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Google is expanding its controversial AI-powered search with four significant upgrades including visual file analysis, an interactive Canvas workspace for project planning, real-time camera queries via Lens, and enhanced webpage interrogation. These features aim to win over skeptics by transforming search into a dynamic, multi-modal assistant.

Anthropic has announced new weekly usage caps for its Claude Pro subscribers to curb account sharing and excessive usage, citing system strain from rapid growth of Claude Code. However, paying users report persistent 'overloaded' errors and service outages, sparking outrage and subscription cancellations over unmet accessibility promises.

Web automation agents consistently fail in production due to context overload and memory accumulation, creating a painful demo-to-production gap. Simplex reveals how borrowing Anthropic's multi-agent approach slashes failure rates by compressing context and scoping tasks, enabling 60+ minute workflows.

Polar Signals has unveiled Off-CPU profiling for its eBPF-based Parca Agent, enabling developers to track why processes are idling off the CPU during I/O waits, locks, or scheduling delays. The feature introduces intelligent stack filtering and runtime-specific presets to eliminate noise from systems like Go's GC or Rust's Tokio runtime. This breakthrough provides critical visibility into latency drivers beyond traditional CPU profiling.

Lenovo has rolled out urgent firmware updates to fix six high-severity vulnerabilities in its all-in-one desktops, allowing attackers to bypass Secure Boot protections and plant undetectable malware. Discovered by Binarly, these flaws stem from insecure customizations in the UEFI firmware, echoing similar supply chain weaknesses recently found in Gigabyte hardware. The patches highlight the escalating risks in firmware security, where exploits can persist even after OS reinstallation.

As phishing and cookie theft attacks skyrocket by 84%, Google unveils Device Bound Session Credentials and expanded passkey support to fortify account security. These innovations aim to render stolen credentials useless and offer IT admins critical tools for enterprise defense.