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Google says developers will be able to build Quick Share into their own apps on Android and iPhone, with a toolkit due in the first half of 2027.
Read more: Google to let other apps build in Quick Share file sendingTech leaders say AI buying will continue despite market jitters, but they want faster payoffs. Business owners may have more room to negotiate.
Read more: Companies keep buying AI even as Wall Street gets nervousChrome can now pull order numbers and booking codes from Gmail into web forms, but the Personal Intelligence link behind it may widen how Google uses your data for ads.
Read more: Chrome can now read your Gmail to fill in web forms for youAthenahealth patients who pay for Claude Pro or Max can now let the AI read their health records and answer questions about them, with limits.
Read more: Athenahealth patients can now ask Claude about their health recordsHackers are using fake Cloudflare 'prove you're human' pages on hacked websites to get visitors to run a harmful command on their own computers.
Read more: Fake 'prove you're human' pages trick people into hacking themselvesThe New York Times and other papers sued the maker of Brave, saying it fed their articles to AI firms and let readers skip paywalls. Here is what is claimed.
Read more: New York Times and other papers sue Brave browser over AI and paywallsA researcher showed that a booby-trapped text can knock out an Android phone's cellular service. Google's October update fixes it, but older phones may be left out.
Read more: A single text message can crash some Android phonesAlex Stamos, Meta's former security chief, says handing AI apps your financial logins is 'totally insane', and a top bank CEO says the risk may land on you.
Read more: Ex-Meta security chief warns against giving AI helpers your bank loginsA Southern California police department says scammers can fake a local number on your phone, so a caller who looks official may not be real.
Read more: Police warn: scam calls can fake the number of your local policeSouth Africa's new National Opt-Out Registry is free and aims to stop unwanted sales calls, texts and emails, but sign-up may not be fully open yet.
Read more: South Africa launches free registry to stop unwanted sales callsInc. says businesses should try to break an AI agent before real customers or data are at risk, and build limits in from the start.
Read more: Test Your AI Helper by Trying to Make It Fail Before You Use ItA new report finds fewer than half of AI analytics insights improve a business. Context is the biggest gap, and it matters if you let AI suggest or take actions.
Read more: AI analysis tools still get most business advice wrong, survey findsBloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple plans three new iPads in early 2027, including an OLED iPad Air. These are rumors, but they matter if you are about to buy.
Read more: Apple may release three new iPads in the first half of 2027Walmart has added new AI shopping tools just before the holidays, but details are thin. Here is what is known and what to check in the app before you rely on them.
Read more: Walmart rolls out new AI shopping tools ahead of the holidaysFirefox's new Mini Window pops a page, or part of one, into a small window that stays on top. It is slated to reach regular Firefox on November 10.
Read more: Firefox adds a pop-out window that floats over your other workGoogle's Gemini AI can read your Gmail to summarize and draft replies, often by default. Here is what Google says it does with that data and what you can change.
Read more: Gemini can read your Gmail. Here is how to switch it offGoogle says Videostrong built a hidden backdoor into its Android TV boxes on purpose. The takedown hit 1.3 million devices, and owners cannot fix the boxes themselves.
Read more: Google says a TV box maker sold criminals access to 1.3 million devicesA reviewer tried four replacement home screens for Android and found Hyperion Launcher the fastest, with a $2 upgrade for extras. It suits low-end and midrange phones.
Read more: A free Android launcher app made an older phone feel fasterAnthropic's Claude Code now has instructions to refuse recreating a specific existing video game, even if you rename it. Here is what still works and the legal risk.
Read more: Claude now refuses to rebuild existing video games for youA new leak says the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra will get a brighter Privacy Display that blocks side views, but the cheaper S27 models will not.
Read more: Samsung's next top phones may get a brighter screen that blocks side viewsAsus has released the first Wi-Fi 8 router for $900. It tested well, but the standard is not final and no everyday devices can use it yet.
Read more: First Wi-Fi 8 router is here, and it costs $900Trigger.dev says an attacker reached stored settings, which can include passwords and keys, for some customers of its cloud AI workflow service.
Read more: Hackers got into customers' secret settings at AI tool Trigger.devMessages on iPhone lets you move apps around in its Plus menu, so your favorites stop hiding at the bottom. Here is how, and what to check before adding more.
Read more: Reorder the apps in your iPhone Messages menu in a few tapsAWS added OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra at a much lower price and now lets AI agents run business workflows a company already has, which could cut costs.
Read more: Amazon's cloud adds a cheaper OpenAI model and lets AI run old workflows
