Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2 [25 Aug 26, 9:17pm] WordPress has no first-class way to store a credential. This proposal outlines a Secrets API for 7.2, along with WP-CLI support for it, and explains why the accompanying UI should wait for 7.3. Why it matters Every plugin that needs an API key today…
Performance Chat Summary: 25 August 2026 [25 Aug 26, 5:16pm] The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @mukesh27 shared a performance regression found in WordPress 7.1 and reported as #65929 and asked anyone with time to take a look and said any review or feedba…
Dev Chat Agenda – August 26, 2026 [25 Aug 26, 5:13am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. Yes, the dev chat is switching back to Wednesdays starting this week! The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have…
Microsoft extended Windows 10, but Nvidia just made the extension meaningless for gamers [1 Sep 26, 12:50am] Nvidia won't extend Windows 10 driver support like Microsoft did, ending it in October 2026, and other OEMs may follow soon.The post Microsoft extended Windows 10, but Nvidia just made the extension meaningless for gamers appeared first on Wind…
Windows 11’s faster, Bing-free Search released, enable it using these steps [31 Aug 26, 3:34am] Windows 11's August update brings a Bing-free Search with typo forgiveness, cleaner results, and no more MSN clutter, but most PCs won't see it right away. Here's how to force it on with ViVeTool, plus the cursor and wallpaper bugs wor…
What’s new in Android’s August 2026 Google System Updates [U] [31 Aug 26, 9:35pm] 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…
Chrome’s Android navigation bar redesign has too much chrome [31 Aug 26, 7:21pm] I quite like how Chrome for Android’s main interface has essentially remained the same since 2012. The consistency is refreshing as everything else on my phone changes. While I’m open to modernization, the latest attempt at a redesign suffers fro…
Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘HardBreacher’ Kaspersky Product Exploit [31 Aug 26, 2:32pm] Kaspersky told SecurityWeek that it patched the vulnerability affecting its Endpoint Security product.The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘HardBreacher’ Kaspersky Product Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek.
ServiceNow Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities [31 Aug 26, 1:59pm] Attackers could exploit the security defects to execute arbitrary code and access or tamper with data.The post ServiceNow Patches 3 Critical Code Injection Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
McKesson Confirms Data Breach as Attacker Deadline Looms [31 Aug 26, 1:14pm] The ShinyHunters extortion group has claimed the theft of 284 million records from the company’s systems.The post McKesson Confirms Data Breach as Attacker Deadline Looms appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Anthropic Warns Claude Users of Infostealer Malware Infections [31 Aug 26, 12:11pm] The AI giant is logging customers out of their accounts and removing payment data to prevent unauthorized Claude usage.The post Anthropic Warns Claude Users of Infostealer Malware Infections appeared first on SecurityWeek.
3D-printed boat advances future of maritime manufacturing [31 Aug 26, 10:00pm] The University of Maine launched a 30-foot (9-meter), high-performance, 3D-printed boat Friday that researchers said could help manufacturers build vessels faster, reduce the need for expensive molds and adapt designs more quickly for commercial and…
Like a bird, this drone uses touch to grip branches and rest [31 Aug 26, 9:20pm] Drones often hover in the air, noisy and whining. They can already be used for many tasks, but not when you need some quiet. Their batteries would also last longer if they could take a "rest" from time to time. But when a drone is monitorin…
Advancing lifetime prediction of thermal barrier coating system in gas turbines [31 Aug 26, 8:40pm] Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed an advanced computational modeling framework that enables the systematic analysis of potential failure and degradation mechanisms in thermal barrier coatings (TBCs).
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives nod to founder Steve Jobs in final memo [31 Aug 26, 7:40pm] Apple's chief executive Tim Cook bid farewell to the tech giant on Monday, paying tribute to founder Steve Jobs and praising staff as "extraordinary" as he passed the baton to incoming CEO John Ternus.
What's The Minimum Size A QR Code Can Be And Still Work? [1 Sep 26, 1:45am] QR codes are designed to convey a relatively large amount of information in a compact form factor, but there is a limit to how small you can make them.
Why Did Huey Helicopters Fly With The Doors Open? [31 Aug 26, 11:15pm] The UH-1 Huey, famous for the role it played in the Vietnam War, would very rarely fly with its doors closed. Ordinarily they stayed open, and for good reason.
Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short [26 Aug 26, 10:00am] In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil, and China are taking on big tech companies.
The UAE is fighting AI hackers with AI of its own [24 Aug 26, 10:00am] Attacks on the country’s banks, aviation, and energy systems have climbed since the war with Iran began. Its answer is a homegrown AI security industry.
