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Ulta Beauty has launched a plugin that brings its product help into ChatGPT, so shoppers can ask for advice in a chat. Here is what to know about your data.
Read more: Ulta Beauty now lets shoppers get product help inside ChatGPTLittle Caesars customers can now order pizza by chatting with ChatGPT, but you have to link your Little Caesars account to ChatGPT first.
Read more: Little Caesars now lets you order pizza by chatting with ChatGPTGalaxy phones hide several free audio upgrades in Settings, from Dolby Atmos to a hearing-based sound profile. A few minutes of tuning can change how everything sounds.
Read more: Four Samsung Galaxy settings that can make your audio sound betterBanks use AI to sort fraud cases and disputes, but new state laws mean they must explain how it shaped a decision. Many cannot yet.
Read more: Banks Are Using AI on Fraud Cases, but Struggle to Prove How It DecidesLongeye raised $20 million for AI that helps investigators review digital evidence faster, and experts say its safeguards will decide if it helps or harms.
Read more: A startup raised $20 million for AI that helps police review evidenceHubSpot now lets customers swap paid seats nobody uses for AI credits, and Inc. warns the flexibility can quietly drain a budget.
Read more: HubSpot now lets you trade unused seats for AI creditsCommerce.com and Cloudflare turned on shopping tools for AI assistants across almost 100,000 store domains, and merchants can opt out with one switch.
Read more: Almost 100,000 online stores are now ready for AI shopping helpersSpotify has hit SpotiFLAC, a tool that saved songs in CD-quality sound. Anyone who relies on unofficial downloaders should expect them to break.
Read more: Spotify cuts off a popular tool that saved songs in top qualityApple says a one-handed feature called Reachability is coming to the iPhone Duo later in 2026, a sign the first foldable still has some catching up to do.
Read more: Apple plans one-handed mode for its first foldable iPhone later this yearNokia and NVIDIA say AI is moving into the radio gear that sends your phone signal, aiming for more capacity from the airwaves carriers already own.
Read more: Nokia and NVIDIA bring AI into the cell towers behind your phone signalKlarna says its new Consumer FX feature covers its merchants worldwide, whatever currency the store uses. Check the rate and fees before you pay.
Read more: Klarna lets you shop at stores abroad and pay in your own currencyA Linux Foundation survey finds AI cuts coding time by about half, but maintainers say a quarter of incoming code proposals are low-quality junk.
Read more: AI speeds up coding but floods open source projects with junkSpotify has launched its own app for select Audi cars, built into the car itself, so you may no longer need your phone to play music on the dashboard.
Read more: Spotify launches its own app built into select Audi carsNvidia has published a blueprint for securing and monitoring AI agents, and a business that lets agents touch customer data may soon be asked about it.
Read more: Nvidia releases a blueprint for keeping company AI agents under controlNebius says demand for AI computing is pushing rental prices up, even as investors worry about the debt behind companies that rent it out.
Read more: Rental prices for AI computing keep rising, says NebiusOpenAI's GPT models are headed to Google's cloud in the coming weeks, so businesses can use them on all three top cloud providers.
Read more: OpenAI's AI models are coming to Google's cloud, tooA test version of WhatsApp for Android hints at a way to silence unknown callers or ask why they are calling, which could cut spam calls.
Read more: WhatsApp may let you screen unknown callers before you answerApple blocked eight faulty web certificates that scammers could have abused, but an engineer warns Macs may still trust them. Here is what to do.
Read more: Apple blocks 8 fake-site certificates, but Macs may still trust themOpenAI says its AI models are coming to Google Cloud in the coming weeks, which could make setup and billing simpler for businesses already on Google.
Read more: OpenAI to offer its AI models on Google Cloud within weeksOpenAI is rolling out Locked Chats, which hides private ChatGPT conversations behind a PIN or Face ID. It helps with nosy screens, but it is not full privacy.
Read more: ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN or Face IDApple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, starts at $1,999. Gizmodo's reviewer says it beats rival foldables on the crease, but it is heavy and very costly.
Read more: Apple's first folding iPhone costs $1,999 and reviewers say it's worth the waitGoogle removed Assistant from Android in September 2026. Three Gemini settings can bring back short, fast answers and working timers, alarms and smart home controls.
Read more: How to make Gemini act like the old Google AssistantAmazon blocked Meta's Muse shopping agent, and the fight shows there is no agreed way for AI tools to prove who they are or who sent them.
Read more: Amazon blocks Meta's AI shopping agent, exposing a gap in online trustA startup called Not A Wedding Crasher wants couples to sell empty seats at their weddings, turning costs they already paid into money back.
Read more: Couples Are Selling Their Empty Wedding Seats to Strangers
