AI, software, security and the apps you use every day, written for business owners and everyday people. New stories through the day, zero clickbait.
The company that owns Elvis Presley's music says Anthropic used 274 of his songs to train its AI without permission, and wants about $41 million.
Read more: Elvis Presley's music owners sue Anthropic over AI trainingA study shared at a major computing conference says ChatGPT can build a picture of your personality from your chats. Details are thin, so treat it as early.
Read more: Study finds ChatGPT can guess personality traits from your chatsA researcher says one hacked device on a Tailscale network could give an attacker full control of other servers. No fix exists yet, so settings matter now.
Read more: Researcher says one hacked device on Tailscale can take over serversConnecting mesh Wi-Fi units with an Ethernet cable can fix slow far rooms. Engadget says a pair of 50-foot cables costs around $30.
Read more: Plug your Wi-Fi mesh units together with a cable for faster speedsThe Ocala Gazette reports new details in a cyber scam that hit the city of Ocala, a reminder that scams reach governments as well as small businesses.
Read more: Ocala city government hit by cyber scam, new details emergeA Samsung phone owner says the Expert RAW camera app flatters faces better than the default one, but it lacks video and automatic lens switching.
Read more: Samsung's Expert RAW camera app needs three fixes to win over one userThe moderators of Reddit's r/opensource now ban projects made with, by or for AI, and some members have already left for a new forum that allows it.
Read more: Big open source forum on Reddit bans any project that uses AIAn Apollo economist says AI has not lifted profit margins or output per worker at big US companies outside tech, a caution for anyone paying for AI tools.
Read more: Most big companies outside tech see no money gain from AI yetEU countries must offer a digital ID wallet by the end of 2026, and payment firms are being pushed to verify shoppers while collecting fewer personal details.
Read more: Phone wallets will soon hold your ID and cards. Payments must ask for lessThe FTC and FCC warn that a call that rings once and hangs up may be bait, because calling back can mean international or premium-rate charges.
Read more: A Phone That Rings Once and Stops Could Be a Scam TrapAirPods connect to Samsung Galaxy phones, but settings, ear detection, firmware updates and Find My all depend on an Apple device. Here is what you give up.
Read more: AirPods on a Samsung phone lose most of what makes them specialThe New York Times says A.I. agents like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots can handle chores such as job applications and hard-to-get dinner reservations.
Read more: Five everyday jobs you can hand to an A.I. agent, from job hunts to dinnerTwo cyber fraud cases in Mangaluru, India, left victims out more than Rs 1.9 lakh. The details are missing, but the warning applies to anyone who pays online.
Read more: Two online fraud cases in Mangaluru, India, cost victims Rs 1.9 lakhDelhi Police say two men posing as bank staff tricked more than 50 mostly older people on video calls. Here is how the scam worked and how to spot it.
Read more: Fake bank staff on video calls cheated 50+ people, police sayGoogle makes Snapseed, a free photo editor for iPhone and Android, and a CNET reviewer says the Pixel 11 Pro should borrow its best tools.
Read more: Google already makes a great free photo app, but not for its PixelEarly testers say Apple's new Siri can translate, write emails and summarize files, but the first test version still drops its connection and uses more battery.
Read more: Hands-on with Apple's new iPhone update and its Siri assistantRumors say Apple's next iPad mini gets a better screen, a faster chip and possible water resistance, but the starting price could jump from $599 to $799.
Read more: Apple's next iPad mini may get a better screen and a higher priceScammers can make your bank's real number show on caller ID, then pose as fraud staff to get your security codes or push you to move savings.
Read more: A call showing your bank's real number can still be a scammerScammers are using calendar invite files to put fake meetings on your calendar, and one scam led to remote access to a victim's computer.
Read more: Fake calendar invites can slip onto your calendar on their ownResearchers found a booby-trapped instruction file in a customer's Downloads folder that pushed an AI coding helper to install a rogue software package.
Read more: A hidden text file in Downloads can trick AI coding helpers into harmA small Cloudflare and OpenAI test helped ChatGPT Search find hundreds of millions of new pages. Site owners should know what it does and does not change.
Read more: Cloudflare helped ChatGPT Search find hundreds of millions of new pagesBaba, an AI company, raised $40 million to build tools that help Medicare and Medicaid patients reach care teams and handle the paperwork of getting care.
Read more: Baba raises $40 million for AI that helps Medicare and Medicaid patientsA reviewer used Google's Health Coach and the Pixel Watch 5 to plan marathon training around sleep and recovery, and finished the race last weekend.
Read more: A runner let Google's AI coach plan his whole marathon trainingRay-Ban Meta glasses can listen, upload and store more than many owners expect. Four settings in the Meta AI app limit it, and each has a trade-off.
Read more: Four privacy settings to change on Ray-Ban Meta glasses
