6-26-26 Tech giants push updates across AI and devices

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6/26/26

YouTube Shorts, Android foldables, Windows 10 updates, and AI safety startups led today’s tech news.

  1. YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that

YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover.

  1. Android 17’s new foldable gaming mode could make flippy

Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretically make it easier to play.

  1. Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update

About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft’s previous operating system.

  1. Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe

Anthropic’s critics argue it’s rapidly accumulating power.

  1. translateZ()

The translateZ() function moves an element closer to or farther from the user.

  1. Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

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Windows 10 getting “one more year” reads like Microsoft conceding that the upgrade incentives still aren’t strong enough to dislodge that last ~25%. At that scale, extending support is basically ecosystem hygiene — you’d rather keep people on patched Windows 10 than push them into sketchy workarounds or unsupported boxes that become everyone else’s problem.

The translateZ() link is fun, but it does feel like a totally different genre of news than “installed base + platform leverage” stuff.