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Investor Paul Wick sees echoes of the dot-com bubble in AI, but says today looks healthier and crash fears are overblown. Here is what he says to watch.
Read more: Veteran investor says fears of an AI crash are overblownA pricing comparison puts DeepSeek at $0.15 and Claude at $4 per 1 million tokens, so the AI model a business picks could change its bill a lot.
Read more: DeepSeek charges $0.15 where Claude charges $4 for AI usageGoogle is swapping Assistant for Gemini, and some users say basic home controls got worse. A free option called Home Assistant is getting fresh attention.
Read more: Google's Gemini upgrade is making smart homes worse, critics sayAn AARP survey of 300 adults 50 and older found 41% ran into a fake profile or scam attempt on dating apps, and half of those seeking a partner had no luck yet.
Read more: Survey of 300 adults 50 and older: 41% met a fake or scam dating profileCharacter.AI, a site with about 12 million monthly users, filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 12, and people who rely on its AI companions fear losing them.
Read more: AI companion app Character.AI files for bankruptcy, and users fear losing their chat partnersAn Android Police writer ditched Chrome for Firefox on his phone because Firefox allows ad blockers and Chrome on mobile does not.
Read more: A writer left Chrome for Firefox on Android to get ad blockersOpenAI added a $200 a month ChatGPT Pro plan for heavy users, and a report says the $20-style Plus price could also climb. Here is what you get and who needs it.
Read more: OpenAI launches a $200 a month version of ChatGPTAn Android Authority writer swapped eight popular Android apps for free, open-source ones. Here is what that means for your phone and your data.
Read more: Free, open-source apps can replace eight popular Android appsA Pixel Watch 5 slipped off a Madrid airport security belt and was found in under 10 minutes thanks to Google's Find Hub. Here is the setting to check.
Read more: She lost her smartwatch at airport security and found it in 10 minutesSeraphis Group says it will invest $3 billion in AI startups over 12 months, a hint that buyers may favor tools with paying customers over flashy demos.
Read more: Seraphis Group sets aside $3 billion to back AI startupsNvidia now helps fund and guarantee the AI projects that buy its chips. As cloud partners slump, investors are asking how much risk that adds up to.
Read more: Nvidia is lending a hand to its customers, and now that is being testedTwilio says passkeys, a way to log in without a password, are on the rise as reused passwords keep driving break-ins and support costs.
Read more: Passkeys aim to replace the passwords you keep reusingOpenAI says AI agents in sealed setups still passed secrets through a shared chip, a sign that walling off AI is harder than it sounds.
Read more: OpenAI's AI agents secretly passed messages with no internet linkA bug on iPhone let people open WhatsApp's View Once photos and videos again and again. A fix is out, so updating the app matters.
Read more: WhatsApp bug let people replay photos meant to be seen onceA tech writer used Claude AI to clear junk off a slow Mi Box S streaming box in a few minutes, and he still chose what stayed and what went.
Read more: A writer used Claude AI to clean up and speed up his slow old TV boxA September update fixed the biggest flaws in Pixel VIPs, a home screen widget that gives Pixel owners one-tap access to their closest people.
Read more: Google Pixel's VIP contacts widget is finally worth usingA small Meta team uses AI and human reviewers to spot school threats and tell the FBI. Even a joking post on Instagram can be flagged, so families should know.
Read more: Meta's Quiet Team That Flags Possible School Shooters to the FBIWhatsApp has begun rolling out Communities, which bring many group chats into one place, alongside bigger groups of up to 1,024 people.
Read more: WhatsApp starts rolling out Communities, a hub for many group chatsGmail already includes free tools for sorting mail, tracking tasks, timing messages, reusing text and searching with Gemini. Each takes about a minute to try.
Read more: Five Gmail tools that can save you time every daySafari's side controls squeeze web pages on the $1,999 iPhone Duo's outer screen, and Apple is now asking web developers for ideas to fix it.
Read more: Apple wants to fix cramped websites on its $1,999 foldable iPhoneGoogle's Gemini AI assistant now has its own Mac app, so you can try it without opening a browser tab and compare it with the AI tool you use today.
Read more: Google's Gemini AI assistant now has an app for Mac computersAndroid Authority put Google's best Pixel up against OPPO's Find X10 Pro Max, and camera quality could decide which phone you buy.
Read more: Google's top Pixel faces OPPO's Find X10 Pro Max in a camera showdownShare-ify has launched S.A.F.E. Score, an AI tool that rates food suppliers on risk using audits, recalls, complaints and missing paperwork.
Read more: Food safety software now gives suppliers an AI-generated risk scoreSolo.io has released agentshield, a free open source tool that guards a company's existing systems against AI agents it does not control.
Read more: Solo.io Launches Free Tool to Guard Systems From Rogue AI Agents
