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A How-To Geek writer runs a small AI on a Raspberry Pi 5 to search his notes at home, with no subscription and no cloud AI service.
Read more: A small home computer now searches his notes with private AIOpenAI will turn off the old ChatGPT Classic desktop app on January 30, 2027. Switching to the new app keeps your chat history and takes a few minutes.
Read more: OpenAI Will Shut Down the Old ChatGPT Desktop App on Jan. 30, 2027Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI assistant, says it has committed to $900 billion in computing costs, as it prepares to sell shares to the public.
Read more: Anthropic says it has promised to spend $900 billion on AI computingAnthropic quietly changed Claude Code to stop game copying, and some developers say paid work stalled. At least one got back on track by using an older model.
Read more: Developers switch to older Claude AI after new limits block their workLegora, a legal AI company, passed $100 million in yearly revenue in under 18 months. Its tools could change how law firms charge for routine work.
Read more: Legal AI startup Legora tops $100M a year in under 18 monthsTrajectory, a one-year-old startup, raised $45 million to let lawyers, doctors and other specialists improve AI models themselves, without a research team.
Read more: Startup raises $45M to let nonexperts teach AI their jobsOpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, the former US Army secretary, as the US military looks to use more AI. Here is why that matters for everyday users.
Read more: OpenAI hires former Army secretary Dan Driscoll for national security workPamarco says AI agents now handle about 40% of its month-end close tasks, while staff keep approvals. Here is what that shows other businesses.
Read more: A manufacturer now lets AI software do 40% of its month-end bookkeepingA Colorado startup that grew food in shipping containers filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, even after reporting its best sales year. Here is what that means for buyers.
Read more: Container farm startup shown on national TV files for bankruptcyMercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after a breach Arkham puts at $46.4 million. Customers who keep crypto on exchanges should take note.
Read more: Brazil's biggest crypto exchange freezes withdrawals after a breachSquare is turning on Bitcoin payments for eligible US sellers, with fees waived through 2026. Owners should check their Dashboard to see if it is on.
Read more: Square turns on Bitcoin payments for eligible US sellers, fees waivedA free phone app can wake a sleeping PC over your home network using Wake-on-LAN, a decades-old feature that needs no extra hardware and no open router.
Read more: Your phone can switch on your PC from across the room for freeGoogle's November 2026 system notes mention photo backup from Android with Quick Share for Windows, but the notes may not mean it has reached your phone yet.
Read more: Google lists phone photo backup to Windows in November updateGoogle is reportedly preparing airport arrival messages in Maps that point travelers to Ask Maps. The prompt is optional, so you can try it or skip it.
Read more: Google Maps may greet you with a message when your plane landsBig investors reportedly told Anthropic its IPO should be valued near $1.5 trillion to $1.6 trillion, below earlier talk of $2 trillion, after tech stocks fell.
Read more: Investors Say Anthropic Is Worth Less Than Hoped Ahead of IPOMomentic, a Y Combinator startup, built AI agents that click through web and mobile apps to find bugs, which could save small teams hours of manual checking.
Read more: Momentic launches AI testers that click through your app to find bugsFive Chrome settings, several on by default, can use up memory and storage even after you close the browser. Changing them takes a few minutes.
Read more: Five Chrome settings that may be using up your computer's memoryAnthropic's latest IPO filing says it may soon hit its own definition of AI-accelerated progress, and that it has missed speed-ups before.
Read more: Anthropic says its AI may soon speed up its own developmentA startup called 42AI says its AI can predict what people will decide, and ten big brokerages already use it on their customers' calls and account activity.
Read more: Startup says its AI can predict what you will do before you doUber and four partners showed a company could keep cash invested over part of a weekend and still cash out when markets were closed. It was a pilot.
Read more: Uber tests a way to keep company cash earning interest over a weekendFreshworks plans to buy Torii, a tool that shows which software and AI subscriptions a company pays for, who uses them and what they cost.
Read more: Freshworks to buy Torii to track what companies spend on softwareApple released tvOS 27.2, a free software update aimed at owners of older Apple TV 4K boxes, so you may get a better device without buying a new one.
Read more: Apple's tvOS 27.2 update gives older Apple TV 4K boxes a fresh startSquarespace is cutting about 300 jobs, 19% of its staff, as AI tools that build websites from a typed request change the industry. Site owners should watch what comes next.
Read more: Squarespace cuts about 300 jobs, 19% of its staffApple's September quarter revenue rose 12% to $114.48 billion, beating forecasts and signaling steady demand for iPhones and services.
Read more: Apple posts record fall quarter sales of $114.48 billion
