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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface

Adobe launched the Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational agent that orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and Frame.io using natural language. Previously codenamed Project Moonlight, it enters public beta in coming weeks, integrates with third-party models including Anthropic’s Claude, and maintains context across sessions. Adobe also announced Firefly Image Model 5, Custom Models, […]
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Magic's next Secret Lair cards, prices, and hidden value explained
A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% message daily on Snapchat, 37% say TikTok impacts sleep (Pew Research Center)
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% message daily on Snapchat, 37% say TikTok impacts sleep — Teens largely turn to TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat for fun and connection. But experiences around messaging, screen time and cyberbullying vary.
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them

An attacker bought 30+ WordPress plugins (Essential Plugin portfolio) on Flippa for six figures, planted a PHP deserialization backdoor in August 2025, then activated it eight months later to serve cloaked SEO spam exclusively to Googlebot. WordPress.org closed 31 plugins on 7 April 2026. The same week, Smart Slider 3 Pro (800,000+ installations) was separately […]
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The EU says its age verification app is ready

Announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and digital chief Virkkunen, the open-source app uses zero-knowledge proof technology to let users confirm their age without exposing personal data to platforms. It enters a pilot phase with member states. No EU-wide binding minimum age exists yet. The European Commission has declared its age verification app […]
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