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The FCC says three TP-Link routers broke power limits and the company may have given false information. Further bans on its products could follow.
Read more: US regulator says three TP-Link routers broke power limitsA survey finds older Americans are far more likely than young adults to say a person tricked by a scammer should absorb the loss, not the bank.
Read more: Older Americans more likely to blame scam victims for their lossesAmazon Business has added Value Intelligence, a report that puts savings, time saved and off-policy buying in one view. Eligible buyers should check its math first.
Read more: Amazon Business adds a tool to show what your buying really savesA Common Sense Media report says ChatGPT's teen mode sent parents no alerts during long talks about self-harm. OpenAI disputes the testing.
Read more: Report says ChatGPT's teen mode fails to protect kids in crisisGoogle's updated privacy policy lets Gmail, Drive and Photos content help pick your ads if you linked those apps to Gemini's Personal Intelligence.
Read more: Google may use your Gmail and Drive data to pick your adsVisa says AI agents can now pay approved business invoices in live pilots, and new spending controls could help businesses cut fraud risk.
Read more: Visa is testing AI helpers that pay business invoices for youLumion says its AI agents answer calls and texts after hours and revive old leads. One career school reports 16 enrollments, but that is one customer's result.
Read more: Lumion's AI Agents Answer Customer Calls and Texts After HoursGoogle Cloud is building its Gemini voice assistant to finish tasks, not just answer questions. Businesses that handle many phone calls are the main target.
Read more: Google's Gemini voice assistant is being built to take action, not just talkHackers stole the key Keystone wallets use to prove they are real, so the company will destroy 18,835 unsold devices. Some owners should wait before using theirs.
Read more: Crypto wallet maker will destroy 18,835 devices after key theftSalesCloser says its AI sales agent can now reply to WhatsApp leads in seconds, any hour, and pass the chat to a person when asked.
Read more: An AI assistant can now answer your WhatsApp sales messagesMediaPost reports shoppers are warming up to AI assistants that buy for them, starting with small purchases. Here is what to check before you try one.
Read more: Shoppers are letting AI assistants buy small items for themAttackers are using AI to copy login pages so well that even experienced users miss them, and some copies can get around one-time codes too.
Read more: AI is making fake login pages harder to spot, and they can beat codesAxios and Every are making news for AI agents, the assistants that read for you. Here is what that could mean for how you get news and what you pay for.
Read more: Some news outlets now write for AI assistants instead of peopleA data company says small errors at each step snowball, and one sales team used accurate counts to find 700 accounts it had missed.
Read more: Small data errors add up: 80% accurate steps end at 33%Gateway Ticketing Systems has built a way for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to check live prices and sell attraction tickets inside a chat, so attractions may need to prepare.
Read more: AI assistants could soon book your attraction tickets for youCocoon 3.1, a free beta update, lets Android handheld owners freeze one game, open another and return later. It could save restarts, but bugs are possible.
Read more: A free app update lets Android gaming handhelds pause and swap gamesCallers claiming to be Norfolk police have been asking people for personal details, and similar calls have turned up in three other parts of England.
Read more: Scammers are phoning people pretending to be police officersTruecaller, the app that shows who is calling and flags spam, has a new version aimed at budget Android phones, NewsBytes reports.
Read more: Truecaller's new app is made for cheaper Android phonesAn analysis suggests ChatGPT hands OpenAI's news partners ready-made summaries and ranks them first, which could shape who gets seen when people ask it questions.
Read more: ChatGPT gives OpenAI's news partners a head start over the rest of the webA caller who showed up as Wells Fargo got an Orlando woman to read out text codes. Her family lost more than $7,500, and a real bank would never ask for those codes.
Read more: Fake bank call and a shared code cost a couple $7,500A COO who runs 16 AI agents says the hard part is not the technology. It is naming a human manager for each one and writing down its rules.
Read more: Treat Your AI Software Like a New Hire With a ManagerRobotics startups raised $9.9 billion in Q3, more than double last year, and the money is flowing mostly to China and the US. Here is what that signals.
Read more: Money pouring into robot startups has more than doubled in a yearAmazon and Google have invested in Anthropic, supply its computing power and sell rival AI products. That matters if you use or buy AI tools.
Read more: Anthropic's biggest backers are also its rivalsSalesforce says online stores can now take checkout inside Google's Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, so shoppers may buy without visiting a store's website.
Read more: Salesforce lets shoppers buy inside Google's AI chat tools
