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AI
Google Introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS with Custom Voice Design
Google DeepMind's new text-to-speech models design voices from natural-language prompts, direct delivery line by line and replicate a voice from a 30-second sample.
23 September 2026Source: Google DeepMind blog1 min read
GitHub & open source
GitHub Copilot App Gains Local Sandboxing in Public Preview
The GitHub Copilot app can now run local sessions in a sandbox that limits filesystem, network and credential access per project. Off by default, in public preview.
23 September 2026Source: GitHub changelog1 min read
Technology
Chrome 154 Reaches the Stable Channel with 108 Security Fixes
Google has promoted Chrome 154 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. The release lists 108 security fixes, eleven of them rated Critical.
23 September 2026Source: Google Chrome Releases blog1 min read
Developer
Next.js 16.3.6 Fixes a Critical Remote Code Execution Flaw in next/og ImageResponse
Next.js 16.3.6 patches a critical flaw in the Node.js ImageResponse implementation from next/og that can lead to remote code execution in versions 16.2.0 to 16.3.5.
23 September 2026Source: Next.js GitHub releases1 min read
GitHub & open source
Claude Opus 5.5 Arrives in GitHub Copilot for Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise Plans
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 joins GitHub Copilot's model picker on paid plans, billed at provider list pricing with a gradual rollout. Outputs carry a watermark.
23 September 2026Source: GitHub changelog1 min read
Internet
Cloudflare Launches Worker Previews: an Isolated Environment for Every Git Branch
Worker Previews give each Git branch its own copy of a Cloudflare Worker with separate configuration, URL, state and logs, created with a single wrangler command.
23 September 2026Source: Cloudflare blog1 min read
Developer
Node.js 26.10.0 Adds util.throttle, util.debounce and PKCS#12 Parsing
Node.js 26.10.0, in the Current line, adds throttle and debounce utilities, crypto.parsePKCS12(), fs.openAsBlobSync and new histogram tools for performance work.
23 September 2026Source: Node.js blog1 min read
AI
Hugging Face Transformers Adds Efficient Support for llama.cpp GGUF Models
Transformers can now load quantized GGUF checkpoints from the Hub and run them with llama.cpp's ggml kernels, starting with Qwen3.5 models on Apple Silicon.
23 September 2026Source: Hugging Face blog2 min read
Internet
Cloudflare Makes Python Workers Generally Available with FastAPI, Django and Flask Support
Python is now a fully supported language on Cloudflare Workers, with native platform bindings and built-in ASGI and WSGI connectors for FastAPI, Django and Flask.
23 September 2026Source: Cloudflare blog1 min read
Cybersecurity
Rust Team Warns Miri Cached Environment Variables Can Leak CI Secrets Through GitHub Actions
Miri saved every environment variable under target/, so GitHub Actions caches of that folder could expose CI secrets to pull requests. Nightly 2026-09-22 fixes it.
23 September 2026Source: Rust blog2 min read
Developing
Science
ESA's Juice Spacecraft to Fly Past Earth on 28 September for Its Third Gravity Assist
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer will pass within 8,640 km of Earth on 28 September 2026, gaining about 3.5 km/s and a 20-degree deflection on its route to Jupiter.
23 September 2026Source: European Space Agency2 min read
Developer
React 19.3 Makes View Transitions and Fragment Refs Stable
React 19.3 is on npm: View Transitions and Fragment Refs are now stable, React DOM adds browser() and Trusted Types, and Context renders in Server Components.
23 September 2026Source: React blog1 min read

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Google Introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS with Custom Voice Design

GitHub Copilot App Gains Local Sandboxing in Public Preview

Chrome 154 Reaches the Stable Channel with 108 Security Fixes

Next.js 16.3.6 Fixes a Critical Remote Code Execution Flaw in next/og ImageResponse

Claude Opus 5.5 Arrives in GitHub Copilot for Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise Plans

Cloudflare Launches Worker Previews: an Isolated Environment for Every Git Branch

Node.js 26.10.0 Adds util.throttle, util.debounce and PKCS#12 Parsing

Hugging Face Transformers Adds Efficient Support for llama.cpp GGUF Models

Cloudflare Makes Python Workers Generally Available with FastAPI, Django and Flask Support

Rust Team Warns Miri Cached Environment Variables Can Leak CI Secrets Through GitHub Actions

ESA's Juice Spacecraft to Fly Past Earth on 28 September for Its Third Gravity Assist

React 19.3 Makes View Transitions and Fragment Refs Stable

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