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Inc. reports Google's AI search is slowing its ad revenue, yet Google won't turn it off. Here is what is known and what you can do about it.
Read more: Google keeps pushing AI search despite a hit to its ad businessAn Android Police writer swapped six paid apps for free, open source ones. Here is what he picked and what to know before trying them.
Read more: Free Android apps that can replace paid subscriptionsApple's yearly filing says AI agents can send messages, change code and make purchases in ways nobody directed, which matters before you give one access.
Read more: Apple warns its own AI helpers could act without being told toRevolve says hackers stole saved card details from at least 200,000 customers in September, and it is not offering free credit monitoring.
Read more: Fashion retailer Revolve says hackers stole card details of 200,000 customersAndroid quietly sorts your apps into tiers that limit background battery use. A hidden menu lets you change where each app sits, which can fix drain or late alerts.
Read more: Android ranks your apps by battery use, and you can change the rankingOpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra model designed a talking-to-Codex gadget in under a week, but humans still had to fix mistakes before it could be built.
Read more: OpenAI says its AI designed a working gadget in under a weekApple's iOS 27.3 lets app makers plug Siri AI into their apps, so you can ask Siri to get things done inside them. It starts as a developer preview.
Read more: Apple lets Siri AI work inside the other apps on your iPhoneFal, which runs AI image, video and audio tools for other companies, raised $1.3 billion and doubled its value to $16 billion since April.
Read more: Fal, a company that runs AI video and image tools, is now worth $16 billionJ.P. Morgan Payments introduced Receivables Matching, a tool that pairs incoming payments with open invoices, which could save businesses hours of manual work.
Read more: J.P. Morgan launches a tool to match incoming payments to invoicesWIRED reports an Accenture contractor's personal AI coding tool ran with admin access inside a Defense Department system for two months. Accenture denies wrongdoing.
Read more: Contractor's personal AI tool ran inside a Pentagon network for two monthsApple says iOS 27.3 brings new StandBy features, first seen on the iPhone Duo, to iPhone 11 and newer. The update is due to reach the public in December.
Read more: Apple's bedside clock mode is getting new features on older iPhonesA Stanford study found 44 percent of well-known claims about AI chatbots no longer hold, so old advice on what AI can or can't do may be wrong.
Read more: Most of what we know about AI chatbots goes out of date within about a yearMastercard has launched free cybersecurity lessons for small European businesses, aimed at a gap between worrying about attacks and having protection in place.
Read more: Mastercard Offers Free Online Cybersecurity Lessons to Small BusinessesApple is adding four more languages to its smarter Siri in iOS 27.3, bringing the total to 10. The update is in beta now and is due for everyone next month.
Read more: Apple's new Siri adds four more languages in the next iPhone updateCrowdStrike released a tool that lets security teams stop an AI agent, block its restart and cut its network access, but a human still decides when to use it.
Read more: CrowdStrike launches an emergency off switch for rogue AI agentsApple's first test version of iOS 27.3 adds Reachability to the iPhone Duo, a sideways screen shift for people who find the wide display hard to use with one hand.
Read more: iPhone Duo gets a one-handed mode in the new iOS 27.3 test versionApple Intelligence is now live on iPhones in China, with Alibaba's Qwen handling the jobs ChatGPT does elsewhere. Here is who gets it and who does not.
Read more: iPhones in China get Apple's AI features, powered by Alibaba's QwenMastercard says holiday stress, not just weak passwords, makes shoppers easier targets for scammers. A few calm seconds before you click can protect your money.
Read more: Holiday stress makes people easier targets for online scamsApple's iOS 27.3 beta lets Siri handle chores in Music, Messages, Photos, Safari, Files and more, so you can do small tasks by voice.
Read more: Siri in iOS 27.3 beta can now do far more inside Apple appsScammers posing as police in Merseyside faked the force's real phone number to ask for money, so a trusted number on your screen is no proof.
Read more: Scammers fake a real police phone number to ask for moneyYango Ride now works inside ChatGPT, so riders in more than 25 countries can check fares, routes and pickup times in one chat before booking.
Read more: You can now plan a Yango ride inside a ChatGPT conversationCall transcription turns phone and video calls into searchable text, which can replace note-taking and give teams a record for training and compliance.
Read more: Call transcription turns phone calls into searchable written textApple's redesigned Health app arrives with iOS 27.3 next month, adding a Health Age score and fitness checks you can do at home with your iPhone camera.
Read more: Apple's rebuilt Health app is coming to iPhones next monthLinkedIn says the cost of running its AI hiring tool has stopped rising after it changed the models behind it, a sign of how AI bills can shape prices.
Read more: LinkedIn says it held AI costs flat by changing the models behind its tools
