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Code in iOS 27.2 suggests Apple is building a way to keep muted chats out of the red unread number on the Messages icon.
Read more: Apple's Messages app may stop counting muted chats in your unread badgeLegal AI startup Legora raised $550 million at an $8.8 billion value, a sign that law firms are paying for AI tools that handle routine legal work.
Read more: Legal AI startup Legora is now valued at $8.8 billionOpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research say AI agents did in 32 minutes what usually takes human scientists months. The claim has not been checked by outsiders.
Read more: AI agents sift through millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutesApple posted a short video of the real oil tank and crew behind its new Apple Music look, and one writer says showing human effort now builds trust.
Read more: Apple shows the human hands behind its new Apple Music lookAnthropic's new Claude Duet app works on your email, calendar and other apps in the background, even after you close it. It is invite-only for now.
Read more: Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an AI helper that works in the backgroundWalmart is building a way for AI assistants to shop and buy for you, with spending limits, while Amazon blocks AI shopping bots from its site.
Read more: Walmart Lets AI Assistants Shop for You While Amazon Blocks ThemKlarna and FreshBooks are teaming up so small business customers can split an invoice into payments, with no extra setup for the business owner.
Read more: FreshBooks users can now let customers pay invoices in installmentsA tech writer keeps Wi-Fi, a smart home hub and a fridge running through outages with small solar batteries, and uses solar cameras that need no outdoor wiring.
Read more: Solar panels and batteries keep a smart home running in outagesVirginia says scammers are texting and calling food benefit cardholders with fake warnings about declined payments. Here is what the messages say and what to do.
Read more: Virginia warns food benefit card users about scam calls and textsT-Mobile will pay more than $38 million in refunds and perks to New York customers who were promised their 4G plan price would never go up.
Read more: T-Mobile to pay $38 million after breaking a promise on pricesApple's iPadOS 27.2 is due next week and brings a Mac shortcut to iPad: select text, and a small Siri icon lets you ask about it.
Read more: iPad update next week lets you ask Siri about any text you selectConstant Contact has launched Teams, one hub for multi-location marketing. A user says weekly reporting fell from half a day to under an hour.
Read more: Constant Contact adds a single hub to run marketing at many locationsA How-To Geek writer says Microsoft's most useful Android apps are a home screen, a to-do list, a translator and OneNote, not Word or Excel.
Read more: Microsoft makes some of the best Android apps, and none are WordA reviewer who tested Spotify's lossless HiFi mode says it brings back detail that normal streaming trims, but only on the right gear.
Read more: Spotify's top sound quality setting reveals details you may have missedA Samsung tool for sending files nearby is failing to deliver to iPhones. A fix is coming, so use another method for now if you share between the two.
Read more: Samsung's file-sharing tool is failing to send files to iPhonesNvidia signed new deals to secure a base-layer part for its AI chips, which could affect how fast and how cheaply AI tools grow for paying businesses.
Read more: Nvidia locks in supplies of a key part for its AI chipsA US agency says attackers are actively using four Plex flaws to take over servers. Older versions are exposed, and a fix has been out since August.
Read more: Hackers are breaking into Plex media servers with a new attackAnthropic's draft IPO filing shows an $80.7 billion half-year loss, but about $72 billion is an accounting charge, not cash spent running the business.
Read more: Anthropic's Loss Hits $80.7 Billion, Mostly a Paper ChargeHonor's new Win 2 gaming phone packs two cooling fans, and two sibling models carry 12,070mAh batteries, but all are on sale only in China for now.
Read more: Honor unveils gaming phones with two cooling fans and huge batteriesA reader survey from Android Authority found nearly half of respondents would rather skip the Media page, the news feed on Samsung phone home screens.
Read more: Nearly half of Samsung phone owners don't want the home screen news feedTwo lawsuits say delivery robots from Coco and Serve measured customers' faces and hands and used the data for AI. Both companies deny it.
Read more: Delivery robots accused of scanning customers' faces and handsA federal judge ruled the EPA cannot end a citizen lawsuit over gas turbines at Musk's Memphis data center, keeping local residents' right to sue intact.
Read more: Judge says EPA cannot shut down a lawsuit over Musk data center pollutionSome TV owners are using an AI helper to turn off ads and tracking on their sets. It may help on some models, but it comes with a safety step.
Read more: TV owners use an AI helper to switch off ads and tracking on their setsPhotographer Tyler Stalman says most people will not spot the iPhone Duo's main camera gap with the iPhone 18 Pro, though the selfie camera does fall short.
Read more: A pro photographer reviews the new iPhone Duo cameras
