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Financial Cents, a tool accounting firms use to run their work, now connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. Clients may want to know how their data is handled.
Read more: Accounting firms can now ask AI chatbots about their client dataWhatsApp is building a media hub for iPhone that gathers every photo, video and link you received in one place, but it is not available yet.
Read more: WhatsApp is working on one place for all your received photos and linksGemini Notebook on Android and iOS now has a built-in recorder, so you can capture a lecture or meeting and work with it in the same app.
Read more: Google's Gemini Notebook app can now record audio on your phoneOracle and OpenAI announced a free-to-start AI bundle for small businesses with $12,000 in yearly cloud credits, but key details on cost and timing are still missing.
Read more: Oracle and OpenAI offer small businesses $12,000 in yearly cloud creditsMicrosoft Project Professional 2024 for Windows costs $49.97 for a lifetime license through Nov. 1, but it covers only one PC.
Read more: Microsoft Project for Windows is $49.97 for a lifetime licenseBloomberg reports Apple will launch a second MacBook Neo in the first half of 2027, likely with a newer chip and more memory than today's $699 model.
Read more: Apple's cheaper MacBook Neo is getting a faster sequel in early 2027Yahyah is crowdfunding a wooden frame with a talking AI character. It promises no subscription, no account for core features and a camera cover you slide shut.
Read more: A picture frame with a talking AI character launches on KickstarterZendesk launched AI agents that carry employee requests like laptops and access approvals from first ask to finish, with requests made in Slack or Teams.
Read more: Zendesk's new AI helpers handle employee requests from start to finishHIX AI launched Workspace 2.0, letting teams of up to five share one project, connect work apps and apply a brand look automatically.
Read more: HIX AI adds a shared workspace for small teams of up to fiveGoogle Cloud now lets companies run their own VMware setup on dedicated Google servers, with full admin control and the option to use existing licenses and discounts.
Read more: Google Cloud now lets companies run VMware with full controlAn Android Police writer nearly skipped the Pixel 11, but its Magic Capture camera feature won him over. The base model is listed at $749, down from $899.
Read more: A Pixel 11 skeptic is coming around, thanks to one camera trickFloo AI, a new phone agent platform, can answer and place business calls, book appointments and update customer records, while handing tricky calls to people.
Read more: Floo AI Launches Phone Agents That Answer and Make Business CallsCopilot Money is adding Money Assistant, an AI helper that fixes categories, matches refunds and flags odd charges, starting on iPhone.
Read more: Money app Copilot adds an AI helper that fixes your budget for youApple is expected to show a touchscreen MacBook Pro tomorrow, after years of saying laptops should not have touch. Price and ship date are still unknown.
Read more: Apple is expected to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook tomorrowRefersion, a tool for running affiliate programs, now connects to AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, so owners can ask questions instead of clicking through dashboards.
Read more: Affiliate program tool Refersion now works inside ChatGPT and ClaudeWalmart says shoppers can link a personal AI assistant to their account, set purchasing controls, and cancel its access at any time.
Read more: Walmart will let your AI shopping assistant buy with your permissionDataVisor has launched Vera Code, an AI tool meant to speed up the slow work of setting up fraud and money-laundering protection. Details are still thin.
Read more: DataVisor launches AI helper to set up fraud and money-laundering checksAndroid Authority says a group of video-focused phones may be the best for filming, and they are now on sale worldwide, so more buyers can pick one up.
Read more: A new group of phones aimed at video shooters is now sold worldwideTwelve South's new Airfly View adds a small screen to its headphone dongle, so pairing AirPods on a plane is easier. It costs $79.99 and is on Amazon now.
Read more: Twelve South's new Airfly View adds a screen to its headphone dongleAnrok, a sales tax software maker, now connects to ChatGPT and Claude. Sellers of online services may soon ask an AI assistant about tax, but should verify answers.
Read more: Anrok links its sales tax software to ChatGPT and ClaudeGoogle's Genie 4 can build interactive virtual worlds that now come with sound, but only a small group of trusted testers can try it for now.
Read more: Google's new AI can build playable virtual worlds, with soundA 9to5Google reviewer says Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 still holds up against Apple's new iPhone Duo, mainly because of its compact size and software.
Read more: Reviewer says Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 still beats Apple's new foldableApple's new iPad Mini is the first iPad rated to resist dust and water splashes, which matters for families, kitchens and poolside reading, but it costs $699.
Read more: The new iPad Mini is the first iPad that can survive a juice spillMozilla's Smart Window can now fill in forms from your open tabs and watch pages for sales or job listings, but your chosen tabs go to Google's AI.
Read more: Firefox's AI browser can now fill out forms and watch pages for you
