Microsoft announced major Microsoft 365 Education changes, retiring the free Office 365 A1 plan and 100TB shared storage pools starting in 2028.
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Technology news viewed through a security lens. This section follows developments in artificial intelligence, big tech platforms, web browsers, operating systems, cloud services and regulation, focusing on the changes that affect how people and organizations work, protect their data and manage risk.
Vercel introduced Vercel DBSC session security to tie logins to hardware TPM chips, neutralizing infostealer malware and stolen cookie replay attacks.
Apple announced automated iCloud public link scanning starting in iOS 27.3, inspecting shared files and disabling end-to-end encryption on public links.
Discord is rebuilding its Discord Rust desktop client with GPUI, ditching Electron to slash memory consumption and share native code with mobile.
OpenAI GPT-6 Cyber advances cybersecurity research by finding software flaws and strictly obeying mission boundaries.
Google is testing Chrome tab scrolling in Canary, letting users navigate crowded tabs via mouse wheels, gestures, and dedicated scroll arrows.
Apple announced steep internal AI budget cuts, curbing daily token allowances for engineers as corporate technology spending faces tighter scrutiny.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.6, introducing animated GIF generation, frame-by-frame editing, and dedicated Flare and Sunburst developer APIs.
OpenAI revealed that ChatGPT search volume now equals 20% of Google Search, with weekly active users climbing to 1.2 billion across global markets.
Postman AI plugin hijacking sparks controversy after the desktop app silently modifies Codex and Claude Code configs to favor its own tools.
Google defended its policy for Google Search in schools after critics claimed students must accept embedded AI to access essential web research tools.
OpenAI announced that the classic ChatGPT desktop app will retire on January 30, 2027, as chat and Work features merge into a unified application.
Cloudflare launched Cloudflare Zero Wire, a public vulnerability intelligence feed tracking critical software flaws, active exploits, and AI audit prompts.
Anthropic introduces Claude Message Threads to slash payload sizes from 800KB to 1.8KB and cut response latency by 35 percent across long chats.
TWCA announces emergency TWCA certificate revocation after researchers discovered non-compliant serial number entropy across ten intermediate CAs.
The Raspberry Pi 16GB price jumps to $385 as persistent DRAM supply shortages force manufacturer price hikes across high-memory flagship boards.
Anthropic updated Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Code to block Claude video game cloning, preventing unauthorized remakes of commercial titles.
OpenAI announced new ChatGPT violence restrictions and teen safety protections, restricting weapon queries and terminating hazardous conversations.
Tech giants support a new AI training preference standard in robots.txt, giving publishers granular control over model training data.
Google Project Suncatcher achieved orbital AI inference using datacenter TPUs and Gemma 4 aboard a prototype satellite to generate space poetry.
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT Codex usage limits will merge under a shared token quota across Plus, Pro, and Business plans starting December 2026.
Anthropic unveiled the Claude Ultra subscription tier, removing 5-hour rate limits for verified accounts and bundling $200 in monthly API credits.