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Anthropic 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 chipsA new survey says more holiday shoppers plan to buy from small businesses this year, and an economist says owners should prepare now to catch that demand.
Read more: More Holiday Shoppers Plan to Spend at Small Businesses This YearCloudflare opened Zero Wire, a free public page that explains serious security flaws in plain language, so owners know what to ask when one hits the news.
Read more: Cloudflare launches a free page that explains major security flawsZoho Writer now lets businesses design their own document approval steps and bring in outside reviewers who do not need a Zoho account.
Read more: Zoho Writer lets you build your own document approval stepsApple's smallest iPad is thinner and lighter, with a larger OLED screen and water resistance. One limit on the screen may bother some buyers.
Read more: Apple's new iPad mini is thinner, lighter and gets a better screeniOS 27 runs on every iPhone back to the iPhone 11. It can turn a plain-words request into a shortcut and a screenshot of a ticket into a Wallet pass.
Read more: iOS 27 lets your iPhone build shortcuts and Wallet passes for youGrab's revenue rose 27% and all three core businesses turned profitable together, as the company credits AI tools for helping drivers and merchants earn more.
Read more: Grab's revenue jumps 27% as AI tools help drivers and shops earn moreForbes reports New York has passed a law on AI and emotions that could stop chatbots from telling users 'I love you.' Here is what is known so far.
Read more: New York law could bar AI from saying 'I love you'Snap settled two teens' claims over Snapchat during jury selection, so no jury will weigh whether the app's design harmed young users.
Read more: Snap settles two teens' claims over Snapchat before a jury hears themIXOPAY has launched IXO One, a payments platform that bundles its tools and adds safeguards for purchases made by AI shopping agents. The first full version is due in early 2027.
Read more: IXOPAY launches one payments platform built for AI shopping agentsPolice in six countries arrested seven people and seized over 100 servers tied to a company that allegedly supplied fake investment sites to scam call centers.
Read more: European police raid company that built fake trading sites for scammersAdaptlyPost, a social media scheduling tool, now works inside ChatGPT, so you can schedule and publish posts without leaving the chat.
Read more: A new ChatGPT add-on can now schedule and post your social media updatesA new TechPP guide lists WhatsApp privacy settings to review in 2026, and most take only a few minutes to change from one menu.
Read more: WhatsApp privacy settings worth changing on your phone this yearTexts claiming an Apple Pay charge or a suspended card are meant to rush you into calling or tapping. A text alone does not prove anything happened.
Read more: Got a text about an Apple Pay charge? Don't tap or callMicrosoft's AI chief says the industry should pause if AI shows signs of awareness, while rival Anthropic studies the question differently. The debate could shape future AI rules.
Read more: Microsoft's AI chief says to stop building AI if it shows signs of awarenessTruist says it has expanded its Merchant Services, the card payment side of the bank. Business owners who take cards may want to look at their own setup.
Read more: Truist adds new tools to help businesses take card paymentsVirgin Media O2 wants to save £800 million by 2029, mostly by cutting jobs and skipping some fiber upgrades. Customers may feel it in support and speeds.
Read more: Virgin Media O2 plans to cut thousands of jobs as sales fallMIT researchers say OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra fixed a small AI's math by editing it directly, lifting its score from 7.9% to 48.1% with no retraining.
Read more: MIT: one AI fixed another AI's math skills without retraining itA SEON survey finds 68% of US adults use AI agents weekly, yet half are uneasy about letting one use their card. Most would blame the agent's company for fraud.
Read more: Most Americans use AI agents weekly, but half won't let them payTutor Intelligence raised $75 million to rent out factory and warehouse robots from $14 an hour, a price that invites a direct comparison with hiring.
Read more: Robot workers for warehouses now start at $14 an hourResearchers are testing a way to keep AI agents in line by building rules that make good behavior the AI's own best move. Big questions remain.
Read more: Researchers want to control AI agents by designing rules they can't gameA Samsung Galaxy with an eSIM is harder for a thief to take offline, which helps Samsung Find locate it. One setting needs to be switched on first.
Read more: An eSIM can make a stolen Samsung phone easier to track downBBVA and OpenAI leaders talked about fitting advanced AI into a big bank's complex systems, which could shape the service and safeguards customers get.
Read more: BBVA and OpenAI discuss putting advanced AI inside a big bankAnthropic's new Message Threads feature cuts the wait for Claude's first words by about 35 percent in very long conversations, with no change in text read.
Read more: Claude now answers long chats about 35 percent faster
