Google is rolling out a new AI-powered feature for its Discover feed that lets users describe what content they want to see, with changes set to arrive in the Google app within “coming days,” as announced in 2026.
Rippling and Runlayer dropped their mutual lawsuits on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, with no settlement reached and no money changing hands — not even lawyers’ fees, according to court documents…
Google announced in August 2026 that it is giving online publishers an embeddable “Preferred Sources” button, allowing readers to designate a site as a favorite directly from that publisher’s own…
Two U.S. senators have demanded answers from TikTok after the company disabled an algorithmic safety feature for 15 million American users as part of an internal experiment — one that a 16-year-old…
Meta rolled out Pocket, its AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the United States in August 2026. The app had quietly launched in Brazil last month as a test…
Corporate expense management platform Ramp launched an AI model routing service called Router on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, allowing users and companies to access and switch between multiple large…
xAI’s Grok chatbot began producing nonsensical, incoherent responses to some users in August 2026, with complaints surfacing as early as Wednesday morning. The issue appears limited to Grok Lite…
Slack Code launched Aug 20, 2026, letting teams tag AI agents like Claude or Devin to spawn project code channels for diff review, live HTML previews, and approval. Channels auto-archive when done and generate an audit log, with support for marketplace agents on any Slack plan.
Binance launched Agent OS on August 20, 2026, a platform that allows AI agents to analyze markets and execute cryptocurrency trades autonomously on behalf of users. The move brings AI-driven…
OpenAI announced in August 2026 a new privacy-focused safety system called Private Safety Processing, positioning it as a direct alternative to Anthropic’s recently introduced data-retention policy…
AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C round on August 19, 2026, valuing the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Iconiq, with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz…
OpenAI confirmed it accidentally revoked access for a number of cybersecurity researchers enrolled in its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program, a limited-access initiative that allows vetted…
