Roku is giving users access to experimental apps with Roku Labs

Roku will let users play with experimental apps for its home entertainment platform through a new program called Roku Labs. The program is launching with four in-development apps, and unlike other beta programs like Xbox…

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AI model watermarking changes agent behavior

According to Lasso Security, AI model watermarking changes how AI agents handle tools and safety refusals. The altered behavior isn't necessarily worse but can be, particularly under adversarial prompt injection. With…

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How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund

Like many other venture investors, BCV says it will use the fresh funds to back startups primarily focused on AI. The firm believes artificial general intelligence (AGI), which it defines as agents performing many tasks…

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Firms pledge increased financial support for public package registries

In a pledge signed by organizations including GitHub, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Sonatype, it said that package registries are facing growing operational and financial pressures, including rising infrastructure costs…

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Building a stunning website just got 50% cheaper

Squarespace is ranked as one of our best website builders , thanks largely to its excellent design features, business tools, and ease of use. I’ve spent a lot of time using and researching Squarespace over the past 3…

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Sanders and Bannon call for an AI slowdown at the Pro-Human Assembly

Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Trump ally Steve Bannon both called for stronger AI oversight at the event, Reuters reported. The nonprofit Future of Life Institute hosted it. Several hundred people attended…

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Cisco drops another exploited zero-day, this time a perfect 10

Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-76460 on Wednesday , describing it as an authentication bypass affecting Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). Successful exploitation can give an…

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Android's hidden privacy tools caught things I never would have noticed on my own

Otherwise, it was easy to assume Android was handling most of it in the background. However, that changed when I started paying attention to the small privacy problems that can come up in everyday use. A strange Wi-Fi…

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Meta launches Meta One subscriptions worldwide, from $2.99 to $499 a month

It offers higher AI usage, extra expression features and professional tools for creators and businesses. Meta says it has launched more than 50 features and counted 15 million subscriptions and trials to date.…

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I stopped seeing Instagram recommendations by hiding the home screen with one automation

On the one hand, AI "slop" is making it hard to tell what's real and what's not. On the other hand, companies like Meta are being fined billions of dollars for creating deliberately addictive spaces. This addictive…

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