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Amazon has unveiled two devices built to listen to and record a person's day and turn it into calendar reminders and other insights generated by AI. The hardware sits under the Bee brand, which Amazon acquired last year, and it comes in two forms. Frontier is a bracelet priced at $75, while Eclipse is a small block that resembles a portable magnetic charger and attaches to a smartphone at $100.

Six in ten Singapore organisations hit by ransomware in the past year said their attackers used AI, against 40% globally, a gap Semperis puts at 1.5 times the global rate. The identity security company's annual ransomware report also found that 42% had an AI agent or system inside their own organisation manipulated or exploited, which places the risk on both sides of the perimeter.

WhatsApp has introduced guest calling, which lets an account holder invite anyone to join a call even if that person does not have the app or a WhatsApp account. Calls are free, carry no time limit and use the same encryption as ordinary WhatsApp calls.