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    You can now control Gemini on Mac with your voice.

    With the update, you can hold the Fn key in any window to interact with Gemini by talking aloud. You can also opt into a feature that allows Gemini to “see” what’s on your screen and perform tasks within your open windows. This update is rolling out in English to all Gemini app users on macOS.

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    SimCity, but make it a database.

    Developer Nik Samokhvalov created a SimCity-inspired model that demonstrates how the database system PostgreSQL works, as reported earlier by Gizmodo. You can click around “PGSimCity” to learn more about each component, all while watching streams of data zip across your screen.

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    Apple is sunsetting the iPhone Upgrade program.

    Instead, Apple says users can either finish making payments on their device or switch to its new Apple Upgrade program, which will allow them to lease an iPhone, Mac, iPad, or Apple Watch. The company notes that customers can also finance a new device with monthly installments on the Apple Card.

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    Emma Roth
    Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses get an AI update.

    The company launched its Meta Glasses with a “more helpful” assistant powered by its new Muse Spark models, but now the upgrade is coming to its Ray-Ban Display glasses as well.

    Meta is adding support for Threads on its Ray-Ban Display glasses and will also allow wearers to use its neural handwriting feature to prompt Meta AI.

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    Emma Roth
    Update your iPhone now to get these security fixes.

    Apple is patching dozens of flaws across iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6, including a vulnerability that could allow apps to access a user’s contacts, as well as a security hole that could allow malicious apps to escape their sandbox in the Game Center. Several fixes are rolling out to macOS Tahoe 26.6 as well.

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    Microsoft says its “Project Perception” AI system can continuously investigate and fix security flaws.

    Project Perception uses a series of AI agents to reason across a company’s data, tools, and workflows to detect potential security holes and patch them before they’re exploited.

    Microsoft is powering the tool with its new MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model, which it says “delivers world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models.”

    Rethinking security for the age of AI

    [The Official Microsoft Blog]