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Claude
Claude Code users keep 50% higher limits until July 19

Anthropic has extended a limited-time promotion that increases weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 50% through July 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT. When the promotion ends, weekly …

package
Why SBOMs, signing, and provenance still don’t tell you if software is safe

We have made real progress in software supply chain security, improving visibility into software components, authenticity and build integrity. Much of this progress traces …

Cynative
Cynative: Open-source deep research agent

Running a large language model against a live cloud account to hunt for security holes comes with an obvious hazard. An agent that holds real credentials and a mandate to poke …

Microsoft
Microsoft demystifies how Windows updates work

Microsoft has published a guide explaining the Windows servicing model, outlining the purpose of monthly security updates, optional preview releases, hotpatch updates, and the …

Chip
A hardware security AI assistant that checks chips for hidden backdoors

Chip designers license blocks of circuitry from outside vendors and drop them into larger products. A single processor can carry components from a range of suppliers, each …

door
99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched

Organizations build, deploy, and operate AI in the cloud, but basic cybersecurity hygiene is often sacrificed for speed, according to Orca Security’s 2026 State of AI Security …

database
Enterprises are rethinking where their AI applications run

Growing demand for compute capacity, power, cooling and low-latency connectivity is prompting organizations to reassess where AI applications run, according to CoreSite. …

Debian
Debian 13.6 security update patches over a hundred advisories in trixie

Most PCs still run with a UEFI Secure Boot certificate authority, installed by default since 2013, that has now expired. That certificate signed the bootloaders letting …

cybersecurity week in review
Week in review: Accenture data breach, great open-source cybersecurity tools

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Securing the inbox: Where identity, brand and security meet Getting a …

patch tuesday
July 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is CVE tracking still practical?

I was off by a month in my forecast of record-setting CVE releases from Microsoft. In June, we saw the deluge of over 200 reported CVEs that I expected in May. There were 116 …

open source
The open source library holding up your stack might have one maintainer

Every serious software product runs on code that someone else wrote and released for free. A web service leans on a cryptography library, a data pipeline pulls in a parser, …

data request
Most data brokers won’t tell you what happened to your deletion request

Data brokers collect personal details on most adults in the United States and sell them to buyers that include employers, landlords, insurance companies, and government …

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