Amid Israel Deadlock, Netanyahu Opponents Agree On Key Parliament Posts [10 Nov 26, 1:05pm] The agreement was reached with Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan, Avigdor Lieberman and Yair Lapid. The leaders have named former minister Matan Kahana as their candidate for Speaker of the Knesset.
12 Killed In Bulgaria Motorway Pile-Up Due To Fog [10 Nov 26, 11:56am] Dense fog on the motorway linking the capital Sofia with the Black Sea port of Burgas led to two pileups. The accidents forced the closure of the road in both directions
Conservative in What We Accept [8 Nov 26, 8:33pm] Joe Youngblood’s report surprised me because I didn’t realize our conservative sanitize_username approach doesn’t apply to registrations when you’re not in multi-site mode. https://x.com/YoungbloodJoe/status/2118795342875431305 We should assume every…
SVG icons in the admin bar and menu in WordPress 7.2 [5 Nov 26, 11:15am] You may have noticed the new shiny icons in the admin screens in WordPress 7.2 Beta. As previously announced on Replacing Dashicons in the admin bar and menu, the icons in the admin bar and menu are now inline SVGs from @wordpress/icons. Before, they…
Your Content Is Going To Get More Random! [5 Nov 26, 2:59am] Maybe not your content per se, but the ability to discover it is with the introduction of the /random/ endpoint in WordPress 7.2. A request to example.com/random/ will lead end users to a randomly selected published post. The feature is on by default…
Dev Chat Agenda – November 4, 2026 [4 Nov 26, 6:57am] The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting focuses on upcoming releases and Core development, with time for discussions and open floor. If you have requests for help with a tick…
Samsung’s paid Galaxy AI plan has a giant Gemini problem [10 Nov 26, 12:00pm] Good morning. Today I’m trying desperately not to buy Sony’s new nostalgia-bait headphones, reeling from how emotionally invested I was in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (yes, I know I’m late), trying to figure out what a “private, agentic notebook” is, a…
Samsung Galaxy S27 series camera specs leak, and they’re disappointing [9 Nov 26, 11:20pm] New leaks reveal the camera specs for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S27 series which includes three lenses across the lineup, but not the upgrades you want, nor what Ultra owners might expect. more…
Today: CISO Forum Virtual Summit 2026 – Join Global Cybersecurity Leaders [10 Nov 26, 3:00pm] Designed for cybersecurity leaders, this immersive two-day virtual event is your premier destination to discuss, share, and learn innovative risk management and defense strategies defining the modern enterprise.The post Today: CISO Forum Virtual Sum…
WhiteMatter Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding [10 Nov 26, 2:58pm] The cybersecurity startup deploys a dedicated guardian agent for every AI agent in an organization’s environment.The post WhiteMatter Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SAP Patches Critical ICM2SHELL, ProxyGate Vulnerabilities [10 Nov 26, 2:46pm] SAP has published 42 new and updated security advisories, including nine that address critical-severity vulnerabilities.The post SAP Patches Critical ICM2SHELL, ProxyGate Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Over a Dozen Organizations Hit in Qubole Supply Chain Attack [10 Nov 26, 1:27pm] Hackers used compromised Qubole IAM credentials to steal customer files, secrets, keys, environment variables, and credentials.The post Over a Dozen Organizations Hit in Qubole Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Anthropic Rolls Out Mythos 5.2 With Improved Bug Hunting, Fewer Sandbox Escapes [10 Nov 26, 12:17pm] Anthropic says Mythos 5.2 improves vulnerability discovery while showing a lower tendency to escape sandboxes in controlled tests.The post Anthropic Rolls Out Mythos 5.2 With Improved Bug Hunting, Fewer Sandbox Escapes appeared first on SecurityWeek…
Researchers remove 'speed bottleneck' in flash storage to help accelerate AI inference [10 Nov 26, 3:00pm] Even with high-performance storage devices, inefficient data management can prevent them from reaching their full speed. KAIST researchers have developed a technology that improves the process of moving and reorganizing data to reuse storage space, i…
