2 Killed, 13 Injured In Syria Bus Blast [6 Aug 26, 7:03pm] At least two people were killed and 13 wounded after a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday in the Syrian town of Jaramana near capital Damascus, state media reported, citing the health ministry.
Blackstone Among Wall Street Giants Hit By Hackers In Major Extortion Plot: Report [6 Aug 26, 6:04pm] The data shows the hackers devised websites aimed at stealing passwords from employees of private equity firms and companies including Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital, KKR, TPG, CME Group and Moody's.
'Thought It Had Been Fixed': Trump Lashed Out At Hegseth Over Weapons Shortage [6 Aug 26, 6:02pm] According to The Washington Post, Trump demanded to know why he had apparently been misled about shortages of key missiles and air-defence systems, which have now begun limiting America's military options in the Iran conflict.
AppLovin stock tanks on Q2 revenue miss [6 Aug 26, 7:10pm] Shares of AppLovin tanked 17% Thursday off a second-quarter earnings miss, falling short of analysts' expectations for revenue.
What’s new in Gutenberg 23.7? (05 August) [6 Aug 26, 7:34am] “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…
WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate Phase [5 Aug 26, 3:39pm] Now that WordPress 7.1 has entered the Release Candidate phase, the following policies are in place. These policies mainly cover how and when Core committers can commit. For non-committing contributors, this post may help explain why Core committers…
WordPress 7.1 Field Guide [5 Aug 26, 2:42pm] There are more than 310 Core Trac tickets included in WordPress 7.1, over 100 of which are enhancements and feature requests, and more than 180 bug fixes. This release includes 40+ tickets focused on the Editor, with the most attention going to acces…
The notify_post_author filter now has the final say on post author notifications [5 Aug 26, 12:22pm] WordPress 7.1 changes when wp_new_comment_notify_postauthor() checks a comment’s approval status: the check now happens before the notify_post_author filter is applied, rather than after. As a result, the filter receives an accurate default v…
Filtering registered abilities with wp_get_abilities() in WordPress 7.1 [5 Aug 26, 11:55am] WordPress 7.1 extends wp_get_abilities() with a standard way to filter registered abilities. The function now accepts an optional $args array that can filter abilities by category, namespace, or metadata. It also supports callbacks for custom per-ite…
Windows 10 LTSC 2021 is dying in 2027, Microsoft reveals what you need to know [6 Aug 26, 4:11pm] Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 is reaching the end of support in January 2027, and Microsoft wants you to prepare by paying $61 per device.The post Windows 10 LTSC 2021 is dying in 2027, Microsoft reveals what you need to know appeared first on Win…
Windows 11 will run better because of the Apple effect, says IDC [6 Aug 26, 2:53am] IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani says vendors will respond to Apple's $599 MacBook Neo with new silicon, aggressive pricing, and a more efficient Windows 11. Microsoft has already deleted its 32GB RAM docs, launched 8GB Surface devices, and promised RA…
I hope Galaxy Z Flip 8 isn’t the last of its kind, but I can see why it might [6 Aug 26, 6:30pm] Rumors have been floating around that the Galaxy Z Flip 8 will be Samsung’s last foldable flip phone. After spending a bit of time with this latest generation, I’m not exactly sad at the thought of seeing it go, but I also see the writing on the…
Google Wallet adds supervised balances for kids and teens, no bank account required [6 Aug 26, 4:00pm] These days, the easiest way to pay for anything at practically any shop — save for Walmart, I suppose — is through the digital wallet stored on your phone or smartwatch. Of course, that makes it difficult for kids and teens to ever actually pay f…
Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Court [6 Aug 26, 2:56pm] Connor Riley Moucka was extradited to the United States in July 2025 after he was arrested in Canada. The post Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Court appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Zero-Click AI Browser Hacking: Claude and ChatGPT Atlas Hijacked via Emails, X Posts [6 Aug 26, 12:54pm] Zenity researchers reported the findings to Anthropic and OpenAI in late 2025 and early 2026, but they remain unpatched.The post Zero-Click AI Browser Hacking: Claude and ChatGPT Atlas Hijacked via Emails, X Posts appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Podcast: Compliance Won’t Save You: The Future of Cyber Risk with Edna Conway [6 Aug 26, 12:00pm] (Video) In this podcast, we share insights from Edna Conway, a recognized leader in cybersecurity and supply chain resilience with over 40 years of experience in the field. The post Podcast: Compliance Won’t Save You: The Future of Cyber Risk with…
Critical Paperclip Flaw Allowed Admin Access, Code Execution [6 Aug 26, 11:09am] An attacker could self-register, sign in for board-level API access, and import a new company for code execution.The post Critical Paperclip Flaw Allowed Admin Access, Code Execution appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing [6 Aug 26, 9:56am] The incident involved a testing environment set up by Irregular, similar to what Anthropic reported last week.The post Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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…
How To make your own kick drums in Diva [28 Jul 26, 3:49pm] With so many kick drum samples available, it’s easy to overlook the benefits of programming your own. It only takes seconds.Kick drums, eh? You can’t live with ‘em, but you can’t live without programming ‘em. Except, of course, you can…
5 of the Best Software and Hardware Trackers [22 Jul 26, 11:32am] If you make a genre like jungle, IDM or breakcore, you need a tracker. These are the five best trackers available, plus how to bring one into your workflow.We’re all familiar with the traditional DAW sequencer, which scrolls along a timeline f…
Native Instruments and A. G. Cook launch Super*Saw synthesiser [20 Jul 26, 12:53pm] The new soft synth adapts A. G. Cook’s layered supersaw production techniques for a dedicated plug-in. Super*Saw combines dual oscillator banks, patch morphing, harmonic tools, effects and Native Instruments hardware integration.Native Instrum…
Can we train AI to choose safety over speed? [31 Jul 26, 1:00pm] Delivery platforms use sophisticated weather algorithms to profit from storm demand, while shifting all the physical risk onto workers trapped by pay incentives.
White Cube Loses Three Star Directors in New York [6 Aug 26, 6:58pm] The departures come at a time of upheaval in the gallery world.The post White Cube Loses Three Star Directors in New York appeared first on Artnet News.
Yeah! Usher’s Art Collection Is as Smooth as You’d Expect [6 Aug 26, 3:21pm] The R&B icon gave Architectural Digest a tour of his Atlanta home, which is stuffed full with blue-chip art.The post Yeah! Usher’s Art Collection Is as Smooth as You’d Expect appeared first on Artnet News.
Tracey Emin Plots Her Next Big Move in Margate [6 Aug 26, 2:29pm] The artist's plan to transform a dilapidated beachside pavilion into a $5 million arts and community hub is proceeding apace. The post Tracey Emin Plots Her Next Big Move in Margate appeared first on Artnet News.
Late Painter Sarah Cunningham Gets First Museum Show—and Other Art World Matters [6 Aug 26, 7:00am] Also: Antiquities dealers are up in arms, Frieze announces London programming, and Beryl Cook's birthday celebrations.The post Late Painter Sarah Cunningham Gets First Museum Show—and Other Art World Matters appeared first on Artnet News.
Is the Rauschenberg Foundation Selling Its Storied New York Home? [5 Aug 26, 9:44pm] The artist bought the building in 1965 for just $65,000. Luminaries gathered there.The post Is the Rauschenberg Foundation Selling Its Storied New York Home? appeared first on Artnet News.
5 CSS Properties You Should Know for Better Text Designs [5 Aug 26, 3:08pm] Includes background-clip for masking backgrounds, vertical-align for aligning elements, box-decoration-mode for consistent edge styling, letter-spacing for spacing control, and text-combine-upright for vertical text layouts.
Web Platform Status Notification Emails [4 Aug 26, 6:15pm] I’m just learning that the Web Platform Status website offers email alerts when features of your choosing change in support. For instance, I just signed up to hear exactly when Customizable <select> becomes Baseline Newly Available.
