Cryptomator is an open-source tool that creates encrypted vaults on a user's device, encrypting individual files and their filenames with AES-256 before they sync to services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, pCloud, Nextcloud and ownCloud. It also works offline for local drives, USB storage and network folders, and has apps for Android and iOS. Users can create a recovery key to reset a lost vault password, since Cryptomator itself cannot decrypt files or recover passwords.
Android Authority found evidence in My Pixel app version 8.9.1 that Google is developing color-matched app icons for Pixel 9 devices, a feature already launched with the Pixel 11 series. The update currently covers several Pixel 9 color variants like Hazel, Rose Quartz, and Obsidian, but excludes the Pixel 9a, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and all Pixel 10 models. Testers were also unable to trigger the new icon on a Porcelain-colored Pixel 9.
OpenAI and Anthropic each released new AI models on the same day, continuing a pattern of frequent announcements. Much of this apparent acceleration reflects companies repackaging capabilities from earlier flagship models into new versions at different price points, rather than pure leaps in underlying capability.
OpenAI recently claimed its AI agents produced a solution addressing the Navier-Stokes equations, one of math's unsolved Millennium Problems, after running 10,000 agents for 88 hours. Mathematicians including Oxford's James Maynard and Brown's Javier Gómez-Serrano say the resulting proof, while apparently technically correct, is written in a form that is extremely difficult for humans to interpret or learn from.
AT&T CTO Jeremy Legg told WIRED the company's workforce will be smaller in five years, as it retires legacy landline infrastructure and automates internal processes with AI. AT&T cut about 8,000 jobs last year and roughly 2,100 more in the first half of 2026; a person familiar with the matter said the company is targeting around 85,000 employees by 2030, though AT&T disputed that figure as inaccurate. CEO John Stankey has said he wants AT&T to look like a 'dramatically different' company by decade's end.
At Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon outlined plans for AI agents on Snapdragon devices that could eventually make purchases on users' behalf, drawing on habits and preferences. He demonstrated a scenario where smart glasses prompt a wearer to rebuy sunscreen and lip balm she'd previously purchased at a store, requiring her approval before the transaction goes through. Amon said Qualcomm is building authentication and security technology so agents operate with user consent rather than autonomously.
Google has extended its 'Take notes for me' feature in Meet with a new 'Quick notes' function that generates a one-page, high-level summary of a meeting with bullet points and checklists. The summary appears on the main tab of the auto-generated Google Doc, while full detailed notes remain available on a separate tab, and the same summary is emailed to participants.
Researchers describe how Google Kubernetes Config Connector (KCC), a GitOps controller used to manage Google Cloud resources from Kubernetes YAML files, can be manipulated through resources like IAMPolicyMember to escalate privileges. Because KCC authenticates to Google Cloud on behalf of developers using its own credentials, a maliciously crafted or overly permissive YAML file applied to a cluster could grant broad access across a Google Cloud organization.
An Android Authority columnist recounts two decades of using Motorola phones, from the StarTAC to the original 2004 Razr, arguing the company's design-first approach has carried through to its modern Razr foldable lineup. The piece is a personal retrospective rather than a product announcement, reflecting on why Motorola devices gained cultural cachet in the mid-2000s.
Residents in rural Texas towns like Bells are organizing against proposed AI data center developments, citing concerns over water use, noise, light pollution, rising utility bills and falling property values. The opposition, sparked by incidents like survey markers appearing near homes, has grown into public pushback at local meetings, with some communities moving to block or restrict such projects.
Airbus is using a Steam Deck handheld PC to operate its prototype ExoMars rover during development and testing at its Stevenage, UK facility. The setup was shown in a video by YouTuber Tom Scott, with the Deck's thumbsticks, triggers and face buttons used to drive the rover, which is intended to operate autonomously once on Mars.
DataDome's analysis of over 1 trillion web requests found that bad automated traffic grew 124% between July 2025 and June 2026, far outpacing the growth of human traffic. AI-driven traffic on the web also rose more than 82% over the same period, according to the report.
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