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Tools & Apps

7/13/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

DuckDuckGo browser now blocks most YouTube video ads: what to check first

DuckDuckGo says its browser now blocks most pre-roll and mid-roll YouTube ads, turning ad blocking into a built-in privacy-browser feature rather than an extension workaround.

Tools & Apps

7/12/2026 3 min

@ZachasADMIN

GitHub actions/checkout v7: Security and Breaking Changes

GitHub actions/checkout v7 blocks common pwn-request patterns. See the July 16 backport, affected workflows, breaking behavior and upgrade checks.

Tools & Apps

7/12/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Check Durable Object Storage Before Your Next Cloudflare Worker Deploy

Cloudflare now requires new Durable Object namespaces to use the SQLite storage backend for accounts that do not already have KV-backed namespaces. Teams should update Wrangler migrations and deployment assumptions before the next Worker rollout.

Tools & Apps

7/12/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Use GitHub's new pulls dashboard to stop losing review work

GitHub's refreshed pull requests dashboard is now generally available, giving developers and managers one place for review requests, CI failures, merge-ready PRs, saved views, and advanced search.

Tools & Apps

7/12/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

Cursor 3.11: Side Chats and Agent Transcript Search

Cursor 3.11 adds side chats, agent transcript search, redesigned repo pickers and cloud-agent hooks, with commands and workflow ideas for coding agents.

Tools & Apps

7/11/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

Scan AI App Code for System Prompt Injection with CodeQL 2.26.0

GitHub's CodeQL 2.26.0 adds a JavaScript and TypeScript query for system prompt injection, giving teams a static-analysis check for AI app code before untrusted input reaches model instructions.

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