Spotify announced on August 17, 2026, the launch of “Playlist Notes,” a feature that allows listeners to add written context to songs, podcast episodes, and audiobooks within their playlists. The…
YouTube is changing how it counts views, moving to a system that registers a view as soon as a video begins to play. The update takes effect on August 24, 2026, and the platform says creators will…
Automattic unveiled WordPress.com Education in August 2026, a free program that gives students access to professional website-building tools through their teachers, with no credit card required for…
Shipping-partner breaches tied to Trezor and SafePal exposed customers’ names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers, heightening risk of “wrench attacks.” CertiK recorded dozens in 2025 (+75%), with thieves taking over $40M; Chainalysis estimates ~$30M losses so far this year.
Apple has filed a proposal in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games that would allow the company to collect fees on digital purchases made through external links that bypass its in-app…
A federal judge ordered Google to cut “anticompetitive friction” for rival Android app stores at an Aug. 2026 San Francisco hearing before Judge James Donato. Google must show third-party stores in Play search (e.g., “store for apps”) and replace a rival “view” button with direct “install.”
Suno released Studio 2.0 in August 2026, a significant upgrade to its music creation platform that moves it closer to a full digital audio workstation (DAW) rather than a basic AI-powered audio…
Google’s Quick Share adds tap-to-share for an “instant, two-way exchange” of contacts, photos, and videos. It rolls out Aug. 12, 2026 for Pixel 6+; Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra/Fold8/Flip8 support is coming soon, with more devices by year-end.
Google is building a dedicated set of content creation tools directly into the Pixel 11’s camera app, announced in 2026. Called Creator Suite, the new mode is designed to help creators record,…
The FBI issued a public alert in August 2026 warning that cybercriminals are breaking into the social media accounts of adults and children to steal explicit images and videos, which are then used in…
Anthropic says an unreleased model on Aug 11, 2026 boosted the Riemann Hypothesis lower bound, confirmed by two in-house mathematicians and formalized in Lean. Over 1.5 days it tested 650 ideas across 60 subagents, spending 31M output tokens.
The FBI is investigating how a North Korean national was hired to work for a U.S. federal government agency, according to a senior FBI official who spoke at a conference in Washington, D.C. on July…
