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The Verge Tech

The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings

Promotional artwork for Sam Barlow’s Precognition. Looks trippy. Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic's show is that it's publishing the next game from Telling Lies and Immortality creator Sam Barlow, titled Precognition. (Barlow previously revealed the g

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The Verge Tech

It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year

The iPhone 17’s successor might not arrive until 2027. | Photography by Allison Johnson / The Verge According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won't arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air are also rumored to launch around the same time, in line with rumors that

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ExternalSoftware Engineering
GitHub Blog

Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app

Learn how to write your first prompt in the GitHub Copilot app, choose the right context and model, and start your first task with confidence. The post Write your first prompt with the GitHub Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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ExternalSoftware Engineering
DZone

Building an Identity-Aware MCP Server in Python

The Model Context Protocol connects AI agents to your databases, APIs, and file systems. Out of the box, it connects them with no identity, no scoping, and no audit trail. The MCP specification acknowledges this gap explicitly. Its OAuth 2.1 authorization spec marks authentication as optional. The result, according to research published on Security Boulevard in April 2026, is that 53 percent of open-source MCP implementations ship with static API keys. Eighty-eight percent require backend authen

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ExternalMobile Development
Android Developers Blog

Enhance your app for the new Pixel lineup: Unveiled at Made by Google

Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Made by Google expands what's possible across the Android ecosystem. With the introduction of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 5, and the entire Pixel family, users are moving seamlessly across diverse screen sizes, unique postures, and intelligent experiences. For you, the developer, this represents a massive opportunity: foldable user

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GitHub Changelog

Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app

You can now build a plugin once and use it across all compatible agent clients. We published Agent Plugins 1.0 on August 6 with AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel.… The post Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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