I don't want AI in my online search. What options do I have? [10 Nov 26, 2:40pm] Last week, Google announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy for schools that use Google apps. It provides new settings for opting in or out of AI products on student accounts. Schools that reject AI in the classroom entirely can also turn o…
Hybrid system could make cooling AI data centers cheaper and more efficient [10 Nov 26, 2:40pm] Data centers at the heart of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution could be cooled more effectively and economically with a hybrid system under development at the University of Waterloo that targets hotspots on computer chips with a single drop…
Extra robotic thumb lets wearers complete two-handed tasks with one hand [10 Nov 26, 2:23pm] To complete many everyday tasks and chores, humans typically use both of their hands. For instance, when opening a bottle, they use one hand to hold the bottle and the other to twist its cap. Researchers at the University of California San Diego rece…
Q&A: How can organizations improve fairness in automated AI systems? [10 Nov 26, 12:20pm] Critical decisions are increasingly being made by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in high-stakes industries like health care, criminal justice and finance, ushering in a wave of ethical and legal concerns over how these systems can be implemente…
10 Handy Uses For WD-40 White Lithium Grease Spray [10 Nov 26, 2:30pm] WD-40 comes in several different formulations, one of which is White Lithium Grease Spray. There are specific situations where this lubricant is ideal.
4 Pole Saw Brands With Better Ratings Than Milwaukee [10 Nov 26, 12:45pm] Milwaukee is a yard favorite, but these 4 pole saw brands earn even higher ratings. Discover which tree-trimming tools top user satisfaction scores.
Juraj Ďuriš Paints “Dialóg” Beside Ústí nad Labem’s Main Station [8 Nov 26, 12:12pm] Juraj Ďuriš has painted Dialóg on the end wall of a railway building beside Ústí nad Labem’s main station. The large mural places a figurative work along one of the Czech city’s busiest approaches, where it can be seen from passing trains as well as…
Millo Paints “The Most Precious Treasure” Beside Alcantarilla’s Future Railway Station [7 Nov 26, 9:11pm] Millo has completed The Most Precious Treasure (El tesoro más valioso) in Alcantarilla, Murcia. In the mural, his characters open a chest and find clear water instead of gold or jewels. The work stands alongside murals by JDL and Rocket01, facing the…
Ratur Paints “Anchored” for Appartengo in Stigliano [7 Nov 26, 6:11pm] Ratur painted “Anchored,” an acrylic work on concrete, for the 2026 Appartengo public-art festival in Stigliano, Italy. The French artist, also known as Arthur Maslard, made it during the festival’s October programme of artist residencies and new wor…
Dyoma Paints “Shandarba,” a Ryazan Folk Dance Across a Folded Facade [28 Oct 26, 4:55pm] Dyoma has painted “Shandarba” across a residential building at 1A Kashirina Street in central Ryazan. Named for a traditional women’s dance from the Ryazan region, the mural turns the building’s projecting and recessed corners into part of its compos…
Just How Famous Is Yoshitomo Nara? [10 Nov 26, 8:00am] Plus, Lucien Smith’s cause of death, and a museum for sale on Facebook Marketplace.The post Just How Famous Is Yoshitomo Nara? appeared first on Artnet News.
Inside Landon Metz’s Studio, Where Painting Is a Sacred Ritual [9 Nov 26, 9:45pm] Timed to his exhibition with von Bartha in Basel, Metz delves into how he works and where he finds inspiration.The post Inside Landon Metz’s Studio, Where Painting Is a Sacred Ritual appeared first on Artnet News.
Can Kyoto Become an Art Hub? Politicians and Dealers Go All In [9 Nov 26, 6:45pm] An alternative-minded art fair has boosted the city's art scene. Will the momentum continue?The post Can Kyoto Become an Art Hub? Politicians and Dealers Go All In appeared first on Artnet News.
Caravaggios Galore! Scholars Trumpet 2 Finds in 2 Days [9 Nov 26, 6:07pm] Discovered separately, the works are believed to be early paintings by the Baroque master.The post Caravaggios Galore! Scholars Trumpet 2 Finds in 2 Days appeared first on Artnet News.
