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Kipp, which helps stores recover sales when a card is declined for low funds, was bought by a group led by LTVCo and plans to grow in the US.
Read more: Kipp, a card payments startup, is bought and plans to grow in the USA researcher tested keys found in public Gitee code and 26,400 still worked. Deleting a key from code does not cancel it, so old keys remain a risk.
Read more: Thousands of working passwords for cloud and AI tools left in public codeResearchers found 83 attacks on 61 open source projects, using invisible text in GitHub posts to trick automated tools into handing over passwords and keys.
Read more: Hackers hid secret commands in GitHub posts to steal loginsA flaw in Telegram for Android let a stranger run code on your phone once you answered their call. A fix is out, so check your app version now.
Read more: Telegram bug on Android let a voice call take over phonesShopify's Fall '26 update lets AI assistants shop and check out, adds app security checks, and shows store owners a partner's history before they grant access.
Read more: Shopify adds tools to make online stores easier to build and saferGitHub is testing a firewall that blocks suspicious or brand-new npm code from installing, a step aimed at poisoned updates that slip into business software.
Read more: GitHub adds a safety gate to stop booby-trapped code downloadsSymantec found a reseller service that sets up real AI coding tools, then switches off their safety limits and routes everything through its own servers.
Read more: Fake AI reseller quietly turns off safety limits on coding toolsLegal software maker Legora says it uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT and Codex to speed up contract work, which could mean faster turnaround for people who pay lawyers.
Read more: Legal software company Legora uses OpenAI tools to speed up lawyers' workCloudflare's new beta tool lets AI apps pull live web results from three search providers, with one bill and one activity log for businesses.
Read more: Cloudflare lets AI apps search the live web through one serviceA August poll found 57 percent of Texans oppose new data centers, and the fight is shaping races for governor and Senate. Power bills and water are at the center.
Read more: Texas voters of every party turn against data centersTiger Financial says its new card payment system, built and tested with AI coding tools, is live in Southeast Asia. The speed and savings claims come only from the company.
Read more: Tiger Financial launches a card payment system built with AI coding toolsDoorDash moved its earnings date up by almost a week as reports say it is in talks to take over Instacart, which could affect fees and choices for shoppers.
Read more: DoorDash reports earnings early as Instacart takeover talks are reportedNVIDIA says its RTX Spark laptops are on sale from six brands, with thin designs built to run AI tools on the machine itself instead of in the cloud.
Read more: Thin Windows laptops now run powerful AI programs on the device itselfGitHub now lets AI helpers handle chores like sorting bug reports and updating documentation, with safety limits built in. Here is what it takes to use it.
Read more: GitHub Lets AI Helpers Handle Routine Software Chores AutomaticallyOpenAI says its Dots assistant should reach more of Europe in a few weeks. The Berlin event also showed how much OpenAI wants businesses to build on its platform.
Read more: OpenAI says its Dots assistant will reach more of Europe soonGitHub now logs 7.4 billion saved code changes a month, mostly from AI agents, and is rebuilding its systems to keep up. Outages have been a recurring problem.
Read more: GitHub now gets 7.4 billion code saves a month, mostly from AIAn Android Police reviewer says Chrono, a free open source clock app, beats the Pixel's built-in clock. It has some useful alarm tricks, with a few gaps.
Read more: A free clock app can replace the one on your Pixel phoneGitHub's new Copilot Fusion picks and combines AI models for each coding job. Independent tests found it cost about half as much as a top rival and scored close.
Read more: GitHub's new AI coding tool nearly matches the best for half the costChinese AI labs are reportedly leaning on OpenAI's newest model to train their own, which could shape the price and quality of the AI tools you use.
Read more: Chinese AI labs are copying OpenAI's newest model by studying its answersThe FTC wants nine big companies to explain whether personal data shapes what customers pay and what gig workers earn. Your price may depend on it.
Read more: FTC demands answers from 9 big companies on how they set pricesMicrosoft says big companies are using AI to run real business tasks, and that its pricing is shifting toward charging for how much work the AI does.
Read more: Microsoft says big companies are putting AI to real workCopilot is reported to offer 11 Claude models from Anthropic while also competing with Anthropic's own coding tool, Claude Code. Here is what that could mean for buyers.
Read more: Copilot Offers 11 Claude AI Models and Rivals Claude CodePNC and ADP are building payroll and HR tools into PNC's digital banking, so small business owners may run both from one login.
Read more: PNC Bank Adds ADP Payroll Inside Its Small Business BankingGitHub Copilot can now make and edit images from a plain-language request and save them in your project, but the usage counts against your AI credits.
Read more: GitHub Copilot can now create and edit images for your project
