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1. Artificial intelligence · Software & updates · Programming & dev tools

   Google launches Connected Apps for Gemini

   Google is rolling out a preview of its Connected Apps Platform for developers. Services like Adobe, Experian and Peloton can already be accessed within Gemini, with more than 50 apps planned across Gemini and Search.

   Full story at Droid Life ↗
2. Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence · Chips & hardware

   Junie Local gets 70% faster on Mac M5

   Junie Local now runs at about 70 tokens per second on M5 Max, up from 40, thanks to the new Splash inference engine and DFlash2 draft model. This means faster local AI-assisted coding for developers using Mac hardware.

   Full story at blog.jetbrains.com ↗
3. Programming & dev tools · Software & updates

   GitHub Octoverse reports record pushes

   Developers pushed code to GitHub 17.9 billion times in the past 12 months, more than in 2024 and 2025 combined. The report cites projects such as Gati in Nepal and software at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

   Full story at github.blog ↗
4. Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence · DevOps & containers

   GitHub outlines its vision at Universe 2026

   GitHub says it wants to be the most comprehensive software delivery system. At Universe it introduced products and showed how it is rebuilding its infrastructure.

   Full story at github.blog ↗
5. Programming & dev tools · Smartphones & apps · Artificial intelligence

   Google previews a Connected Apps platform for developers

   At the Android Dev Summit, Google announced a Connected Apps Platform in preview. Apps from Adobe, Experian, Localiza and Peloton are expected in Search in the coming weeks, as well as Calm.

   Full story at Android Central ↗
6. Artificial intelligence · Programming & dev tools · Enterprise software

   Microsoft introduces its multi-model Copilot harness

   Microsoft introduced the Copilot harness for working across multiple AI models. Built by the GitHub engineering team, it has been adopted company-wide and powers Copilot Code and Copilot Studio, among others.

   Full story at blogs.microsoft.com ↗
7. Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence · Smartphones & apps

   Android Studio opens up to third-party AI agents

   Google's Bring Your Own Agent feature lets Android Studio support more than 40 coding agents, including Claude Agent and Codex. Google says new terminal tools help agents finish UI tasks 77 percent faster.

   Full story at The Decoder ↗
8. Cybersecurity · Programming & dev tools · Networking

   Cloudflare launches a PHP Capture the Flag challenge

   Cloudflare points to a week with eight compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates and serious PHP vulnerabilities called php2shell. It shipped client updates and new WAF rules to block attacks.

   Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗

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