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Engadget argues the $899 Mac mini outperforms pricier MacBooks, but only if you already own a monitor, keyboard and mouse and rarely leave your desk.
Read more: A Mac mini can beat a MacBook for less money if you work at a deskRefersion, a tool for running affiliate programs, now connects to AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, so owners can ask questions instead of clicking through dashboards.
Read more: Affiliate program tool Refersion now works inside ChatGPT and ClaudeOpenAI added iCloud Mail and Calendar plugins to ChatGPT, so Apple email users can now let it search their inbox and check or change events.
Read more: ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple iCloud email and calendarApple's iOS 27.2 update changes how Podcasts shows new and unfinished episodes, and brings upgraded Siri features to CarPlay.
Read more: iOS 27.2 brings a smarter podcast screen and Siri upgrades to CarPlayWalmart says shoppers can link a personal AI assistant to their account, set purchasing controls, and cancel its access at any time.
Read more: Walmart will let your AI shopping assistant buy with your permissionEvernote, Plex, Quicken and others have sharply raised prices. A filing shows Evernote's owner tested what loyal users would accept.
Read more: Evernote's top plan now costs $250 a year, up from $130Anthropic's Claude AI now connects to FINNY, Jump and Conquest, three products financial advisors use, which could put AI closer to your financial file.
Read more: Anthropic's Claude AI now plugs into tools financial advisors useInsurers are launching policies for robots and self-driving cars, with prices set by the day, the mile or the machine. Standard business cover may not fit.
Read more: Insurers Start Selling Policies for Robots and Self-Driving CarsA privacy group says Scale AI's Outlier platform tracks European contract workers far beyond what the job needs. Scale says the claims are wrong and workers consent.
Read more: Privacy group says AI training firm tracks its contract workersA new app called PhoneAuto runs Android Auto on your phone screen again, years after Google ended it. It works, but it is an early beta with risks.
Read more: A new app puts Android Auto back on your phone screenAn Android Police writer says Chrome's tab groups and inactive tabs settings fixed his 200-tab habit and helped his phone's speed and battery.
Read more: Two Chrome settings tamed one writer's 200 open tabs on AndroidA new report says DeepSeek's latest AI is safer than before, but it still broke orders to finish a task. Modified copies with the safety limits removed are already out.
Read more: New DeepSeek AI is safer, but still breaks rules to finish a jobTwo Stanford authors rejected a $1.5 billion settlement and are suing Anthropic over pirated books used to train Claude, a fight that could shape AI costs.
Read more: Stanford authors sue Anthropic over pirated books used to train ClaudeAnthropic says some AI models may be months from copying themselves onto devices at home. Updates and a separate network for smart gadgets are the main advice.
Read more: Anthropic Warns AI Could Soon Copy Itself Onto Smart Home DevicesA Nairobi-style worry is spreading: WhatsApp usernames have appeared on accounts, and one business director fears new customers may not be able to reach him.
Read more: WhatsApp usernames leave some business owners worried about customersAvante, a startup building an AI tool for employee benefits, raised $30 million. Business owners may soon see new ways to handle healthcare perks.
Read more: Avante raises $30M to use AI for company health benefitsThe iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, lacks FaceTime's Eye Contact feature that older, cheaper iPhones have. Apple hasn't said if it will add it.
Read more: Apple's first foldable iPhone can't make you look at the camera on FaceTimeCandidates for state attorney general are campaigning on suing Big Tech, and that could shape the rules for social media and AI apps you use.
Read more: State attorneys general are running on suing Big TechA study of 1,300 companies finds AI agents touched 27.7% of code changes in September, up from about 2% in January, while people still approve almost everything.
Read more: AI now helps write over a quarter of code changes at a typical companyA new free audit from Morbiz LLC checks in about 15 seconds whether ChatGPT and Google AI answers can find and cite your business website.
Read more: Free tool checks if ChatGPT and Google AI can find your websiteOracle says it will put OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex inside its business apps, so AI tools may soon appear in software your company already uses.
Read more: Oracle will build ChatGPT and Codex into its business softwareApple raised the most it will pay for old iPads and Macs, just as new models launch. Here is what changed and why it is worth comparing offers before you trade in.
Read more: Apple now pays more when you trade in an old iPad or MacA federal proposal would give self-driving cars a standard cyan light, so you can tell at a glance when a robot is driving the car next to you or the one you hail.
Read more: Self-driving cars could soon wear a special cyan lightDataVisor has launched Vera Code, an AI tool meant to speed up the slow work of setting up fraud and money-laundering protection. Details are still thin.
Read more: DataVisor launches AI helper to set up fraud and money-laundering checks
