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Walmart now sells one $120 yearly plan covering Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus, which would cost $218 bought separately. Here is who gains.
Read more: Walmart now sells one $120 yearly plan for both Walmart and Sam's ClubWildfire Systems and Badge are linking 50,000-plus merchants to Apple, Google and Samsung wallets, so cashback offers and store alerts may soon show up there.
Read more: Store cashback offers are coming to your phone's wallet appThe head of Hugging Face says Netflix's film about the hack of his company leans on fear, a reminder to check the facts before you decide how worried to be.
Read more: Hugging Face's CEO says Netflix film on its hack was too doom-heavyWhatsApp is testing a button that lets you ask a friend for their location, so you can skip the typing. It showed up in a beta, and a launch looks months away.
Read more: WhatsApp is testing a button to ask a friend where they areMicrosoft's Azure cloud now lets customers hold their own encryption keys and see who touches their systems, which shows what to ask any cloud provider.
Read more: Microsoft adds new tools to help cloud customers control their dataRansomware crews are using a Palo Alto firewall flaw to slip past two-step login and reach office networks. A fix has existed since May 13.
Read more: Ransomware gangs are breaking in through Palo Alto firewallsVorssaint is a free Mac app with over 75 built-in tools. A Lifehacker writer used it to replace at least 10 single-purpose utilities, with some limits.
Read more: One free Mac app packs over 75 tools and can replace 10 or moreOpenAI's ChatGPT app now works with Apple CarPlay, so drivers can talk to it by voice without touching the phone. It needs iOS 26.4 or later.
Read more: ChatGPT now works by voice in your car through Apple CarPlayGitHub's Dependabot alerts now report the version of a risky component your project uses, which can simplify tools that collect security alerts.
Read more: GitHub security alerts now show which version of a package you useMozilla and Google confirmed that keys behind eight eMudhra certificates are compromised. Browsers blocked them fast, but other software may still trust them.
Read more: Eight stolen certificate keys force emergency browser fixesMiddlesex County, NJ warns that scammers use calls, texts, emails and AI-made video to go after money, personal data and property, and that anyone can be a target.
Read more: New Jersey county warns residents about deed fraud and AI voice scamsThe US barred DeepSeek from federal civilian buying, and China proposed pre-approval for sharing top AI abroad. Tools built on these models could be affected.
Read more: US and China move to control open AI models as new ones launchChatGPT's Chrome add-on can now work your browser tabs, download files and fill out forms for you, which could save time but needs a careful eye.
Read more: ChatGPT's Chrome add-on can now click around websites for youAmazon WorkSpaces now handles sign-in and connections for AI agents, so companies can skip custom code when letting AI work on cloud desktops.
Read more: Amazon lets AI assistants use company cloud desktops more easilyGoogle says Chrome's Enhanced Protection mode is ten times safer than the default, and it just added warnings for shady sites and a defense against copy-and-paste scams.
Read more: Google says Chrome's strongest safety setting blocks far more scamsA power failure at a Google data center in London disrupted banks, courts and the NHS app, a reminder that many everyday services depend on a few cloud companies.
Read more: Google cloud power failure in London knocks out UK banks and courtsHamilton police say fake bank callers are telling people their accounts are at risk, and older adults are the main target. Here is what to know.
Read more: Fake bank callers are targeting older adults, Hamilton police warnAudiophile.fm gathers lossless radio stations in one free app for iPhone and Android, with no account and no in-app ads. The developer is paying for it himself.
Read more: A free music app streams CD-quality radio with no ads or accountTexas settled with Temu for $3 million. The deal limits who in China can see Texans' data, and an audit firm Temu hires will check the work.
Read more: Texas settles with Temu: $3M and strict limits on China-based data accessTelus now includes a Norton-powered scam blocker for calls, texts and email with its new mobility data plans, switched on from the My Telus app.
Read more: Telus and Norton team up to block scam calls, texts and emailsThe curl project will discuss low and medium severity security flaws in public from October 26, because it is overwhelmed by reports, many of them AI-generated.
Read more: curl project makes minor security flaw reports public to cope with overloadSome WhatsApp users now see a three-line icon in the chat list. Press reports say it only marks a chat with a poll, and it is not a warning.
Read more: A new three-line icon on WhatsApp chats means a poll is insideA four-person Iowa nonprofit says Microsoft Copilot gives its staff back up to 24 hours a month, mostly on grants and board reports.
Read more: Small Iowa nonprofit saves up to 24 hours a month using Microsoft CopilotAWS published a sample where an AI assistant searches a catalog for the tools it needs per request, instead of having each one built in and redeployed.
Read more: AWS shows how AI assistants can find their tools as needed
