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Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe back open standard letting AI agents pay autonomously

AI agent payments gained open governance July 14, 2026: the Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation with 40 members ...
Microsoft

Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise and import-time payload delivery

Threat actors compromised AsyncAPI packages and weaponized trusted CI/CD workflows to distribute malware through npm. This ...
Business.Scoop

Best Seedance 2.0 API Platforms In 2026: Full Guide

This guide compares the 10 best Seedance 2.0 API platforms in 2026, with a focus on pricing, modalities, and developer fit. Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance’s flagship video generation model, released in ...
The New York Times

Tech Workers Maxed Out Their A.I. Use. Now They’re Trying to Minimize It.

Artificial intelligence is expensive to use, many companies discovered. That has led to a new era of saving costs. Credit...Andrea Chronopoulos Supported by By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco ...
Ars Technica

Anthropic “pauses” token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK

Last month, Anthropic announced a billing change that would have substantially increased costs for heavy users of its automation-focused Claude Agent SDK, including many third-party apps. On Monday, ...
Android Authority

I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

Spend enough time in the self-hosting and smart home hobby, and even the most ardent smart home enthusiast eventually reaches a moment where the excitement of adding new gadgets gives way to the ...
CNBC

Wall Street needs a crash course in the token economy ahead of AI IPOs. SpaceX offers a preview

In the emerging generative AI economy, tokens that measure computing usage are the currency. They'll be at the center of Anthropic's and OpenAI's efforts to go public and will be repeatedly referenced ...
The Next Web

Token prices fell 98%. Enterprise AI bills tripled. Now the industry wants a standards body to explain why.

Enterprise AI bills are tripling despite a 98% drop in per-token prices, as agentic tools drive consumption 18.6x higher per developer. The Linux Foundation is launching the Tokenomics Foundation to ...
TechCrunch

The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs

Across the industry, companies are starting to balk at the price of AI. Uber blew through its entire 2026 AI coding budget by April. Microsoft revoked its developers’ Claude Code licenses months after ...
The Hacker News

Microsoft Fixes One-Click GitHub Dev Attack That Let Attackers Steal OAuth Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a one-click attack via Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that makes it possible to steal a user's GitHub token. "Just by clicking a link, it's possible ...
Bleeping Computer

VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click

A security researcher has released exploit code for a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to steal GitHub authentication tokens by tricking users into clicking a ...