Could the Bayeux Tapestry Loan Offer a New Path for the Parthenon Marbles? [31 Aug 26, 9:55pm] And while the public waits with bated breath to see the relic in person, tech bro Peter Thiel has already gotten a private viewing.The post Could the Bayeux Tapestry Loan Offer a New Path for the Parthenon Marbles? appeared first on Artnet News.
The Met Scraps Its John Galliano Costume Institute Show [31 Aug 26, 3:55pm] 'I do not want the debate surrounding me to place the Met in a difficult position,' the designer said today.The post The Met Scraps Its John Galliano Costume Institute Show appeared first on Artnet News.
What Is the Value of a Museum? [31 Aug 26, 12:39pm] Whitechapel Gallery director Gilane Tawadros has tapped an economist to help rethink the public value of art institutions.The post What Is the Value of a Museum? appeared first on Artnet News.
South Korea Beckons! Here Are 10 Essential Art Museums in Seoul [31 Aug 26, 11:00am] The Leeum is a must-stop, but uncountable other pleasures await.The post South Korea Beckons! Here Are 10 Essential Art Museums in Seoul appeared first on Artnet News.
8 New York Museum Shows You Need to See This Fall [31 Aug 26, 9:00am] Have your pick from once-in-a-generation retrospectives to exhibitions you never saw coming.The post 8 New York Museum Shows You Need to See This Fall appeared first on Artnet News.
Having Fun with Vercel’s AI SDK and AI Gateway [31 Aug 26, 1:31pm] The why and how to get it installed and use it with different models, then actually build something. Plus a little Zod type safety for good measure.
Background Image Refraction in CSS [28 Aug 26, 1:22pm] "Liquid glass" design is helped along by offsetting/scaling the background as if you're looking through real glass. But that gets tricky with arbitrary CSS background positioning.
Hover Proximity Using Modern CSS [26 Aug 26, 12:54pm] You can always easily style :hover, but what if you want the NEXT item to have styling too? Or, just a smidge harder, the PREVIOUS item. How about multiple in any direction?
MicroLighter [25 Aug 26, 2:48pm] A brand new 2 KB client-side syntax highlighter from Dave. Includes a web component for very easy usage. Maybe these web components have legs, eh? The most interesting part about it is that it doesn’t touch the DOM. It uses the Highlight API to col…
Design Systems + Horizontal @layer [24 Aug 26, 1:19pm] My post Thinking Horizontally in CSS @layer got Stuart Robson thinking about how to pull it off at a bigger scale. Stu is right that our components are essentially hand-written, whereas with a more enterprise-scale design system, design tokens are mo…
Introducing Sandcastle [24 Aug 26, 12:49pm] "Let's say you have 4 issues that can be implemented simultaneously..."
The Index: Issue #196 [28 Aug 26, 9:55am] Before we get into this week's links, I just thought I'd let you know we're having a summer break next week, so the next issue won't be with you until September 11!Midnight Vinyl ClubA handy service that helps you explore music…
Personal website redesign project post: A CLI for adding new music to the collection [27 Aug 26, 11:55am] Right, we are at the end of iteration one.The last thing to do is to make my life a little easier. Markdown files work perfectly fine for the music collection, but they're a bit of a faff. Mostly because I always forget the front matter struct…
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…
When you keep AI Lean, you keep AI correct [28 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan chats with Leo de Moura, Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS and the creator of the Lean language, about proving correctness in AI agents with the Lean language, how automated reasoning complements probabilistic AI models, and the use of A…
Inside LinkedIn's cognitive memory agent for agentic personalization [25 Aug 26, 7:40am] Ryan is joined by Praveen Bodigutla, Principal AI Researcher at LinkedIn, to chat about the four-layer memory system his team built to give LinkedIn's hiring assistant a persistent, personalized state.
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…
OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it. [27 Aug 26, 4:00pm] OpenClaw is the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Peter Steinberger and several maintainers share what they learned in the project's first six months.The post OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it. appeared…
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Automate Dependabot pull request triage [26 Aug 26, 8:12pm] Managing library updates can be tedious at times. Learn how the GitHub Copilot app can handle this type of repetitive task.The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Automate Dependabot pull request triage appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
How to evaluate LLMs before production [25 Aug 26, 9:35pm] These are the lessons we learned evaluating LLMs for real-world secret scanning.The post How to evaluate LLMs before production appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good. [24 Aug 26, 8:56pm] We built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner to make sure your alt text is actually accessible. Here's how it works.The post Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good. appeared first on The GitHub Blog…
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.
