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Morgan 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 abroadHackers copied health records for about 341,000 Blueberry Pediatrics patients through a flaw in a data tool. Many families may get two breach notices.
Read more: Hackers Stole Data on 341,000 Children's Telehealth PatientsThe US government plans $5 billion in loans to expand eight nuclear plants, and Google, Amazon and Meta have already bought most of the new power.
Read more: US lends $5 billion to upgrade nuclear plants, mostly for Big TechApple's iOS 27.2 adds dual-camera Group FaceTime, four live sports streams in the TV app, and security fixes. It is open to everyone now.
Read more: iOS 27.2 is out for iPhone, with new video call and TV featuresBanks warn that if an AI shopping tool makes a mistake with your account details, you may be the one who pays. No clear rules exist yet.
Read more: Who pays when an AI shopping assistant buys the wrong thing?Medical details of 3,182 Johns Hopkins patients were exposed when one employee uploaded a file. No hacker was involved, and the same slip could happen at any workplace.
Read more: Johns Hopkins Patient Data Exposed by One Employee Upload, Not a HackerPypestream says its AI phone agent is now live for fast-food brands, and one national line launched in four weeks. Here is what is known and what is not.
Read more: Fast-food chains now use AI to answer customer phone callsLettuce says an AI tool cut its ad costs by about 75% and made new Meta ads in 45 seconds, but the numbers are the company's own estimates.
Read more: A small finance company now makes new Facebook ads in 45 secondsA Civic owner found a cheap Amazon car stereo with a call recorder, Baidu location services and a script that reinstalled apps. Here is why that matters.
Read more: Cheap car stereo bought on Amazon came loaded with hidden spyware appsNvidia released a free model that turns recordings into text in up to 40 languages, which could improve meeting and medical note apps. It does not handle live audio.
Read more: Nvidia gives away a tool that turns recordings into textChatGPT can now link to your bank, but a one-time upload of a trimmed-down spending file gets you AI budget help while sharing far less.
Read more: You can get AI to analyze your spending without linking your bankA new survey finds 78% of US consumers went to a competitor after an unanswered call. AI receptionists may help, but most callers want to know it is AI.
Read more: Most shoppers have left a business that didn't pick up the phoneAndroid's Share button can hand your photo's exact GPS location to the receiving app, even though the photo picker hides it by default.
Read more: Sharing a photo from your Android gallery can still send your locationHyderabad police warn that answering a fake bank text on WhatsApp, even with a simple 'No', could lead to money being taken from your account.
Read more: Replying 'No' to a fake bank text on WhatsApp can cost you moneyTwilio's new podcast series opens with a talk on joining up scattered customer data and keeping support staff from burning out once AI joins the team.
Read more: Twilio's new podcast asks how firms can truly recognize customersMicrosoft ends its own text and phone-call sign-in codes for work accounts on February 1, 2027, so staff will soon be asked to set up a passkey.
Read more: Microsoft will stop texting sign-in codes to work accounts in 2027Meta is ending encrypted direct messages on Instagram after May 8, 2026, so chats you thought were locked will lose that protection.
Read more: Instagram is ending private, locked messaging on May 8, 2026Apple announced a new iPad mini, an M6 MacBook Pro and an M6 iMac, all open for pre-order now and shipping Nov. 6, before a bigger event in Los Angeles.
Read more: Apple unveils new iPad Mini and faster Macs ahead of its Pro and Tell eventApple's iOS 27.2 adds a hidden SynthID watermark to photos made or changed with AI tools in Photos, which could help people spot edited images.
Read more: Apple's iPhone update now marks AI-edited photos with a hidden labelApple's iOS 27.2 lets some users prove they are adults with a selfie instead of a credit card or government ID, and Apple says the photo is deleted after.
Read more: iPhones can now confirm you're an adult with a selfieApple raised the student price of the MacBook Neo to $649, and the discount shrank to $50. A school laptop now costs $150 more than at launch.
Read more: Apple raises the student price of its MacBook Neo to $649Zoho DataPrep 3.0 lets an AI helper plan, build and run a data cleanup from one request, and nothing is sent out until you approve it.
Read more: Zoho's data tool now builds the whole pipeline from one plain requestShareholders will vote December 8 on a request that Microsoft explain how it will hit its 2030 climate goal, as its emissions have climbed since 2020.
Read more: Microsoft investors may vote on its climate plan this December
