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OpenAI's CEO says mathematicians went from panic to acceptance in days. Many in the field tell a messier story, and it may preview what AI does to expert jobs.
Read more: Sam Altman says mathematicians have moved from panic to acceptanceOpenAI now lets businesses in Nigeria and South Africa advertise inside ChatGPT, with a $25 daily minimum that is billed in US dollars.
Read more: ChatGPT now sells ads to businesses in Nigeria and South AfricaA How-To Geek guide lists free Windows 11 settings that can add battery time when you can't plug in, at the cost of some speed and screen smoothness.
Read more: Simple Windows 11 settings that make your laptop battery last longerNetflix cut 1,000 jobs while posting record profits, and Inc. says the bigger error was saying almost nothing about why. Silence can hurt trust.
Read more: Netflix cut 1,000 jobs during record profits and said little whyGitHub added an Industry comparison view to its Copilot dashboard, so companies can see how their use of the AI tool stacks up against peers.
Read more: GitHub's Copilot dashboard now shows how you stack up against peersScammers are using texts, cloned voices and fake QR code stickers on phones, and about one in three people ignore security warnings, a Malwarebytes study found.
Read more: Phone scams are getting harder to spot, and losses keep risingA Gartner survey of 2,002 tech leaders finds most firms are not seeing big payoffs from AI, yet most CEOs plan to spend more on technology anyway.
Read more: Only 13 percent of companies see big returns from their AI spendingWalmart will let outside AI shopping assistants buy from its store, but they need your approval first and cannot get your card details.
Read more: Walmart lets outside AI shopping assistants buy, with rulesCapcom says an outside party got into 11,774,247 Capcom ID accounts. Expect scam emails that use the exposed details, so be careful what you click.
Read more: Capcom says hackers got into 11.7 million player accountsSam's Club has named Affirm its exclusive pay-over-time provider, so big purchases there can be split into monthly payments, first online and later in stores.
Read more: Sam's Club picks Affirm as its only pay-over-time optionTractian, an Atlanta startup that uses sensors to predict when factory machines will fail, raised $130 million and is now valued at $1.4 billion.
Read more: Tractian, which warns factories before machines break, is now worth $1.4 billionA writer at How-To Geek used an expired credit card to toggle a bedside lamp from an iPhone, with no special tag and no cost.
Read more: An expired credit card can work as a free smart home buttonCalifornia has signed three laws that limit AI firing decisions, ban mood tracking at work and require employers to say when AI caused layoffs.
Read more: California limits AI firing, mood tracking and hidden AI layoffsUber is moving all 30,000 of its employees onto OpenAI's ChatGPT Work after a 1,000-person test. Here is what the company says it learned and what it has not shared.
Read more: Uber gives all 30,000 employees an AI assistant for workTwo YouTube fold tests of the iPhone Duo found a tough hinge, but a screen crease that grows more visible with use, even under Apple's matte layer.
Read more: iPhone Duo folded 11,500 times: the screen crease gets hard to missNvidia, Anthropic and OpenAI each set a lobbying spending record this summer, with issues like kids' safety and data center power costs on the table.
Read more: Three AI companies just spent a record amount lobbying WashingtoneBay reportedly plans to lay off about 1,000 workers, roughly 9% of its staff, and sellers may notice changes in support and tools.
Read more: eBay plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, its second layoff this yearRidgeway Pharmacy in Montana says its website exposed health and insurance details for 258,920 customers, and two clinics reported separate breaches.
Read more: Montana mail-order pharmacy's website leak exposes 258,920 customersInvestors are betting on a handful of AI giants while a profitable startup growing 600% a year can't get meetings. Here is what that means for founders and savers.
Read more: Money in tech is piling into a few big names, and good firms get ignoredA Consumer Reports survey finds rising power bills are straining three in four families, and about one in five are spending less on food to cope.
Read more: Many Families Cut Grocery Spending to Pay Higher Power BillsOpenAI's newest GPT models are heading to Google Cloud, so business customers may soon compare them with Gemini in one place. Everyday users are left out for now.
Read more: OpenAI's GPT models are coming to Google's cloud for businessesA Galaxy Watch 5 Pro owner says the watch burned and blistered their arm overnight. It is a rare report, but it matters if you sleep with a smartwatch.
Read more: Galaxy Watch owner says watch left blisters on their arm overnightMesh Wi-Fi can still stall behind walls and floors. Running one Ethernet cable between nodes can fix it for far less than buying another box.
Read more: One Ethernet cable can fix a weak mesh Wi-Fi connectionKevin Weil, who ran science efforts at OpenAI, has started Warp Sciences with $215 million to use AI to speed up a key step in making new medicines.
Read more: Former OpenAI science chief launches drug startup with $215 million
