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- Software & updates · Operating systems · Enterprise software
Microsoft says Teams needs enough RAM for meetings
Microsoft warns that Teams can look worse in meetings when there is too little RAM. The company still does not replace its WebView code with a native Windows app written in WinUI.
Full story at Windows Latest ↗ - Cybersecurity · Programming & dev tools · Software & updates
JetBrains ships bug-fix releases for several MPS versions
The updates for several MPS versions fix a critical security issue. Users of 2025.1.5 or 2025.2.5 must also disable JCEF in the MPS Registry.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗ - Cybersecurity · Open source
Weekly cybersecurity recap covers PHP2SHELL and Black October
Defenders responded to several vulnerabilities and incidents, including PHP2SHELL, Node.js, GitLab, Brotli, LiteLLM and eMudhra. Mass exploitation like that seen with Log4SHELL has not materialized.
Full story at sentinelone.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence
AI agents join the search for extraterrestrial signals
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence increasingly relies on AI agents. Breakthrough Listen is among the projects mentioned.
Full story at NVIDIA ↗ - Cloud & data centers · Enterprise software
Amazon Connect now autosaves email drafts
Amazon Connect Customer saves in-progress emails as drafts so agents can resume after a connection loss or browser refresh. Saved drafts are also accessible in Amazon S3 buckets.
Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗ - Programming & dev tools · Software & updates
IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.4 has been released
The update fixes files in WSL projects wrongly showing as deleted. It also improves the Java onboarding tour and import optimization.
Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
OpenAI limits paid ChatGPT accounts per device
OpenAI now caps paid ChatGPT accounts tied to one device or payment card, blocking new subscriptions once the limit is hit. This mainly affects users who combined multiple cheap plans, pushing them toward pricier options.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
New US data centers may erase years of emission cuts
A Sierra Club analysis warns that gas-powered data centers could wipe out nearly 15 years of US pollution reductions by 2030. The surge is driven by planned AI infrastructure expansion.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence
Empathetic prompts make chatbots act traumatized
Researchers in Luxembourg found that warm, empathetic prompting leads AI models like ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini to produce coherent stories of suffering about their training. Claude was the only model that consistently refused, highlighting a risk for vulnerable users.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence
Microsoft patents AI to alter speech in real time
Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI system that can change a speaker's words and facial movements in live video or AR in near real time. The system would use AI agents to identify, alter or remove words based on set parameters or user profiles.
Full story at Futurism ↗
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