My Interop 2027 Picks [10 Nov 26, 12:55pm] What web platform features are we all wishing for perfect cross-browser interoperability next year?
TanStack AI’s Sandbox API [9 Nov 26, 12:56pm] Part 3 of this intro to TanStack AI covers the Sandbox API: spinning up a remote sandbox on Vercel or Railway, running Claude Code inside it with GitHub access, and having it clone your repo, add a feature, and open a pull request.
true or false in CSS [6 Nov 26, 1:38pm] CSS doesn’t have a boolean type, but it does have the true and false keywords. Register a custom property that only accepts them, flip it with :has(), and container style queries turn messy :checked selector combinations into readable conditions.
Data Access Testing With @testcontainers [4 Nov 26, 12:58pm] Testing data access code has always been awkward: unit tests want to be fast and isolated, and a real database is neither. With Docker and @testcontainers you can spin up a throwaway Postgres inside your Vitest suite, push your Drizzle schema into it…
Multi-Column Different-Speed Scrolling [3 Nov 26, 8:24pm] Scroll-Driven Animations can step in and make scrolling feel different even if you aren't actually interfering with the actual page scroll.
Overriding Heading Levels With the headingoffset HTML Attribute [2 Nov 26, 1:27pm] The new headingoffset HTML attribute lets you bump a heading’s level up by adding to it, which is handy when a component’s h1 needs to be an h2 somewhere else. Here’s how the math works, how to reset it, how to style the result with :heading(), and w…
Customer support is the gnarliest AI problem [10 Nov 26, 8:40am] Ryan chats with Ahmad Al-Dahle, CTO at Airbnb, about deploying multi-party AI agents to tackle the uniquely gnarly problem of customer support, how a moving target of rigorous evaluations helps engineers balance latency against accuracy, and the ways…
Welcome to life in the chip age [6 Nov 26, 8:40am] Ryan sits down with Rakesh Kumar, professor of computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about the astounding complexity of manufacturing modern semiconductors, the massive environmental and geopolitical footprint of AI dat…
Your .NET parallel loop can become serial in a one-CPU container [4 Nov 26, 4:34pm] CPU-based defaults can leave an I/O-heavy loop processing one record at a time. Raising the limit helps, but each downstream service still needs a concurrency budget it can handle.
Oh, your agents need OAuth2, too [3 Nov 26, 8:40am] Recorded at LDX3 by LeadDev, Ryan chats with Dan Moore, Senior Director of CIAM Strategy and Identity Standards at FusionAuth, about adapting established OAuth2 protocols for the agentic era, the security necessity of giving autonomous AI agents thei…
Saudi Arabia Confirms Strike on East-West Pipeline [10 Nov 26, 1:39am] Saudi Arabia's energy ministry has confirmed another strike on the East-West Pipeline, which carries crude from the production hubs of the Arabian Gul...
