Microsoft says Windows 11’s built-in security is strong enough for most users, though power users and enterprises may still want third-party protection.

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An Apple account notification has been exploited in a new email phishing attack that comes with a fake iPhone purchase claim.

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Hackers are abusing Microsoft Teams chats to impersonate IT support, gain remote access, move laterally, and steal company data, Microsoft warns.

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We’re introducing Live Chats on Threads, which lets you participate in public group chats during the biggest cultural events. It’s a new way to build community with others around shared interests like an album drop or a big game as it unfolds. Live Chats are an extension of what’s already happening on Threads — and a new way for creators and fans to connect over what matters to them in real time.

Live Chats are more dynamic than traditional group chats because they’re designed for real-time conversations around cultural moments as they’re happening. A profile ring signals when someone is live, and features like real-time polls, countdowns, and typing indicators keep the conversation lively. Live scores keep chats in sync with games, so the discussion never falls behind the action.

Live Chats will be launching in the NBAThreads Community during the Playoffs, with community champions and media personalities hosting Live Chats during live games: Malika Andrews, Rachel Nichols, Trysta Krick, David Rushing, and Lexis Mickens.

Discover and Join Public Group Chats

You can find and join a Live Chat at the top of the NBAThreads Community feed or one that’s linked in a shared post on your main Threads feed. Live Chats in other Community feeds will be rolling out in the coming months. You can also spot a Live Chat by the red live ring around a host’s profile photo.

Once you join a chat, you can send messages — including photos, videos, and links — back and forth, and tap on reaction emojis to show how you feel. If the chat is full, you can still watch the conversation, react to messages, and vote in polls. Live Chats are open and publicly discoverable even after they’ve ended.

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To start, Live Chats can be hosted by a select group of creators, including Community Champions who are actively engaged in a Threads community, spark conversations, and join others. Eligible hosts can schedule a Live Chat to start by tapping the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner of their Community, and selecting Schedule a Live Chat. From there you can name your chat, choose a start and end time, and invite people to join. You can also share your Live Chat to your Threads feed and Instagram Story to spread the word.

What’s Next

We’re continuing to build on the Live Chats experience with new features coming soon, including co-hosting, play-by-play content with real-time updates, lock screen widgets to surface real-time Live Chats activity, and the ability to quote and share chat messages on your Threads feed.

We’re excited to bring people closer to the moments that matter. We’re starting with the NBAThreads Community as we build and refine Live Chats — rolling out gradually to more communities on Threads so we can learn from early feedback and refine the experience.

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Malicious browser extensions disguised as TikTok downloaders compromised 130,000 users, exposing a growing blind spot in enterprise security.

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TorchTPU is a new engineering stack designed to provide a native, high-performance experience for running PyTorch workloads on Google’s TPU infrastructure with minimal code changes. It features an "Eager First" approach with multiple execution modes and utilizes the XLA compiler to optimize distributed training across massive clusters. Moving into 2026, the project aims to further reduce compilation overhead and expand support for dynamic shapes and custom kernels to ensure seamless scalability for the next generation of AI.

This blog post introduces a workflow for extracting high-quality data from complex, unstructured documents by combining LlamaParse with Gemini 3.1 models. It demonstrates an event-driven architecture that uses Gemini 3.1 Pro for agentic parsing of dense financial tables and Gemini 3.1 Flash for cost-effective summarization. By following the provided tutorial, developers can build a personal finance assistant capable of transforming messy brokerage statements into structured, human-readable insights.

Revolut is reportedly targeting a $200 billion IPO valuation by 2028, a goal that would put the fintech above BlackRock, UBS, and Charles Schwab.

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One year ago today, we launched Edits, an app for editing and creating videos right on your phone. We worked with creators to build an app that supports their entire creative process. 

As we mark this first year of building Edits with and for creators, I wanted to share a look back and a preview of what we’re excited to build next. 

The Best Editing Tools, All in One Place

Since launching Edits, we’ve focused on building powerful tools creators need and bringing them into a video editor that feels simple and approachable. We started by removing real-world friction. Creators told us it was hard to read scripts from their notes while filming, so we built an in-app teleprompter. Whether you’re on camera or recording a voiceover, you can speak directly to your audience with confidence, and adjust your text size and speed as you go.

