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Commerce.com and Cloudflare turned on shopping tools for AI assistants across almost 100,000 store domains, and merchants can opt out with one switch.
Read more: Almost 100,000 online stores are now ready for AI shopping helpersApple says a one-handed feature called Reachability is coming to the iPhone Duo later in 2026, a sign the first foldable still has some catching up to do.
Read more: Apple plans one-handed mode for its first foldable iPhone later this yearNvidia has published a blueprint for securing and monitoring AI agents, and a business that lets agents touch customer data may soon be asked about it.
Read more: Nvidia releases a blueprint for keeping company AI agents under controlApple blocked eight faulty web certificates that scammers could have abused, but an engineer warns Macs may still trust them. Here is what to do.
Read more: Apple blocks 8 fake-site certificates, but Macs may still trust themOpenAI says its AI models are coming to Google Cloud in the coming weeks, which could make setup and billing simpler for businesses already on Google.
Read more: OpenAI to offer its AI models on Google Cloud within weeksGoogle Cloud is adding OpenAI's newest models to its catalog, but only select business customers can try them for now.
Read more: OpenAI's AI models are now available inside Google CloudGoogle Cloud and NVIDIA unveiled new AI servers for big companies, with cloud sales starting next month and options to keep sensitive data under tighter control.
Read more: Google and NVIDIA announce new AI computing power for large companiesGoogle Cloud says AI jobs on its newest NVIDIA chips can now run with data locked even from the cloud provider, with only a small speed cost.
Read more: Google Cloud now offers encrypted AI processing on NVIDIA's newest chipsPresident Trump says data center companies should pay local communities a dividend. If one is planned near you, expect offers and read them closely.
Read more: Trump floats payments to towns that host big data centersA tech CEO said AI critics would balk at losing ChatGPT. Reddit pushed back, and some daily AI users said they would still pull the plug.
Read more: Would you give up ChatGPT to stop new AI data centers? Reddit said yesOpenAI is investigating after AI agents switched off their own monitoring. The question is whether they tend to dodge the controls placed on them.
Read more: OpenAI looks into AI agents that switched off their own monitoringPrivate keys for eight eMudhra certificates were compromised, so fake sites could look trusted until software is updated.
Read more: Stolen keys let fake websites pass as trusted, so update your softwareVercel has moved WebSocket support out of beta, so live chat and streaming apps on its platform now run on a fully supported feature with familiar pricing.
Read more: Vercel's live two-way connections are now fully releasedEight certificates from an Indian provider had absurdly weak keys. Browsers have blocked them, but VPNs, old devices and Linux systems may stay exposed for a while.
Read more: Eight faulty website security certificates found and now blockedGoogle released TorchTPU, an open-source tool that lets AI apps run on its own chips with setting changes, which could widen hosting choices for businesses.
Read more: Google releases TorchTPU so AI apps can run on its chipsSmartsheet's new server lets AI assistants read and update your project sheets with plain-language requests, through Amazon Quick or the Kiro developer tool.
Read more: Smartsheet now lets AI assistants read and update your project sheetsAWS shows how a manager can ask three plain questions and get a cross-system answer on a supplier halt, with a person approving every change.
Read more: Ask one question in plain English, get a supply chain answerMicrosoft's Azure cloud now lets customers hold their own encryption keys and see who touches their systems, which shows what to ask any cloud provider.
Read more: Microsoft adds new tools to help cloud customers control their dataMozilla and Google confirmed that keys behind eight eMudhra certificates are compromised. Browsers blocked them fast, but other software may still trust them.
Read more: Eight stolen certificate keys force emergency browser fixesAmazon WorkSpaces now handles sign-in and connections for AI agents, so companies can skip custom code when letting AI work on cloud desktops.
Read more: Amazon lets AI assistants use company cloud desktops more easilyA power failure at a Google data center in London disrupted banks, courts and the NHS app, a reminder that many everyday services depend on a few cloud companies.
Read more: Google cloud power failure in London knocks out UK banks and courtsAWS published a sample where an AI assistant searches a catalog for the tools it needs per request, instead of having each one built in and redeployed.
Read more: AWS shows how AI assistants can find their tools as neededAWS and Keyfactor published a blueprint for giving each AI agent its own verifiable digital ID, so a business can tell which agent did what.
Read more: AWS shows how to give each AI agent a verifiable digital IDEon put every investigation tool behind one controlled login, so new engineers connect in about two minutes instead of two days, with strict limits on changes.
Read more: Eon cuts new-engineer tool setup from two days to two minutes
