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The Future of CSS ✨ • Josh W. Comeau

Every year, browser vendors collaborate via the Interop project to synchronize their efforts on new HTML/CSS/JS features. This year, there’s a ton of super exciting features being considered! In this blog post, we’ll explore the CSS of the future, to get a...

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PHP: News Archive - 2026

PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

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thebroken Episode 1

First episode of 'thebroken'! They go over wardriving, wireless cracking, social engineering, and peer-to-peer transfer.Includes Kevin Rose, Dan Huard AKA 'd...

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Open Source Transition

On September 30, 2026, EDG's C++ front end went open source, with The C++ Alliance as its nonprofit home. What changes for EDG users, how to contribute, and where to follow the work.

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Do minor curl vulnerabilities in the open

The curl project has decided to alter its vulnerability disclosure program procedure and starting October 26 2026, we insist that all vulnerability reports submitted to us that are deemed to be severity LOW or MEDIUM should instead be submitted as issues in...

Topics: Security

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How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed

On Friday Oct 2, 09:35am, 333 infected exit nodes started a coordinated campaign to intercept SSH connections and gather as much unencrypted data as possible.

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Declarative WASM GC Types

WASM modules are meant to be parsed and validated very linearly: they list complex types up front, and then refer to them by index inside functions and other key places in the module. Throw in nested structured types with the WASM GC extension, and managing...

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5.0: A closer look

October is here, and it's almost time for Mastodon's 5.0 release! We announced our plans for big changes back in August. In this companion article, we're hoping to shed light on some of the decisions behind this major UI overhaul.