GoKawiil engineers investigated a support ticket about S'gaw Karen text rendering as dotted circles in Firefox, and traced the issue to missing font coverage for rare scripts. The fix now has the CMS automatically fall back to Google's Noto fonts whenever a visitor's operating system can't render a given script, loading those fonts only when a page actually requires them. The change ends up covering 43 scripts, including Georgian, Khmer, Amharic, Burmese and Tifinagh, though it addresses rendering within the CMS itself rather than customer-built frontends.
Apple has released the initial release candidates for macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, skipping the usual preceding beta builds as it typically does for point updates to older macOS versions. Apple's notes describe the updates only as containing important security fixes recommended for all users, without further detail. The builds are identified as 24H219 for Sequoia and 25G320 for Tahoe.
Ars Technica's subscription-only ArsPro tier continues to offer formatted PDF versions of articles and full-text RSS feeds, options that date back to the site's 1998 launch. The company notes these features let subscribers read content offline or in RSS readers rather than only through a web browser.
PhotoCraft is a new open-source image editor built entirely in Rust as a clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop's core functionality. It supports layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, type, vector tools, brushes and native PSD file compatibility, running offline as a native desktop application. The project is part of ArtCraft, a broader suite of creative tools and community for artists.
Wells Fargo removed 500 megawatts of expected capacity resales from its 2027 estimates for Meta, roughly $5 billion in revenue, saying the company will likely need that computing power for its Muse AI agent instead. The firm raised its price target on Meta to $1,000 from $796, implying about 35% upside from Monday's close.
Samsung has enabled Quick Share compatibility with Apple's AirDrop on the Galaxy S25 FE, according to tipster Tarun Vats. The feature arrived through the stable One UI 9.0 update, letting S25 FE owners send files directly to and from iPhones.
Google unveiled EmbeddingGemma 2, a 740-million-parameter multimodal AI model built on the Gemma 4 architecture and released under an Apache 2.0 license, designed to run locally on devices like Pixel phones using minimal RAM. The company also launched Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac app that uses the model to transcribe meetings, expand shorthand notes into polished text, and answer questions by searching local files, calendars, and Google Drive content—all processed on-device.
Finland's Supervisory Agency (LVV) ordered a suspension of preparatory construction at Google-linked data centre sites in Muhos and Kajaani after finding work proceeded without a required environmental impact assessment. The agency said activities included clearing trees and topsoil, building roads and storage areas, and altering ditches, and has given Tuike Finland until 14 October to explain its next steps, with the suspension due by 23 October. Google acknowledged it had fallen short of its own standards and said it would follow the agency's guidance.
New research from IANS, discussed by senior director Nick Kakolowski, finds that most CISOs are using AI to automate routine security tasks rather than reduce staff. Instead, security leaders are reskilling junior employees and freeing senior professionals to focus on more complex problems, while also leveraging AI momentum to justify budget requests.
A new survey finds U.S. households expect to spend an average of $285 on Halloween this year, covering costumes, decorations and candy. About one in five shoppers say they intend to use buy-now-pay-later services to help pay for the holiday.
JioHotstar, Reliance Industries' streaming platform with over 500 million monthly users, is expanding into the Middle East and North Africa through a partnership with regional streamer Starzplay. Indian content including films, shows and originals will appear in a dedicated section within Starzplay's app, with bundled plans priced between roughly $9.50 and $13.60 per month depending on sports access.
Google introduced Nano Banana 2.1, a new image generation model succeeding its prior versions. The company says the model improves on visual design, mask-based editing, subject consistency, and produces more natural-looking images, and has made it available for testing.
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