Ending Responsive Images [31 Jul 26, 8:54pm] The sizes attribute for <img> was maybe the hardest part. It had complicated syntax that always had to be in sync with whatever your CSS was doing. But sizes="auto" support is almost ready for prime time. Jason Grigsby says we can go…
Working with ::highlight() using progressive enhancement [6 Aug 26, 11:55am] Highlighting in CSS has been beneficial for applying a highlight on specific text or text fragments during user selection, emphasizing a piece of information on a website, or visually emphasizing a text for the sake of branding. Particularly, this is…
The Index: Issue #192 [31 Jul 26, 11:55am] CodePen 2.0 is hereHats off to the CodePen team for getting their huge 2.0 release over the line. The possibilities really are endless and that's a great achievement for a team of 5!95 reasons for having your own websiteDoes exactly what it s…
The Index: Issue #191 [17 Jul 26, 11:55am] Howdy! Before we get into the links, we're going to take a break next week, so we'll see you on July 31 🌴Art as resistenceMore of this please!Mildliner referenceIf you've ever thought "I wish I could use Midliner marker col…
Use cases for aria-expanded [16 Jul 26, 11:55am] Communication can be difficult. Not only when we humans try to communicate with one another, but also in web development.While it is easy for sighted people with full mental and motor abilities to click a button with a mouse to display more informat…
Former Victoria’s Secret Model Shows How the “Perfect” Body Is All About the Angles [5 Aug 26, 5:30pm] Former Victoria’s Secret Model Shows How the “Perfect” Body Is All About the Angles View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sara Sampaio (@sarasampaio) Social media isn’t always reflective of real life. In many, if not most cases,…
Robert Irwin Speaks Out About the Negative Effects of AI on Photography [5 Aug 26, 4:35pm] Robert Irwin Speaks Out About the Negative Effects of AI on PhotographyEmbed from Getty Images Photographer and conservationist Robert Irwin grew up in front of the camera and surrounded by wildlife. The spotlight became a platform for inspiring oth…
Pittsburgh Unveils New Pickleball Courts That Double as Vibrant Works of Public Art [5 Aug 26, 1:50pm] Pittsburgh Unveils New Pickleball Courts That Double as Vibrant Works of Public ArtSports brings people together, creating a playing field where differences can be set aside and the game can take center stage. Pittsburgh is leaning into that spirit…
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation [6 Aug 26, 7:02pm] Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors.
Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it [6 Aug 26, 5:41pm] Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a "Model T moment" for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to live up to lofty expectations, and maybe it doesn't have to.
How we took malware advisories beyond npm [6 Aug 26, 4:51pm] GitHub malware advisories no longer stop at npm. Here's how we wired OpenSSF's malicious-packages data into the Advisory Database, and why we built the pipeline paranoid.The post How we took malware advisories beyond npm appeared first on…
How the GitHub legal team used Copilot CLI to streamline their workflows [4 Aug 26, 7:02pm] Learn how to build tools to simplify how you work—without writing a single line of code.The post How the GitHub legal team used Copilot CLI to streamline their workflows appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Turn one giant AI-generated pull request to a reviewable stack [4 Aug 26, 4:47pm] Instead of one huge, un-reviewable pull request, teach coding agents to decompose work into a clean, ordered stack with GitHub stacked pull requests.The post Turn one giant AI-generated pull request to a reviewable stack appeared first on The GitHub…
Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed [31 Jul 26, 4:00pm] How a branch-free loop and byte-space arithmetic let GitHub case-fold every byte of code search at >45 GiB/s on a single core.The post Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app [30 Jul 26, 5:30pm] Learn how I modernized an old codebase of mine using stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app.The post Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
I Helped Scale Google Ads To Billions – Here’s How I’d Build An AI Search Strategy Today [6 Aug 26, 7:00pm] Impression share ran the auction years. Citation share runs this one. A 90-day sprint for measuring and winning AI search visibility.The post I Helped Scale Google Ads To Billions – Here’s How I’d Build An AI Search Strategy Today appeared fir…
Hilary Duff’s Madison Square Garden Show: 5 Best Moments [6 Aug 26, 6:37pm] Hilary Duff surprised the crowd at her first of two shows at the NYC arena with Good Charlotte, sang "The Anthem" with ex Joel Madden, and took her kid to the ER all in one day.
AI agents are ready for production. The infrastructure around them isn’t. [5 Aug 26, 8:10pm] AI coding agents are already doing real enterprise software development work. They write code, read repositories, run tests, open pull requests, and help engineering teams move faster. In some organizations, a human reviews agent-written code before…
Cloudflare Announces Open Source AI Workspace for Every Employee [5 Aug 26, 7:52pm] SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Cloudflare, Inc., the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced it will launch Cloudflare OS, an open source AI workspace that will give every employee a secure workspace equipped with AI tools and access to internal…
What Building AI Agents Inside a Production Startup Taught Me About the Future of the Web [4 Aug 26, 8:08pm] In March, Cloudflare’s CEO told an audience at SXSW that bot traffic would surpass human traffic online by 2027. On June 3, he posted that it had already happened: automated systems now generate 57.5% of HTTP requests to web content, against 42.5%…
How Can Enterprise Data Center Customers Power the AI Era, Without Powering Up Emissions [4 Aug 26, 7:04pm] Data centers are often described as the unseen backbone of our digital economy – and increasingly, of the AI revolution. McKinsey estimates that by 2030, companies will invest almost $7 trillion in capital expenditures on data center infrastructure…
Prompt Injection tops 2026 OWASP GenAI / LLM Top Ten vulnerabilities [4 Aug 26, 6:30pm] For the third year in a row, prompt injection tops the OWASP GenAI / LLM Top Ten list issued today as being the most vulnerable practice to be exploited. In previous years, the list was built on the judgment of voters. But, according to Steve Wilson,…
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…
W3C Invites Implementations of WebTransport [30 Jul 26, 8:25am] This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in WebIDL to allow data to be sent and received between a browser and server.
