Topic: experimental features
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Open-source AI agent containment with Hazmat
Hazmat is an open-source tool that isolates AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex in a restricted separate account, preventing them from accessing your personal SSH keys, cloud credentials, and home directory files. Before each session, Hazmat displays a clear terms-of-engagement summary sp...
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Minecraft 26.40 Update Patch Notes Released
Minecraft version 26.40 introduces three experimental features: the Abandoned Camp structure, the Dappled Forest biome with new trees and plants, and the Cushion item available in 16 colors. The update includes major gameplay adjustments, such as boats requiring fewer hits to break and regenerati...
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Google explains Shopping ads 'Deal Ends' annotations
Google has introduced an experimental "Deal Ends annotation" for Shopping ads, automatically adding urgency labels like "3 days left" beneath product prices using existing Merchant Center sale data, with no new integrations required. The badges aim to boost click-through rates and conversions by ...
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Meta’s Edits app adds AI assistant and desktop version
Meta announced an AI assistant for its video-editing app Edits that analyzes Instagram metrics to suggest content ideas and trending audio, aiming to keep creators engaged on the platform. A desktop version of Edits is coming soon, allowing seamless project syncing between mobile and desktop for ...
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Google's 'Gemini Agent' becomes your 24/7 digital partner
Google's Gemini Agent, an experimental tool for multi-step tasks, is set for a major upgrade aligned with "Remy," an internal 24/7 personal agent concept that can proactively take actions like communicating, sharing documents, and making purchases. Code strings in the latest Google app beta revea...
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Microsoft extends Windows Update pause to 35 days
Microsoft is giving Windows users the ability to pause updates for up to 35 days with no limit on how many times the pause can be extended, addressing a major frustration. The update introduces more descriptive titles for driver updates (e.g., display, audio, battery) and streamlines the power me...
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Google Tests ‘App Labs’ Hub for Early Access Features
Google has launched a new "App Labs" beta tab within Google Ads, allowing app advertisers to test experimental campaign features and provide feedback before they are widely released. These features are short-term tests that may not be permanently released, offering advertisers a first-mover advan...
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Windows 11 testers can now enable experimental features without ViVeTool
Microsoft is restructuring its Windows Insider Program, consolidating the Dev and Canary rings into a new Experimental Channel and refreshing the Beta Channel to simplify testing. The company is integrating feature unlocking directly into the testing process, eliminating the need for unsupported ...
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WordPress Gutenberg 22.7 Adds AI-Powered Publishing Tools
The update introduces custom CSS selectors in block.json, giving developers precise control over styling specific inner elements of custom blocks through Global Styles. It adds a live preview for style variations on core blocks and patterns, allowing users to visually confirm design changes befor...
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Oura's New Women's Health AI: How to Try It Now
Oura has launched a proprietary AI model in its app, designed to provide personalized, evidence-based insights on women's health topics like menstrual cycles and pregnancy by analyzing a user's biometric data and vetted clinical research. The feature, accessible via the experimental Oura Labs pla...
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Ex-Apple Team Launches Acme Weather: A New Forecast Experience
The team behind the acquired Dark Sky app has launched **Acme Weather**, a new subscription-based app that shows a range of possible weather outcomes instead of a single forecast to communicate prediction certainty. Its proprietary engine synthesizes multiple data sources, and its key feature vis...
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Chrome's New Productivity Features Heat Up Browser Wars
Google Chrome is introducing new productivity features, including Split View for multitasking, built-in PDF annotation, and direct saving to Google Drive, to enhance user workflow and compete with AI-centric browsers. The Split View feature allows users to view two websites side-by-side in one ta...
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YouTube's AI Chat Feature Now Available on TV
YouTube has expanded its AI chat feature to smart TVs and other large screens, allowing viewers to ask questions about content without pausing the video, marking a shift in interactive viewing. The feature, currently in limited rollout, provides instant answers via an on-screen "Ask" button or vo...
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Gemini's 'Tools' Redesign Launches on Android and iOS
Google's Gemini AI assistant is rolling out a redesigned "Tools" menu on mobile, introducing a new "Experimental features" section and a "Personal Intelligence" toggle for US subscribers. The update standardizes the interface across Android and iOS, with iOS adopting a consistent bottom-sheet sty...
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Gemini Live Upgrades: New 'Thinking Mode' & Experimental Features
The Gemini app for Android is testing new "Labs" features, including a "Live Thinking Mode" for more detailed responses and "Live Experimental Features" for multimodal memory and personalized results, hinting at an upgrade to the Gemini 3 AI model family. Two additional experimental features are ...
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Google's AI Aims to Replace Your Morning Social Media Scroll
Google is launching "CC," an AI-powered personal assistant that creates a personalized daily briefing by analyzing your emails, calendar, and documents to provide a more productive morning alternative to social media. The "Your Day Ahead" service summarizes schedules and tasks, can draft emails a...
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Microsoft's AI-Powered Windows Update: What's New
Microsoft is integrating advanced AI features like Copilot and AI agents into Windows to boost productivity, though many are exclusive to Copilot+ PCs, raising accessibility concerns. New AI capabilities include taskbar-accessible agents, voice activation with "Hey, Copilot," and tools for summar...
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Microsoft's AI security flaw sparks data theft fears
Microsoft has issued a security warning about its experimental AI agent, Copilot Actions, due to risks that it could be exploited to infect devices and steal sensitive user information. The vulnerabilities are linked to inherent flaws in large language models, including AI hallucinations that pro...
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Windows 11's New AI Agent Raises Security Concerns Over Personal Data
Microsoft is testing "Agent Workspace" in Windows 11, allowing AI agents to access user directories like Desktop and Pictures, which raises privacy and security concerns. The feature operates in a separate session with its own user profile and permissions, enabling AI agents to perform tasks auto...
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Microsoft tackles new security threats in Windows 11 AI tools
Microsoft is integrating advanced AI into Windows 11, introducing experimental agentic features that enable Copilot Actions to autonomously perform tasks like organizing files and scheduling appointments. These AI agents can make errors and pose novel security risks, prompting Microsoft to implem...
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