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Checkout.com will let shoppers at its partner stores pay with a face or fingerprint scan instead of a texted code, starting in the UK and Europe.
Read more: Checkout.com adds passkeys so shoppers can skip texted codesYouTube is testing a change that could leave you subscribed to channels with nothing to watch on them, so an empty channel may not mean the creator quit.
Read more: YouTube test could make some channels you follow look emptyEntersekt says it has upgraded 3-D Secure, the bank check at checkout, to cut failed online payments. Fewer failures could help shoppers and online stores.
Read more: Entersekt upgrades card checks to cut failed online paymentsA new New York bill would make the biggest AI developers hire licensed outside auditors and report risks fast. It could change the AI tools used in the state.
Read more: New York lawmakers want outside experts to audit the biggest AI companiesA four-line prepaid plan from Cricket Wireless costs $100 a month with taxes and fees included. A mid-tier postpaid plan runs $160 to $180 before them.
Read more: Four phone lines on prepaid can cost $60 to $80 less each monthUnilever and Nestlé are using AI to enter orders and chase unpaid invoices, but slow-paying customers and tangled systems still slow cash down.
Read more: Unilever and Nestlé Use AI to Handle Orders and Chase Late PaymentsA Honda Civic owner used AI to inspect a cheap Amazon car stereo and found a call recorder and location tracking software already installed.
Read more: Cheap car stereo from Amazon came loaded with hidden extrasExperts warn that letting AI firms use copyrighted work in Australia could force the government to pay compensation to rights holders around the world.
Read more: Australia's AI copyright plan could cost it a huge payout, experts warnWalmart says shoppers will be able to cap what an AI assistant spends and keep card details hidden from it, while Amazon reportedly blocked Meta's Muse agent.
Read more: Walmart plans spending limits for AI shopping assistantsGemini Notebook can use your Google Drive files as sources and answer questions from them, so you can stop digging through folders for one detail.
Read more: Gemini Notebook can turn your Google Drive files into a question-and-answer librarySecurity researchers found 319 Chrome add-ons that quietly changed users' search settings and sent searches through their own servers to earn ad money.
Read more: 319 Chrome add-ons secretly rerouted users' searches to earn ad moneyDutch police say AI-made bank calls tricked 170 people into letting their cards be copied, and the lesson applies to anyone who gets an urgent call.
Read more: AI phone calls helped a gang drain $423,114 from bank customersRunware wants to build AI data centers in a factory like cars, in hours instead of years. The plan is big, but it is still unproven.
Read more: Startup plans to build AI data centers on an assembly lineA San Francisco startup is paying people $20 an hour to walk robot dogs, and the walks help teach the machines to get around a city.
Read more: Startup Pays People $20 an Hour to Walk Robot Dogs Around San FranciscoZoho Recruit added three AI features that summarize tests, transcribe video interviews and compare candidates, aiming to save recruiters hours of review.
Read more: Zoho Recruit adds AI tools to help staffing teams pick candidates fasterA 77-year-old caregiver in Arizona says a $3 local ride service replaced $30 to $40 Uber trips and saves her family as much as $400 a month.
Read more: A $3 ride service cut one couple's $500 monthly Uber billCursor, a coding tool, says malware reached up to 5,000 of its users. Details are thin, so anyone who uses it should check their accounts and devices.
Read more: Cursor coding tool says up to 5,000 users hit by malwareSalesforce will pay $5.66 billion for Braze, far above its market price. The deal shows why investors doubt software that charges per user as AI agents spread.
Read more: Salesforce pays a 58% premium for Braze as sales software sinksA Plaid executive says AI shopping agents may pick payment methods by your goals, not by habit, which could push more people toward paying straight from a bank account.
Read more: AI shopping assistants may pick a different way to pay than you doAmazon's CEO says few people use AI shopping bots because they are no better than visiting a store's site. Amazon has also blocked Meta's new assistant, Muse.
Read more: Amazon's CEO says shopping bots are not worth worrying about yetAn Android Police writer tried to drop Chrome and came back, citing passwords, laptop syncing, read-aloud and Gemini. Here is what you may lose by switching.
Read more: A writer tried to quit Chrome on Android and gave upCloudflare now lets companies put its firewall, bot blocking and caching in front of private servers without opening them to the Internet.
Read more: Cloudflare now protects private company systems without exposing themRo's CEO Zach Reitano talked with Business Insider about how the health company grew from early services to GLP-1 care, and about its new AI agent.
Read more: Ro's CEO explains how the health company built its new AI agentFlaws in the networks that connect phone carriers let attackers track you and redirect your text codes without ever touching your phone.
Read more: Hackers can track your phone and read your texts without touching it
