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The security conversation around AI agents just got more complicated. Researchers are warning about what they call the lethal trifecta — when an AI agent has access to private data, encounters untrusted content, and holds an open path to the outside world. Now add third-party connectors like Gmail or Slack into that mix, and the risk radius expands so fast it becomes nearly impossible to map, let alone defend.
Shifting gears, there's a quiet design rebellion underway in the laptop world. After years of thinner machines, vanishing ports, and keyboards with almost no travel, manufacturers are rediscovering that people actually want useful computers. Repairability, physical keyboards, and a full set of ports are making a comeback — and this time, the industry seems to be listening rather than just rebranding retreat as progress.
And for those who prefer their tools lean and literal, a new audio engine called Dough is drawing attention in live coding circles. Written entirely in a single C file, it powers the Strudel live coding environment and represents a kind of principled minimalism — the idea that a tool you can fully read and understand is a tool you can fully trust.
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