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Microsoft is overhauling its Windows Insider Program, which provides early access to new Windows 11 features. The company is introducing significant changes, starting with giving testers the ability to select specific new features they want to try out, offering more control over their preview experience.
A new Linux Foundation report finds that security readiness is the biggest obstacle to AI adoption. A widening gap exists between the rush to deploy AI and the ability to secure it. The report notes 67% of teams face pressure to accelerate deployment despite security risks.
Cybersecurity researchers have identified four malicious packages on the npm registry: `chalk-tempalte`, `@deadcode09284814/axios-util`, `axois-utils`, and `color-style-utils`. These packages were designed to steal information from developer systems and have been downloaded thousands of times.
A newly analyzed computer virus from over 20 years ago, named fast16.sys, reveals an early Stuxnet-style attack. The malware was designed to selectively target high-precision calculation software, subtly altering results in memory. This highlights a long-standing threat of data manipulation in critical systems.
Actor Matt Ryan, who voices Edward Kenway, has confirmed he filmed new scenes for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake. The new content is intended to add more emotional weight and depth to the main character's personal conflicts and overall journey in the popular game.
Insta360 released a free feature turning its 360 cameras into 3D scanners. The 'Spatial Capture' tool uses 3D Gaussian Splatting to create detailed, navigable models of real spaces from simple video footage, with four free renders per month.
Google Cloud has launched "CPU startup boost" for its Kubernetes Engine (GKE). The feature temporarily provides extra CPU power to applications as they start, speeding up launch times without forcing you to pay for underutilized resources long-term.
An engineer from Just Eat Takeaway shared a practical framework for managing asynchronous APIs at scale, using tools like AsyncAPI and CloudEvents to enforce governance and make complex event-driven systems more manageable.
A new study from top US economists finds AI tools can increase software engineer productivity by nearly 33%. The research provides concrete data on the ROI of AI coding assistants for development teams.
AMD has released its most powerful and expensive server CPU ever, the EPYC 9996. It packs 256 cores, consumes 600W of power, and supports next-generation technologies like PCIe 6.0, targeting high-performance computing and AI workloads.
Bit Cloud 2.0 introduces an AI builder that generates applications from prompts. It aims to solve the major challenge of turning AI-generated code into maintainable, production-ready software that development teams can actually use and scale.
A new startup, MyMonthlyCar, is helping car dealerships turn their unsold used cars into a rental business. The platform offers flexible, month-to-month rentals, creating a new revenue stream from otherwise idle assets.
Google Cloud has launched a new, lower-cost storage tier for its Managed Lustre service. This makes high-performance file systems more affordable for AI and HPC workloads by reducing the need to manually manage different storage types.
Startup Photon raised $4.5 million for its developer platform. It helps build AI agents that work over text and email, betting users prefer simple messaging over downloading another dedicated app for every service.
Qualcomm released a Linux preview for its new Snapdragon X2 chips. This proactive move aims to solve long-standing driver and compatibility issues, making high-performance ARM laptops a more viable option for developers from day one.
Cloudflare launched Workers KV Instant, a new mode for its edge data store. It pushes data changes globally in seconds, eliminating the propagation delays that previously forced developers to wait for updates to become available worldwide.
Cloudflare has made its AI Search tool generally available. It offers a fully managed pipeline for developers to build sophisticated, multimodal search features without needing to manage complex vector database infrastructure.
Spain's LaLiga has asked the EU to add major VPNs, including NordVPN and ExpressVPN, to its piracy watch list. The move threatens to label essential corporate security and privacy tools as instruments of illegal streaming, setting a dangerous precedent.
Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg is launching an AI-focused film studio, saying AI's output has rapidly improved from 'slop' to movie-ready quality. This signals a major commercial bet on generative AI for high-end creative production.
A routine update silently broke a CDN's health checks, causing an outage even though all monitoring dashboards looked normal. This incident reveals why true system resilience goes far beyond traditional high availability and requires deeper testing.
Microsoft Azure has launched Container Apps Express, a new serverless option for running containers with almost no setup. It offers sub-second startups and scales to zero, but currently lacks features like custom domains and high availability for production use.
A new C++ tool called Yantra simplifies creating custom languages and compilers. It builds a complete code structure map first, giving developers more context and control than traditional tools that process code piece by piece from the bottom up.
Vercel has integrated Browserbase's Search and Fetch tools into its AI Gateway. This allows developers to easily give any supported large language model real-time access to browse and retrieve information directly from the live internet.
Tech leaders are moving past deploying individual AI agents for specific tasks. They now see AI as a driver for continuous, company-wide reinvention, forcing a fundamental rethink of how businesses operate and create value.