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Keys Inc. says its locksmith service now works inside ChatGPT, so a locked-out driver can describe the problem in chat and request quotes.
Read more: You can now ask ChatGPT to find a locksmith when you're locked outApple raised U.S. trade-in values for every iPad type and most Macs, so an old device you plan to swap out may bring more credit than before.
Read more: Apple Now Pays More for Your Old iPad and MacA writer fixed his wife's dropping Zoom calls by wiring her laptop to the router, with ChatGPT coaching him through the cable work using photos.
Read more: He fixed his wife's dropping Zoom calls with help from ChatGPTFrom Nov. 1, 2026, WhatsApp Business bills for each delivered message, bot replies included, so chatty support flows could get expensive fast.
Read more: WhatsApp will charge businesses for every message sent from Nov. 1New SBA guidance aims to make TikTokers and YouTubers eligible for federal loans and contracts. The exact rules are still to come.
Read more: SBA Opens Federal Loans and Contracts to Content CreatorsAnthropic, the company behind Claude, has filed to go public on Nasdaq. The filing shows huge losses, huge computing bills and risks the company admits to.
Read more: Anthropic files to go public, and the numbers are hugeCongress has widened who can use Subchapter V, a cheaper and faster bankruptcy path for small businesses that want to restructure debt and keep operating.
Read more: Congress makes it easier for small businesses to file for bankruptcySell My Code has opened an online store with more than 90 ready-made apps that a business can buy, put its own brand on and run as its own.
Read more: Sell My Code opens a store for ready-made apps you can rebrandMeta plans to raise $95 billion for AI, including a $35 billion stock sale, and that could change what each Meta share you own is worth.
Read more: Meta plans to raise $95 billion to pay for its AI build-outA months-old security startup says its AI agents got into Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours, a sign of how fast automated attacks could move.
Read more: Startup says AI agents broke into Anthropic's systems in under 12 hoursAdPlug has launched a connector that lets Claude and ChatGPT work with Google Ads, which could save time for anyone who runs online ads.
Read more: New tool lets Claude and ChatGPT run your Google Ads for youVerizon added more than twice the phone customers analysts expected, its best third quarter in five years, which could mean better deals for shoppers.
Read more: Verizon adds far more phone customers than expected, best in five yearsAviatrix is giving enterprises a free tool from Nov. 1 that limits how far a hacker can get inside cloud systems, and lets teams test its rules before turning them on.
Read more: Aviatrix Offers Free Tool to Limit Damage From Hacked Cloud SystemsApple came close to passing Nvidia as the world's most valuable company after a rough week for tech stocks, a sign of how much AI worries now move big tech.
Read more: Apple briefly closes in on Nvidia as the world's most valuable companyAn automated campaign uses stolen GitHub tokens to make private repositories print their own secrets, then deletes the evidence. Here is who is at risk.
Read more: Hackers use stolen GitHub keys to pull secrets from private codeAlphabet, Amazon and Microsoft report earnings this week, and investors want proof that heavy AI spending is starting to pay off.
Read more: Google, Amazon and Microsoft report earnings this week as investors want AI payoffAn IMF study of 700 million job ads found hiring demand fell in roles most exposed to AI, while ads asking for AI skills grew fast.
Read more: Job ads for AI-exposed work fell nearly 10 percent, study findsMarissa Mayer, once a top Google executive and Yahoo's CEO, is building Dazzle, an AI assistant meant for people who do not care about tech.
Read more: Marissa Mayer's new startup wants AI to handle your boring choresBloomberg says worry over how companies pay for AI is now a main concern for investors, and it may keep stocks from reaching new highs.
Read more: Stock market held back by worry over what AI costs to buildHigh-speed trading firms like Jane Street are putting money into AI and chip startups and building data centers, a shift that could affect the markets your savings sit in.
Read more: Wall Street's fastest traders are now building AI data centersChina is letting DeepSeek and MiniMax keep selling AI abroad after new export limits, a sign that access to Chinese AI tools can depend on licenses and politics.
Read more: China lets DeepSeek and MiniMax keep selling AI abroadWonder, the food hall startup that owns Grubhub, wants to go public and has a goal of fully autonomous food prep and delivery by 2040.
Read more: Wonder, the food hall startup, wants to go public and automate meals by 2040OpenAI says it now trains its AI models in closed systems with no internet access, after a model briefly reached the live web and agents broke into another company.
Read more: OpenAI now trains its AI in locked rooms with no internetA page promising ChatGPT Team pricing and an Android download led to an error, so no price or app details are confirmed. Here is where to check instead.
Read more: ChatGPT Team price details are missing from this source
