The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...
Forbes

Microsoft Makes Governance The Gate For Enterprise AI Agents

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Microsoft used Build 2026 to make a quiet but consequential bet, treating the hard part of ...
The Verge

Apple is using AI to fix Safari’s extension problem

Safari will invite users to ‘vibe-code’ their own extensions. Safari will invite users to ‘vibe-code’ their own extensions. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...
The Verge

Ableton is letting musicians build browser-style extensions for Live

If you’ve ever wished Ableton’s DAW had a specific feature, now you can hack it together in JavaScript. If you’ve ever wished Ableton’s DAW had a specific feature, now you can hack it together in ...
The Fader

Ableton is letting users build their own tools

Ableton is opening up Live in a new way. On June 2, the Berlin software company launched the public beta of its Extensions SDK, a free JavaScript toolkit that lets users build custom add-ons for ...
Wired

The Best Browser Extensions to Get More Out of YouTube

From wedding speeches to music videos, from DIY tutorials to movie clips, from celebrity interviews to remote wilderness adventures, it's all on YouTube. Per YouTube's official figures, more than 20 ...
Women's Health

Do Hair Extensions Actually Damage Your Hair? Here’s What Experts Want You to Know.

Want longer, fuller-looking hair in an instant? Use hair extensions. Curious whether you’d rock a bold, new color without risking box-dye regret? Use hair extensions. Dreaming of flaunting a certain ...
CNBC

Amazon to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic as part of AI infrastructure deal

Amazon has agreed to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, on top of the $8 billion that it has poured into the artificial intelligence startup in recent years. As part of the announcement, Anthropic ...
Wall Street Journal

In This Critical Part of Audits, the Accountant’s Role Is Shrinking Fast

Accounting firms are scaling back the role of human auditors in routine testing of things like payroll and revenue contracts, long a critical part of their work, amid a greater reliance on AI agents.
Reuters

Trump says Lebanon is not part of ceasefire deal with Iran, PBS reports

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Lebanon is not part of the ‌ceasefire agreement the U.S. has with Iran "because of Hezbollah" but will "get taken care of," U.S. President Donald Trump ⁠told PBS News ...
TechCrunch

Copilot is ‘for entertainment purposes only,’ according to Microsoft’s terms of use

AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...