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From browsers blocking trackers by default to VPNs submitting to independent audits and AI running on-device, privacy is becoming a core product feature across four software categories in 2026.

Anthropic is putting Mythos 5 into Claude Security and partner tools, and adding $35mn in credits for open-source patching, weeks before EU rules bite.

Apple is cutting more than 200 roles across Siri, its AI software group and Vision Pro, largely closing the headset's gaming team as it pivots to glasses.

Aptera has signed a manufacturing programme worth up to $44mn with Shanghai's Launch Design, while its filings warn it may not survive the year.

Google says its Gemma family of open models has passed a billion downloads. Developers have published more than 100,000 Gemma variants over the past two years, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. Clement Farabet, a vice president at Google ...

Meta's Pocket app is live across the US. It came from the Gizmo team Meta hired in March, and the original Gizmo app shut down the same day.

China has recalled more than 4 million vehicles, including 2.98 million Teslas, because emergency door releases blend into the trim and cannot be found.

Ode, the $1.5bn venture Anthropic built with Blackstone, has bought Casper Studios. It is its second consultancy since May, and no price was given.

Siml takes custody of store operations, not just tasks. Two founders who started selling hand sanitizer at 15 now run AI agents across 1,000+ stores, as Adobe data shows AI-referred shoppers convert 42% better than paid search.

Meta spends hundreds of millions a year renting AI models through Microsoft's Azure, Bloomberg reports. Both companies declined to comment.