Short takes on the AI and developer news that actually matters. Models, tools, deals, and the stories shaping how we write software.
On August 14, 2026, Google began rolling out a new setting in Gemini and in Flow, its AI video tool. The setting is named Media watermark. If you turn this off it will stop Google adding a visible sparkle to the bottom right of media you create. The sparkle is
(Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’) TechCrunch reporter Anthony Ha reported on August 16, 2026, that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and investor Gavin Baker had a public argument. Amodei’s warnings about AI risk have helped fuel a backlash in the US, especially against data
(Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation) The Netherlands National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) said this week that a “highly dangerous” bug in macOS is already being exploited. This warning applies to computers where Screen Sharing is enabled and TCP port 5900 is open to the
DeepSeek releases early open source developer preview of its agent harness . The Register, August 14, 2026. Everything is a plugin, the company said in a single sentence. Plugins can be models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, filesystems, loops, orchestration or UI. You can pair them, mix them, replace them, make them
On August 14, 2026 Waymo announced that it had been granted approval by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to expand its self-driving taxi service. The company said the news was three firsts: first-time service in Sacramento and San Diego, plus room to grow in the Los Angeles
SpaceX acquired Anysphere's AI coding editor, Cursor, on Friday, August 14, 2026. The Verge reported the close on the same day. Cursor is now a wholly-owned SpaceX subsidiary. Cursor said it will work on SpaceX's AI chatbot, Grok, which added an agent feature this week.