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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Canva set its AI ambitions too high.

    The company has reportedly slashed its revenue forecast for 2026 by a third after relying too heavily on frontier models from other providers to drive AI features on the platform. According to Startup Daily, here’s what CEO Melanie Perkins had to say in an update to shareholders:

    “Several of our first-party models were not yet ready for release, and our pricing, consumption model and usage controls had not caught up with the outsized demand we were seeing.”

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    AI is now designing brand new biological viruses.

    A new study published in the journal Science used genome language models to produce viruses we’ve never seen before in nature. The resulting bacteriophages pose no threat to humans. The research simultaneously raises hope for medical advances, while stoking fear that AI could enable the creation of new diseases and biological weapons.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Oh look, more Pixel Watch 5 leaks.

    Several leaks have already given us a good idea of what Google’s upcoming smartwatch launch will probably look like, but now some new marketing images shared by Evan Blass also show what features we can expect. Check out Android Authority’s breakdown of the “Ask Gemini” integration and health features shown in the leaks.

    <em>The new leaks suggest an “Ask Gemini” integration will be available.</em>
    <em>Here’s a closer look at the control dial.</em>
    <em>The Fitbit Personal Health Coach feature will probably be supported. No suprises there.</em>
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    The new leaks suggest an “Ask Gemini” integration will be available.
    Image leaked by Evan Blass
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Apple’s private browsing feature isn’t good at its job.

    Private Relay is supposed to conceal your IP address when browsing Safari, but security researchers discovered that several WebKit browser engine quirks actually allow any website that supports passkeys to bypass the privacy feature entirely and expose your device’s IP. This comes just a month after Apple’s Hide My Email feature also failed to hide emails.

    IP and DNS Leaks in WebKit Affecting Proxy Browsers and Apple iCloud Private Relay

    [Mysk Blog – In-Depth Cybersecurity & Mobile App Privacy Research]

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Adobe unified its ChatGPT apps.

    After launching ChatGPT connectors for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, Adobe has now combined everything into a single Adobe plugin. Adobe for ChatGPT includes a variety of tools from Firefly and Creative Cloud apps that let you make or edit images, videos, documents, and other content by giving conversational instructions and descriptions to OpenAI’s chatbot.