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A rumor says the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra will make Privacy Display brighter, easing its biggest drawback for anyone who shields their phone in public.
Read more: Samsung's next phones may fix the dimming problem in Privacy DisplayApple had its best year ever and is making money from AI while spending far less than Amazon or Alphabet. Heavy Siri AI users may soon face limits and fees.
Read more: Apple profits from AI without spending like its rivalsA leaker says the standard iPhone 18 will have a bigger battery and may cost more. If you plan to upgrade in 2027, it is worth knowing now.
Read more: Next standard iPhone may get a bigger battery and cost moreWalmart is building tools so AI apps can shop for you, and you can require approval for each buy or cap spending at $50, $100 or $200.
Read more: Walmart will let AI assistants shop for you, with spending limitsGoogle says attackers are stealing AI account keys and running up bills that reached $1 million at some companies. The victim pays, and the damage can come fast.
Read more: Hackers are running up huge AI bills on other companies' accountsOpenAI says ChatGPT added 200 million weekly users in two months, and its search-style questions are now about one-fifth of Google's volume.
Read more: ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users, up 200 million in two monthsA leak says Samsung's next two foldables may keep older camera hardware, which could make them a weaker upgrade if you buy for photos.
Read more: Leak says Samsung's next foldable phones may reuse old camerasA $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and free software can replace a $30-plus wireless adapter, so a car that needs a USB cable for Android Auto can go cable-free.
Read more: A $15 Raspberry Pi can make your car's Android Auto wirelessCNET tested 32 phones and found Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max lasts longest, while a bigger battery on paper often did not mean more time between charges.
Read more: Tests of nearly three dozen phones find iPhone 18 Pro Max lasts longestBarracuda Networks released patches for two flaws that, combined, could let an attacker take over its devices, so owners should check their products now.
Read more: Barracuda says two flaws could give hackers full control of devicesA video from The Economic Times shows how ElevenLabs can copy a real voice and use it to run a customer-facing voice agent, with consent as the key caution.
Read more: How to make an AI voice agent that answers customers in your own voiceNew York City says employers are still legally responsible when AI tools play a part in hiring or managing workers, so blaming the software will not protect a business.
Read more: NYC Says Employers Are Liable When AI Helps Make Hiring DecisionsApple's CEO says the new Siri is only the start, with more abilities planned and a fee coming for higher usage limits on some features.
Read more: Apple's CEO says the new Siri is just the start of bigger changesChery's robot brand AiMOGA unveiled MOBO, a home companion robot, and opened pre-orders worldwide. Price and ship date have not been shared.
Read more: Chery's carmaker unveils MOBO, a home robot you can pre-orderXiaomi began sending HyperOS 4, based on Android 17, to Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco phones today, in waves. Here is what it brings and why yours may be late.
Read more: Xiaomi starts rolling out its big Android 17 phone update todayClaude can now connect to apps like HubSpot, Salesforce and Zendesk to read data and act in them. Starting with read-only access keeps the risk low.
Read more: Claude can now work inside your CRM and other business appsGoogle may be redesigning Ask Gemini in the Gmail phone app to look more like the Gemini app. It is a spotted change, not a confirmed launch.
Read more: Gmail's Gemini assistant may get a fresh look like the Gemini appPopular AI chatbots got election facts wrong in almost 40 percent of answers, so use your official election office for deadlines, polling places and candidates.
Read more: AI chatbots get election facts wrong, so check before you voteCrowdStrike plans to spend about $495 million on two startups that watch and test AI agents, as firms adopt the tools faster than they can secure them.
Read more: CrowdStrike to buy two AI security startups for about $495 millionScam sites that copy US banks show a fake 'suspended' page on a second visit, so checkers think they are dead. Victims still see the real trap on the first.
Read more: Fake bank sites show a fake 'suspended' notice to dodge shutdownGoogle's privacy policy now lets info from connected Gmail and Photos shape your ads. Two separate settings decide how much, and neither is automatic.
Read more: Google can now use connected Gmail and Photos info to tailor adsA reviewer who used Samsung's Galaxy S26 FE for two weeks says it is a much bigger upgrade over the S25 FE than usual, which matters if you are shopping mid-priced.
Read more: Samsung's Galaxy S26 FE is a big step up from last year's modelPensa Systems has launched an AI app that looks at store shelves through a phone camera and tells workers what to fix first. Results so far are company-reported.
Read more: New phone app uses the camera to tell store workers what to fix firstAnthropic reportedly told investors its small chip team already uses its own AI, Claude, for design work, a sign of AI being used to build its own hardware.
Read more: Anthropic's AI is helping design Anthropic's own computer chips
