OpenAI has added native iMessage integration to the ChatGPT Mac app, allowing it to search conversations, analyze chats, draft replies, and send messages. The capability arrives as ChatGPT already offers Computer History on Mac, increasing the amount of local user activity the assistant can access.

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Cisco has added four critical Crosswork vulnerabilities to the five Secure Workload flaws already requiring updates, bringing this security review to nine vulnerabilities overall. Five receive the maximum CVSS score of 10.0, including SQL injection, missing authentication, and access-control issues.

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Microsoft will retire a range of custom CSS layout and positioning properties in Entra ID company branding on October 26, 2026. Organizations using those properties must update branded sign-in pages before the deadline or risk elements returning to their default positions.

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Microsoft is rolling out an optional Classic Outlook theme for New Outlook on Windows and Outlook on the web, giving users the familiar appearance of the desktop client without switching applications or changing mailbox data. The setting is off by default for most users, with deployment running through October 2026 and no administrator action required.

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Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned Viva Engage experience with a responsive right-hand panel, simplified navigation, and the retirement of Community Resources and Intelligent Importer. The update is enabled by default across the web and Teams, with no administrator control over the rollout, and Microsoft expects it to reach all users by the end of August 2026.

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Microsoft is hiding OneDrive Photos from the Start menu and Windows Search after the app was force-installed on managed PCs during an unintended rollout. The change does not remove the app: OneDrive.App.exe remains on affected Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems and can still be launched manually.

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The important catch in Windows 11 26H2’s Point-in-Time Restore rollout is that automatic activation requires a Windows system volume of at least 200GB. Microsoft has now detailed the feature’s 72-hour retention limit and recovery scope after announcing Windows 11 26H2’s backup and restore defaults; eligible PCs will get it automatically, while smaller systems can still enable it manually.

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Microsoft has disclosed a CVSS 10.0 remote-code-execution vulnerability in Entra ID, its cloud identity service, and confirmed that attackers exploited it in the wild. CVE-2026-69836 has already been fixed within Microsoft’s service, leaving customers with no patches or configuration changes to apply.

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Google is bringing its Antigravity agentic AI coding assistant under Gemini Enterprise subscriptions, giving organizations centralized controls for licensing, spending, security, compliance, and auditing. The move also makes Antigravity available inside Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, and Zed.

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CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) measures the severity and exploitability of security vulnerabilities, with 10.0 representing the highest possible rating. Cisco Secure Workload Software has received fixes for five vulnerabilities, including two access-control bugs rated a perfect 10.0 and another critical flaw scored 9.9, leaving both SaaS and on-premises customers with updates to apply.

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GitLab 19.3 lets GitLab Dedicated customers run the Duo Agent Platform inside the same single-tenant environment and region as their existing workloads, keeping AI processing within their established security boundary. The release follows GitLab 19.2’s autonomous agents with tighter controls for data residency, model selection, spending, secrets, and automated vulnerability fixes.

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Anthropic plans to let enterprise customers store the 30 days of data required by its advanced AI models in their own cloud environments instead of on Anthropic’s infrastructure. The change, expected with a new safety system later this year, gives organizations in regulated industries more control without abandoning the retention window intended to detect AI-assisted cyberattacks.

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Nvidia’s $6 billion Poolside deal is not an acquisition or acquihire: it is a non-exclusive license for Poolside’s Model Factory, alongside a separate $1 billion investment. Nvidia will also offer jobs to 109 Poolside employees, while the startup’s three founders remain in control.

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Matthew Berman presents Grok Bot as a persistent AI assistant that goes beyond question-answering by coordinating email, calendars, browser tasks, coding agents, meetings, and personal workflows. His central recommendation is to create focused bots for individual jobs, then use a central “chief of staff” bot to delegate work between them.

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SQL Server Express users can now move small applications to Azure SQL Database Free Tier with a short workflow that combines SSMS or Visual Studio Code, Azure provisioning, and GitHub Copilot-assisted migration. The option removes Express’s local hardware and maintenance burden, while Microsoft’s preview Azure SQL Developer container provides the same database engine for developers who want to stay local.

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GitHub has attributed its 7-hour-47-minute outage on August 17 to a Central US infrastructure component that failed to scale when traffic reached a new peak. The resulting capacity shortage cascaded into authentication, GitHub Actions, APIs, pull requests, issues, Pages, webhooks, and Copilot, while a client-side retry loop prolonged recovery.

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Thunderbird will double its release pace in September, switching from monthly updates to a new version every two weeks. Thunderbird 154 is the first interim release after version 153 became the Extended Support Release (ESR), giving administrators and cautious users a slower, year-long support option.

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PowerToys is preparing a broader release centered on two highly visible changes: a compact mode for Command Palette and a ripple effect for Mouse Highlighter. It follows a preview that fixed Command Palette’s blank dock and reduced its resource use, while nearly 300 merged pull requests bring additional reliability and quality-of-life improvements.

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Cloudflare has introduced optional OAuth scopes, allowing users to approve only the permissions an application needs for a specific task instead of accepting or rejecting the entire request. The change is especially useful for MCP servers and other AI agents that may request broad access but do not need every capability in each session.

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