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Audiophile.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 neededAsymptote Labs raised $5.5M for tools that record what AI agents do inside a company and can block risky actions, like data leaks, before they happen.
Read more: Asymptote Labs raises $5.5M to watch and control AI agents at workLeaked images of Samsung's next Galaxy S27 phones point to a missing model, but nothing is official yet, so buyers should wait for Samsung to confirm.
Read more: Leaked images show Samsung's next Galaxy S27 phones, minus one modelGitHub has launched a package firewall in public preview that checks software packages before they install, aiming to stop malware from stealing logins on developer systems.
Read more: GitHub adds a filter that blocks malicious software packagesMastercard demoed an AI agent making nine payments to two companies on its own, within a budget a person approved. Business owners may soon need spending rules for software.
Read more: Mastercard shows AI assistants paying for services on their ownGoogle's new 3D emoji debuted on the Pixel 11, and one Pixel 6a owner says they now show up on his older phone too. The rollout looks very slow.
Read more: Google's new 3D emoji may be reaching older Pixel phonesAt a New York fundraising summit, speakers said AI can help charities understand donors, but AI-written appeals can sound like everyone else's.
Read more: Nonprofits use AI to know donors better, but warn it can sound genericThree veteran Java developers describe how GitHub Copilot cut weeks of work to days, and why they still review everything the AI produces.
Read more: Three Java experts explain how they use AI coding help at workResearchers found exposed gang servers showing ransomware crews using commercial AI to plan attacks, and the tools they target are common in many offices.
Read more: Ransomware gangs used AI chatbots to plan attacks on companiesMicrosoft is removing most Copilot shortcuts from the Windows right-click menu for OneDrive files, so summarizing a document will take an extra step.
Read more: Microsoft removes most OneDrive Copilot shortcuts from right-click menuAWS and Keyfactor published a blueprint for giving each AI agent its own verifiable digital ID, so a business can tell which agent did what.
Read more: AWS shows how to give each AI agent a verifiable digital IDA news alert says scammers can make a call look like it comes from a real number, so caller ID alone no longer proves who is calling you.
Read more: Scam callers can fake a real phone number on your caller IDGoogle is rolling out a business hub in Gemini that links to apps like Zoho, Xero and Shopify, so owners can handle finances and marketing in one place.
Read more: Google adds a business hub and app connections to GeminiA new chart review shows AI went from four-minute tasks to 17 hours of work in two years, while costs fell and phone-sized models arrived.
Read more: AI Can Now Do 17 Hours of Human Work From One RequestEon put every investigation tool behind one controlled login, so new engineers connect in about two minutes instead of two days, with strict limits on changes.
Read more: Eon cuts new-engineer tool setup from two days to two minutesDecorah Bank & Trust says scammers are calling customers while posing as bank staff, and some calls appear to come from the bank's real main number.
Read more: Decorah bank warns customers about an impersonation scamA New York federal judge ordered a lawyer to pay $38,877.59 and ruled against his client after AI invented cases in court filings. Anyone using AI at work should note why.
Read more: Judge hits lawyer with $38,877 bill and default loss over fake AI casesResearchers published working attack code for a patched, critical FortiSIEM flaw that needs no login, so companies that have not updated are at risk.
Read more: Public attack code now exists for a serious Fortinet security flaw
