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The FBI in Honolulu says scammers are copying real federal office phone numbers and even staging fake offices on video calls to look official.
Read more: Scammers posing as FBI agents are faking caller IDs in HawaiiBloomberg agreed to a $500,000 settlement over offers that began at $1.99 and later rose to $39.99, a reminder to check what a cheap trial costs later.
Read more: Bloomberg pays $500,000 over $1.99 offers that rose to $39.99Code inside the YouTube app points to a project called Tamba, with followers, direct messages and group chats. YouTube has not confirmed it.
Read more: YouTube appears to be building a social feature called TambaWarranty software maker warrantini now lets teams manage claims by asking Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, with plans from $49 a month.
Read more: Warranty software now works inside Claude, ChatGPT and CopilotFour popular AI chatbots said parts of the AI industry could collapse, but none could say when. One compared the moment to the dot-com crash.
Read more: Four AI chatbots were asked if an AI bubble is about to burstSingapore Airlines is the latest carrier hit by a software provider breach that has exposed over 200,000 bookings, which could fuel convincing travel scams.
Read more: Singapore Airlines hit by airline software provider breachThe first test version of macOS 27.3 adds Pro Light, a screensaver based on the new MacBook Pro wallpaper. Only beta testers can see it for now.
Read more: Apple's next Mac update adds a screensaver of the new MacBook Pro wallpaperAO3 went offline after a security incident and may stay limited for up to four weeks. Account holders should treat their email and login details as possibly exposed.
Read more: Fan fiction site AO3 is down for weeks after a security incidentA Windows 11 update grayed out the switch for Smart App Control on some PCs. Microsoft has fixed it, so anyone who had the feature off can now turn it on.
Read more: Microsoft fixes Windows 11 bug that blocked a key security switchToast says it will fight an FTC lawsuit over fees and cancellations. Restaurant and shop owners who use its systems may want to review their own contracts.
Read more: Toast, a restaurant tech company, says it will fight FTC lawsuitCasap, a New York startup, raised $56 million for AI that handles card disputes. It says cases now close in 8 days, not up to 90, but the figures are its own.
Read more: Casap raises $56M to use AI to settle card disputes fasterA Medium post from The Ai Consultancy says terms written for an internal AI tool may not fit once it is sold to customers, so buyers should recheck them.
Read more: When a company's in-house AI tool goes on sale, recheck the termsA respected AI testing firm changed its tests, and the gap between top US models and free-to-download rivals, many from China, grew from 3 points to 12.
Read more: New AI test finds US leaders ahead of Chinese rivals by moreA Russia-aligned group called Gorbag is using basic data-stealing software against Ukrainian police, courts and local governments, and its tricks work anywhere.
Read more: Russia-linked hackers use simple data-stealing software against UkraineGoogle, Cordial and Twilio each announced ways to feed customer data to AI tools, and the shared message is that the data has to be clean and controlled.
Read more: Google, Cordial and Twilio want AI to use customer data more openlyAirPods get firmware updates in the background with no update button, but a few simple steps can help one arrive and fix connection problems.
Read more: AirPods update themselves quietly, but you can nudge them alongDrax, Britain's biggest biomass power plant, wants a £20B AI data center in North Yorkshire. It has no tenant yet, and local worries over power and water are growing.
Read more: UK power plant plans a huge £20B data center for AI, with no customer yetKlearcom launched a service that places real phone calls to test AI voice agents, as more companies plan to put them on customer lines.
Read more: New service places real test calls to check AI phone agentsNew York's mayor backs a one-year pause on new data centers and an AI ban for some students. Parents and business owners should watch how the rules are written.
Read more: NYC mayor backs data center pause and AI ban for some studentsThree Fulton County voters got texts naming the wrong polling place on Election Day. The county says it did not send them, so check your site before you go.
Read more: Georgia voters get fake texts sending them to the wrong pollsGoogle Pay in India is testing Discover Shop, a fashion section with virtual try-on. Only some users have it, and it relies on your Google activity.
Read more: Google Pay is testing a fashion shopping tab in IndiaGoogle's charity arm is putting over $9.5 million into five groups building AI tools for teachers, a sign that more AI is headed for classrooms.
Read more: Google gives $9.5 million to groups building AI tools for teachersA ransomware gang locked about 37 computers across a UK school group, and researchers say the way it worked suggests AI may have helped run the attack.
Read more: Hackers locked up 37 school computers in the UK, possibly using AIA How-To Geek writer reviewed Google's Pixel 11 Pro XL, then returned to a Galaxy S25+. The reasons say a lot about what to weigh before buying a phone.
Read more: One writer tried Google's newest phone and still went back to Samsung
