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AT&T lost call and text records for 109 million customers in 2024, and carriers can keep such records for years. Here is what that means for you.
Read more: Your phone carrier may keep your call records for yearsA Korean report says Samsung's first smart glasses could launch in the US and South Korea in mid-December, but the price is still unknown.
Read more: Samsung's first smart glasses may arrive in mid-DecemberAARP warns that robocall scammers can fake caller ID, so a local or familiar number is no proof a call is safe. Letting unknown numbers ring protects your money.
Read more: Robocalls can be scams, and a familiar number does not mean it's safeArgentina's president wants AI data centers while the US and Europe push back. Where they get built can affect the cost and rules of AI tools you use.
Read more: Argentina's president wants to host the world's AI data centersA new 50-task test found the best AI model passed only 36% of timed game and web jobs, so ticket drops and auctions are risky to hand over.
Read more: AI systems still fail most tasks where speed matters, new test findsWhatsApp is rolling out tappable phone numbers, dates, addresses and emails in chats, which saves copying and pasting. The company says processing stays on your phone.
Read more: WhatsApp will turn phone numbers and addresses in chats into tappable linksA new plug-in adds legal business tools to ChatGPT Enterprise. If you work with lawyers, it raises fair questions about AI and client privacy.
Read more: A new add-on brings legal work tools into ChatGPT EnterpriseFake MyChart emails and texts promise a free Medicare health kit, then ask for card numbers or logins. Your real MyChart account was not hacked.
Read more: Fake MyChart messages offer a free Medicare kit to steal your infoResearchers found a serious security flaw in ChatGPT that could let attackers see private conversations. Here is what is known and what to do.
Read more: A ChatGPT flaw let attackers reach people's private conversationsA newsletter flags a DeepSeek 'super agent', a GPT-6 model called Rosalind, and Google's orbital compute. Details are thin, but the direction matters.
Read more: AI news: DeepSeek agent, GPT-6 Rosalind, Google computing in spaceForbes says the way a company scores its fraud checks can hide real losses, including sales lost when honest customers get blocked by mistake.
Read more: Many companies may be judging their fraud checks the wrong wayOpenAI plans to fold ChatGPT's Chat and Work tabs into one screen, and a shared usage pool could mean more waiting for limits to reset.
Read more: ChatGPT is combining its Chat and Work tabs into one screenSpaceX has reportedly discussed buying Boost Mobile or using its network, a move that could change who owns your budget phone plan.
Read more: SpaceX is in talks to buy Boost Mobile or use its networkA new survey of 2,026 U.S. adults finds people use AI agents for small tasks but hold the AI company responsible if an agent is used for fraud.
Read more: Most Americans would blame the AI company if its agent commits fraudA slow, warm phone with fast-draining battery after an update is usually temporary background work, and a few free fixes can help if it lingers.
Read more: Your phone may feel slow and warm after an update, but it usually passesCanva has released its free Affinity design app for iPad, with sketching, vector art, photo editing and page layout in one place. AI extras cost money.
Read more: Canva's free Affinity design app now works on iPadThe FTC says scammers are calling as agency staff, claiming your phone number was used in international crime, then handing you to fake police.
Read more: Fake FTC callers say your phone number was used in a crimeA new survey says 96% of security teams use or test AI, yet many have not checked whether their data, rules and oversight are ready for it.
Read more: Most security teams now use AI, but few check if they're readyInc. argues that when an AI tool makes a mistake at work, teams should fix the problem instead of hunting for someone to blame, while still naming owners.
Read more: When an AI Tool Makes a Mistake at Work, Who Takes the Blame?A man in Puente Genil, Spain, gave bank details to a fake Iberdrola caller using a +400 number. Police say the new prefix does not prove a call is real.
Read more: Scam callers pose as a power company using Spain's new 400 phone prefixNew York City is weighing a rule on customer service chatbots. It is not law yet, but it could change what businesses must tell customers.
Read more: New York City weighs a law on customer service chatbotsA hospital AI chief says medicine has used AI for decades, and that forgetting this is risky. His advice for patients and leaders: judge AI by patient outcomes.
Read more: Hospital AI chief says medicine has used AI for decades, not just latelyAI helper programs can now sort email, shop for groceries and reach bank accounts. Here is what that means for the internet and for what you let them touch.
Read more: AI agents are starting to run errands for us across the internetRadnor police say scammers called members of religious groups posing as leaders and asked for gift card donations. Others posed as police. Here is what to know.
Read more: Scammers pose as police and clergy to get money from locals
