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Re:Build raised $2.1 billion and Kalshi $1 billion in a week when money flowed to factories, robots and AI tools that could shape what businesses buy.
Read more: Investors put $2.1 billion into a factory startup this weekInc. looks at how companies grow without venture capital, and why owners may want to know their options before giving up a share of their business.
Read more: How some companies grow without venture capital moneyA Danish safety listing suggests the base Galaxy S27 will charge no faster than the S26, so buyers who want speed may need to look at pricier models.
Read more: Samsung's next standard Galaxy phone may keep the same charging speedGoogle may link two Pixel tools so your phone can take calls for you while you travel, but the report gives no release date.
Read more: Google may let your Pixel answer calls for you while you commuteSamsung's Modes and Routines can open your calendar, dim the screen, silence alerts and shut off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for you when you drive.
Read more: Four Samsung phone settings that take the hassle out of drivingA ransomware group used AI coding agents to take over company networks, which means break-ins may now be faster and need less skill.
Read more: Ransomware gang uses AI coding tools to break into company networksYouTube's app sometimes opens on a Short instead of your home screen. Google has not fixed it, but a Time Management setting can stop it today.
Read more: YouTube app keeps opening on a Short; a hidden setting stops itReddit says Google sent it over a million fewer visits a week in October, and its CEO blames Google's AI answers. Any business that relies on search should pay attention.
Read more: Reddit says Google's AI answers are cutting off its visitorsNetgear has patched several medium-severity flaws in some routers and range extenders, but a few older models will never get a fix.
Read more: Some Netgear routers have a security flaw. Patches are out for mostOpenAI says ChatGPT will watch more closely for signs of violence, step in sooner, and publish public safety reports, which matters to any family or team using it.
Read more: OpenAI adds new safeguards to ChatGPT to help prevent violenceAttackers began targeting a serious WordPress flaw within a day of the fix. Security firm Wordfence blocked 62,969 attempts, so site owners should update.
Read more: Hackers rush to attack WordPress sites right after a new fixA former Goldman Sachs banker who now teaches AI to 1 million YouTube subscribers says employees are learning AI faster than the founders who run their companies.
Read more: Ex-Goldman banker, now a YouTube AI teacher, says workers are ahead of bossesWhatsApp is rolling out four updates for busy group chats, including pins with no time limit and a filter that shows where someone mentioned you.
Read more: WhatsApp adds four tools to help you catch up on busy group chatsTeamViewer fixed a flaw that lets a computer you are controlling crash, and possibly take over, your own. Version 15.83 has the fix, and last month's update does not.
Read more: TeamViewer bug lets the computer you control attack yoursApple announced an OLED MacBook Pro, an OLED iPad mini and an M6 iMac. The OLED laptops cost $400 more than comparable older screens.
Read more: Apple unveils OLED MacBook Pro, a new iPad mini and an M6 iMacThe Justice Department says criminals used stolen identities and AI to pose as college students and collect federal aid. Victims may not know for years.
Read more: Fraudsters use AI to pose as students and steal federal aidThe largest US grid operator plans a special March auction for new power capacity for data centers, if federal regulators approve new rules on who pays.
Read more: Biggest US power grid plans a March auction for data center electricityTrezor says a Safe 5 wallet sold through a Southeast Asian reseller may hide a cellular chip that could send out a user's secret recovery phrase.
Read more: Trezor warns a crypto wallet sold in Asia may hold a hidden spy chipGoogle's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro set the look and tools of today's Pixels, but a retrospective says early buyers dealt with heat, slow unlocking and weak signal.
Read more: Google's Pixel 6 looked great but gave early buyers real headachesTyler Shultz, who exposed Theranos, says AI is hard to check from the outside, which makes it easy for a bad actor to fool investors and buyers.
Read more: Theranos whistleblower says the AI boom is easy cover for fraudA London court backed the UK regulator Ofcom against Meta, TikTok and X, so the companies must keep answering questions about online safety.
Read more: UK court rules Meta, TikTok and X must answer regulator's questionsGoogle is urging Gmail users to run its free Security Checkup, which shows who and what can get into your inbox. It takes about two minutes.
Read more: Check who can get into your Gmail inbox in about two minutesAnthropic's Smart Reports lets Claude Enterprise admins see summaries of team chats. It ships off, but if your employer turns it on, your work sessions may be visible.
Read more: Claude's new tool lets your boss read summaries of your AI chatsOpenAI says ChatGPT ads now run in 89 countries, with a wider ad card on desktop and multi-image ads open to every advertiser. Online sellers should take note.
Read more: ChatGPT ads now run in 89 countries and get a wider look
