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Find longer articles in the blog, explore a topic through the guides, or browse earlier news.Check GitHub Code Quality costs before July 20 billing starts
GitHub now shows a Code Quality license estimate before the product becomes paid on July 20, 2026. Teams should check active committers, Actions minutes, and AI-credit usage before leaving it enabled.
Read updateCheck Apple v. OpenAI before betting on AI hardware partnerships
Apple has filed a federal trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI, io Products, and two former Apple employees. The claims are unproven, but the case creates a real diligence checkpoint for AI hardware partnerships, hiring, supplier access, and confidential design workflows.
Read updateCloudflare Precursor Makes Bot Detection a Full-Session Problem
Cloudflare has launched Precursor, a session-based bot detection system that watches browser behavior across a full visit instead of relying only on one-time challenges.
Read updateUse Seedream 5.0 Pro for Editable Infographics Before Rebuilding Visuals by Hand
ByteDance Seed has launched Seedream 5.0 Pro, a multimodal image model for dense infographics, localized text, region-level edits, layer separation, and production design workflows. Vercel now lists the model on AI Gateway under bytedance/seedream-5.0-pro.
Read updateSet AI crawler rules at the origin: Cloudflare Markdown for Agents now preserves Content-Signal headers
Cloudflare's July 13 update makes origin-set Content-Signal, security, and cache headers survive Markdown for Agents conversion, giving publishers a clearer control point for AI-readable web pages.
Read updateUse ChatGPT on WhatsApp Again in the EEA, but Check Access Limits First
OpenAI says ChatGPT is available again on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area through the verified 1-800-CHATGPT contact, with image uploads, voice notes, image generation, optional account linking, gradual rollout, and usage limits.
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