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A global financial watchdog says scam compounds cause tens of billions in yearly losses and wants countries to cut off their money faster, including your payments.
Read more: Global crime watchdog urges crackdown on scam compoundsPennsylvania signed a law requiring labels on some ads with AI-made content, starting December 21, 2026, and it may reach advertisers based in other states.
Read more: Pennsylvania will require labels on some AI-made adsAttackers are phoning IT help desks, posing as staff and getting passwords reset, which skips the strong login protections many companies spent years building.
Read more: Scammers call IT help desks to talk their way into accountsWhatsApp is rolling out an Events feature that lets hosts invite people who do not use the app. Guests can view details and RSVP without making an account.
Read more: WhatsApp now lets you invite friends to events, even without the appInstagram's Edits video app now has a Mac version built for bigger projects, and it can post straight to Instagram. It takes aim at rival CapCut.
Read more: Instagram's video editing app Edits now works on Mac computersA North Carolina family sued Google, saying their 13-year-old talked about suicide for months with AI tools on her school Chromebook. Here is what parents should know.
Read more: Parents sue Google after daughter, 13, talked suicide with school AIKlarna's app can now tell you whether a caller claiming to be Klarna is real. The tool is live in all 26 markets where the company operates.
Read more: Klarna app now shows if a caller claiming to be Klarna is realPotential Sciences, backed by the UK government, wants to train AI on simulated chemistry to find drug candidates faster. Medicines will still take years.
Read more: A UK-backed startup wants AI to find new drugs without lab testsA months-old startup is paying $200,000 for each answer to five open materials science problems, a test of whether AI can crack science that could reach your devices.
Read more: A young startup offers $1 million to anyone who solves five science puzzlesBox is adding Nvidia technology so AI helpers can pull only the relevant parts of your files, which Nvidia expects to be faster, cheaper and more accurate.
Read more: Box will let AI helpers pull only the right parts of your filesDropbox plans to buy AI storage startup Tigris for $350 million, its biggest deal ever, and says more AI is coming to the files you already keep there.
Read more: Dropbox to buy data storage startup Tigris for $350 millionConcentrix released an AI app that moves call centers from older systems to Microsoft's Dynamics 365. The company claims it cuts migration time by up to half.
Read more: Concentrix launches AI tool to move call centers to Microsoft softwareA How-To Geek editor turned a Raspberry Pi into a travel router that protects every gadget on hotel Wi-Fi, but setup suits people who like to tinker.
Read more: A $-free trick: turn a Raspberry Pi into your own safe hotel Wi-FiKalshi is building new contracts so big funds and companies can use prediction markets to protect against losses, not just place bets.
Read more: Kalshi Wants Big Funds to Use Betting Markets as InsuranceRegulators in Asia-Pacific are making financial firms answer for scams, and newer banks and payment apps face the same bar as big banks.
Read more: Asia-Pacific rules push banks and payment apps to cover scam lossesApple's iMac with M6 looks just like the last one, but a reviewer found it much faster, which matters most if you still use an older all-in-one.
Read more: Apple's new iMac looks the same but runs much fasterEssentials, a free app, adds automations and display tweaks to Pixel phones that Google never built, though getting it fully working takes some effort.
Read more: A free app gives Google Pixel phones the tweaks Google left outSeattle startup firmly raised $15 million to help stores sell through AI shopping assistants without writing code, as AI-driven shopping traffic is expected to jump.
Read more: Startup Firmly Raises $15 Million to Help Stores Sell Through AI Shopping AgentsTom's Guide says Apple's new OLED MacBook Pro ran over 21 hours in a web test, about double the Windows laptops it was compared with.
Read more: New MacBook Pro with OLED screen lasts over 21 hours on a chargeStartup Aina is taking preorders for a titanium smart ring that lets you say yes or no to AI assistant tasks with a flick, so your phone can stay in your pocket.
Read more: A new smart ring lets you approve your AI assistant's tasks with a tapResearchers showed a shared ChatGPT link could quietly pull private chats from a signed-in user. OpenAI has fixed it, but the lesson about links still applies.
Read more: A single ChatGPT link could have exposed your private chatsA work step that took 3 days now takes about 90 minutes with Claude, but the AI still stalled on 5 puzzles, so human checks still matter.
Read more: AI cut a 3-day step to 90 minutes, but stalled on 5 puzzlesMore than 100 groups in 15 countries are protesting on November 6 and 7, asking Europe to stop approving new large data centers until clear rules exist.
Read more: Protests across Europe demand a pause on new data centersA researcher says a rogue browser add-on can make Claude's desktop agent run code on your computer. Anthropic has not fixed it, and the weakness reaches other Claude features.
Read more: Anthropic leaves open a flaw that lets a rogue browser add-on control Claude
