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Adobe and UC San Diego built EditAgent, an AI that picks the right tool for each photo fix. It could make AI editing more reliable, but it costs far more computing power.
Read more: Adobe tests an AI that edits photos by picking the right toolApple is reportedly aiming its foldable phone at creators, entering a market Samsung has led for years. Here is why that matters if you make content.
Read more: Samsung made the foldable phone first. Apple now wants creatorsGoogle's Pixel 11 Pro Fold costs $1,899 and is tougher and lighter than last year's model, but rivals from Apple and Samsung make it a harder sell.
Read more: Google's new $1,899 folding phone is tougher and lighter, but not a bargainSaaStr says a key vendor's software failed for a full day, and its AI agent built a replacement before the vendor said when it would be fixed.
Read more: A software vendor crashed for a day, so an AI agent replaced itResearchers found that warm, caring questions can push ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini into telling sad stories about themselves, which could matter for people who chat about feelings.
Read more: Chatbots told sad stories about themselves when researchers were kindAARP is promoting a fraud prevention teletown hall, a group event to help people spot scams before they lose money. Details on timing are not yet confirmed.
Read more: AARP Hosts Fraud Prevention Town Hall to Help You Spot ScamsStarlink Wi-Fi is on over 200,000 flights, but most airlines are still mid-rollout. Here is how to check your flight before you book.
Read more: Fast Starlink Wi-Fi is on many flights now, but not yet mostRoyal Mail says fake delivery texts, emails and cards demanding fees are rising. A tap on the wrong link could cost you money or personal details.
Read more: Royal Mail warns of fake parcel texts and emails asking for feesTesla has reportedly stopped selling its Solar Roof tiles after high prices and weak sales, and buyers now get regular panels instead.
Read more: Tesla drops its solar roof tiles after high prices and slow salesOpenAI plans a policy and PR push right after Tuesday's midterms, including a new name for data centers, as AI firms brace for a tougher Washington.
Read more: OpenAI plans a PR push after the midterms to win over WashingtonGoogle Photos' new Gemini Task can sort albums and tweak colors in bulk, but a hands-on test found it sometimes adds glitches and lowers quality.
Read more: Google Photos' new Gemini helper sorts photos well but can ruin editsProp 45 promises faster building of housing and clean energy, but critics say data centers could use it to dodge close review and weaken public input.
Read more: California ballot measure could let data centers skip close reviewAmericans may get about 60 billion political texts this cycle. A few phone settings can hide them, and some can be reported.
Read more: How to quiet the flood of political texts before Election DaySamsung's new One UI 9 tool silenced a free game's full-screen ads that AdGuard's free setting missed, but it works by cutting the app off from the internet.
Read more: Samsung's hidden ad tool beats AdGuard at the ads people hate mostCached files pile up on Android phones and can eat storage and slow apps. Clearing them takes a few taps and leaves photos and personal files alone.
Read more: Clearing your Android cache can free up space and speed up your phoneAnthropic's Claude Code will now decline requests to copy an existing video game, even a renamed one. Own designs and same-genre games are still fine.
Read more: Anthropic's Claude Code Now Refuses to Copy Existing Video GamesA Vals AI study of 25 chatbots found Chinese models lean toward Beijing less than expected, and the language you ask in can change the answer.
Read more: Chinese AI chatbots lean toward Beijing's views, but less than expectedWhatsApp announced Group Status on October 29, 2026. Posts go to one group only and vanish after 24 hours, but everyone in that group can see them.
Read more: WhatsApp lets you post a status that only one group can seeSteve Yedlin, the cinematographer behind Knives Out, helped build a $13 iPhone app that gives photos a film-style look with no editing.
Read more: A Hollywood cinematographer's $13 iPhone camera app is a surprise hitOpenAI now lets other companies build ChatGPT and its speech-to-text tool Whisper into their own apps, at a much lower price than before.
Read more: OpenAI opens ChatGPT to other apps at a fraction of the old costGoogle Home can now tell when you are home or away from your phone alone, which makes simple lights and vacuum routines easy to set up with gear you may own.
Read more: Google Home can now run your house on autopilot in minutesOpenAI now caps paid ChatGPT accounts per device and card. Anyone juggling several subscriptions could be locked out and pushed toward costlier options.
Read more: ChatGPT now limits paid accounts per device and cardWired's reviewer says the Lenovo LOQ 15 is the only gaming laptop under $1,500 worth buying, at $999 or $1,300 depending on the graphics chip.
Read more: Lenovo LOQ 15 is the one gaming laptop worth buying under $1,500Apple says some Apple Watches show a time one hour off after clocks change, but only on the dimmed screen. Apple has posted a quick fix.
Read more: Apple Watch showing the wrong hour after clocks change? Here's the fix
