Week of November 1, 2026
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Games: a new round every day
Game of the week · Learn game · 2 minutes
Spot the Fake Link
Eight web addresses. Safe, or a fake made to fool you? Learn the one trick that catches them.
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- Scam or Not?: Five messages. Scam or legit? Find out in two minutes.
- Real or AI?: Six pictures. A camera photo, or made by AI? Learn the giveaways as you go.
- Which Came First?: Six pairs of inventions and AI milestones. Tap the one that came first.
- Strong or Weak Password?: Two passwords side by side. Which is harder to guess? Learn the passphrase trick.
Just for fun · quick picture games for all ages
- Odd One Out: Find the one that is different, as fast as you can. Six rounds, and the grids get bigger.
- Memory Match: Flip the cards and find all six matching pairs in as few moves as you can.
- Spot the Difference: Two pictures, five differences. Find them all as fast as you can.
- Word Guess: Guess today's five-letter word about scams, safety and AI in six tries.
- Word Search: Find eight hidden words in the grid. A new theme every day.
- Picture Puzzle: Today's picture is mixed up. Slide the tiles back into place in as few moves as you can.
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Free kits: step by step, done in minutes
Kit of the week · Free · 5 min
The Family Code-Word Kit
Stop AI voice-clone scam calls with a word only your family knows.
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Coming soon: the Household AI Toolkit, ready-made AI helpers for family life.
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AI Guides
Guide of the week
Smart Home and Access Guide: Making Sense of Everyday AI
Learn what artificial intelligence actually does in smart home devices, what to check before buying, and which options make sense for your daily life.
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This week's AI news
November 1
- Apple CEO says the company will not release AI features just to follow the trend.
- Lesser‑known companies are raising concerns that the AI boom might collapse.
- Tech stocks lose $1 trillion in value amid rising AI concerns.
- AI Bets Entangle Tech Stocks, Raising Investor Concerns.
- DeepSeek Unveils New Coding Assistant to Compete with Anthropic.
- US tech stocks plunge as AI spending approaches $1 trillion.
- AI Investors Rush for Insurance on Biggest Market Bet Ever.
- Google loses $500 billion in market value as its new AI search tools hurt ad revenue.
- Voters Face Decisions on Artificial Intelligence and Big Tech in Upcoming Midterm Elections.
October 31
- Open-Weight AI Models: What They Are and Why They Matter.
- Nvidia Considers Co‑Signing Nscale’s New AI Data Center in West Virginia.
- AI Writing Detectors Flag Your Work: What It Means.
- AI Growth Slowed by Lack of Affordable Funding.
- Ollie, the privacy‑focused AI assistant, is shutting down.
- OpenAI Raises Less Than Half of $30 B Target in Latest Round.
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman meets Samsung leaders amid growing chip shortage.
- Google to Add More Ads in AI Overviews, Says CNET.
- Anthropic Likely to Get High “Junk” Credit Rating After IPO, FT Reports.
- AI experts say this chart is the most crucial tool for understanding AI progress.
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Hand-picked AI products this week
- Ivy AI Desk Companion: The brand describes an internal plant behavior tree and machine-learning-driven responses that make the planter react to light, water, and touch.
- Anki Vector 2.0 AI Robot: A ChatGPT-subscription-gated conversational AI lets the little robot hold real, open-ended conversations, not just canned responses.
- Amazon Smart Thermostat: AI-assisted scheduling (Alexa Hunches) can automatically adjust the temperature based on your actual routines and presence.
- Echo Show 15: A far-field AI assistant (Alexa) plus an on-screen recommendation engine that adapts to your household's routines.
- Lockly Visage Zeno: A 0.2-second on-device AI fingerprint sensor plus facial recognition unlocks the door without a key or code.