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How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches
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How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches

At Google I/O 2026, Google introduced agentic capabilities in Search that let users create persistent AI agents operating 24/7 to monitor topics, synthesize information from multiple sources, and push notifications—far beyond traditional Google Alerts. These agents, available this summer first to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, support tasks like tracking stock prices, flight costs, or breaking news, and are accessible via the new AI Mode in Search. The announcement coincides with a major Search redesign featuring an intelligent search box for conversational queries and context-aware suggestions.

Why it matters

For a Solutions Architect focused on AI/ML agent orchestration, this signals a shift from reactive tools to persistent, autonomous agents directly integrated into a major platform—an architectural pattern you'll need to evaluate for custom monitoring workflows, event-driven systems, and user-facing agent loops.
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In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo

CISA contractor Nightwing leaked plaintext passwords, SSH keys, and tokens in a public GitHub repo named 'Private-CISA' since November 2025, with GitHub's default secret scanning protections deliberately disabled by the repo admin. Security researchers Krebs and GitGuardian's Valadon uncovered the exposure, and Seralys founder Caturegli confirmed he could use the credentials to access AWS GovCloud accounts at high privilege. This follows CISA's earlier ChatGPT incident this year, highlighting systemic failures in credential management and default security controls.
Maintainability sensors for coding agents
AI/ML / martinfowler.com

Maintainability sensors for coding agents

Birgitta Böckeler details a harness of maintainability sensors for AI coding agents, using a TypeScript/NextJS/React analytics dashboard as the testbed. Sensors—including type checkers, ESLint, Semgrep, dependency-cruiser, incremental mutation testing, and GitLeaks—run both during coding sessions and in CI pipelines, providing fast feedback that enables agents to self-correct before human review. The approach targets internal code quality, helping prevent entanglement and context overload that degrade maintainability over time.
Google Cloud deletes Australian trading fund’s infra
Cloud / blog.pragmaticengineer.com

Google Cloud deletes Australian trading fund’s infra

Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper's entire subscription, wiping all data across two replicated regions and causing a two-week outage for the $124B Australian superannuation fund. UniSuper avoided total data loss only because they maintained an independent backup with another provider. GCP CEO Thomas Kurian issued an unusually direct admission of fault, but the incident underscores that GCP can delete customer data even with multi-region replication enabled.
AI/ML / techmeme.com

GitHub confirms ~3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension; TeamPCP claims responsibility (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

GitHub disclosed that an employee's installation of a malicious VS Code extension led to the compromise of about 3,800 internal repositories, with the threat actor TeamPCP claiming responsibility. The breach highlights risks in the developer toolchain, particularly the supply chain of IDE extensions.