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OpenAI'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 untrackedDell's XPS 13 costs $700, the same as Apple's MacBook Neo, but the 8GB of memory in cheaper models may cause slowdowns on Windows.
Read more: Dell's $700 XPS 13 takes on Apple's MacBook Neo, but skip the base modelApple says nearly 100 parts in the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro are made in the U.S., but the phones are still not built there, and buyers see no change.
Read more: Apple says nearly 100 parts in new iPhones are now made in AmericaOpenAI says its newest AI models can translate decades-old bank code into modern languages, which could speed up upgrades behind ATMs, though the proof is its own tests.
Read more: OpenAI Says Its AI Can Upgrade the Old Code Behind BanksAn AARP report says Medicare fraud can cost older adults their access to care and their financial security. Here is what that means if you or a parent uses Medicare.
Read more: Medicare fraud can cost older adults their care and savingsFoursquare's cofounder says the company's sale paid $0 to people who held its stock, a reminder that owning equity in a startup is not a guaranteed payout.
Read more: Foursquare was sold, and shareholders got nothing, says its cofounderVisa, BILL and Billtrust are testing AI agents that log into supplier sites and pay approved invoices, which could save finance teams time and speed up payment.
Read more: Visa tests AI helpers that pay your business invoices for youMeta says an automated security system locked the No Kings Instagram account during Saturday's rallies. The group says it lost access for hours. Here is why it matters.
Read more: Meta says bot traffic got the No Kings Instagram account shut downSalesforce plans to buy Braze, a customer messaging company, for $5.66 billion. The deal is far off, but Salesforce marketing users may see new tools later.
Read more: Salesforce plans to buy Braze, a customer messaging company, for $5.66 billionSpotify says it has removed over 50 million junk and AI-made tracks from recommendations this year, so your mixes may lean more toward real artists.
Read more: Spotify pulls 50 million junk and AI-made songs from recommendations
