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MICROSOFT CONVERTS OFFICE 2019/2021 TO VIEW-ONLY BY 2026

Microsoft is degrading offline functionality in perpetually-licensed Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac, converting them to view-only mode in 2026. This affects users who paid once for lifetime access and chose not to subscribe to Office 365.

► WHY IT MATTERS: This signals Microsoft's aggressive pivot toward subscription-only models and threatens the value proposition of one-time software purchases for millions of legacy users.

RED HAT NPM SUPPLY-CHAIN ATTACK STEALS DEVELOPER CREDS

Over 30 npm packages in Red Hat's '@redhat-cloud-services' namespace were compromised, distributing a credential-stealing malware variant called 'Miasma' to developers. Anyone who downloaded affected packages should investigate immediately.

► This demonstrates how infrastructure vendors remain high-value targets for supply-chain attacks, potentially exposing thousands of downstream developers and their systems.

ANTHROPIC SCALES GLASSWING TO 150 PARTNERS, 10K VULNS FOUND

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing—an initiative using Claude to scan critical infrastructure for security flaws—to 150 partners across 15+ countries. Existing partners have already discovered over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities.

► Large-scale AI-driven vulnerability hunting is now operationalized across critical infrastructure globally, raising both security standards and questions about asymmetric access to AI security tools.

ALPHABET RAISES $80B FOR AI CAPEX VIA BERKSHIRE DEAL

Alphabet is conducting one of the largest equity fundraisings ever, raising $80 billion including a $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway, explicitly to fund massive AI infrastructure spending. This represents a fundamental shift in how Google finances its AI ambitions.

► This signals that even trillion-dollar companies now view AI infrastructure costs as too large to fund from operations alone, reshaping capital allocation across big tech.

OPENAI MODELS NOW LIVE ON AWS MARKETPLACE

OpenAI's frontier models and Codex are now available directly through AWS, expanding distribution beyond OpenAI's own platform. This marks a significant partnership enabling AWS customers to integrate state-of-the-art AI without managing separate infrastructure.

► Cloud vendor partnerships are becoming table-stakes for AI model access, fragmenting the distribution landscape and increasing switching costs for enterprise adopters.