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Google now lets any U.S. developer build an app for Gemini and Search, which could change how people find and use services, and how businesses get found.
Read more: Google lets any business plug its app into Gemini and SearchDropped connections, noisy message alerts and clumsy voice commands in Android Auto may be fixable with a few phone settings, one writer found.
Read more: Four Android Auto annoyances you can fix in your phone settingsXREAL's new Aura glasses run Google's Android XR and Gemini AI, but Android Authority says the price is steep for early buyers.
Read more: XREAL Aura glasses put Google's Gemini assistant in front of your eyesChrome's autofill can now draw on details in your Gmail, which may save typing but ties your email more closely to your browser.
Read more: Chrome can now fill in forms using details from your GmailInstagram is testing 90-minute videos to draw creators from YouTube, but has no plan yet to pay them. Anyone who makes video for income should know that first.
Read more: Instagram wants your long videos but has no plan to pay for themApple announced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, with the 14-inch starting at $2,899, and prices across its Mac lineup keep climbing.
Read more: Apple finally puts a touchscreen on a MacBook, starting at $2,899New York has acted on Wi-Fi baby monitors with security flaws that could let strangers watch live video. Here is what parents should check.
Read more: New York acts on baby monitors that strangers can watchGoogle says Gemini 4 Carbon is its best AI for finding and fixing software flaws, but only a small group of security defenders can use it for now.
Read more: Google's new AI, Gemini 4 Carbon, is built to find and fix security flawsGitHub Enterprise now includes the Copilot AI coding helper for every licensed user, but AI use is billed against the company budget from the first request.
Read more: GitHub now bundles its AI coding helper into its top business planMeta says it will likely delay its new business terms again after publishers worried the rules could let it train AI on their content. Current terms stay for now.
Read more: Meta may delay new business terms again after publisher backlashA study of 40 real deployments found only about 1 in 4 AI agents worked without a person approving the output, and 80% of teams pulled one back.
Read more: Most AI agents still need a human to check their workShopify's register software can now spot shoppers who have used other Shopify stores, so first-time customers can get receipts without spelling out an email.
Read more: Shopify will now recognize first-time shoppers at the store registerPerplexity's Mac app now uses OpenAI's gpt-live-1 for voice, and the model can keep listening while it talks, so chatting with it should feel more natural.
Read more: Perplexity's Mac app now talks with a smarter, interruptible voiceHackers got into a Sony internet provider's member database in Japan. About 2.5 million records leaked, and prize-scam messages are already a worry.
Read more: Sony's internet provider in Japan loses 2.5 million customer recordsBoston police say scammers posing as officers or court staff are demanding instant payment, now even in gold bars. Here is how to spot the call.
Read more: Boston police warn of fake officers demanding money by phoneResearchers say China-backed group Volt Typhoon hides attacks behind hijacked routers and modems, using at least four zero-day flaws. Here is what to check.
Read more: Chinese hackers use hijacked home routers to hide their attacksWebull Canada now lets you link your brokerage account to AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, so check what access you are handing over.
Read more: Webull Canada lets you connect your trading account to AI chatbotsResearchers say a suspected China-linked group used AI-assisted tools to take over 25 firewalls and then went after a U.S. government-affiliated network's logins.
Read more: Hackers used AI tools to break into 25 firewalls, including a government networkReddit's home page now offers For You and Following feeds, so readers can pick between recommended posts and only the communities they have joined.
Read more: Reddit's home page now has two feeds: For You and FollowingShopify says shoppers can now find products and check out through AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, and store owners can run their shops from those chats too.
Read more: Shopify lets shoppers buy through ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistantsSouth Korea fined Apple and Google for steering app makers to their own payment systems, and told Apple to let developers link to outside payment options.
Read more: South Korea fines Apple and Google over app payment rulesAnthropic added ready-made templates to Claude for Legal that check sources first, so a lawyer reviews work that already links each claim to its origin.
Read more: Claude's legal tool now checks sources before a lawyer reviews the workMorgan Stanley lifted its Visa price target to $471, betting that fraud and data add-ons will help profits hold up if shoppers spend less.
Read more: Morgan Stanley Raises Its Visa Price Target to $471Google Wallet appears to be preparing QR-code payments abroad, but the only country named so far is Singapore, and Google has not confirmed anything.
Read more: Google Wallet may soon let you pay by QR code abroad
