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A Common Sense Media report says ChatGPT's teen mode sent parents no alerts during long talks about self-harm. OpenAI disputes the testing.
Read more: Report says ChatGPT's teen mode fails to protect kids in crisisGoogle's updated privacy policy lets Gmail, Drive and Photos content help pick your ads if you linked those apps to Gemini's Personal Intelligence.
Read more: Google may use your Gmail and Drive data to pick your adsGoogle Cloud is building its Gemini voice assistant to finish tasks, not just answer questions. Businesses that handle many phone calls are the main target.
Read more: Google's Gemini voice assistant is being built to take action, not just talkSalesCloser says its AI sales agent can now reply to WhatsApp leads in seconds, any hour, and pass the chat to a person when asked.
Read more: An AI assistant can now answer your WhatsApp sales messagesAttackers are using AI to copy login pages so well that even experienced users miss them, and some copies can get around one-time codes too.
Read more: AI is making fake login pages harder to spot, and they can beat codesCocoon 3.1, a free beta update, lets Android handheld owners freeze one game, open another and return later. It could save restarts, but bugs are possible.
Read more: A free app update lets Android gaming handhelds pause and swap gamesCallers claiming to be Norfolk police have been asking people for personal details, and similar calls have turned up in three other parts of England.
Read more: Scammers are phoning people pretending to be police officersTruecaller, the app that shows who is calling and flags spam, has a new version aimed at budget Android phones, NewsBytes reports.
Read more: Truecaller's new app is made for cheaper Android phonesAn analysis suggests ChatGPT hands OpenAI's news partners ready-made summaries and ranks them first, which could shape who gets seen when people ask it questions.
Read more: ChatGPT gives OpenAI's news partners a head start over the rest of the webA caller who showed up as Wells Fargo got an Orlando woman to read out text codes. Her family lost more than $7,500, and a real bank would never ask for those codes.
Read more: Fake bank call and a shared code cost a couple $7,500Anthropic reports $16.3 billion in half-year revenue ahead of its IPO, while a top economist says AI has not paid off for big US firms outside tech.
Read more: Anthropic's sales soar to $16.3 billion, but most firms see no AI payoffEnte Auth encrypts your login codes before they reach the cloud, which makes a lost or replaced phone far less painful. Here is how the backups work and the catch.
Read more: A free app that backs up your login codes so a lost phone isn't a disasterGoogle's new Fitbit Edge takes over from the Charge with a better screen, floor counting and monthly health alerts, but it gives up tap-to-pay.
Read more: Fitbit Edge replaces the Charge with a better screen and health alertsAn Android fan says phone makers are copying Apple's Liquid Glass look, and it may change how your next Android phone or update feels.
Read more: Android phones are starting to look more like iPhones, and some fans are annoyedA Berkeley math professor now gives homework credit just for turning it in, saying AI makes it hard to know who really did the work.
Read more: Berkeley Math Professor Stops Checking Homework Answers Because of AIA How-To Geek writer turned an old Samsung phone into a three-job guest remote, so visitors can't crash his smart home by pressing the wrong button.
Read more: He turned an old Android phone into a TV and lights remote for guestsSouth Korea's trade regulator wants Samsung to pay $15.1 million over Galaxy gaming ads, but the fine is tentative and owners should not expect refunds.
Read more: South Korea proposes $15 million fine on Samsung over game speed limitsApple has pushed a fix for a flaw used in real attacks to older iPhones and iPads that missed last month's patch. Updating takes a few minutes.
Read more: Apple fixes a hacked iPhone flaw on older iPhones and iPadsA leak says Samsung's Galaxy S27+ drops the UWB chip, which means no hands-free car unlocking or precise tag finding on the Plus model.
Read more: Samsung's Galaxy S27+ may lose the chip that finds lost items and unlocks carsTom's Guide compared five kid phone makers and leaned toward the Waffle Go, a $169 device with no screen where parents choose who your child can call.
Read more: Five kid phones compared, and the simplest one has no screenA fraud reporting group warns that scammers use cloned voices and fake celebrity videos to steal savings. A call that sounds real may not be.
Read more: Fake voices and videos are being used to steal savingsGoogle's Sidekick game overlay on Android phones now records video of your play, a feature players had asked for, and Google is also updating two Play Store tools.
Read more: Android's gaming overlay can now capture video of your playWhatsApp is reportedly testing an Organizations tool that could help admins of large Communities see all their members in one place.
Read more: WhatsApp Is Testing a Tool to Help Run Big CommunitiesSamsung Community, the company's user forum, will be offline for three days. Save what you rely on there before it goes dark.
Read more: Samsung's user forum is going offline for 3 days
