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Friday 30 October 2026

WordPress 7.1.4 security fixes, Gemini 4 Carbon and Chrome 157

• WordPress 7.1.4 fixes 12 security flaws, including a code bug
• Google's Gemini 4 Carbon tops a new AI ranking, but access is limited
• GitHub Copilot Fusion picks the right AI model for each coding step
• Google takes ads in AI Mode outside the US for the first time
• Chrome 157 starts rolling out with HTML-in-canvas and new HTML methods
• Shopify Sidekick now tests store changes on AI shoppers first

and 3 more stories

Thursday 29 October 2026

Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro, Google’s Genie 4 and 404 advice

• Apple's new MacBook Pro is the first Mac with a touchscreen
• Google DeepMind's Genie 4 builds playable worlds, now with sound
• Google's Gary Illyes says 404 errors won't hurt your rankings
• Shopify apps must switch to expiring tokens by 1 January 2027
• WooCommerce 11.3 beta shows the discount percentage on sale badges
• Discord will put public server chats in search results

and 5 more stories

Wednesday 28 October 2026

Apple’s M6 MacBook Pro and iMac, GPT-6.1 Terra and Firefox 159

• Apple launches the M6 MacBook Pro and a new M6 iMac
• OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra costs half as much and runs three times faster
• Apple adds an AI assistant and MCP support to Pages, Keynote and Numbers
• OpenAI says its AI proved a famous computer science belief false
• Firefox 159 turns on scroll-driven animations for everyone
• Opera proposes WebAI to run AI models inside the browser

and 5 more stories

Tuesday 27 October 2026

Anthropic files for IPO, an OLED iPad mini and PHP2Shell attacks

• Anthropic files for an IPO on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT
• Apple's new iPad mini gets an OLED screen and a US$699 price
• Google AI Overviews now appear on over 80% of searches
• PHP2Shell attacks now take over real servers, so update PHP today
• Google Ads explains AI review summaries, and Australia is included
• Google Discover tests switching off clicks to AI summary sources

and 4 more stories

Monday 26 October 2026

Touchscreen MacBook Pro on Wednesday, a Google wobble and IPv6

• Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro reportedly lands this Wednesday
• Google rankings swung again on Saturday, with no confirmed update
• Half of Google's users now reach it over IPv6
• Block's Dessa voice model laughs, pauses and runs on a MacBook
• Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks fourth, but faces paid promotion claims
• Instagram arrives on Apple TV with Reels and live shows

and 2 more stories

Sunday 25 October 2026

iPhone Duo’s Safari 27.1, OpenAI goes offline and more

• Safari 27.1 adds fold-aware web APIs for the iPhone Duo
• OpenAI will train its top models with no live internet
• Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro is a big open-weight model
• Google may use your Gmail and Photos data for ads, if you opt in
• Google Business Profiles tests a much bigger performance report
• Shopify Rollouts can now schedule price and catalog changes

and 4 more stories

Saturday 24 October 2026

Arc shuts down, Google’s Universal Cart goes live and more

• Arc browser shuts down on 22 December, and users move to Dia
• Google's Universal Cart is now live in US Search and Gemini
• Google tests AI-written summaries in AI Overview source cards
• Google Business Home puts your Profile, Ads and YouTube in one place
• Claude wrote crash-free proofs for 123 open-source libraries
• Anthropic and OpenAI give Agent Skills and Open Responses to the Linux Foundation

and 5 more stories

Friday 23 October 2026

PHP2Shell attacks came early, Chrome’s HTTP prompt and more

• PHP2Shell attacks began four days before PHP's patches
• Chrome now asks before every insecure HTTP connection
• Cloudflare's WAF now checks your server's replies, even on Free
• eMudhra quits the SSL certificate business after its key leak
• WooCommerce 11.3 moves its AI connection to the WordPress MCP Adapter
• Cloudflare switches on WebMCP for nearly 100,000 Commerce.com stores

and 6 more stories

Thursday 22 October 2026

PHP2Shell fixes, WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 and ChatGPT locked chats

• PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two critical PHP2Shell flaws
• Google's John Mueller: use a 503 if PHP2Shell takes your site offline
• WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is out, and suggestion mode slips to 7.3
• Google rankings swing again on 20 and 21 October
• Google lists its AI control in the "what you share" Search doc
• GitHub package firewall checks npm installs for malware

and 5 more stories

Wednesday 21 October 2026

UpdraftPlus key attacks, a Google Cloud outage and WordPress 7.2

• Stolen UpdraftPlus keys used to plant backdoors on WordPress sites
• Google Cloud's London zone goes down after a "power event"
• WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is due, with a Secrets API and text shadows
• Cloudflare's tsrs checks TypeScript up to 8 times faster
• ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity still can't read JavaScript pages
• John Mueller: pick one form for square brackets in URLs

and 4 more stories