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WhatsApp is reportedly building an optional in-app browser for iPhone, so chat links could open without leaving the app. There is no release date yet.
Read more: WhatsApp on iPhone may soon open chat links inside the appAndroid Auto is adding Gemini personal intelligence, so drivers can ask the car about flights, photos and food stops by voice, and switch it off whenever they like.
Read more: Android Auto Now Lets You Ask Your Car Personal Questions by VoiceScammers cloned an Osceola County, Florida, sheriff's captain's voice with AI to run fake warrant calls. Officials in eight states have warned about similar tricks.
Read more: Scammers are cloning a sheriff captain's voice to demand moneyAnthropic is hiring a human writer for up to $345,000 a year, a sign that judgment still carries a premium even as AI tools get faster.
Read more: Anthropic has a $345,000 writing job, and it says a lot about AIFinance teams jumped from 16% to 80% using generative AI for cash flow in a year, but only 5% let AI agents act on their own, a new study finds.
Read more: Finance teams now use AI for cash flow, but few let it act aloneThe latest Android 17 beta lets you lock four key switches on the lock screen, so a thief has a harder time cutting off a lost phone.
Read more: Android 17 beta lets you lock key switches on a locked phoneA Tom's Guide how-to says three changes can calm a laggy or glitchy iPhone on iOS 27, without waiting for Apple to ship a fix.
Read more: Three iPhone settings to change if iOS 27 feels slow or glitchyA Medium essay looks at AI tools that record and recall workplace talk, and why owners should settle consent, access and storage rules before they switch one on.
Read more: A Medium essay asks what changes when AI remembers office talkOne hacker's AI agents tried 1,200 sites and got into about 100 companies for roughly $50 each. Experts say cheap, nonstop attacks are becoming more common.
Read more: AI agents are hacking companies on their own, for about $50 a break-inAnthropic's CEO answered a safety critic with a 2,000-word post on X, arguing the company does more good by staying at the front of the AI race.
Read more: Anthropic's CEO defends staying in the AI race in a 2,000-word replyA crypto tracking firm says scam gangs are using chatbots instead of people, and that fast reporting is the best way to get stolen money frozen.
Read more: Crypto Tracking Firm Says Scam Gangs Are Switching to AI ChatbotsA new guide explains three ways to move WhatsApp chats from Android to an iPhone Duo, and warns that Google Drive backups will not work on their own.
Read more: Moving WhatsApp chats from Android to a new iPhone, step by stepSierra and Meta unveiled a shared way for customers' AI agents to prove who they are to businesses. Here is what owners should do before more of them show up.
Read more: Meta and Sierra Launch a Standard for AI Shopping Agents to Identify ThemselvesA tech CEO said AI critics would balk at losing ChatGPT. Reddit pushed back, and some daily AI users said they would still pull the plug.
Read more: Would you give up ChatGPT to stop new AI data centers? Reddit said yesA security firm says a flaw called PHP2Shell could let attackers run code on PHP websites. The claim is unconfirmed, but fixes are reportedly coming soon.
Read more: Unconfirmed report warns of serious flaw in PHP, which runs much of the webMicrosoft is adding risk scores for AI agents and permissions that shift with risk. It hints at how AI tools may be kept in check at work.
Read more: Microsoft adds risk scores and flexible permissions for AI agentsThe UK competition regulator wants Apple to make it cheaper and easier for rivals to offer tap-to-pay on iPhones, which could mean more choice for users.
Read more: UK regulator wants to make it easier to rival Apple Pay on iPhonesA new global report says 3.24 billion people use generative AI each month, while people spend more time in social apps and less on the open web.
Read more: One in three people worldwide now use AI chatbots every monthOpenAI added Locked Chats to ChatGPT, hiding sensitive conversations behind a PIN or Face ID, but the lock does not shield them from the company.
Read more: ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN or Face IDSecurity researchers got inside the system that sends people to fake Microsoft warnings. Here is how the scam works and how to spot it.
Read more: Researchers get inside the system behind fake Microsoft alertsA new ChatGPT feature for Mac logs what you do on screen, and Kaspersky says to check the settings before you switch it on.
Read more: ChatGPT can now keep a diary of what you do on your MacChrome is adding a Suspicious sites warning that flags fake-looking pages even when Google is not sure they are dangerous. It could keep your passwords and card details safe.
Read more: Chrome will now warn you about sites that look like scamsApple may unveil an iPad mini 8 with a newer OLED screen on October 28, and the current $599 model could soon look like the cheaper choice.
Read more: Apple's next small iPad may debut next week with a new screenWhatsApp guest calling lets someone join a video call from a computer browser with no account, which makes quick chats with clients or freelancers easier.
Read more: WhatsApp now lets people join video calls without an account
