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DuckDuckGo is publicly pushing back on Samsung's Google search bar in One UI 9, which could affect whether Galaxy owners can pick their own search engine.
Read more: DuckDuckGo objects to Google Search bar in Samsung's One UI 9A new test of AI agents on 50 professional tax jobs found the best one passed just 10.8%, often missing risks the client never thought to ask about.
Read more: AI tax helpers fail most real tax jobs, a new test findsA Ukrainian man who worked with two ransomware gangs, including one that hit an Ohio hospital, got 70 months in prison. Here is what it means for businesses.
Read more: Ransomware hacker who hit a hospital gets nearly six years in prisonClaude now has add-ons for marketing work, including one that reads your HubSpot customer data. They need a paid plan, and one setting is worth checking first.
Read more: Claude add-ons can now handle your marketing tasks and company dataThe FTC and 20 states say Dollar General charged more than shelf prices for years. Your rights at the register depend on where you live.
Read more: Dollar General sued over charging more than the shelf priceA Louisiana woman lost thousands of dollars to a fake Jon Bon Jovi built on AI videos. Here is how the scam worked and why a video no longer proves who is real.
Read more: Fake Jon Bon Jovi videos helped scammers nearly take a woman's homeOpenAI says its Dots assistant should reach more of Europe in a few weeks. The Berlin event also showed how much OpenAI wants businesses to build on its platform.
Read more: OpenAI says its Dots assistant will reach more of Europe soonGitHub now logs 7.4 billion saved code changes a month, mostly from AI agents, and is rebuilding its systems to keep up. Outages have been a recurring problem.
Read more: GitHub now gets 7.4 billion code saves a month, mostly from AIVisa data suggest experienced professionals, not just young techies, are starting more businesses as AI tools make it cheaper to test an idea.
Read more: AI may be turning experienced workers into new business ownersA McAfee Labs survey of 5,000 Americans found fake account alerts are the most reported scam in 17 states, and toll texts lead in others.
Read more: Fake account alerts are the top scam in 17 states, a new survey findsAn Entrepreneur column argues that a few clear, well-labeled YouTube videos can help customers find a business on Google, voice assistants and AI tools.
Read more: Why a YouTube video can help customers find your businessT-Mobile is taking $1,000 off the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL when you add a line on a top plan, and no trade-in is needed.
Read more: T-Mobile offers $1,000 off the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL with a new lineTwilio published a guide to AI agents that contact customers first about problems like a late order. Here is how it works and the consent rules to settle first.
Read more: How to build an AI agent that calls customers before they have to call youAI tools that shop and pay for you may need your habits, addresses and card details. Whether privacy fears will stop people from trusting them is still open.
Read more: Privacy worries could slow AI shopping assistants that buy for youStripe now offers virtual cards that AI shopping assistants can use to buy for you, and Visa and Mastercard are reportedly uneasy about it.
Read more: Stripe lets AI shopping assistants pay with one-time virtual cardsOura has confirmed a syncing bug on the Ring 4 and shared a workaround, so a ring that stopped updating in the app may be easy to fix.
Read more: Oura confirms Ring 4 sync bug and shares a simple workaroundCloudflare's new Void platform aims to put safety checks around internal apps that non-technical staff build with AI, and companies can run it themselves.
Read more: Cloudflare launches Void to make AI-built office apps saferApple has priced the 512GB Mac Studio at $22,299, a setup built for very heavy work that most people and businesses will not need.
Read more: Apple's top Mac Studio with 512GB of memory costs $22,299An Android Police reviewer says Chrono, a free open source clock app, beats the Pixel's built-in clock. It has some useful alarm tricks, with a few gaps.
Read more: A free clock app can replace the one on your Pixel phoneGitHub's new Copilot Fusion picks and combines AI models for each coding job. Independent tests found it cost about half as much as a top rival and scored close.
Read more: GitHub's new AI coding tool nearly matches the best for half the costGoogle reported record search growth, but its search revenue missed estimates and shares fell about 10%. Ads in AI answers are the fix, so expect more of them.
Read more: Google gets more searches than ever, but earns less from each oneA top Goldman Sachs banker is still bullish on AI but says investors are sorting strong companies from weak ones as borrowing costs rise.
Read more: Goldman banker says AI investors are getting pickierA New York firm launched a free tool that shows whether AI chatbots name your company or only your brands. Its L'Oréal test found most answers skipped the parent.
Read more: Free tool shows how AI chatbots link companies to their brandsArticul8 released Bivia, a model that makes the small yes-or-no calls inside AI agents, aiming to cut the cost of running them. The test results are the company's own.
Read more: Articul8 launches Bivia, a cheaper AI that makes decisions for agents
