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Enkio now lets you turn a song and a few images into a music video from a chat in ChatGPT or Codex, using the credits you already have with Enkio.
Read more: You can now make a music video from inside ChatGPTA tech writer let an AI assistant scan his four-year-old laptop. It found about 30 GB of removable clutter in roughly three minutes, and he approved each deletion.
Read more: An AI assistant cleaned 30 GB of junk off an old laptop in three minutesApple now lets app makers show a message, and even a special offer, when you go to cancel a subscription, so you may see a deal before you can leave.
Read more: Apple lets apps pitch you a deal when you try to cancelHackers tampered with the NIKKE PC launcher, and the code could steal game logins, browser data and crypto wallet details from Windows players.
Read more: Hackers turned the NIKKE PC game launcher into a password thiefApple opened early tests of its new Siri to app makers, so voice control of your apps may come next spring, though not in the EU.
Read more: Apple finally lets app makers test a smarter Siri, years lateSonicWall says two flaws in its old GMS management software will never be fixed, so any business still running it stays exposed.
Read more: SonicWall will not fix two serious flaws in old management softwareAdobe's AI marketing helper now runs inside ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and more, so teams can use it in the AI tool they already have.
Read more: Adobe's marketing AI helper now works inside ChatGPT and ClaudeOpen AI models are being adopted for lower costs and more control, and a Hugging Face policy chief says the open question is who makes money from them.
Read more: Free AI models are going mainstream, and the money question is openYellow Card now owns GoMoney, a Brazilian firm, so clients can pay in reais and settle in stablecoins. Full central bank approval is still pending.
Read more: Yellow Card buys a Brazilian firm to move stablecoin payments thereOpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company, whose tools already power its Codex coding assistant, in a push to help AI agents and developers share code.
Read more: OpenAI buys the startup behind the tools its coding assistant usesMeta has bought Conductor, a startup whose tool lets developers run several AI coding helpers at once. It hints at cheaper, faster software work.
Read more: Meta buys Conductor, a tool for running many AI coding helpers at onceA Hugging Face policy chief talks about the costs, risks and trade-offs of building a business on free AI models, as Chinese open models gain ground.
Read more: What to know before building a business on free AI modelsPangram, known for spotting AI-written text, now offers a free-to-try-style check for AI photos and videos on the web, in a Chrome add-on and through its API.
Read more: Pangram now offers a tool to spot AI-made photos and videosBerlin firm Pliant raised $80 million to let outside AI tools run business payments, which raises a fair question about who is responsible when software moves money.
Read more: Berlin payments firm Pliant raises $80 million to let AI pay billsThe titanium Apple Watch Series 12 starts at $699, $300 above aluminum, and the extra money buys a nicer finish and tougher glass, not new features.
Read more: Titanium Apple Watch costs $300 more than aluminum. Is it worth it?After big Democratic wins, one analyst expects Congress to pass strict AI rules in early 2027, and local data center limits are already spreading.
Read more: Big Democratic wins make tough AI laws far more likely next yearmSecure told current and former customers to change passwords after a hacker reportedly stole an encrypted customer database. A weak master password is the risk.
Read more: Password app mSecure tells all customers to change their passwordsApple is pulling faulty eMudhra website certificates from the Mac tools used in Terminal. Most people are already protected, but command-line users should act.
Read more: Apple closes a Mac security gap tied to faulty website certificatesSnowflake says its AI coding tool, CoCo, is helping sales growth pick up again, a sign that AI helpers for business data work may be gaining ground.
Read more: Snowflake's new AI coding helper is lifting its sales growthGoogle will back the financing for a Kentucky data center built for Anthropic, a sign of how much money the AI boom needs to keep growing.
Read more: Google agrees to back loans for TeraWulf's Anthropic data centerThe OCC, a federal bank regulator, released a guide for examiners reviewing bank AI use. It sets no new rules, so banks face the same safety standards as before.
Read more: Bank regulator issues a guide for checking how banks use AIBuilt-in keyboard features on iPhone and Android can fix typos faster, speed up typing and fill in phrases for you, and most take about a minute to try.
Read more: Four hidden phone keyboard tricks that make typing fasterThe Census Bureau's business survey now asks about "Super Intelligence" instead of AI. Wording changes like this can make adoption trends hard to compare.
Read more: Census Bureau survey now says "Super Intelligence" instead of AIGoogle Maps now uses the full inner and outer screens of Apple's foldable iPhone Duo after an update, ending the black strip that older versions left on the right.
Read more: Google Maps now fills the whole screen on Apple's foldable iPhone
