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Lead maintainers of open-source projects can apply for free scanning, but Anthropic reviews each project on a case-by-case basis. To apply, the lead maintainer needs to file a request in the service's GitHub repository. Anthropic considers projects that are significant to infrastructure and user security. -
Telegram's macOS beta contains HTMLBubbles, a feature that could let users handle interactive content inside chats without opening a mini app. The system is designed to embed HTML and CSS in messages so the content can run directly in the conversation. -
Brandon Thomas says ArtCraft is trying to match Adobe's workflow, not just its feature list: the project aims to recreate the look, keyboard shortcuts, and behavior of apps like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Illustrator without copying Adobe's source code. The free, open-source suite uses Claude Opus 5.5 and is meant as an alternative to Adobe software. -
Windows Search will get thousands of action commands, including system settings changes — coming this fall
Windows Search will get commands for performing actions, including changing system settings. Microsoft plans to add thousands of such commands that can be entered in the search interface starting this fall. -
Google has officially unveiled Nano Banana 2.1, a major update to its AI model. The developers have significantly improved the editing of complex visual materials: the neural network now supports resolutions up to 4K, allows for localized editing of selected areas, and delivers higher-quality processing for wide panoramas. -
PC Games Hardware tested Windows 11 26H2 by launching Explorer, Calculator, Notepad, and Paint ten times each from the taskbar, recording the launches at 120 frames per second. Across the four apps, the results were mixed rather than uniformly better on 26H2. -
The famous scene on a ship's bow, which tourists around the world reenact, ended up giving one iPhone owner a very different photo from the one he was expecting. -
Apple has announced changes to how macOS grants Full Disk Access (FDA) to applications. The company now intends to allow access to Mac data only after explicit and deliberate user action. -
Google has started rolling out a new restriction on Android for APKs from unregistered developers: you have to wait 24 hours before installing them. The measure is already in effect in several countries and affects installing apps outside the usual stores. The new rules have already taken effect in Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia on devices running Android 7 and newer. -
OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a full-fledged work environment in the vein of Google Workspace and Microsoft Office. TechCrunch went as far as calling it ChatGPT's own office suite. We already covered the main announcements in our DevDay recap; here are the details that didn't make it into that report. -
Microsoft says Windows 11 26H2 is rolling out now, but the update is mostly a delivery vehicle for features already shipped in earlier releases rather than a bundle of new consumer tools. On eligible PCs, it installs as a small enablement package and requires only a restart. -
Mozilla began rolling out Firefox 157 on September 29, 2026, and longtime users will notice the return of compact mode. The update is arriving gradually, with Windows and macOS users set to receive it automatically over the next few days; it also refreshes the browser's colors, icons, tabs, toolbar, and new-tab page with Mozilla's Nova design. -
Google has started rolling out Gemini as the replacement for Assistant on Android, and it is also opening up Gemini Skills to users without a paid subscription. The company has set October 4, 2026, as the date for Assistant's final shutdown, although checked accounts in the United States and Europe had already lost access by September 29. -
ElevenLabs says the new release expands its speech tools with finer control over tone, pacing, emotion, and sound effects, alongside support for more than 90 languages. The company also says the models can carry a voice recorded in one language into others while retaining its identity, making multilingual speech generation one of the update's key features. -
Valve has released a beta version of SteamOS 3.8.28 for devices with discrete AMD graphics, including Steam Machine: the patch is meant to fix an issue where games started running slower after waking from sleep. The update is intended for systems with discrete AMD GPUs. Valve did not specify which GPU generations were affected or how much performance dropped before the patch was installed. -
Windows 11 users who install KB5124010 are getting a preview update that changes the setup experience, but some players are also reporting game crashes soon after. The optional release, published on September 22, 2026, removes PC-to-PC Migration during initial setup and has been linked by users to Battlefield 6 and other online titles closing shortly after launch. -
Qualcomm's work could reduce Android users' dependence on community-made Mesa Turnip drivers when running Windows games through translation layers. The effort is aimed at more direct DirectX 12 support on Android, and it comes after Geekerwan showed Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong running on a reference device with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. -
Discord's new age assurance system will sort users into teen, adult, or unconfirmed groups using account-level signals as it rolls out worldwide over the course of the week. -
After the launch of GeForce RTX 50, owners of the new NVIDIA graphics cards lost the familiar monitoring of the GPU’s hottest-point temperature — now that metric is coming back. In the fresh GPU-Z 2.71.0, the developers have re-added HotSpot, and at the same time taught the utility to show the temperature of each GDDR7 memory chip. This makes it possible to spot local overheating that the graphics card’s average temperature may not show. The update also adds extra data on GPU clocks and PCI Express bandwidth. -
Microsoft said it will give enterprise customers at least one year's notice before retiring IE Mode in Edge, and the compatibility feature is now slated to stay supported through the end of 2029. The notice was published in Microsoft 365 admin center message MC1473151.
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