A growing number of Republican state legislators are introducing bills to prevent AI from ever gaining legal personhood, as human-AI marriages slowly emerge from the fringes of the AI companion app…
Selena Gomez and her mother are facing a lawsuit from investors who claim the singer and actress defrauded them through her mental health startup, Wondermind. The plaintiffs say they invested nearly…
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.”
Apple delivered updated spyware notifications in August 2026 as lock-screen push messages to iPhone users in 110 countries, warning of “mercenary spyware.” Since 2021 it’s warned 150+ countries; the alerts urge enabling Lockdown Mode, and Apple reports zero successful compromises while it’s active.
X announced in August 2026 that it is significantly expanding the open-source code behind its platform and launching a new transparency tool that lets users see whether their accounts or posts have…
Microsoft announced in August 2026 that it is consolidating its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single unified app, replacing the separate Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps…
Petlibro’s service outage began Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2026, taking smart feeders, litter boxes, and water fountains offline and blocking scheduled tasks through the Petlibro app. By Wednesday 2:30PM ET, Petlibro said much of the service was restored; it added locally stored settings and schedules would remain, but some users still couldn’t reconnect.
Mesh, Automattic’s AI contact manager (formerly Clay), launched on Android via Google Play in August 2026, adding split-screen/pop-up views, Material You widgets, in-app search, and real-time sync. Nexus AI early access can answer queries like who works at a company or lives in a city.
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,…
Facebook officially rolled out its standalone Creator Studio app for iOS in August 2026, bringing AI-powered tools designed to help creators grow their audiences and manage community engagement in…
