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Oura has filed another lawsuit against a major smart ring rival, and the outcome could affect which rings you can buy and what they cost.
Read more: Oura files another lawsuit against a major smart ring rivalSpain's main opposition party posted an AI video of rivals seeming to confess to crimes. It drew nearly 2 million views, and the label was hard to see.
Read more: Spain's main opposition party posts fake AI videos of rivalsUltraMobile Imaging says a network break-in exposed health and financial details on 75,000 people, and credit monitoring does not appear to be on offer.
Read more: Mobile scan provider says data on 75,000 patients was exposedShein will pay $100 million to settle a US FTC probe into late deliveries and other complaints, a sum equal to about 44% of its second-quarter profit.
Read more: Shein agrees to pay $100 million to settle US consumer complaint probeSam Altman says AI will eventually slip out of any containment, and he wants internet security rebuilt. Here is what that means for your devices and vendors.
Read more: Sam Altman says advanced AI will eventually get out of any cageA conservative group wants AI-voice political calls allowed on cell phones without consent. The FCC has not agreed, but the midterms are close.
Read more: Group asks regulators to allow AI-voice political calls to your cell phoneQuest Diagnostics says hackers got into a lab ordering system and patient records were likely exposed. Here is who should pay attention and what to watch for.
Read more: Quest Diagnostics says hackers likely got patient recordsNew York says Dollar General charged more at the register than on the shelf. The $1.875 million settlement is a reminder to check your receipt.
Read more: Dollar General settles for $1.875M over overcharging New York shoppersFour men must give up $6 million tied to a crypto pyramid scheme that spread through Haitian prayer groups and WhatsApp chats, New York's attorney general says.
Read more: Four men give up $6 million tied to crypto scam aimed at Haitian communityGoogle's new Agent Compute Engine puts each AI agent in its own locked-down virtual computer, which it says could cut costs and make agents easier to track.
Read more: Google gives each AI agent its own sealed-off virtual computerA New York law firm says hackers reached files holding health and identity details of 196,645 patients. Two smaller medical practices also reported breaches.
Read more: Manhattan law firm breach exposes health data of 197,000 peopleA new market report looks at how AI-made fraud is shaping the business of spotting deepfakes through 2035. The text we saw had no figures.
Read more: Market report looks at how AI fraud is shaping deepfake detectionSome lawmakers fear AI could cause layoffs in many industries at once, and they are looking at ways to help workers who lose their jobs.
Read more: Some in Congress are weighing ways to help workers hit by AI layoffsA New York Times writer spent an hour trying to reach Walmart, then deleted her account and went public. Inc. says any business could face the same thing.
Read more: A Writer Couldn't Reach Walmart for an Hour, Then Went PublicAI kill switch bills are popular with voters before the midterms, but critics question how they would work and whether they would hurt U.S. competitiveness.
Read more: Lawmakers push for an emergency off switch for powerful AIInc. asked three lawyers how people can push back when AI fakes their face or voice without consent. Knowing your options early can protect your name and money.
Read more: Three Lawyers Explain How to Fight Back Against AI Deepfakes of YouLegal software makers are connecting their tools so AI can handle more tasks, which raises new questions about legal bills and how far to trust AI answers.
Read more: Legal software makers are linking their tools so AI can do more workMeta created a new class of nonvoting stock that could let Mark Zuckerberg pay a proposed California billionaire tax without losing control of the company.
Read more: Meta creates new nonvoting shares that could help Zuckerberg pay a wealth taxOpenAI and Poland's NASK will work together on AI safety and security, a move meant to make the AI tools people use daily harder to misuse.
Read more: OpenAI teams up with Poland's research institute on AI safetyCasey Newton and Kevin Roose have launched Machine Gods with NPR, an AI podcast that takes the risks seriously without giving up on asking what could go right.
Read more: Two tech journalists launch a new AI podcast with NPROpenAI fired three safety researchers, saying they mishandled sensitive information. The case shows how tightly AI companies guard their work.
Read more: OpenAI fires three safety researchers over suspected leaksTwo Chicago residents say Coco and Serve delivery robots measured their faces without consent. Both companies deny it, and the cases could test how far robot cameras can go.
Read more: Delivery robots in Chicago accused of scanning faces without consentAn Australian judge ordered Apple to let iPhones install apps from other app stores and websites from March 2027. Apple says it will appeal.
Read more: Australian court orders Apple to let iPhones use other app storesThe FTC says losses reported by adults 60 and older jumped from $600 million to $3 billion in five years, driven by a wave of very large losses.
Read more: Older Americans Now Lose $3 Billion a Year to Scams, Up Fivefold