Google Search Console AI Reports Rolled Out Worldwide via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern [31 Aug 26, 7:04pm] Google says Search Console's generative AI performance reports, which track AI Overviews and AI Mode impressions, have now rolled out to all sites worldwide.The post Google Search Console AI Reports Rolled Out Worldwide appeared first on Search…
How To Restructure Your Marketing Team & Budget For The AI-Search Era [31 Aug 26, 2:30pm] Three role changes and a budget rebalance can move a marketing team from invisible to cited in AI search results, no new headcount required.The post How To Restructure Your Marketing Team & Budget For The AI-Search Era appeared first on Search E…
AI Is Exposing The Open Source Ecosystem’s Remediation Gap [31 Aug 26, 4:38pm] Frontier AI models are identifying vulnerabilities exponentially faster than human researchers. But this process only improves security if maintainers and organizations can keep pace with remediation. These pressures are beginning to surface in decis…
Broadcom Introduces TrueSource for Open-Source Software Security [31 Aug 26, 4:20pm] Broadcom today introduced a new software suite called TrueSource at the VMware Explore 2026 conference in Las Vegas. The product line provides enterprise support and security for open-source software, with a focus on verified, human-checked code. The…
Ensuring AI is Acting as Intended: A Q&A [28 Aug 26, 8:32pm] AI adoption in growing, and as it does, more organizations are starting to get a handle on controlling agents, making testing and security a first-class capability for AI-generated code, and using validation, policy and governance to ensure outcomes…
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.
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…
Codecs for CFOs [27 Jul 26, 7:00pm] Executive Summary The H.264 codec has proven remarkably durable, but demand for 4K efficiency, HDR compatibility, and small-screen/low-bitrate quality makes adopting advanced codecs like VP9, HEVC, AV1, and VVC inevitable for most services. However,…
Wowza’s New Video Intelligence Framework – Interviews [20 Jul 26, 12:00pm] Wowza just released the Video Intelligence Framework, or VIF. According to my article in Streaming Media Magazine, VIF is an AI inference module that runs inside Wowza Streaming Engine, rather than in a separate NVR/VMS stack or a cloud video AI serv…
What Do You See? This Week's Monday Microscope Mystery [31 Aug 26, 12:00pm] Test yourself!ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
What is nostalgia and what does it mean? [31 Aug 26, 5:36pm] What is nostalgia? Why is it so pervasive? Why is it such an integral part of our humanity? Three academics weigh in.
Study sheds light on bat immunity mystery [31 Aug 26, 3:50pm] Researchers may have solved the mystery of why bats can carry viruses while rarely becoming seriously ill themselves.
RFK Jr. Goes Full Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorist Over 2 PA Measles Deaths [1 Sep 26, 3:03am] When we just discussed the two recent deaths in Pennsylvania that came as a result of measles infections, we noted that there was very little information about the deceased. Some additional information has since been released, in particular the fact…
Administration Escalates Deportations To Haiti As Violent Gang Attacks Escalate In Haiti [31 Aug 26, 8:05pm] I can’t assume the Trump administration hoped this would happen. But I can’t believe no one in the administration (Trump, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan) isn’t secretly thrilled that this has happened. The administration managed to revoke temporary…
Would The Next George Floyd Video Survive Meta’s New Teen Safety Rules? [31 Aug 26, 6:06pm] Earlier this year, one of the smartest internet rights people around, Heather Burns, suggested the “Darnella Test” regarding any kind of “kid safety” rule online. It’s named after Darnella Frazier. You might not recognize her name, but you…
Daily Deal: Ultrathin Sleep Aid Under Pillow Speaker [31 Aug 26, 6:01pm] Enjoy calming sounds, bedtime music, audiobooks, or podcasts without wearing headphones or disturbing a sleeping partner. The Ultrathin Sleep Aid speaker fits comfortably beneath or beside your pillow, delivering clear, localized audio while remainin…
steel layered facade revives 1969 modernist city hall in czech republic [1 Sep 26, 2:10am] atelier gram retains přerov city hall’s original 1969 modernist structure.The post steel layered facade revives 1969 modernist city hall in czech republic appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
how architecture has made space for animals across history [31 Aug 26, 8:35pm] rom pigeon towers and silkworm lofts to aristocratic stables and industrial farms, architecture has long organized space around nonhuman life.The post how architecture has made space for animals across history appeared first on designboom | architec…
beads, crystals, and steel visualize cloud formations within exhibition in china [31 Aug 26, 6:10pm] fields of resonance transforms shifting skies into tactile paintings, sculptures, and spatial installations at almine rech shanghai.The post beads, crystals, and steel visualize cloud formations within exhibition in china appeared first on designboo…
double-helix stairs frame wetland views inside xiang architects’ wuhan observation tower [31 Aug 26, 3:55pm] xiang architects uses a twisting stair system to turn birdwatching into a continuous climb through the wetland.The post double-helix stairs frame wetland views inside xiang architects’ wuhan observation tower appeared first on designboom | archite…
