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AI & Enterprise
OpenAI, AWS and GitHub back agent plugin standard
OpenAI, AWS, Cursor, GitHub and Microsoft have voiced support for Agent Plugin 1.0.0, a reusable portable package standard for expanding AI agents. A report said the vendor-neutral open standard, led by agent infrastructure firm Vercel, combines AI agent skills and MCP servers into a single deployable plugin that can be moved across clients or runtimes. Some engineers warned about governance and permissions risks, while others called it progress for enterprise adoption.
AI & Enterprise
Microsoft Edge to phase out support for older ad-blocking extensions like Chrome
Microsoft is starting the process of ending support for Manifest V2 extensions in its Edge browser. As a result, older ad-blocking extensions such as uBlock Origin will be gradually disabled by default. The Verge reported on Aug. 7 that Microsoft will sequentially end support for remaining MV2 extensions starting this month. Microsoft said only 58 MV2 extensions have meaningful use in the Edge add-ons store, and just three are not available on MV3.
Crypto
Schwartz steps back from Ripple but stays engaged with XRP Ledger
Ripple honorary chief technology officer David Schwartz has suggested he remains connected to the XRP Ledger ecosystem despite stepping back from day-to-day work at Ripple. He said he worked a few hours and held Zoom calls with the team as developers addressed a recent XRPL network issue. XRPL developers released version 3.2.1 to fix a manifest flood vulnerability. The extent of Schwartz’s direct involvement was not disclosed.
