Here’s your roundup of the biggest updates developers need to know this week.

AI Speed Trap: Quality vs. Velocity

TechRadar warns of a growing “AI speed trap.” As teams rush to ship generative AI–powered features, software quality is suffering. Key findings:

• Two-thirds of organizations face elevated outage risks
• Nearly half report $1M+ annual losses due to quality issues

 Read full TechRadar report

GitHub Copilot “Agents Panel” (Preview)

GitHub has launched a new Agents Panel for Copilot (preview). Developers can now:

• Launch and manage coding-agent tasks directly from GitHub.com
• Assign repositories and track progress
• Receive pull requests generated by agents

See GitHub’s announcement

iOS 26 Developer Beta 7 & Public Beta 4

Apple released fresh iOS 26 betas on August 18. Updates include:

• Latest SDKs available in Xcode
• Public testers now on Beta 4
• Good checkpoint for validating app behavior (permissions, widgets, push notifications)

Read more on MacRumors

GitLab 18.2.4 Patch

Linux Kernel USNs (Ubuntu)
Canonical has issued new Ubuntu kernel updates addressing multiple CVEs across:

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Security notice details

Gemini Live Upgrades

Google rolled out fresh Gemini Live features:

• Camera sharing for visual context/awareness
• Deeper integrations with Calendar, Tasks, and Keep

Google’s Gemini blog post

From AI risks to powerful new dev tools, this week’s updates remind us: innovation is moving fast – don’t let quality or security slip behind.