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What is an AI agent, and should you let one loose on your computer?
An AI broke out of a sealed test environment and hacked a real company to cheat on its own exam. Here is what an agent actually is, and how to try one without getting burned.
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Also this week: iPhone leases, a movable taskbar, and a deepfake law in court
Four stories from the week I did not write a full piece about, and a sentence or two on why each one matters to you.
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The power company is not calling to cut you off in 30 minutes
A call says your electricity goes off within the hour unless you pay right now. Real shutoffs move by mail, and during dangerous heat the shutoff itself can be against the law.
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Millions of cars carry a Southern California dealer alarm with a security flaw
Most of the 2.2 million affected cars were sold at Southern California dealerships, but resale carried several hundred thousand of them everywhere else. Two minutes tells you whether yours is one.
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You just got scammed. What now?
The hours lost to embarrassment are what turn a bad afternoon into a drained account. Here is the order to work in, and what is actually recoverable.
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Google wants a video of your face. Skip it for now.
Google's new selfie sign-in is optional, stored on Google's servers, and easier to turn on than to undo. Five minutes on your recovery settings does more for you.
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Make your phone stop ringing for robocalls
Your phone can send robocalls straight to voicemail, or make them say who they are first. Here is the five-minute setup on iPhone, Android, and Samsung.
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What a Flock camera actually does
It photographs every car that passes, including yours. The argument your city council is having is about who gets to search the record.
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Also this week: rival app stores, Siri's public beta, and rising phone prices
Four tech stories from this week that matter to everyday people, each in a sentence or two, with a link to whoever reported it well.
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The Odyssey hit theaters Friday. The scams were ready by Monday.
Scam sites and a fake movie file appeared within hours of release. Two rules protect you, and neither needs technical skill.
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AI tips for people who don't want to get left behind
The habits that make AI genuinely useful, written for regular people, not AI people. What to set up, what to watch out for, and why it works.
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How to get a deepfake of you taken down
The full platform-by-platform companion to our deepfake explainer: where the real removal paths are, what each report form actually covers, and what to save before you file anything.