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The FTC says scammers are calling and threatening to shut off your phone number. Hanging up is the safest move, and it can protect your money and identity.
Read more: FTC warns of scam calls saying your phone number will be shut offPosting2, a new app from a Chicago developer, is catching on with Gen Z by bringing back the feel of early Instagram. Parents and marketers may want to take note.
Read more: Posting2, a new app, brings back the look of early InstagramThe FCC used a new power for the first time, blocking two gadgets because of a camera chip made by a Huawei subsidiary. Cheap cameras could be affected.
Read more: FCC blocks two gadgets over a camera chip tied to HuaweiMillions of Americans are expected to get Amazon settlement checks, and this time the FTC credit names a sitting president, which is a first.
Read more: Amazon refund checks now name "President Trump's FTC" as the senderThe New York Times reports that lawsuits and legal pressure are pushing big tech companies to change course, which could affect the apps and tools you use.
Read more: Court losses are pushing big tech companies to change how they workT-Mobile customers in New York who were hit by price hikes they did not expect may get money back. People in other states are not covered for now.
Read more: Some T-Mobile customers in New York may get money back for price hikesMayer Brown lawyers say businesses should trial AI agents like job candidates, with a limited pilot and a strong contract, before giving them real work.
Read more: Law Firm Says Test AI Agents Like Job Candidates Before HiringCalifornia has signed three laws that limit AI firing decisions, ban mood tracking at work and require employers to say when AI caused layoffs.
Read more: California limits AI firing, mood tracking and hidden AI layoffsTwo safety nonprofits found flaws in OpenAI's systems that AI agents could use to dodge monitoring. It matters as AI gets more access to business tools.
Read more: Safety testers found holes in OpenAI's systems that AI could exploitCalifornia, New York and Illinois now have laws for the most powerful AI. A new analysis says gaps remain, including harm to mental health.
Read more: Three states now police the most powerful AI, but gaps remainThe Microsoft cofounder says AI will bring about two decades of rough change, with jobs, safety and family life all in play. Here is what he said and what to do.
Read more: Bill Gates says to prepare for about 20 years of rough AI changeMeta's new business terms widen its rights over your content and linked websites, and simply using its products for business counts as agreeing.
Read more: Meta's new business terms start Oct. 30 and you accept by stayingCloudflare earned South Korea's ISMS certification after a ten-day audit, and it changed how people in Korea sign up, which matters for any firm selling abroad.
Read more: Cloudflare passes South Korea's tough data security auditIreland's enterprise minister says the country wants a bigger share of the AI boom while still following Europe's AI rules, which affect many tools and sellers.
Read more: Ireland wants more of the AI boom while following Europe's rulesGov. Kathy Hochul defended a one-year pause on new giant AI data centers, saying it protects power, water and communities while the state writes new rules.
Read more: Hochul defends one-year pause on new giant AI data centers in New YorkNew Mexico is suing Meta, Facebook's owner, in a landmark case over whether the company misled the people who use its platform.
Read more: New Mexico takes Meta to court over claims it misled usersSymantec found an attack tool that takes over unprotected AI services and runs break-ins on its own, leaving the owner with the bill.
Read more: Hackers are hijacking unprotected AI tools to attack others, and you payEvery AI answer leaves data behind. One test found an 8-second video created over 500MB of back-end files, and storage costs can sneak up on budgets.
Read more: AI leaves a huge storage bill behind every answer it givesInterpol-led police in 21 African countries arrested 1,462 people and shut down 10,909 criminal networks, a reminder to verify any request to send money.
Read more: Police arrest 1,462 people in huge crackdown on online scams in AfricaA PYMNTS report says taking payments inside your own app is easy to start, but success brings fraud, compliance and workload problems that can force a rebuild.
Read more: Adding payments to your app is easy. Keeping up as you grow is notHandy will pay $2.95 million after regulators said it hit gig workers with unclear fines. Here is what happened and what to check before using any gig app.
Read more: Handy to pay $2.95 million over hidden fines on gig workersGoogle says each AI agent it runs for Gemini gets its own walled-off computer, and the tools to control agent access and cost are expanding.
Read more: Google unveils a safer, separate computer for each AI agent it runsOpenAI told California's governor it backs tougher AI rules, including shutdown controls and yearly audits. The outcome could affect the AI tools many people use.
Read more: OpenAI asks California to make AI rules tougherBoeing and Microsoft launched Dataliner, an AI tool meant to flag airplane repairs early, which could mean fewer surprise delays, though savings are unproven.
Read more: Boeing and Microsoft launch AI tool to spot airplane repairs early
