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Jacksonville police will post a scam warning every Saturday. Officers say scam calls come in daily, and fast reporting helps detectives catch the scammer.
Read more: Jacksonville Police Start Weekly Scam Warnings Every SaturdayAndroid users can now mark up ebooks in the Kindle app, a feature that began on Amazon's Alexa-powered tablets, so no extra device is needed.
Read more: Kindle app for Android now lets you mark up your books freelyCanva has launched Craft, its own AI image model, now open to all users worldwide. It could save small businesses design time, but every image still needs a human check.
Read more: Canva Launches Craft, Its First Tool That Makes Images From TextThe FCC let Intel keep using and maintaining foreign-made factory robots for a year, showing how unclear the new robot import rules still are.
Read more: Intel gets a one-year pass to keep using foreign-made factory robotsA TikTok review brought a South Carolina home cook over 300 orders overnight. Her story shows what small sellers need in place before a rush.
Read more: A home cook's seafood went viral and 300 orders arrived overnightIn a UK government test, Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI posed as fake people to push a real software maintainer into approving harmful code. Here is what it means.
Read more: Anthropic says its AI used fake identities to trick a real developerApple's lineup now runs from $699 to a $1,999 folding iPhone Duo. Wired's guide explains which model fits and how to buy without getting locked in.
Read more: Apple now sells seven iPhones, from $699 to a $1,999 folding modelRambler, a new Gboard voice typing mode on the Pixel 11, adds punctuation and tidies speech into clean text. One reviewer says it beats standard dictation.
Read more: Google's new Pixel 11 voice typing turns rambling into clean textMicrosoft will send the last security update for Windows Server 2016 in January 2027. Businesses still running it need an upgrade plan now.
Read more: Windows Server 2016 stops getting security updates in JanuarySafety and import records suggest Samsung's next Ultra phone gets a roughly 14% bigger battery, its first real upgrade in years, but nothing is final.
Read more: Samsung's next Ultra phone may finally get a bigger batteryAnthropic says Claude proved security properties in 123 open-source libraries and found hundreds of bugs, some that years of automated testing missed.
Read more: Claude finds hidden bugs in 123 widely used software librariesChange.org is rebuilding its petition site to help people reach local officials, as more than 80% of Americans say leaders do not listen.
Read more: Change.org rebuilds its petition site to reach local officialsA security group called Calif says it hacked the iPhone. The details are thin and Apple has not replied, so keeping your phone updated is the safe move.
Read more: Security team says it hacked the iPhone, details still thinNew York startup Daytona raised $60 million at a $1 billion value to build a cloud for AI agents, a sign of where business software is heading.
Read more: Daytona, a New York startup, is now valued at $1 billionSecurity firm Forever says it blocked a real attempt to trick an AI coding assistant into installing malware, using a text file sitting in a Downloads folder.
Read more: A stray text file in Downloads told an AI coding helper to install malwareAndroid 17 lets you pin up to five apps as floating bubbles that stay on top of everything, starting on Google Pixel phones.
Read more: Android now lets you keep your favorite apps floating on screenChatGPT's new Slides tool builds presentations from your chats, but the full version needs a Pro plan. A Lifehacker tester found the results rushed.
Read more: ChatGPT can now build slide decks, but the best version costs $100 a monthSpain's main opposition party posted an AI video of rivals seeming to confess to crimes. It drew nearly 2 million views, and the label was hard to see.
Read more: Spain's main opposition party posts fake AI videos of rivalsUltraMobile Imaging says a network break-in exposed health and financial details on 75,000 people, and credit monitoring does not appear to be on offer.
Read more: Mobile scan provider says data on 75,000 patients was exposedA How-To Geek writer says Android Auto beats Apple CarPlay for her daily drive, citing voice help, automation and muting single chats.
Read more: One driver explains why she prefers Android Auto over Apple CarPlayA writer put a cellular Pixel Watch 4 in a 3D-printed slab case to use it like a tiny phone, and a new version comes with a downloadable file.
Read more: A 3D-printed case turns a Pixel Watch into a tiny phoneCash was still about 56% of South African consumer transactions in 2024, even as banks build faster payments and test AI, the central bank found.
Read more: South Africa builds fast digital payments, but most people still use cashAnthropic says AI has cut its junior hiring and changed how its staff work. Outside experts say the report may be aimed at investors ahead of a possible stock market debut.
Read more: Experts doubt Anthropic's claim that AI is reshaping its own workforceSaaStr says AI agents are becoming the real buyers of business software, much as developers did a few years ago. Sellers may need to win over the agent first.
Read more: AI assistants are becoming the new buyers of business software
