Daily Tech Headlines Venmo Enables Improved Privacy Options - DTH
May 11, 2026
A rundown of Venmo's redesign that adds private visibility and hidden dollar amounts. Coverage of GPT-5.5 Cyber becoming available to EU bodies and select businesses. Apple plans tweaks to the Liquid Glass visuals in macOS. Stories on drone delivery tests, a celebrity lawsuit over image use, a new UK ad-free TikTok tier, and an AI-crafted zero-day exploit patch.
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Venmo Adds Granular Privacy And Feed Refresh
- Venmo's redesign adds granular privacy so payments and posts can be private to sender+recipient, friends only, or public with hidden amounts for public posts.
- New users choose privacy during onboarding and existing users can change visibility in settings, plus the feed gets larger images, reactions, and quick actions.
OpenAI Grants EU Access To GPT 5.5 Cyber
- OpenAI will provide its latest model GPT 5.5 Cyber to EU bodies including the EU AI office, governments, cyber authorities, and select businesses.
- Anthropic's Mythos hasn't been granted EU access yet despite talks between the EU and Anthropic.
Apple To Refine Liquid Glass In macOS 26
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple will tweak macOS 26's liquid glass visuals to fix shadow and transparency glitches as part of a UI cleanup.
- Gurman notes liquid glass won't be removed, only refined in a polish pass.