Meta has launched the 'One Step Ahead' anti-scam campaign across 18 Asia-Pacific countries, reaching 303 million people since May 2026. The initiative integrates local law enforcement resources directly into Facebook and Instagram to promote security features like Two-factor authentication and Passkeys.
Previous State
Users relied on general platform security settings without localized, government-partnered educational campaigns or direct in-app links to national anti-scam reporting resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
New State
Users in 18 Asia-Pacific countries have access to the 'One Step Ahead' campaign, which provides direct, localized pathways to national anti-scam reporting tools and educational content integrated into Facebook and Instagram.
Instagram is expanding its School Partnership Program to include a centralized hub for school-related accounts, featuring dedicated tools for clubs, teams, and verified student communication. The update introduces prioritized reporting for school partners and UNiDAYS-backed student verification to ensure safe community access.
Previous State
The School Partnership Program was limited to a reporting mechanism for educators to flag safety issues like online bullying to Meta.
New State
The program now includes a centralized hub with Channels, Clubs and Teams accounts, Student Directories, school-specific Stories/Notes, and a prioritized reporting system with status notifications for school administrators.
GitHub has completed the transition to a stateless format for all newly minted GitHub App installation tokens. This change eliminates the need for GitHub to maintain a server-side database record for every active installation token.
Previous State
GitHub App installation tokens were stateful, requiring the platform to store and verify each token against a backend database.
New State
GitHub App installation tokens are now stateless, allowing for self-contained validation without server-side state lookups.
The vLLM v0.31.0rc5 release introduces a strict upper bound constraint on the Hugging Face Transformers library dependency. This change prevents the installation of incompatible future versions of the Transformers package that could break vLLM's internal model loading logic.
Previous State
The Transformers library version was not strictly capped, allowing for potential installation of newer, untested versions.
New State
The Transformers library is now restricted by a defined upper version bound in the requirements configuration.
vLLM version 0.31.0 introduces a strict upper bound constraint on the Hugging Face Transformers library dependency. This change prevents the installation of incompatible future versions of Transformers that could break vLLM's internal model loading logic.
Previous State
The vLLM package allowed installation of any version of the Transformers library that met minimum requirements, risking compatibility issues with future releases.
New State
The vLLM package now enforces a strict upper bound on the Transformers library version to ensure compatibility with the current codebase.
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus monthly game lineup for October 2025, featuring F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2. These titles will be available to subscribers as part of the monthly game rotation.
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PlayStation Plus monthly games for September 2025.
New State
PlayStation Plus monthly games for October 2025: F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2.
GitHub Copilot code review functionality is now accessible via REST and GraphQL APIs. The default review effort level for these requests has been updated to 'Balanced'.
Previous State
Copilot code review was limited to manual triggers within the GitHub UI, with no programmatic access via API.
New State
Copilot code review is available via REST and GraphQL APIs, with 'Balanced' set as the default effort level for all requests.
As of today, October 2, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions). Model… The post Selecte...
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Previous platform capabilities and architecture.
New State
Updated platform deployment with Selected models in GitHub Copilot deprecated.
