May 29, 2026
Today's top tech stories, deduped across the newsletters I read and briefly summarized. Click a source to open the original article.
AI
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with 1 million token context window
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, its most capable generally available model, featuring a 1 million token context window by default, adaptive thinking, and a range of new developer features including mid-conversation system messages and computer use support. A fast mode is also available as a research preview on the Claude API.
Cognition raises over $1 billion at $26 billion valuation to expand Devin
Cognition, the company behind AI software engineer Devin, has raised over $1 billion in a funding round valuing it at $26 billion. Devin has already cut project times significantly for clients including Mercedes-Benz and Itaú.
NVIDIA commits $150 billion per year to keep Taiwan at center of AI manufacturing
NVIDIA plans to invest $150 billion annually to ensure Taiwan remains the world's primary AI manufacturing hub, including establishing a new headquarters in the country and deepening its partnership with TSMC. The move comes as U.S. plans to become an AI manufacturing hub face setbacks.
YouTube introduces automatic labeling for AI-generated video content
YouTube will automatically apply labels to videos containing significant photorealistic AI content, reducing reliance on creator self-disclosure. Labels appear directly below the player on long-form videos and as overlays on Shorts.
Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit with coding agents
Analysis suggests both Anthropic and OpenAI have achieved product-market fit through coding and general-purpose agent products, with enterprise clients now spending over $200 per user per month. The shift to aggressive usage-based API pricing reflects that AI tools have become essential to daily operations.
Apple and Google are rewriting push notifications with on-device AI before users see them
Apple and Google now use on-device AI models to summarize, reorder, and rewrite push notifications before they reach users, turning them into platform-mediated communications. To maintain engagement, senders need to shift from broadcast messages to highly relevant, user-triggered alerts.
Google DeepMind CEO Hassabis: AGI is 3 to 4 years away
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis now predicts AGI could be achieved by 2029–2030, accelerating from his earlier estimate of 2030–2035. The revised timeline reflects the rapid pace of AI research and growing investment in the field.
Security
TrapDoor malware campaign targets developer workstations via npm, PyPI, and Crates.io
Socket researchers uncovered TrapDoor, a campaign distributing 34+ malicious packages across 384+ versions on npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to steal AWS credentials, GitHub tokens, and SSH keys. The campaign abuses each ecosystem's native execution points such as postinstall scripts and Rust build scripts.
MFA reset attacks dominate financial services, bypassing passwords entirely
Three independent reports from CrowdStrike, the FBI, and Verizon converge on the same finding: attackers are bypassing password theft by using Microsoft Teams vishing to trick help desks into resetting MFA and registering attacker-controlled devices. One group used this method to steal $25 million.
Critical unauthenticated RCE vulnerability found in Kopia backup tool
Orca Security has disclosed CVE-2026-45695 (CVSS 9.8), an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in the open-source Kopia backup tool where SFTP configuration fields are passed directly into an SSH command line without tokenization. Attackers can exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
IT
Dell lands $9.7 billion Pentagon software infrastructure deal
Dell has secured a $9.7 billion agreement with the Pentagon to centralize procurement of Microsoft software, cloud subscriptions, and enterprise licensing across the Department of Defense, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. The deal underscores the scale of government IT modernization underway.
Other
SpaceX wins $2.29 billion US Space Force contract for sensor-to-shooter targeting network
SpaceX has been awarded a $2.29 billion firm-fixed-price contract to build a space-based sensor and targeting data distribution network for the US military, leveraging technology developed for Starlink. The contract is part of a broader discussion around SpaceX's potential IPO at a $2 trillion valuation.