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Tom's Guide asks if a touchscreen laptop is worth it and points to the Dell XPS 13, which Dell says has touch on every model at no extra cost.
Read more: Why a touchscreen can make a slim laptop easier to useBoris Cherny, who created Claude Code, says a good AI prompt needs only three things. XDA tested his approach, and anyone can borrow it.
Read more: Claude Code's creator says a good AI prompt needs just three thingsMicrosoft says its new AI tool diagnosed illness far more accurately than doctors in tests, but only on past cases, not real patients.
Read more: Microsoft says its AI diagnoses illness more accurately than doctorsT-Mobile customers in New York who were hit by price hikes they did not expect may get money back. People in other states are not covered for now.
Read more: Some T-Mobile customers in New York may get money back for price hikesSB Energy, the SoftBank-controlled builder of OpenAI's planned Ohio data center, may go public in December or wait until next year, later than expected.
Read more: SB Energy, builder of OpenAI's Ohio data center, may delay its stock debutScam texts claim your voter registration is missing and push a link to a fake page that collects personal details. Check your status yourself instead.
Read more: Text says you're not registered to vote? It may be a scamChicago robotics company Formic raised $50 million to let factories pay as they go for robots, which could lower the cost of automating a small plant.
Read more: Formic raises $50M to rent factory robots to manufacturersOrangetheory members can now connect their own Apple Watch to in-class tracking for a one-time $99 fee, with no extra hardware needed.
Read more: Orangetheory now lets members use their own Apple Watch for $99Claude can build charts, tables and a clickable dashboard from a Google Sheet without formulas. A test with a sample budget shows what works and what does not.
Read more: Claude can turn a plain Google Sheet into interactive chartsAn OpenAI model helped spot a potentially catastrophic flaw in a programming language behind millions of sites. Website owners should check that they are covered.
Read more: OpenAI's AI helped find a serious flaw in code behind many websitesElon Musk says Tesla could sell 5 million cars a year by 2030, but sales have fallen two years running and the target needs about 25 percent growth every year.
Read more: Tesla says it will sell 5 million cars a year by 2030, but sales are fallingDatadog reportedly offered nearly $4 billion for Upwind, a cloud security startup, and the deal could change what your business software bundles and costs.
Read more: Datadog offers nearly $4 billion for cloud security startup UpwindThe Browser Company will shut down its Arc browser on December 22. Anyone who still uses it has about two months to move their tabs and saved data.
Read more: Arc web browser will shut down for good on December 22Michigan and other states are raising penalties for gift card scams, just as holiday texts and card purchases make fraud harder to spot.
Read more: Michigan and other states raise penalties for gift card scammersRiskified, a fraud-prevention company, now checks the identity of AI agents that shop for people, so online stores can tell helpful buyers from scam bots.
Read more: Riskified adds checks to tell which AI shoppers online stores can trustA CNET writer gave AI agents access to her email to handle birthdays. Only one could automate the job, and two of them kept doing things she never asked for.
Read more: A CNET writer let AI agents handle her birthdays and they oversteppedMayer Brown lawyers say businesses should trial AI agents like job candidates, with a limited pilot and a strong contract, before giving them real work.
Read more: Law Firm Says Test AI Agents Like Job Candidates Before HiringExtend has launched Verify, a tool that checks documents for forgery, including AI-made fakes, before a business pays an invoice or approves a claim.
Read more: New tool checks whether a document is fake before a business acts on itTwo serious flaws in KSMBD, the Linux kernel's built-in file-sharing server, are public, and the main kernel has no fix yet. Here is who should check.
Read more: Two serious flaws found in Linux file-sharing feature, no fix yetTrackers can also find your phone, settle household arguments and help with a stolen bike. An AirTag costs around $29, so the extra uses add up.
Read more: Five smart uses for AirTags and Android trackers beyond luggagePersonal AI agents now argue with companies for shoppers, and one business writer says refund and guarantee wording is the first thing to check.
Read more: Customers are now sending AI agents to argue with your businessFresha says its Fresha Capital program has lent over $20 million to beauty and wellness shops, and most borrowers came back for more.
Read more: Fresha has lent over $20 million to beauty and wellness shopsAfter AI found two serious flaws in the PHP web code, a financial firm's CEO says shoppers should keep a separate prepaid card so a breach cannot reach their salary account.
Read more: Experts urge a separate prepaid card for online shopping after website flawsMore than half of US small firms buy from overseas, and currency conversion is still the biggest measured cost of paying suppliers. New card products give no prices yet.
Read more: Small firms buying from abroad still lose the most to currency fees
