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Lumaril, a startup building AI for factories, wants to help plants get more out of what they already have. Few details are public yet.
Read more: AI startup Lumaril wants to help factories run betterSamsung says demand for memory chips will far exceed supply in 2027 as AI spending grows, which could keep prices up for phones, computers and online services.
Read more: Samsung says the memory chip shortage will get worse in 2027Apple says a test version of iOS 27.3 arrives next week with some Apple Intelligence tools for iPhones in China. The new Siri is not part of it.
Read more: Apple plans to bring some of its AI features to iPhones in ChinaA researcher found a database password inside Applebee's Android app, exposing customer details. The flaw is fixed, but scam risk remains for account holders.
Read more: Applebee's app left a database password open to anyoneStripe ran $1 billion in its own vendor payments through Global Payouts and found that bad recipient details, not banks, caused most failures.
Read more: Stripe moved $1 billion in vendor payments to its own payout toolA ransomware group used AI coding agents to take over company networks, which means break-ins may now be faster and need less skill.
Read more: Ransomware gang uses AI coding tools to break into company networksAttackers began targeting a serious WordPress flaw within a day of the fix. Security firm Wordfence blocked 62,969 attempts, so site owners should update.
Read more: Hackers rush to attack WordPress sites right after a new fixApple announced an OLED MacBook Pro, an OLED iPad mini and an M6 iMac. The OLED laptops cost $400 more than comparable older screens.
Read more: Apple unveils OLED MacBook Pro, a new iPad mini and an M6 iMacZoho 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 fasterCursor, 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 malwareDoorDash made its AI grocery reorder 8 times faster by doing the heavy thinking ahead of time. Shopping list views doubled and orders rose about 34%.
Read more: DoorDash makes its AI grocery reorder 8 times fasterLocal Code, from the makers of Draw Things, lets Mac owners run an AI assistant on their own machine for free, keeping files off outside servers.
Read more: Free Mac app runs an AI assistant on your own computerA fake add-on posing as Claude AI was caught giving hackers a hidden way in. It was live for 11 hours, so anyone who added it should check now.
Read more: Fake Claude add-on gave hackers a way in for 11 hoursGitHub has launched Copilot Fusion, an AI agent tool, as agents now start about 40% of pull requests. Here is what that means for software you pay for.
Read more: GitHub launches Copilot Fusion as AI agents open 40% of code requestsA security blog says an Anthropic hack was used to spread hidden remote-control software to Claude developer laptops. It is one report, so details are thin.
Read more: Anthropic hack reportedly spread remote-control malwareResearchers showed a free AI model can turn a public Firefox fix into a working attack in hours, so putting off updates now carries more risk.
Read more: Free AI model hacked six Firefox versions before users got fixesWaymo will test self-driving Toyota electric cars in Japan next year, a step toward driverless taxis in more countries, including the U.K.
Read more: Waymo will use Toyota electric cars for driverless taxis in JapanA Korean leak says Samsung is testing a cheaper Galaxy Z Fold 9 FE, just as Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo puts folding phones in the spotlight.
Read more: Samsung may build a cheaper folding phone as Apple enters the gameServiceNow and OpenAI announced a partnership to add AI to workplace software. Businesses that use ServiceNow should expect new features and ask about data.
Read more: ServiceNow and OpenAI team up to bring AI into everyday work softwareA new comparison tests Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude over 30 days and 5 years. Here is what it means if you plan to pay for an AI assistant.
Read more: Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude compared over 30 days and 5 yearsPostgres inventor Michael Stonebraker says AI tools that answer plain-English business questions failed badly on MIT's own data, and he explains why.
Read more: Database inventor says AI that answers business questions still failsMistral has released its biggest AI model for anyone to download. It is fast, cheap for its class and strong at coding, but Chinese models still score higher overall.
Read more: Mistral's free AI model codes well and runs cheap, but China still leadsLovable, a tool that builds software from plain-language instructions, opened a London office with 70 people, a sign that these tools are well funded and growing fast.
Read more: Lovable opens a London office with 70 staff and plans 100 by year-endResearchers found flaws in Cursor, Copilot, Claude Desktop, VS Code and Codex. The Codex and VS Code bugs are reportedly still unpatched, so developers should stay careful.
Read more: Security flaws found in five AI coding tools, two still unfixed
