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GitHub's new package firewall, in free public preview for Enterprise Cloud customers, checks npm metadata and downloads against admin policy before coding agents or CI runners can install them.
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Vercel's Routing Middleware now runs Python, letting FastAPI, Flask and Django apps rewrite, redirect or answer requests before they reach the main app.
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Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS now support On-Demand Capacity Reservations, so database create, restore, scale and start operations don't fail for lack of capacity during migrations, launches or failovers.
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Google Cloud's agent sandboxes keep user credentials outside the microVM, so an attacker who takes over an agent finds nothing to use, Google says. Customers get a preview in the coming months.
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New MCP servers in ADP API Central let an employer's chosen AI agent answer payroll and benefits questions and handle time-off requests. Access runs over mutual TLS and OAuth 2.0, and administrators decide what each agent can see and do.
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Anthropic is handing Agent Skills, the SKILL.md format now integrated by more than 70 agent platforms, to the Agentic AI Foundation. Engineers from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI will maintain it as individuals.
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OpenAI's Decisions API, which answers bounded questions with GPT-6 Luna, is out of beta at $0.10 per million input tokens and no output charge. Requests can now hold up to 400 questions, and the service plugs directly into GPT-Live.
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Arc stops working on Mac and Windows on Dec. 22, and Dec. 15 is the last day to request account data. The Browser Company says keeping the browser secure has gotten harder with AI, so its teams are moving to Dia.
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IBM on Oct. 19 launched X-Force Advanced Proactive Security, an offensive security testing service that applies frontier AI models, including through OpenAI's Daybreak program, under the direction of X-Force testers.
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Apple moved some iPhone Duo delivery estimates earlier on Oct. 19, including launch-day dates in Japan and November windows in the U.S. By Oct. 20, Japanese outlets reported many of the Japanese orders had reverted to their original December estimates. Apple hasn't commented.