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Apple has announced a significant update to its App Store Connect service, adding over 100 new metrics for developers to track app performance, including monetization and subscription data. The update also includes new features such as subscription reports, peer group benchmarks, and enhanced filtering capabilities. This move aims to provide developers with more accurate and detailed insights into their apps' performance, ultimately enhancing the App Store ecosystem.

Google's Lyria 3 Pro model allows users to create tracks up to 3 minutes long with better creative control and customization, and is available in the Gemini app, Google Vids, and ProducerAI

Google has shortened its Q Day deadline to 2029, warning the industry to move off RSA and EC cryptography. The company is adopting post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms and urges others to follow suit. Google is integrating PQC into Android, starting with the beta version of Android 17, which will support ML-DSA, a digital signing algorithm standard.

Google has announced plans to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2029, citing recent progress in quantum hardware development and emerging threat vectors. The company aims to complete its migration before the end of the 2020s, ahead of the US National Institute for Standards and Technology's planned deprecation of RSA digital signature algorithms in 2030.

Akamai launches AI Grid, a global-scale implementation of Nvidia AI Grid reference design, to intelligently route AI workloads across edge, regional, and core footprint, balancing latency, cost, and performance. The AI Grid features an intelligent orchestrator that optimizes workload distribution, reducing inference costs and improving user experiences.

Ivan Zarea presented 'Tools That Enable the Next 1B Developers' at QCon London 2026, discussing how AI tooling is transforming the web development landscape and what this means for developer tools, frameworks, and platform architecture. He highlighted three pillars for building better tools: developing expertise, honing taste, and practicing clairvoyance.

Autodesk's Maya now includes an AI tool that can animate horses in seconds, generating basic animations and transitions. The tool aims to make animating four-legged animals easier and faster, allowing artists to refine and edit the movement. This update joins other new AI and non-AI announcements from Autodesk, including improved text-to-3D generations and refreshed simulations.

Autodesk has released new AI tools for Maya and 3ds Max, including MotionMaker for generating realistic horse motion, Wonder 3D for creating editable 3D characters and objects from text prompts, and AI-assisted generative texturing. These tools aim to make artists' lives easier by removing friction and allowing for faster creation and refinement of complex 3D assets.

Safari 26.4 introduces new features like CSS Grid Lanes, WebTransport, and Keyboard Lock API. It also includes numerous bug fixes and improvements for CSS, JavaScript, HTML, SVG, and Web Inspector.

A California jury has ruled in favor of a 20-year-old woman who sued Meta and Google, claiming their social media platforms were designed to be addictive and contributed to her mental health problems. The jury awarded her $3 million in damages, with Meta ordered to pay 70% and Google's YouTube paying 30%. Meta has stated they will appeal the decision.

Uber has launched IngestionNext, a streaming-first data lake that reduces latency and compute by 25%. The platform processes event streams continuously, enabling faster availability for analytics and machine learning workloads. It uses Apache Kafka, Flink jobs, and Hudi tables to support thousands of datasets and high global data volumes.

Microsoft and Nvidia are working together to apply AI to the nuclear power industry, aiming to speed up the approval process for new atomic plants. The collaboration involves using AI-driven tools to handle tasks such as permitting, design, and operations, with the goal of bringing more nuclear power online sooner. The initiative combines Nvidia's Omniverse and other technologies with Microsoft's Generative AI for Permitting and Planetary Computer, representing an AI-powered digital ecosystem for nuclear energy on Azure.

Traditional virtualization infrastructure is struggling to support AI workloads due to its overhead and fragmented management, HPE offers a solution with its unified control plane and modernized stack

Google Research has announced TurboQuant, a novel AI memory compression algorithm that reduces AI's working memory without impacting performance. The algorithm uses vector quantization to clear cache bottlenecks in AI processing, allowing AI to remember more information while taking up less space and maintaining accuracy.

Meta is leveraging AI to enhance shopping experiences on Instagram and Facebook. The company is testing a new feature that provides product information and user review summaries after clicking on an ad or visiting a website. This feature is similar to Amazon's use of generative AI for product reviews. Meta's AI feature will also offer additional information such as brand details, recommended products, and discounts. The company is also updating its checkout flow in partnership with payment providers like Stripe and PayPal.

OpenAI has announced the death of its Sora video creation tool, just two days after publishing a guide on how to use it. The tool was capable of creating revolting content and blatant copyright abuse. The demise of Sora shows OpenAI's leadership knows they must become product-killers, and that they are currently happy to leave a bloody mess behind them.

OpenAI is facing a messy identity crisis, with the shutdown of its short-form video app Sora and struggles with its ad division. The company's CEO, Sam Altman, is shifting focus towards raising more money and building data centers, potentially in preparation for an IPO. However, the company's financial struggles and lack of clear direction have raised concerns among investors and partners.

A Los Angeles jury has ruled that Meta and YouTube are guilty of negligent platform design, resulting in harm to a young user's mental health. The companies will pay $6 million in total damages.

Granola, an AI meeting notetaker, has raised $125 million in Series C funding, reaching a valuation of $1.5 billion. The company is expanding its features to suit enterprise needs, including introducing workspaces called Spaces and new APIs for integrating note context into AI workflows.

Meta is launching a new initiative, Meta Small Business, to support entrepreneurship and drive AI adoption. The initiative will be led by Meta President Dina Powell McCormick and Head of Product Naomi Gleit, and will focus on building services that enable small businesses to grow and connect with customers in the AI era.