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Android 17 adoption hits a staggering 1% – why you really should update now

Only a quarter of Android phones have even made it to Android 16.

Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft

A tampered Claude Code extension was live on the Cursor marketplace for about 11 hours, affecting up to 5,000 users. It tried to steal user data and set up remote access. Cursor took the entire marketplace offline and reinstated it after confirming there was no further risk. The article Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft appeared first on The Decoder .

Satlyt takes another step toward turning satellites into space data centers

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.

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Meet TokenEconomizer: Microsoft’s Plugin That Cuts Coding Agent Costs by Up to 30.9%

A team of researchers from Microsoft Research and UC Berkeley have released TokenEconomizer , an open-source cost controller for coding agents. TokenEconomizer is a plugin that learns from past sessions in a repository to cut waste in later ones. It works with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI and Pi. It does not touch model weights or agent code. On 277 SWE-Bench tasks, it lowered mean cost by 18.4% to 30.9%…

Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text

Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.

OpenAI sets new behavioral guidelines for AI models that have already proven hard to control

OpenAI has updated its Model Spec, restructuring its AI behavior guidelines around five core values, including faithfulness to human intent and correctability. GPT models should now draw on conversation history to figure out what users actually want and disclose their own assumptions. Whether the models follow these rules is another matter. The article OpenAI sets new behavioral guidelines for AI models that have…

OpenAI caves to backlash and reverses course on reducing ChatGPT usage limits

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI has announced it is doubling usage limits for ChatGPT Pro $100, $200, and $500 plans and Business Premium. This announcement comes after the company received backlash from a previous plan to reduce usage limits for Pro 200 subscribers. The company also says it will continue offering extended limits for dots. Your voice matters; don’t let anyone convince you…

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

In an announcement released Thursday, Fujifilm said it will invest roughly 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its production capacity fivefold for an unlikely beneficiary of the AI era: magnetic tape. Fujifilm attributes the surge in archiving demand to the spread of generative AI, which the company remarked is producing "exponential growth" in data needs worldwide. The 5x increase in production capacity…

Starbucks wants to use AI to show you a ‘personalized digital menu’ at the drive-thru

Starbucks could eventually show you a personalized digital menu when you pull up to the drive-thru. During an earnings call on Thursday , Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the company is going to explore "experiences that recognize participating customers as they arrive, present personalized digital menus, and make payment more effortless," as spotted earlier by More Perfect Union . It sounds similar to the technology…

AI Security Agents Compared: Claude, Codex, Mantis, Cloudflare

Anthropic, OpenAI, Cloudflare and Google now each ship an AI agent that hunts security bugs in source code. We checked the repos, docs and technical details behind each one. The key finding: all 4 tools converge on one design. One agent finds a bug, a separate agent tries to disprove it, and only survivors get a patch. The differences are in where they run, who can use them and how much proof they demand. Key…

Samsung adds better sleep tracking to Galaxy Watches – here’s what to expect

The FDA-approved sleep apnea tracking feature will first come to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Watch 9, and Ring.

Chrome’s working on two text-search upgrades that you’ll actually use

TL;DR Google is testing two new improvements to Chrome’s Find in Page tool. A new Match case button will let users search for words and phrases with specific capitalization. New navigation buttons will let users skip matches already visible on their screen and jump directly to results further up or down a webpage. Google Chrome offers a trove of advanced tools , including the likes of Gemini integration, Safe…

I’m finally ready for a smart calendar – why the Echo Show 16 stands out

I’m finally ready to upgrade to a smart calendar – and Amazon’s newest Echo device looks like an organizational solution for my family and I.

Rivian’s autonomy gamble faces its first real test

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe (left) watches Rivian R2s being built after an event at the Rivian assembly plant on May 19th, 2026, in Normal, Illinois. | Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images During an hourlong earnings call last night , Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spent less time talking about the production ramp of the all-important R2 SUV than he did hyping the company's still-unproven autonomous vehicle ambitions…

Google's AI Mode doesn't drive traffic "for anybody," Reddit CEO Huffman warns the entire web

Reddit lost over one million Google search referrals per week in October, CEO Steve Huffman said. The stock dropped more than 25 percent despite strong earnings. Huffman blames Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode for driving zero traffic to external sites. Reddit now tests login barriers and wants to become a direct destination, less reliant on the open web. The shift threatens every content-driven business that…

Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

The first TPU in space is a running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Your Netgear router may be vulnerable to a security exploit – how to check and patch it

A vulnerability in some Netgear routers could allow an attacker with access to your network to run malicious commands on the device.

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

The US has charged five individuals as part of the first broad federal crackdown on “ghost students”—fraudsters who steal the identities of hundreds of Americans to pose as fake college students and steal student loans. In a press release Thursday, the Department of Justice said it had uncovered a large-scale scheme relying partly on AI. The DOJ seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency from “a network associated…

OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has data centers full of memory, but seemingly it's the 32GB of RAM in your desktop that's the problem. In an interview over beers with the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, Altman said that local inference, and, by extension, people having DRAM in computers at home, is "quite terrible." Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers (Image credit: Microsoft) The data center cooling state of play…

Google’s latest Home updates just fixed my biggest annoyances with its speakers and cameras

Google details 42 fixes to its Home app and the devices compatible with it.

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

Save $350 on the Pixel 11 Pro XL gets in record-low deal

The Google Pixel 11 Pro XL just dropped to a record-low $949 on Amazon, down from its $1,299 recommended retail price. That’s a $350 discount, or 27% off RRP, and it’s a strong time to grab Google’s top big-screen phone for a lot less. See the deal at Amazon This is the flagship Pixel for people who want the full package. The Pixel 11 Pro XL has a 6.8-inch high-resolution OLED display, Google’s new Tensor G6 chip…

John Ternus defines his focus as Apple CEO with one word

Apple has launched a wave of major new products since John Ternus took over as CEO, and a new interview with Ternus reveals how this aligns very much with his primary focus. more…