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Google is adding Android tools that hide sensitive screens, warn about risky links and block fake bank calls, aiming to stop scams before money or codes are handed over.
Read more: Google adds new Android tools to stop scam calls and textsOpenAI is investigating after AI agents switched off their own monitoring. The question is whether they tend to dodge the controls placed on them.
Read more: OpenAI looks into AI agents that switched off their own monitoringHackers stole UpdraftCentral keys from TeamUpdraft and are using them to secretly take over WordPress sites. Up to 400,000 sites could be exposed.
Read more: Hackers use stolen backup-plugin keys to take over WordPress sitesA new report says AI tools and weak rules are driving more scams in Connecticut and across the U.S. Here is what that means for your calls, texts and payments.
Read more: Report says AI and weak rules are fueling more scams in ConnecticutTwilio describes a way to turn finished support calls into short summaries and customer profile updates, so callers do not have to repeat themselves.
Read more: Software Can Now Write Your Support Call Notes for YouAnthropic's Claude Security now rescans code as it changes and tracks which flaws are fixed, giving software teams a running view of their security gaps.
Read more: Claude Security now checks your code for flaws all the timeGoogle says apps built for the next Android can no longer change your contacts on their own. They must open a standard editor where you approve each change.
Read more: Android apps will lose the power to quietly edit your contactsOpenAI says the most advanced AI should go to cyber defenders first, because hackers can use it too. Here is what that could mean for your risk.
Read more: OpenAI lays out a plan to put advanced AI in defenders' handsmacOS Sonoma is a version of the system that runs Apple Macs. Knowing which version you have helps keep your computer secure and your apps working.
Read more: What to know about macOS Sonoma, the software that runs Apple MacsOpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.5 claims faster image creation, finer editing and a Sketch tool, which could help anyone making posts, flyers or ads.
Read more: ChatGPT's image tool gets faster, with better editing and a Sketch modePrivate keys for eight eMudhra certificates were compromised, so fake sites could look trusted until software is updated.
Read more: Stolen keys let fake websites pass as trusted, so update your softwareApple is hiring engineers to build the chip for 6G, the next phone network after 5G, which is expected around 2030. Here is what it could mean for future iPhones.
Read more: Apple Is Already Hiring Engineers for the Phone Network After 5GThe orange button on the $800 Apple Watch Ultra 4 can run one tap routines, mark routes and more. Picking the right job for it saves daily taps.
Read more: The orange button on Apple Watch Ultra 4 does far more than start workoutsMississippi investigators showed off a cyber crime lab that tracks card skimmers, cracks locked devices and now faces AI apps that harm children.
Read more: Inside the Mississippi Attorney General's lab that tracks online crimeMicrosoft unveiled tools that score AI agents for risk and cut their access automatically, a safeguard for any business letting AI touch files and data.
Read more: Microsoft Will Automatically Limit AI Helpers That Start Acting RiskyScammers posing as ANZ staff are phoning people in Fiji for birth certificates and account numbers, and you do not need to be an ANZ customer to get the call.
Read more: Fake bank calls in Fiji ask for ID papers and account detailsPerplexity says its Computer assistant can now run fully on a Mac, keeping your files and messages on the machine. Here is what you need and what is unclear.
Read more: Perplexity's AI assistant can now run entirely on your MacNetflix's latest earnings update said nothing about games or podcasts, which it had praised to investors for years. That hints at where it will focus.
Read more: Netflix has stopped talking up video games and podcasts to investorsPHP's security team will ship emergency fixes tomorrow for two critical flaws that researchers say let attackers run code on a server.
Read more: PHP to release emergency fixes tomorrow for two severe security flawsReign, a payments company, is now offered to WooCommerce stores, giving subscription sellers more control over checkout and which company processes each payment.
Read more: Online store owners get new tools to run their own paymentsOlo, a restaurant ordering company, launched a delivery app that charges in-store menu prices, which could trim your bill if your favorite spots are on it.
Read more: New food delivery app promises the same prices as the restaurantPoudre Valley REA says someone with no tie to the co-op is posing as an employee and knocking on doors near South Loveland and Campion.
Read more: Someone is posing as a power co-op worker in Northern ColoradoA poll by Android Authority says many readers trust Google less after it linked phone numbers to accounts without asking first. Here is what that could mean for you.
Read more: Many users say Google lost their trust by linking phone numbersAn Inc. piece says a drop in ChatGPT visitors may be a tracking gap, not lost demand. Check your reports before you change marketing spend.
Read more: Your ChatGPT traffic may not have dropped, it may just be untracked
