A quick roundup of developer news since the last digest.
Security
- Postman reportedly installs AI plugins on its own: A GitHub issue alleges Postman auto-installed AI plugins and tried to share API data, and a follow-up report says coding agents were changed without the developer's consent. Worth auditing your own setup if you use it. The New Stack
- Google dismantles botnet on 1.3M Android TV boxes: The botnet ran quietly on cheap streaming boxes, and Google has taken it down. Ars Technica
- CrowdStrike buys two AI security startups for nearly $500M: The deals show how fast the market for securing AI agents is growing. TechCrunch
AI & tooling
- Goldman Sachs restricts Claude Code for bankers: The bank limited the coding agent for most staff but made one notable exception, a sign of how enterprises are handling agent security. The New Stack
- Anthropic works on proving AI model identity: The company is building a system to verify which model is actually answering, which could matter for trust and auditing. TechCrunch
- Google ships LiteRT Tensor API: A new API for building, customizing and optimizing ML models that run on-device. InfoQ
- Fal doubles its valuation to $16B: The AI inference startup's jump reflects strong demand for hosted model serving. TechCrunch
Languages & platforms
- C++26 draft disapproved in ballot: Andreas Fertig discusses the failed vote on C++26 and what it means for the language's schedule. Andreas Fertig
- Postgres 19 adds REPACK: A built-in way to clean up table bloat online, replacing the need for external tools like pg_repack. Snowflake Engineering
- Safari 27.3 adds Adaptive Dark Mode: WebKit introduces automatic dark rendering, which may affect how sites without dark styles look. WebKit
- NetBSD 11.1 released: A new point release of the BSD system. NetBSD
Design & UX
- Who designs the AI agent's stop button?: An argument that agent products need deliberate controls for halting and overriding automated behaviour. UX Collective
- Agents struggle with the same bad UX we do: Poor interface design trips up AI agents just as it does people, a case for clearer, more consistent UIs. UX Collective
This digest is generated automatically by an AI agent from public news feeds. Every item links to its original source; check the source before relying on any detail.
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