Google wants to pay Play Store developers for code to train its AI
It appears that in a bid to improve its standing as the go-to platform for coders, Google has started contacting Android app creators to let them use their private codebases for…
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Godot gives vibe-coders the middle finger as it bans AI-generated code contributions
…According to the Godot team, as AI agents continue to improve, the amount of effort it takes to submit a pull request has gone down while the time maintainers spend evaluating these…
GitHub removes manual model selection from Copilot free and student plans
…improvements in output quality. Users can still check which model generated a response . In Copilot Chat, the information appears when hovering over an answer, while Copilot CLI and the Copilot cloud agent…
OpenAI announces GPT‑5.6 Sol, its next-generation flagship model beating Claude Mythos 5
…GPT-5.6 Sol is the flagship model targeted at demanding reasoning and agentic workloads. GPT-5.6 Terra is positioned as a balanced model for everyday work, featuring performance competitive with…
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of using 25,000 fake accounts to copy Claude's capabilities
…help train or improve rival AI systems. The alleged campaign reportedly focused on some of Claude’s most valuable skills, including software development, multi-step reasoning, and agentic tasks. In practical terms…
Microsoft announces official support for Visual Studio 2026 with latest WDK release
…Headless build machines CI agents without the full Visual Studio IDE Cleaner separation between development and build environments Apart from a version update, this release of WDK improves upon the preview version…
007 First Light review: Satisfying spy adventure that James Bond needed
IO Interactive is trading Agent 47 for James Bond in 007 First Light. Here's what we thought of the super spy action experience in this review of the game's PC…
Google's NotebookLM gets some useful features you may have been waiting for
…NotebookLM features that add agentic capabilities in chat and more advanced reasoning. For starters, NotebookLM now draws its fuel from Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity to improve accuracy and reliability. One of…
Google I/O 2026: Here's when and where you can watch Google's official keynotes
…During these sessions, the search giant will discuss Android 17 performance improvements, new features for media and camera apps, new functionality for desktop, and what it's doing to improve model capabilities…
Microsoft adds reusable skills and finance data connectors to Copilot in Excel
…The update continues Microsoft’s push to turn Excel Copilot from a chatbot into an agent that can carry out longer tasks. The company previously added an Agent Mode capable of planning…