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US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B
The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement...
Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company
These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and...
‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again
The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from...
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the...
Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing
The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park...
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is coming to current-gen Xbox consoles this year
Xbox is getting ready to launch its Gaming Copilot AI assistant on "current-generation consoles" this year, according to a report from GamesRadar. Sonali Yadav, Xbox's product manager for gaming AI, revealed the news during a panel at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), adding that the company...
WordPress & CMS
WordPress news, updates, plugins, security and best practices for professional sites.
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to test Beta 5 on a test server and...
WordPress 6.9.4 Release
WordPress 6.9.4 is now available WordPress 6.9.2 and WordPress 6.9.3 were released yesterday, addressing 10 security issues and a bug that affected template file loading on a limited number of sites. The WordPress Security Team has discovered that not all of the security fixes were fully applied,...
#208 – Behind the Scenes at the CloudFest Hackathon
In this WP Tavern episode, Nathan Wrigley explores the CloudFest Hackathon, an event bringing together open source enthusiasts to collaborate on innovative projects in just three days. Carole Olinger, the Hackathon lead, details the organising process and project selection, talking about cross-CMS...
Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress
For nearly two decades, WordPress has been known for a simple, powerful idea: that anyone should be able to get online and start creating with minimal friction. The famous five-minute install captured that spirit for an earlier era of the web. Today, we’re introducing my.WordPress.net, a new take...
WordPress 6.9.3 and 7.0 beta 4
WordPress 6.9.2 was released earlier today and addressed 10 security issues. A few users have subsequently reported an issue where the front end of their site was appearing blank after updating to 6.9.2. The issue has been narrowed down to some themes using an unusual approach to loading template...
WordPress 6.9.2 Release
WordPress 6.9.2 is now available This is a security release that features several fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 6.9.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then...
Web Development
Frontend, backend, frameworks and tools for full-stack developers.
The Magic of this, call(), apply(), and bind()
Hello readers 👋, welcome back to 10th blog in this JavaScript series. Imagine you're at a party, and someone shouts, "Hey, come here!" Who will respond? It depends on who is calling and who they're looking at. In JavaScript, the this keyword works exactly like that. It's a special word that refers...
WP-CLI Auditor: Triage Wordfence RSS Advisories Against Installed Plugins
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; @theme/TabItem'; I built a WordPress plugin that adds wp wordfence-audit plugins and flags installed plugins that match vulnerability signals from the current Wordfence blog RSS feed. The goal is quick triage from existing RSS workflows, not replacing full...
Stop Brainstorming Startup Ideas. Mine Them From Developer Communities
ideasaas.xyz I Built a Tool That Finds SaaS Ideas From Real Developer communities Every day developers post about problems online. They complain about broken tools. And hidden inside those posts are startup opportunities. The problem is that these signals are scattered across dozens of communities....
Understanding Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
Hello readers 👋, welcome back to 9th blog in this JavaScript series. Imagine you are a car manufacturer. You don't build each car from scratch, right? You have a blueprint (or design) that defines what a car should have: wheels, engine, doors, color options, etc. Then you use that blueprint to...
GitHub Spark - A First Look at GitHub’s New Developer Tool
GitHub Spark is an intuitive way to bring your ideas to life. Note: GitHub Spark is available to users on GitHub Copilot Pro+ and Enterprise plans. GitHub Spark is an AI-powered tool that helps you "spark" ideas into functional "sparks" (micro-apps) quickly. You don't need to write every line of...
I Got Selected as an AWS Community Builder – Containers on My First Try. Here's My Honest Story.
I had been selected for the AWS Community Builder program Containers category. First-time applicant. No conference speaking history. No massive LinkedIn following. Just consistent writing and 9+ years of real production experience with AWS and Kubernetes. This is my honest writeup of how it...
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