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Spotify Now Sells Physical Books, and It Makes More Sense Than You Think

In short: Spotify has launched physical book sales in the US and UK through a partnership with Bookshop.org, letting users buy print copies via affiliate links on audiobook pages within the app. The feature sits alongside Page Match, which now works in 30+ languages and lets readers scan a book page to sync with the […]

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Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft Offered AI Agent Bug Bounties but Remained Silent About the Flaws

In short:Security researcher Aonan Guan hijacked AI agents from Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft via prompt injection attacks on their GitHub Actions integrations, stealing API keys and tokens in each case. All three companies paid bug bounties quietly, $100 from Anthropic, $500 from GitHub, an undisclosed amount from Google, but none published public advisories or assigned […]

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Google Identifies Back Button Hijacking as Spam, Enforcement Begins June 2026

In short: Google is classifying “back button hijacking” as spam, targeting sites that abuse the browser History API to trap users when they try to navigate away. Enforcement begins 15 June 2026, with penalties ranging from manual spam actions to algorithmic ranking demotions. Site owners are liable even when the offending code comes from third-party […]

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Snap Reduces Workforce by 1,000 as Spiegel Bets on AI Efficiency

Snap is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its full-time workforce, as CEO Evan Spiegel cites AI-driven efficiency gains and pursues more than $500 million in annualised cost savings. The layoffs follow a public campaign by activist investor Irenic Capital Management, which had explicitly recommended eliminating about 1,000 roles. SNAP shares jumped roughly 8% […]

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A US Judge Ruled AI Chats With Claude by Fraud Defendant Are Not Privileged

In a February ruling described as the first of its kind in the US, Judge Jed Rakoff found that Bradley Heppner’s conversations with Anthropic’s Claude about his legal exposure stripped away both attorney-client privilege and work-product protection, because an AI is not a lawyer and public AI platforms have no confidentiality obligation. More than a […]

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HBO Max Launches in India with Exclusive JioHotstar Deal for 50 Cents a Month

HBO Max has launched in India through an exclusive partnership with JioHotstar, the streaming platform born from Reliance Industries’ $8.5 billion merger with Walt Disney’s Indian operations. The deal brings a dedicated HBO Max-branded hub to JioHotstar’s 100 million-plus paid subscribers, available as an add-on starting at ₹49 per month,  roughly 50 US cents, making […]

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Axie Infinity Co-Founder Who Survived $620M North Korean Hack Now Develops AI Drone Detection for European Defense

Stendr, a Norwegian counter-drone startup led by Aleksander Leonard Larsen, who co-founded blockchain gaming unicorn Sky Mavis, has raised a $5.4M oversubscribed pre-seed from RainFall, ACME, SkyFall, and a consortium of European defence and tech investors. Stendr, a Norwegian defence technology startup developing AI-driven systems to detect and track drones, has raised $5.4 million in […]

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant transforms Creative Cloud into a unified conversational interface

Adobe launched the Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational agent that orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and Frame.io using natural language. Previously codenamed Project Moonlight, it enters public beta in coming weeks, integrates with third-party models including Anthropic’s Claude, and maintains context across sessions. Adobe also announced Firefly Image Model 5, Custom Models, […]

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