Pope diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery, Vatican says
Pope Leo had a “peaceful night” in the hospital after the surgery to remove a lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican says.
Bank of America hit with $1.2bn fine for money laundering failings
The bank inadequately flagged transactions linked to potential Chinese money laundering networks, the Treasury said.
Saudi employee charged with planting recording device in OpenAI office
Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.
Trump ousts Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece after corruption allegations
Guilfoyle said the allegations of improper conduct were false and that being ambassador was the “honour of a lifetime”.
Cornell bans all fraternity parties over gang sex assault allegations
The school has faced an uproar over how it handled assault allegations brought by a woman known as Jane Doe.
OpenStation Blog: I Deleted 168,000 Lines of Comments. My AI Agent Didn’t Notice
Almost a third of our source code was comments. I deleted all of them and asked an AI agent to build the same features on both versions of the codebase, three times each. The code it wrote was just as good with or without comments. If you use agents on a real codebase and wonder […]
Matt: Neal Stephenson Live!
Speaking of sci-fi authors, Automattic is hosting Neal Stephenson for a livestream about his new book soon, please tune in! Neal was a big influence on WordPress! I got hip to him from Tantek. In the source code of billions of pages you’ll see this: <link rel=”profile” href=”https://gmpg.org/xfn/11″> GMPG is the Global Media Protocols Group, […]
Open Channels FM: Balancing AI Efficiency Costs and Value in Markdown Data and Open Source Security
In today’s news, markdown streamlines AI input, AI-generated security reports increase workloads, and autonomous agent costs affect project efficiency
Course Platform Fees Compared: 14 Platforms to Sell a Course (+ Free Calculator)
We compared fees on Teachable, Kajabi, Stan, Udemy, WordPress LMS plugins, and more. Plug your own numbers into our free calculator to see the real cost! The post Course Platform Fees Compared: 14 Platforms to Sell a Course (+ Free Calculator) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
Open Channels FM: Open Channels FM Heading to the Web Summit 2026 in Lisboa
Next month in November, I’ll (Bob) be attending the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. I have been to conferences in the past that have had attendance up to 15,000, but never one that has over 70,000 attendees. That’s a lot of people. A few months ago I applied for media creditation, unsure of their parameters […]