash unveiled the six-propeller aircraft that will be used in its new drone delivery business at its annual Dash Forward 2026 event.
Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead [29 Sep 26, 3:00pm] Explore GitHub’s latest transparency data and learn more about policy updates affecting developers and open source.The post Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent [28 Sep 26, 7:00pm] A look at the targeted AI taskflows behind these findings, the critical Android bugs they uncovered, and how to run the same open-source agent on your own app.The post How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent a…
Highlights from Git 2.56 [28 Sep 26, 5:23pm] The open source Git project just released Git 2.56. Here is GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.The post Highlights from Git 2.56 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to build custom workflows with canvases [25 Sep 26, 6:00pm] Describe the interface you need in plain English, then let the agent build a live surface you can both use and update—so you spend less time adapting to tools and more time getting work done.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to build…
Improving site performance by shipping more CSS [25 Sep 26, 3:00pm] How we fully migrated github.com away from CSS-in-JS.The post Improving site performance by shipping more CSS appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines [30 Sep 26, 12:00pm] See whether AI search reaches buyers and creates qualified opportunities with five measures covering brand presence, answer accuracy, and attribution.The post The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines appeared first on Search Engine Jour…
Top AI tech executives promise to ‘self-police’ AI development [30 Sep 26, 5:27pm] The heads of the biggest AI labs — Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Nvidia — went to Washington and signed the 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,' promising to develop their own models safely. Trump says that…
Eclipse Foundation Launches the Sovereign AI Foundation [30 Sep 26, 7:29pm] BRUSSELS – The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced the formation of the Sovereign AI Foundation, a vendor-neutral initiative that will help member organizations understand their AI de…
AI confidence is high, evidence lags behind, SmartBear report finds [30 Sep 26, 6:35pm] While 81% of organizational leaders believe AI can reliably catch its own errors, despite having any evidence, only 64% of software practitioners trust it, exposing a gap in confidence about AI software quality, according to SmartBear’s State of So…
Quantum Computing Is Getting Real. Developers Have An Opportunity. [30 Sep 26, 4:35pm] Every computing transition follows the same pattern. Mainframes needed compilers. The internet needed browsers and application frameworks. Mobile needed SDKs. In each case, hardware created the possibility, and software created the access. Quantum co…
MongoDB Launches Atlas Agent Engine to Put AI Agents in Production Without a New Stack [29 Sep 26, 5:18pm] NEW YORK — MongoDB today launched Atlas Agent Engine, a unified execution, memory, and governance layer for production AI agents, at its Investor Day at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. While AI agents prove their value quickly in proof-of-c…
Consortium Members elect Board of Directors [28 Sep 26, 12:47pm] World Wide Web Consortium Members have elected seven individuals to the World Wide Web Consortium, Inc. Board of Directors
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.
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…
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…
Wood beneath German lake may reveal buildings 3,000 years older than region's first farms [30 Sep 26, 8:20pm] Underwater archaeological investigations have been taking place in Lake Arendsee (Altmarkkreis Salzwedel) for several years. The discovery of Neolithic fish weirs, a high medieval barge (flat-bottomed cargo ship) and a late medieval dugout canoe attr…
Groups of genetically identical fish follow different behavioral paths as they mature [30 Sep 26, 8:10pm] Schooling fish have long fascinated us with their mesmerizing collective movements and seemingly perfect coordination. But a new study on clonal mollies suggests that this behavior is not innate. During their first days of life, the fish still displa…
UV light locks radiation-detecting materials into durable, water-resistant films [30 Sep 26, 8:00pm] Florida State University researchers have developed a method to make a class of materials more robust and potentially easier to manufacture for advanced radiation detection devices, including those used in medical imaging and radiation therapy as wel…
Tiny robot can precisely control how high it jumps [30 Sep 26, 7:33pm] Engineers have created DirectHop, a roughly 1-gram robot that can perform multiple hops in sequence and jump high enough to clear a standard stair step.As our skies increasingly crowd with buzzing, hovering, flitting drones, spare a thought for the…
What you should know about acid reflux [30 Sep 26, 6:35pm] An expert breaks down everything you need to know about acid reflux, including when you should see a specialist such as a gastroenterologist.
Ban Kids From Social Media And They’ll Just Chat In Public Radio Podcast Comments [30 Sep 26, 6:05pm] Eleven months ago, I wrote about what I thought was a truly fascinating find: that some kids appeared to be using some random old NPR podcasts on Spotify as a personal chat room to get around various restrictions. It was mentioned, somewhat in passin…
Daily Deal: Microsoft Access Complete Course [30 Sep 26, 5:59pm] The Microsoft Access Complete Course combines four different courses in one. Jump in, and you’ll walk through everything from the absolute Access basics to more advanced concepts, like building dynamic user data forms and effective reports. By the…
The Disastrous Bari Weiss Experiment May Be Coming To An End At CBS/CNN [30 Sep 26, 12:20pm] When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby son David) hired blog-troll Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepren…
crystal animal sculptures freeze the open-mouthed gesture of a roar [30 Sep 26, 6:10pm] ferdi b dick’s animal sculptures feature an open mouth and extended tongue in different crystal colors.The post crystal animal sculptures freeze the open-mouthed gesture of a roar appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
anrealage wraps dresses in up to 2,000 e-ink panels for color-changing ‘skin’ [30 Sep 26, 1:59pm] kunihiko morinaga's ss27 collection combines e ink, 3d printed scales and kyocera forearth printing at paris fashion week.The post anrealage wraps dresses in up to 2,000 e-ink panels for color-changing ‘skin’ appeared first on designboom |…
david altrath reveals the timber world inside germany’s motorway chapel [30 Sep 26, 10:50am] the photographer documents schneider+schumacher’s landmark beside the A45, focusing on its unusual form and relationship with the surrounding landscape.The post david altrath reveals the timber world inside germany’s motorway chapel appeared fir…
royal enfield revolutionizes the electric motorcycle experience with flying flea c6 [30 Sep 26, 10:00am] designboom explores how royal enfield's flying flea c6 merges historic metalwork with connected software for a new generation of city commuters.The post royal enfield revolutionizes the electric motorcycle experience with flying flea c6 appeare…
BUREAU uses color and translucency to reshape 44 sqm lilac apartment in lisbon [30 Sep 26, 9:25am] the apartment is arranged around movement, light, and everyday rituals.The post BUREAU uses color and translucency to reshape 44 sqm lilac apartment in lisbon appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
