Category: Technology News

Tone in writing significantly influences communication, especially in async messages, where emojis, punctuation, and warmth affect how messages are received and interpreted. The post Open Channels FM: Emojis, Exclamation Marks, and Reading the Room in Text appeared first on MCNM Digital Media Marketing.

My May and June in WordPress focused on helping get 6.8.2 set up for success and gardening old trac tickets. This was my first time putting together the squad for a minor release that I wasn’t going to be a member of. I coordinated with a few active committers, team reps, and the 6.8.0 release…

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Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance. The post Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology to promote privacy in age assurance appeared first on MCNM Digital Media Marketing.

In async work, short messages often lead to confusion. Being clear and detailed helps everyone understand without endless back-and-forth. Good communication is about being useful, not just quick. The post Open Channels FM: Clarity Beats Brevity in Async Work appeared first on MCNM Digital Media Marketing.

WordPress plugins require a number of headers to be included in the plugin file for them to render correctly in the dashboard. If releasing a plugin on WordPress.org then a number of additional headers are required in the readme file. The problem I have is that I can never remember which header goes where. Each…

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bbPress 2.6.14 is a minor release that fixes 20 issues. For everyone running bbPress 2.6, feel free to update at your earliest convenience. This release improves Akismet, BuddyPress, and PHP 8.2 support, moderation terms, search, and more! (All of these fixes have already been merged into trunk/2.7.) Thank you to everyone who contributed to this…

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Here are Google’s latest AI updates from June 2025 The post The latest AI news we announced in June appeared first on MCNM Digital Media Marketing.

Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, learning from mistakes in website development agencies. If you’d like to subscribe to…

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From a Refugee Camp to a Worldwide Community I was born and raised in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza — one of the most crowded places on earth. A place where electricity cuts were normal, water came in buckets, and even simple internet access was a daily battle. But it’s also the place where I…

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Google Play’s Indie Games Fund in Latin America is returning for its fourth year. We’re committing $2 million for another 10 indie game studios, bringing our total inves… The post Apply for Google Play’s Indie Games Fund in Latin America appeared first on MCNM Digital Media Marketing.