Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 as Default Model for Free and Paid Users

Anthropic rolls out Claude Sonnet 4.6 as its new default model, bringing stronger reasoning and coding power to free and paid users alike.
Communications of the ACM

Safe Coding

Safe coding is a collection of software design practices and patterns that allow for cost-effectively achieving a high degree ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete ...
TechCrunch

Discord to roll out age verification next month

Discord is rolling out age verification globally starting next month, the company announced on Monday. All users will be put into a “teen-appropriate experience” by default. Only users verified as ...
BBC

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it

TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe. TikTok keeps track of everything you do on its app – no surprises there.
NPR

Millions of student loan borrowers aren't repaying their loans — and defaults are up

Roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans late last year, with millions delinquent on their payments and sliding toward the same fate. That's according to federal data and ...