Topic: user permissions
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Google launches new Merchant Center agency roles
Google is introducing Agency Admin and Standard roles in Merchant Center to give agencies tighter control over client access and streamline security, replacing the previous user-level permission model. Client accounts are now linked to the agency rather than individual users, allowing centralized...
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Webflow Adds OpenAI Codex to Simplify Site Management
Webflow has integrated OpenAI Codex into its ecosystem via MCP 2.0, enabling users to automate complex workflows through simple natural-language prompts without needing technical expertise. New built-in Skills allow the AI to interpret real-time site context for tasks like audits and CMS manageme...
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Chinese Smart Home Apps: Apple Privacy Labels Often Misleading
Smart home apps, especially from China, exhibit major transparency failures, with significant discrepancies between Apple's App Store privacy labels, their own privacy policies, and their actual data collection behavior, misleading consumers. These applications collect extensive sensitive data, i...
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ClayRat Spyware Infiltrates Android Devices in Russia
ClayRat is an Android spyware operation targeting Russian users through deceptive Telegram channels and fake websites, tricking them into installing malicious apps disguised as legitimate ones like WhatsApp and YouTube. Once installed, the spyware gains extensive access to sensitive data, includi...
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ChatGPT's new Computer History tool tracks Mac activity - should you use it?
ChatGPT’s new Computer History tool for the Mac app logs user interactions across apps and websites into a searchable timeline, available initially to Pro, Business, and Enterprise accounts as an opt-in feature. Unlike the previous Chronicle feature, Computer History avoids screen captures, inste...
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Anthropic's Claude AI Agent Now Integrates Directly in Chrome
Anthropic has launched a Claude AI agent as a Chrome extension for select testers, offering contextual browsing assistance and task automation, with initial access limited to 1,000 premium subscribers. This development is part of a broader industry trend where companies like Google, Perplexity, a...
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Protect Your Family: Truecaller Can Now Block Scammers for You
Truecaller has globally launched a free family safety feature that allows a group administrator to receive alerts about potential scam calls targeting members and even remotely terminate those calls on Android devices. The feature prioritizes privacy by only alerting the admin to flagged spam cal...
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OpenAI's Latest Acquisition Targets MacBook Users
OpenAI has acquired Sky, a native Mac AI interface, to deepen ChatGPT's integration into desktop environments and reduce reliance on browsers. The technology enables seamless, local AI assistance for tasks like managing schedules and coordinating messages directly within the operating system. Thi...
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AI Agents Can Now Run Your WordPress Site
WordPress.com has introduced AI-powered write capabilities, allowing agents like Claude and ChatGPT to actively create and manage site content—such as drafting posts and building pages—with explicit human approval required at each step. The update adds nineteen new operations, enabling AI to perf...
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Mastodon turns to newsletters to revive the open social web
Mastodon 4.6 introduces email newsletters, allowing creators to send posts directly to subscribers' inboxes, even if recipients don't have a Mastodon account, lowering barriers to audience growth on the decentralized web. The feature targets media organizations, independent journalists, and blogg...
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Chrome Will Alert You Before Loading Unsafe Websites
Starting in October 2026, Google Chrome will automatically enable "Always Use Secure Connections" for all users, displaying bypassable warnings for unencrypted public websites to enhance security. The rollout will occur in phases, beginning with Enhanced Safe Browsing users in April 2026 and expa...
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Claude Code adds safer auto mode
Anthropic has launched a new "auto mode" for Claude Code, designed to provide a safer, hands-off AI coding experience by balancing autonomy with risk management. The feature enhances safety by automatically flagging and blocking potentially dangerous actions, such as file deletion or code executi...
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Fujifilm X-T6 Details, GFX180, and New Film Recipes Revealed
Rumors suggest the Fujifilm X-T6 may feature a new 40-megapixel sensor, while a potential GFX180 medium format camera could boast a 180-megapixel sensor. Fujifilm is reportedly developing new Film Simulation modes to provide more in-camera options for achieving nostalgic color profiles and artist...
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Intuit Inks $100M OpenAI Deal to Integrate Apps With ChatGPT
Intuit has invested over $100 million in a partnership with OpenAI to integrate its financial tools like TurboTax and QuickBooks into ChatGPT, enabling users to manage tasks through conversational AI. The integration uses personal financial data with user consent to provide tailored services, whi...
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Chat with Anthropic's Claude Directly in Slack
Anthropic has integrated its Claude AI assistant directly into Slack, allowing teams to access AI capabilities seamlessly within their communication workflows through tagging or a dedicated icon. The integration enables Claude to participate in discussions with contextual awareness, accessing onl...
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ChatGPT Now Integrates Third-Party Apps - Here's How
ChatGPT now integrates with third-party apps like Booking.com and Coursera, enabling users to perform tasks directly within the chat interface through conversational commands. The feature is available globally except in the EU and works across all platforms, with initial partners including Expedi...
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Microsoft Copilot Tasks AI Works on Its Own Computer
Microsoft has launched a preview of "Copilot Tasks", an AI assistant that autonomously handles routine digital chores like calendar coordination and subscription management based on user instructions. The system operates independently in the cloud, works across applications, and provides detail...
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Train Adobe's AI on Your Own Artwork
Adobe has launched Firefly Custom Models, allowing creators to train an AI image generator on their own artwork to produce new visuals that mimic their unique style, character designs, or brand aesthetic. The feature aims to streamline workflows for teams and brands by enabling scalable, consiste...
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Windows 11 Notepad Bug Executes Files Via Markdown Links
A high-severity vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad allowed attackers to execute malicious code remotely by tricking users into clicking a malicious link within a Markdown file. The flaw exploited the app's Markdown preview feature, where specially crafted links using non-standard protocols could...
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