Here’s What the Stylish A-List Stars Wore To Support the 15th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala [9 Nov 26, 8:20pm] Here’s What the Stylish A-List Stars Wore To Support the 15th Annual LACMA Art+Film GalaThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) hosted its biggest annual event on Saturday, November 7, 2026. It was the 15th LACMA Art+Film Gala, an annual fundra…
These Gigantic Glowing Bird Nest Sculptures Respond to Human Voices With Birdsong [9 Nov 26, 6:30pm] These Gigantic Glowing Bird Nest Sculptures Respond to Human Voices With Birdsong View this post on Instagram A post shared by Сабир Ахмедов (@sabir_park) Birds share our everyday spaces, but we rarely take the time to really notice how they’ve a…
This 103-Year-Old World War II Veteran Is Considered the World’s Oldest Bartender [9 Nov 26, 3:45pm] This 103-Year-Old World War II Veteran Is Considered the World’s Oldest Bartender View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pull Up A Sandbag (@spearhead_militaria) While most people are putting their feet up in retirement, 103-year-old World…
Beyond code generation: A developer’s guide to agentic engineering [6 Nov 26, 10:15pm] Writing code got faster. The work around it didn't. See how you can plan, write code, review changes, and investigate production issues with GitHub Copilot, and what work still needs your judgment.The post Beyond code generation: A developer’s guide…
Inside GitHub’s new Git storage architecture [5 Nov 26, 8:23pm] GitHub's new Git storage architecture is built so thousands of agents can push to a single repository at once. Here's how it works.The post Inside GitHub’s new Git storage architecture appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Accessibility statements now have a home on GitHub [5 Nov 26, 4:00pm] GitHub now highlights ACCESSIBILITY.md files and helps maintainers document accessibility goals, known barriers, supported environments, contributor expectations, and reporting processes.The post Accessibility statements now have a home on GitHub ap…
Arnis turns any place on Earth into a Minecraft world [3 Nov 26, 4:00pm] Louis Erbkamm built the first prototype in his free time. Now GitHub Copilot helps him maintain it alone.The post Arnis turns any place on Earth into a Minecraft world appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Game Off 2026: The theme is SHIFT [1 Nov 26, 9:36pm] GitHub’s annual month-long game jam is back for its 14th year! This November, make a game inspired by the theme SHIFT. Change gears, swap perspectives, bend reality, or just press a certain key.The post Game Off 2026: The theme is SHIFT appeared fir…
Jon Miller On AI And The Future Of Marketing Automation via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell [10 Nov 26, 1:00pm] Jon Miller joins Heather Campbell to discuss how AI could reshape marketing automation, buying groups, and the decisions marketers face before renewing legacy platforms.The post Jon Miller On AI And The Future Of Marketing Automation appeared first…
$10 programmer saves BIOS-locked Lenovo ThinkPads from the dump [10 Nov 26, 12:20pm] Many cheap company ThinkPads come with supervisor passwords and often end up as e-waste. Ukrainian YouTuber Hileeq shows how easy it is to bypass the password with a $10 programmer.
What Consumer Goods Taught Me About Building Tech Products [9 Nov 26, 8:18pm] Most of what I rely on daily as a product leader in advertising technology, I first learned selling diapers. That probably sounds like a punchline, but the instincts CPG (consumer packaged goods) brand management builds—consumer empathy, hypothesis-d…
Anthropic introduces Claude Fable 5.2, Mythos 5.2 [9 Nov 26, 7:57pm] Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, introduced today by Anthropic, show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision, and generate outputs up to 30% faster than Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. Claude Fable 5.2 is available tod…
Codenotary Releases Open-Source AgentMon Live to Improve AI Coding Productivity [9 Nov 26, 7:45pm] Codenotary, leaders in assuring safe and secure use of AI, today released AgentMon Live, free, open-source software that helps developers using Claude Code. It checks whether AI coding agents have completed requested work, identifies problems requiri…
LaunchDarkly Introduces Automating Release Safeguards for AI-Written Code [6 Nov 26, 6:02pm] OAKLAND, Calif. — LaunchDarkly has introduced Release Autopilot, automation that lets engineering teams ship more AI-written code with less manual release work and has automated safeguards against production issues. This new functionality helps decid…
W3C and the State of the Web in the AI Era [21 Oct 26, 9:56am] This W3C paper from the Strategy Team is intended to foster discussion in the technical community at TPAC — the most important W3C community event of the year — about how the W3C technical agenda for the web needs to evolve based on the rise of AI ag…
First Public Working Draft: Animation Triggers [20 Oct 26, 5:55am] Defines CSS properties and an API for creating mechanisms that affect animation playback, based on DOM events resulting from user interaction, or on entry/exit of ranges on animation timelines.
