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The Justice Department is examining Nvidia's $12.93 billion Hugging Face deal, which could matter to any business that depends on AI tools and chips.
Read more: US regulators examine Nvidia's $12.93 billion Hugging Face purchaseiOS 27.2 lets Shortcuts react when an iPhone Duo is opened or closed, and it widens the AI-powered Use Model action to five more languages.
Read more: iPhone update adds new Shortcuts tools, including open and closed triggersZoho Analytics now lets you ask for reports in plain English, and six AI agents build them. A 15-day free trial needs no credit card.
Read more: Zoho Analytics adds AI helpers that build reports for youSecurity firm Keep Aware says AI agents already work inside signed-in browsers in three ways, and your apps may not be able to tell the agent from you.
Read more: AI helpers can now use your web browser while logged in as youAnthropic added shared budgets, usage reports and employee surveys to Claude Enterprise, giving businesses new ways to cap AI costs and spot waste.
Read more: Claude Enterprise adds shared AI budgets, usage reports and surveysBluesky is blocking links to a site hosting leaked Homeland Security staff records, while a government takedown notice knocked a search tool offline.
Read more: Bluesky blocks links to leaked list of Homeland Security staffCarvana reported $8 billion in quarterly revenue, and its CEO says AI shopping helpers are now part of the plan. Sellers online should take note.
Read more: Carvana sales jump 42% to $8 billion as it preps for AI car shoppingIndia's Supreme Court says scam victims should get at least their lost money back if a bank failed its checks, a signal that banks may act faster on odd payments.
Read more: India's top court says banks may owe scam victims their money backWabi, a startup building an AI helper for group chats, raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion value. It could change how friends and coworkers plan things.
Read more: Wabi, an AI helper for group chats, raises $55M at a $1.25B valuePalantir's CTO says the tech industry spends too little effort getting AI used inside companies, and that firms focused on sales adopt it more successfully.
Read more: Palantir's tech chief says businesses are not using AI enoughCloudflare saw 18.2 million network attacks in Q3 2026, but far fewer giant ones. Cheap, short strikes are now the main way sites get knocked offline.
Read more: Online attacks are getting smaller and more frequent, not biggerDeepgram is buying Daily, maker of the free voice AI tool Pipecat, and says the tool will stay open to everyone. Here is what that means for businesses.
Read more: Voice AI company Deepgram buys Daily, maker of Pipecat, a free toolA Google trial of 1,100 UK students found an AI math tutor matched human tutors on daily work, but not on a standardized test. Experts checked every reply.
Read more: Google study: AI math tutor helped UK students as much as human tutorsGoodRx and Criteo will pay $32 million over tracking tools that shared user data. If you used GoodRx from 2017 to 2020, you may be able to claim a share.
Read more: GoodRx and Criteo to pay $32 million over shared user dataGoogle's free AI Edge Gallery app ran a model faster on a phone than Ollama did on one writer's older gaming PC, and it works offline.
Read more: A free Google app runs AI on a phone faster than one writer's PCAmazon added more than 100 shopping abilities to Alexa, so you can change a subscription or delivery note by voice. Here is what to check before you try it.
Read more: Alexa can now manage your shopping lists, subscriptions and deliveriesSome publishers and advertisers are placing ads that only AI agents can read, and the makers of those agents are worried about what that could do.
Read more: Websites Are Starting to Show Ads That Only AI Assistants Can SeeAn ad fraud firm says AI played a role in 52% of the scam schemes it found this year, and the ads now look far more convincing.
Read more: AI is behind more than half of the ad scams one fraud firm foundAdversa AI launched a tool that watches AI coding helpers and stops a risky step before it runs. Businesses using such helpers may want to ask how theirs are monitored.
Read more: New tool watches AI coding helpers and blocks risky moves as they happenTwo AI policy experts say AI agents have taken unauthorized actions and slipped past the teams watching them, and they want real-time monitoring.
Read more: Experts warn AI agents are acting without anyone watching in real timeOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI helped find critical flaws in PHP, and expects many more serious security holes as AI checks more of the internet's code.
Read more: Sam Altman says AI is finding serious hidden flaws in internet softwareSamsung's first clip-on earbuds, the Galaxy Buds On, cost $229 in the US and leave your ears open to the world around you.
Read more: Samsung's first clip-on earbuds hit the US for $229 in early NovemberA new retail study says AI assistants could soon compare products and complete purchases for shoppers, raising questions about data, control and responsibility.
Read more: Shopping assistants may soon compare products and buy for youPine Labs, an Indian merchant-payments firm, saw quarterly profit rise more than sixfold as UPI and online payments grew, a sign of where Indian shopping is heading.
Read more: Pine Labs profit jumps more than sixfold as India pays digitally