Group Note Draft: Verifiable Credentials Overview v1.1 [30 Jul 26, 8:20am] The family of W3C Recommendations for Verifiable Credentials, described in this overview document, provides a mechanism to express these sorts of credentials on the Web in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and machine-verifi…
Group Note Draft: EPUB Accessibility 1.2 Explainer [30 Jul 26, 8:17am] The EPUB Accessibility 1.2 Explainer provides information on how to understand and evaluate the accessible publications conformance requirements of EPUB Accessibility 1.2 against reflowable EPUB publications.
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…
SBE Portfolio: Measuring BD-Rate and Break-Even Across a Full Library [16 Jul 26, 10:01pm] The new Portfolio feature in SLC Bitrate Explorer (SBE) version 2.0 aggregates BD-Rate and break-even results across multiple source files. This walkthrough covers the workflow from data entry to Excel export. Portfolios were NOT available in SBE ver…
Gut Fungi From a Common Pest Can Chew Holes in Styrofoam [6 Aug 26, 3:00pm] We hope they're hungry...ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
Your Gums May Be Quietly Hinting at a Future Health Risk [6 Aug 26, 10:00am] "We can no longer view oral health and diabetes as two separate disease areas."ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
Team uncovers how plants ‘feel full’ [6 Aug 26, 5:03pm] "This knowledge may aid the engineering of 'gluttonous' plant varieties that absorb more available nitrogen."
Can a new drug help fight measles? [6 Aug 26, 4:55pm] A new drug could contribute to stopping measles outbreaks, according to a study of ferrets.
Stress plays a role in women’s long COVID [6 Aug 26, 4:48pm] Survey findings show that women who were highly stressed were more likely to have an official or self-diagnosis of Long COVID.
How kidneys rebuild their defenses after injury [28 Jul 26, 4:48pm] "Understanding how the kidney naturally rebuilds its immune system after injury is essential if we hope to develop therapies that improve recovery."
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Quietly Stopped Updating In April. Basically No One Noticed. [6 Aug 26, 6:02pm] As perhaps a few Elon Musk fans may remember, he got really annoyed at Wikipedia last year and tasked his second-rate LLM, Grok, with recreating it as “Grokipedia.” Grokipedia, launched nearly a year ago, basically starts by forking Wikipedia and…
Daily Deal: Soundfreaq Sound Spot II Bluetooth Speaker [6 Aug 26, 5:57pm] The Soundfreaq Sound Spot II combines wireless audio performance, ambient lighting, and relaxing sound features in a compact design built for modern lifestyles. Featuring a Bamboo and White finish with eco-friendly materials, this Bluetooth speaker c…
California Town Says Flock Cameras Misread License Plates 71% Of The Time [6 Aug 26, 4:25pm] Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers were first sold as upmarket add-ons for gated communities and HOA curtain-twitchers who wanted to keep tabs on what everyone was doing, whether they lived there or not. Flock soon realized that selling…
water glasses turn colorful frameless eyewear into wearable sculpture [6 Aug 26, 7:29pm] frameless lenses and colorful paracord turn water-ready eyewear into wearable objects.The post water glasses turn colorful frameless eyewear into wearable sculpture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
bamboo pier brings a new public waterfront to the fishermen of pattani, thailand [6 Aug 26, 4:18pm] shrouded in bamboo, an elevated steel deck lets fishermen and aquatic species share the same waterfront in pattani, thailand.The post bamboo pier brings a new public waterfront to the fishermen of pattani, thailand appeared first on designboom | arc…
three conical timber roofs crown open community cabin in south london [6 Aug 26, 2:35pm] the flexible vaulted interior accommodates workshops, meetings, and community events.The post three conical timber roofs crown open community cabin in south london appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
SIDELINED asks what happens when sport stops producing winners and losers [6 Aug 26, 10:50am] the experimental sports project returns as a public installation at rotterdam’s nieuwe instituut, asking whether redesigning the rules of sport can open new ways of living together.The post SIDELINED asks what happens when sport stops producing wi…
studio KRAFT reclaims limited schoolyard space with vertical play garden in budapest [6 Aug 26, 7:45am] the project introduces climbing structures, outdoor classrooms, and planted play spaces that rethink how limited schoolyards can serve students throughout the day.The post studio KRAFT reclaims limited schoolyard space with vertical play garden in b…
