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A nonprofit reviewer says Anthropic's AI models now improve about twice as fast, and AI doing its own research is likely the main reason. Here is what that could mean.
Read more: Anthropic's AI is improving twice as fast, and AI is doing the workA wave of free Mac-style desktops is arriving as Intel Macs lose Apple support, but early tests found missing keyboard shortcuts and odd menus.
Read more: New free desktop systems copy the Mac look, with rough edgesRep. Bill Foster's draft bill would have the Fed test software that gives regulators a faster view of bank health and cuts paperwork for small banks.
Read more: A House Democrat wants the Fed to test faster bank health checksGoogle's Gemini can now answer plain-language questions from live company databases, using each person's own access. It is in preview for Google Cloud customers.
Read more: Google's Gemini can now answer questions from your company dataQNAP says attackers are taking over its home and office storage drives through four chained Plex flaws, and updating alone will not remove them.
Read more: Hackers are breaking into home storage drives through PlexGoogle is reportedly preparing Gemini to alert parents when a child talks about self-harm, so chats with the AI may not stay private for kids.
Read more: Google's Gemini may soon tell parents if a child talks about self-harmByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is weighing a bigger data center project in Brazil. Where apps keep their computers can affect speed, jobs and your data.
Read more: TikTok's parent company may expand its Brazil data center projectFox now owns Roku after closing a $22 billion deal months ahead of schedule, giving it a direct line to more than 100 million households that stream TV.
Read more: Fox finishes $22 billion purchase of Roku, the TV streaming makerGoogle is reworking Gemini's sidebar and testing a new overlay animation. Its app may also get an easier way to view and erase your search history.
Read more: Google is changing how Gemini looks and how you clear search historyA reviewer says a under-$2,000 Asus laptop with 48GB of memory runs bigger AI models at home than a pricier 32GB laptop built for the job.
Read more: A cheaper, lighter laptop beats a pricier one at running AI at homeTaxbit added a built-in AI assistant for tax teams that answers from vetted sources and only within a user's role. Its design offers lessons for any business.
Read more: Crypto tax firm builds an AI helper that cites its sources and respects rolesTruist says its new digital sign-up cuts the time to start taking card payments by up to 80%, and it is opening Clover to more clients.
Read more: Truist speeds up sign-up for small businesses that take card paymentsA flaw in OpenSSH, a common remote login tool, let attackers into some Linux servers, and the first attack attempt came under nine hours after the flaw went public.
Read more: Hackers exploit a server login flaw within hours of its disclosureThe WordPress update that fixes an actively attacked flaw can still leave a site open for a few seconds while it installs. Here is who is at risk and what to do first.
Read more: Installing the WordPress security fix can still expose your siteApple's first iOS 27.3 test versions bring a smarter Siri, a redesigned Health app and a Watch feature that writes out what was just said.
Read more: Apple's iOS 27.3 beta adds smarter Siri, a new Health app and moreResearchers found tens of thousands of words and phrases that the iPhone keyboard never suggests, and some swipe-typed phrases get changed to something else.
Read more: The iPhone keyboard quietly skips tens of thousands of wordsSamsung's Galaxy SmartTag 3 is on sale online from $29, but it skips Google's larger Find My network, which matters if you want to track keys or a bag.
Read more: Samsung's new $29 item tracker is now on sale onlineA HubSpot guide says most marketing automation failures come from unclear goals, messy contact data and team disputes, not from the software itself.
Read more: Most marketing automation problems come from strategy and data, not toolsBusinesses are using more AI, but total spending barely moved in late summer as prices fell. Ramp data shows buyers have the upper hand.
Read more: Companies use more AI but are no longer spending more on itTop AI researchers are leaving OpenAI, Google and Meta to start labs, raising billions on the bet that today's approach alone will not reach AGI.
Read more: Top AI builders are quitting big labs to start their ownAndroid Police argues the Pixel 7 camera still competes in 2026, even though most of Google's newest Gemini AI extras never reached the phone.
Read more: A four-year-old Pixel 7 still takes great photosA leak says next year's iPhone Pro may drop the Action button and fold its job into Camera Control. It matters if you use that button for shortcuts.
Read more: Next year's iPhone Pro may drop the Action button, leak saysThe FBI says three people used AI copies of CEOs and lawyers to trick employees into wiring $129 million. Any business that sends wires should take note.
Read more: Three charged over $129 million fake-boss scam using AI voicesAI firms are paying for real workplace emails, files and documents. A stalled Spirit Airlines sale shows the privacy risk for workers and the companies that employ them.
Read more: AI companies are paying to buy workers' emails and files