Snap Gets Its RAND Trial Against Dolby and Access Advance. Five Issues to Watch [2 Nov 26, 10:14pm] You may have heard about a recent decision in Snap’s UK licensing dispute with Dolby and Access Advance. Here’s what you need to know. Background Dolby sued Snap for HEVC and AV1 patent infringement in Delaware and Rio de Janeiro on March 23, 2026, s…
Optimizing x265 with FFmpeg [22 Oct 26, 7:41pm] If you distribute 4K or HDR video, HEVC is a must-have, not a nice-to-have. That’s the format the TVs and devices that play 4K HDR expect, and H.264 isn’t a realistic alternative. But what if you’re distributing 1080p SDR video? In this case, H.264 p…
When Will AV2 and VVC Be Worth Deploying? [8 Oct 26, 6:48pm] Consider this beta version 0.9 of my algorithmic view of how codec markets are penetrated. There are lots of assumptions that I’ve tried to document in the readme tab of the Excel file you can download below. I assume there will be errors in both mat…
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 soci…
Repeat thieves without kleptomania struggle to adapt to rewards in decision-making test [10 Nov 26, 3:00pm] Theft is almost universally considered an exploitative behavior. The conventional view underlying judicial systems is that the act of taking resources from others without offering compensation stems from moral and personal failings. As a result, thes…
Team designs molecules that efficiently generate orange-to-red light for OLED displays [10 Nov 26, 3:00pm] Most of us spend much of our day staring at organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, which convert electricity into light to produce the colorful displays on smartphones, computer monitors and televisions. Although metal-free light-emitting materials…
A catalyst that protects itself while producing hydrogen [10 Nov 26, 2:40pm] Cobalt phosphide (CoP) is a promising alternative to platinum for producing hydrogen from water. However, scientists have struggled to explain why it performs so well. Computer models have suggested that CoP should become unstable under the condition…
Generative AI burns more energy on non-English text [9 Nov 26, 4:54pm] AI models can use up to 15 times more energy to process and generate text in widely spoken languages, often with lower-quality output.
AI can predict who’s at high risk for cavities [9 Nov 26, 4:34pm] Machine learning can identify groups who would most benefit from dental care, enabling targeted public health programs.
What are the risks of using kratom? [1 Nov 26, 5:28pm] An expert explains what kratom is, what the risks are of using it, and where regulation of the drug stands at the federal and state levels.
RFK Jr. Is Seeking To Spend Taxpayer Dollars On ‘Faith-Based’ Addiction Recovery Programs [10 Nov 26, 4:05am] The injection and prioritization of religion into government institutions, specifically Christianity, is a very real thing. This sort of Christo-fascism shows up in a variety of ways. Attempts to inject Judeo-Christian icons and messages into public…
France Briefly Voted To Tax Data By The Gigabyte. It Lasted Five Days. [9 Nov 26, 11:23pm] There are times I wonder if the leaders of France and Australia have a secret bet to see which one of them can come up with worse internet policy than the other. Apparently it’s France’s turn. As a few sources have been reporting, French lawmakers sl…
arts at CERN translate the mechanics of the universe into creative installations [10 Nov 26, 11:50am] art and physics meet through works that translate invisible particles, experimental data, and abstract dimensions into sensory experiences.The post arts at CERN translate the mechanics of the universe into creative installations appeared first on de…
what does it take to enter design history? ADI answers with compasso d’oro [10 Nov 26, 11:25am] from digital feeds straight into permanent design history, adi opens submissions for the compasso d’oro 2027 at expo belgrade. the global call invites spatial, industrial, and interactive projects addressing human play to inhabit a world-stage pavili…
designboom listens: objects of common interest embraces the beauty of unexpected contrasts [10 Nov 26, 11:00am] from new order and talking heads to aphex twin and david bowie, the athens- and new york-based design studio shares the songs that shape its creative mood, evoke memories, and offer unexpected parallels with the way it approaches design.The post des…
GTA VI takes over miami with six real-life cars built by west coast customs [10 Nov 26, 10:55am] from a pink-and-purple sports coupe to a police-liveried supercar, the fully drivable lineup turns fictional automotive excess into something with actual horsepower.The post GTA VI takes over miami with six real-life cars built by west coast customs…
built99 guide celebrates and archives architectural intelligence of 99 indian practices [10 Nov 26, 10:25am] the built99 guide documents, celebrates, and preserves architectural intelligence from india, revealing how these practices -- and architects -- are progressing the future of our built environment.The post built99 guide celebrates and archives archi…
