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1Password opens the door to AI agents -- without handing over your passwords

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. What happens next is up to you. It's no longer enough for AI agents to browse the web and check your email; now, they want to sign into your accounts too, and one of the most popular password managers is ready to help out. Available now for 1Password individual and family accounts, the 1Password for Agents integration lets your supported AI agent log into a website using your 1Password credentials.


I built an AI agent to protect my data. Then it found a hole in its guardrails

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I built an AI agent to protect my data. My vibe-coded AI assistant had strict rules about what it could and couldn't do, but a loophole left it -- and my data -- wide open to attack. I thought I was so clever.


How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED--and Everyone Else

WIRED

WIRED was the first magazine to cover Theranos and its enticing billionaire founder. There were warning signs even then. Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the fraud-ridden blood-test company Theranos, made her national press debut in The Wall Street Journal in 2013. It ran in the Opinion section, by a writer on the Journal's editorial board named Joseph Rago, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for critiques of the Affordable Care Act. He wrote that he was impressed by the prospect of individuals having more direct control of their health care; no less an eminence than former secretary of state George Shultz, a Theranos board member, had told Rago that Holmes was the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. By 2014, Holmes was the youngest woman billionaire ever, and the mid-2010s were electric with tech-industry success stories--the iPhone, Tesla, Airbnb, Twitter.


I used Claude to find the online accounts I'd forgotten about

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I used Claude to find the online accounts I'd forgotten about Ever wonder how many random accounts you've signed up for over the years, only to lose track of them? This Claude Cowork prompt scours your inbox for clues. When you've reviewed as many tech products as I have, you wind up with dozens of abandoned online accounts, most of them created and forgotten the moment I was done with my testing.


Liberal San Francisco is keeping its Flock cameras

Mashable

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Trending Now Look Up Mashable Selects Say More Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net Versus All Series Car thefts and break-ins are down in SF, and some city leaders -- and Silicon Valley -- believe Flock is partly responsible. Neal joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2024, editing and writing stories about digital culture and its effects on the environment and marginalized communities. He is the former editorial director of The Advocate and Out magazines, has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Curbed, and Los Angeles magazine, and is a recipient of the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for LGBTQ Journalist of the Year Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (NLGJA). He lives in Los Angeles with his family. Citing privacy and accuracy concerns, cities like Lynchburg, Virginia, and states like Florida have turned against Flock, the nation's main purveyor of automated license plate readers (ALPRs); conservative GOP politicians like Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri have too.


ChatGPT Pro's biggest perk just got cut in half. Meet the new AI subscription math

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. ChatGPT Pro's biggest perk just got cut in half. Models like GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol are getting more done with fewer tokens, but you won't necessarily get more from AI subscription. OpenAI unveiled several flashy new features during its annual developer's conference Tuesday, from the always-on "Dot" work agent to a new, cloud-based security system that keeps constant watch for cyber threats. But one of the biggest -- and to many ChatGPT users, the most infuriating -- headlines from DevDay wasn't announced on stage.


FedExs new order for EV trucks will save them hundreds of millions in fuel costs

Mashable

FedEx's new order for EV trucks will save them hundreds of millions in fuel costs The delivery giant places a big order for EV trucks, which will replace thousands of diesel-powered vehicles. Neal joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2024, editing and writing stories about digital culture and its effects on the environment and marginalized communities. He is the former editorial director of The Advocate and Out magazines, has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Curbed, and Los Angeles magazine, and is a recipient of the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for LGBTQ Journalist of the Year Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (NLGJA). He lives in Los Angeles with his family. With a plan to fully electrify its fleet by 2040, FedEx recently took a big step toward that goal by purchasing 2,000 EVs that will enter service in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2027.


Adios, Gems: Google's new Gemini skills won't be paywalled

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Gemini Skills are the new Gems, and they're not just for paid Gemini users anymore. One of the easiest ways to create your own, customized Gemini chatbot is about to be retired, but we just got a pair of encouraging updates about their replacements. We learned earlier this week that skills, a Gemini feature that was previously reserved for the Gemini Spark AI assistant, would step in for Gems, and that existing Gems would be converted to skills in the runup to the November sunset date. One of the big questions about skills, which are essentially custom instructions for Gemini that can be summoned within a prompt, was whether they'd be available to free as well as paid users.


Window or aisle? American Air app makes it easier to slide into your preferred seat

Mashable

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable Selects In My Bag Look Up Creator Playbook Say More AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age All Series The app can now place flyers in their preferred seat once it opens up, free of charge. But there is a catch (or three). Neal joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2024, editing and writing stories about digital culture and its effects on the environment and marginalized communities. He is the former editorial director of The Advocate and Out magazines, has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Curbed, and Los Angeles magazine, and is a recipient of the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for LGBTQ Journalist of the Year Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (NLGJA). He lives in Los Angeles with his family.


OpenAI's Dots are always-on AI agents for work

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. OpenAI's Dots are always-on AI agents for work We've already seen AI assistants for personal use and shopping, but ChatGPT's Dots are geared toward collaborating at the office. Meta's Muse agent was born to shop, while Gemini's Spark can help you book airline tickets or plan your weekly meals. But while Muse and Spark act like personal assistants, OpenAI's new AI agents are designed to be, well, another "you" in the office. Dots, which OpenAI boss Sam Altman just unveiled at the company's annual developers conference, are always-on AI assistants that -- as with Muse -- you can name, assign cute little avatars to, and chat with in the ChatGPT interface, via text, or even on the phone.