Vercel Extends Function Limits to 30 Min; GitHub Copilot CLI Cuts Agent Handoffs
Two major developer platform updates this week target long-running workloads and smarter AI orchestration in the command line.
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Software, security, and cloud news — summarized in plain language, with sources.
software
cybersecurity
Sniper Dz Phishing Surge and Gentlemen Ransomware Rise Raise Threat Bar
Two distinct threat actors are escalating pressure on organizations: a MENA-focused phishing operation exploiting social trust, and a fast-growing ransomware gang offering affiliates unusually high payouts.
software
Auth0 Lands on Vercel Marketplace as Copilot CLI Cuts Agent Handoffs
Two developer-platform updates this week reduce integration friction—one in authentication, one in AI-assisted command-line tooling.
cybersecurity
Splunk RCE Flaw and Rising Ransomware Gang Headline Busy Threat Week
A critical unauthenticated code-execution bug in Splunk Enterprise and the unmasking of a fast-growing ransomware collective are putting security teams on high alert.
cybersecurity
AI Export Controls and Ransomware Gang Exposed: Two Cybersecurity Alerts
The U.S. government restricts Anthropic's top AI models for foreign nationals while researchers close in on the operator behind fast-rising ransomware group The Gentlemen.
software
Vercel Raises Hobby Blob Limits; GitHub Tightens Copilot CLI Orchestration
Two developer-platform updates this week reduce friction for builders: more free storage on Vercel and smarter agent delegation in GitHub Copilot CLI.
networking
Lightsail Lands in Three New Regions as Cloudflare Boosts Scan Throughput 10x
AWS expands its entry-level cloud to Hong Kong, São Paulo, and Spain, while Cloudflare squeezes a tenfold security scanning gain from existing hardware.
software
Vercel and GitHub Ship Smarter AI Orchestration in Nitro v3 and Copilot CLI
Two platform updates this week cut unnecessary handoffs and tighten runtime integration for AI-driven developer workflows.
networking
AWS and Cloudflare Expand AI Customization and Security Scan Throughput
Amazon SageMaker adds serverless fine-tuning for Nvidia's 30B-parameter Nemotron model, while Cloudflare achieves a 10x scan capacity jump through software optimization alone.
cybersecurity
AUR Supply-Chain Attack Hits 400+ Packages; Ransomware Gang 'The Gentlemen' Unmasked
Two separate threat actors this week targeted developer infrastructure and enterprise victims, underscoring the expanding surface area of modern cybersecurity risk.
software
Vercel Adds Kimi K2.7 Code Model; GitHub Logs Nine May Outages
Two platform updates this week signal both expanding AI model access and persistent reliability concerns for developer infrastructure.
networking
Cloudflare hits 120 scans/sec; Amazon Q links to Snowflake via MCP
Two infrastructure moves this week signal a broader push to make security scanning and AI-driven data access faster and cheaper at scale.
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