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Cloudflare earned South Korea's ISMS certification after a ten-day audit, and it changed how people in Korea sign up, which matters for any firm selling abroad.
Read more: Cloudflare passes South Korea's tough data security audit1Password has a new feature that lets AI agents sign into your accounts for you without ever seeing your passwords. You still approve each request.
Read more: 1Password lets AI helpers log in for you without seeing passwordsIreland's enterprise minister says the country wants a bigger share of the AI boom while still following Europe's AI rules, which affect many tools and sellers.
Read more: Ireland wants more of the AI boom while following Europe's rulesTesla says its Optimus humanoid robot is in early production, but the company admits the hands, safety, durability and AI still need work before it is useful.
Read more: Tesla starts building its humanoid robot, but admits it is not readyEnact Intelligence, a Swiss startup, raised $30 million to build robots that sense force and touch, not just sight, which could mean more careful machines at work.
Read more: Swiss startup raises $30M to give robots a sense of touchMeta will hand out a free share for every share owned in January, with more promised only if its stock price doubles, and doubles again.
Read more: Meta will give shareholders free shares if its stock doublesZoho Expense now uses AI to read receipts, match card charges and send low-risk claims straight to payment, while odd ones go to a person.
Read more: Zoho's expense software now uses AI to approve and match claimsKarta AI, a startup whose voice bots answer calls for banks and lenders, raised $3 million. Your next call to a lender may be handled by AI.
Read more: Karta AI raises $3 million for phone bots that serve bank customersVisa is reportedly close to buying Fireblocks for about $2.5 billion, a move that could make paying with digital dollars simpler for shoppers and businesses.
Read more: Visa in talks to buy crypto payments firm Fireblocks for $2.5BAn Israeli security firm says it spotted 32 top-tier Nvidia chips tied to China Telecom, raising doubts about how well US export limits are holding.
Read more: Banned Nvidia chips reportedly turn up in systems tied to China TelecomA CNET 3D printing expert asked Google's Gemini to build a web app for designing armor, then printed a wearable piece from it. It took 18 hours.
Read more: A CNET writer used Google's AI to build an app and print armor in 18 hoursAmazon, banks and travel sites are blocking AI shopping agents, so the tools often miss stores, pick wrong items and leave you to double-check prices.
Read more: AI shopping assistants keep getting blocked by the stores they useAn AI-designed set of proteins stuck to scorpion toxins in lab tests, but experts say that is the easy part and the result is far from a medicine.
Read more: Claude's scorpion antivenom test fell far short of a real drugXona raised $250 million to build a private satellite network meant to rival GPS, which could give your maps and apps a second source of location.
Read more: Startup Xona raises $250 million to build a rival to GPSGov. Kathy Hochul defended a one-year pause on new giant AI data centers, saying it protects power, water and communities while the state writes new rules.
Read more: Hochul defends one-year pause on new giant AI data centers in New YorkAn Android Police writer says Google's $180 Fitbit Edge would work better as a budget smartwatch for Google apps, with no fitness tracking at all.
Read more: A writer says Google's Fitbit Edge should skip fitness and be a cheap smartwatchOppo's Find X10 Pro Max is the first phone with three 200-megapixel rear cameras, but the review says sensor size and software matter more than the number.
Read more: Oppo's new phone puts a 200-megapixel camera on the back three timesNew Mexico is suing Meta, Facebook's owner, in a landmark case over whether the company misled the people who use its platform.
Read more: New Mexico takes Meta to court over claims it misled usersOnePlus is reportedly adding a built-in fan to its upcoming Ace 7 phones to fight heat, which could matter if you game or stream on your phone.
Read more: The next OnePlus phone is getting a built-in fan to keep coolTangerine, a $29.99 Mac app, turns a Shift-drag into a file converter. A free trial and a free alternative are worth checking first.
Read more: Mac app Tangerine converts files when you hold Shift and dragWhatsApp is testing a green circle marker for some Android users, but what it means has not been confirmed, and nothing changes unless it rolls out widely.
Read more: WhatsApp is testing a green circle marker for some Android usersNvidia has removed features from its graphics cards five times, leaving some older games and tools broken or slower. Here is what was lost and why it matters.
Read more: Five times Nvidia graphics cards stopped supporting older gamesSymantec found an attack tool that takes over unprotected AI services and runs break-ins on its own, leaving the owner with the bill.
Read more: Hackers are hijacking unprotected AI tools to attack others, and you payGoogle's Health Guardian features are spread across Pixel Watches and Fitbits, and Android Authority says the setup is more confusing than it should be.
Read more: Google's new health features are split across its watches and apps