We’ll keep making our core tools better with upgrades coming for captions, including bilingual captions, advanced color adjustments, speed curves, and more. We’re also working to make most tools within the app customizable, so you can start with what’s there and tune it exactly how you like.

A Creative Home You Make Your Own

We built Edits to also support everything around video editing — from inspiration and ideas to feedback after you hit Share. Rather than having to jump from app to app to make a single video, Edits brings everything you need into one seamless workspace.

In the Ideas tab, your saved reels and audio from Instagram live alongside sticky notes for your next big idea. As you use Edits, it gets more personalized with an inspiration feed based on what you post, insights that summarize your comments, and weekly ideas generated just for you.

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You can expect even more ways to tailor Edits to how you work over the next year,  like pinning your favorite tools, getting more insights about your followers, and starting every project with your personalized setup ready to go.

Creating Together

With Edits, we believe creativity grows through community: through mentorship, encouragement, and education. That’s why we’ve worked with creators like Ethan Barber and Cole Bennett to bring their creative approaches into Edits for anyone to try. 

When you tap on an Edits template, you can open the project file to see how it was made, including whether it uses trending audio, and then easily make it into your own. Soon, you’ll be able to make more complex templates with overlays, keyframes, and video effects.

In the next year, you can expect more examples and techniques from creators at your disposal, and easier ways to trade creative building blocks with each other through the app.

What’s Next

We’re focused on making tools that bring your creativity to life — from your first burst of inspiration to the final result. Try Edits if you haven’t already and tag @creators to share what you’ve made. Keep the feedback coming on Instagram and Threads — it directly shapes what we build next.

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To bridge the gap between static model knowledge and rapidly evolving software practices, Google DeepMind developed a "Gemini API developer skill" that provides agents with live documentation and SDK guidance. Evaluation results show a massive performance boost, with the gemini-3.1-pro-preview model jumping from a 28.2% to a 96.6% success rate when equipped with the skill. This lightweight approach demonstrates how giving models strong reasoning capabilities and access to a "source of truth" can effectively eliminate outdated coding patterns.

We've been keeping track of the bots, spiders, OpenAI has been releasing. OpenAI just posted about a new bot for ads, it is named OAI-AdsBot.

Here are some early screenshots and videos of the ChatGPT ad management interface that some OpenAI advertisers have access to. You can see that you can create campaigns, ad groups, budgets, CPC limits, conversions and much more.

Microsoft Advertising has announced the launch of several new AI features and upgrades across the ad platform. This is to "To help businesses succeed across all three eras of the human, LLM, and agentic web," Microsoft wrote.

Google Ads has a new help document on AI-Qualified Call Conversions. Google says AI-qualified call leads use Google AI to evaluate call recordings to determine the actual quality of the conversation.

Google Ads Advisor, which officially began rolling out last November, is rolling out three new features. These features include proactive troubleshooting, 24/7 security monitoring and instant certifications.

A UK tribunal has allowed a £2.1 billion lawsuit over Microsoft’s cloud licensing to move forward, adding new pressure to how Windows Server is priced outside Azure.

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This blog post introduces a suite of six protocols, such as MCP and A2A, designed to eliminate custom integration code by standardizing how AI agents access data and communicate. Using a "kitchen manager" agent as a practical example, it demonstrates how these tools handle complex tasks like real-time inventory checks, wholesale commerce via UCP, and secure payment authorization through AP2. By leveraging the Agent Development Kit (ADK), developers can also implement A2UI and AG-UI to deliver interactive dashboards and seamless streaming interfaces to users.

When you’re prototyping locally with AI agents like Gemini CLI, Claude Code, or your own agent, thei...

Google has updated its account settings to allow U.S. users to change their @gmail.com usernames while keeping all existing account data and inboxes intact. For developers, this means that while old email addresses will remain active as aliases, apps that rely solely on email addresses for identification may face issues with account duplication or lost access. To ensure a seamless user experience, Google recommends migrating to the "subject ID" as the primary user identifier and allowing users to manually update their contact information within app settings.