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Walmart is rolling out an AI helper that can search and pick items for shoppers, and investors and customers are both asking what it means.
Read more: Walmart is testing an AI shopping helper that buys for youCycurion has launched Habit, a security service that learns what normal looks like inside a company and flags what breaks the pattern, with people on watch 24/7.
Read more: Cycurion launches Habit, a security service that watches for odd behaviorGoogle says its updated data platform lets AI assistants search a company's records across rival clouds with no variable transfer fees, though the figures come from its own tests.
Read more: Google lets AI assistants work across all of a company's dataMicrosoft says Azure now spots failing hardware early and cut hardware-related reboots by more than 36%. Businesses running key software there should check their alerts.
Read more: Microsoft's cloud now predicts hardware failures before they hitIsomorphic Labs, owned by Google's parent Alphabet, is reportedly in talks to raise about $5 billion to use AI to discover new drugs.
Read more: Google's sister company seeks $5 billion to find new medicines with AIMeta, Google and Amazon earned $164.7 billion in ads in one quarter, and now want a cut when AI assistants buy things for shoppers. Sellers may pay more.
Read more: Meta, Google and Amazon race to profit when AI does your shoppingLeaks point to two new Intel laptop chip families in 2027, and a newer-sounding name may not mean a faster laptop.
Read more: Intel's next laptop chips may be even harder to tell apartHackers tampered with the NIKKE PC launcher, and the code could steal game logins, browser data and crypto wallet details from Windows players.
Read more: Hackers turned the NIKKE PC game launcher into a password thiefAmazon's cloud arm is previewing a service that links Equinix data centers to AWS in a few clicks, with no cables to order and no routers to set up.
Read more: Amazon previews a simpler private link between Equinix and its cloudGoogle says its code-fixing agent CodeMender is in preview with hundreds of customers, and it added new controls to limit what AI agents can access.
Read more: Google rolls out new tools to guard AI agents and the code they writeQualcomm, the company behind many phone chips, is pushing into AI data centers as smartphone sales fall about 20 percent. Here is what it expects and what is unclear.
Read more: Qualcomm, the phone chip maker, is turning to AI data centers as phone sales fallOpenAI says an automated AI system found, checked and fixed 948 Linux flaws that could hand an attacker full control. Here is why that matters.
Read more: OpenAI's AI found and fixed 948 serious Linux security flawsApple opened early tests of its new Siri to app makers, so voice control of your apps may come next spring, though not in the EU.
Read more: Apple finally lets app makers test a smarter Siri, years lateSonicWall says two flaws in its old GMS management software will never be fixed, so any business still running it stays exposed.
Read more: SonicWall will not fix two serious flaws in old management softwareNode-RED, a visual tool used in factories and escape rooms, can also run smart home automations, and it helps most when a setup gets complicated.
Read more: A Free Tool Built for Factories Can Run Your Smart Home TooSen. Ted Cruz has set a November 10 hearing for a new Republican FCC nominee before Democrats take the Senate, raising questions about who runs phone and internet rules.
Read more: Senate Republicans push to fill the FCC with their own partyAMD posted a record $13.4 billion quarter driven by AI chips, while its gaming sales fell 40 percent. Here is what that says about where chip money is going.
Read more: AMD has a record quarter as AI demand soars and gaming sales fall 40%Samsung appears to be preparing an early test version of One UI 9.5 for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Owners may soon get a chance to try it, with some risk.
Read more: Samsung is preparing a test version of its next phone softwareAdobe's AI marketing helper now runs inside ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and more, so teams can use it in the AI tool they already have.
Read more: Adobe's marketing AI helper now works inside ChatGPT and ClaudeGoogle will make Gemini Gems read-only on November 17 and replace them with skills. Personal account users should move their favorite helpers now.
Read more: Google is retiring Gemini Gems and replacing them with skillsQuestionPro, a survey software company, is buying Contlo to build AI shopping assistants. Small businesses may soon need to get their products ready for them.
Read more: QuestionPro buys Contlo to build AI tools that help shoppers buyA reader poll by Android Authority finds more than half of respondents think T-Mobile has lost its edge, which matters if you chose the carrier for its image.
Read more: More than half of readers say T-Mobile has lost its edgeSnap shares fell more than 9% after hours when daily users and ad growth came in below what analysts expected, which matters to advertisers and investors.
Read more: Snap stock falls 9% after slower user and ad growthOpenAI's policy chief wants AI to be a top issue in the 2028 race. Critics say his plan mostly helps AI companies, and it touches jobs, power bills and schools.
Read more: OpenAI Wants AI to Be a Big Issue in the 2028 Election
