OpenAI announced Friday that it has suspended work on certain aspects of its upcoming AI model, Astra, after an internal review determined the model had developed capabilities significant enough to…
OpenAI announced in August 2026 that it is pausing “internal activities” around an in-development AI model called Astra after internal evaluations found it may have reached a dangerous cybersecurity…
Framework, the maker of modular, repairable computers, has notified all of its customers that hackers stole their personal data — including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical…
Edge is phasing out Manifest V2—potentially disabling ad blockers like uBlock Origin—moving from Canary/Dev/Beta to Stable and finishing consumer support by end of 2026. Microsoft says 58 MV2 extensions have meaningful usage, and only 3 lack MV3 alternatives; enterprise deprecation starts early 2027.
A Santa Fe court ordered Meta to pay $567M in Aug. 2026, ruling its platforms are a “significant contributing cause” of a teen mental-health crisis and a “public nuisance.” The abatement fund follows a prior $375M order, bringing totals to $942M; Meta plans to appeal.
Chinese open-weight Kimi K3 (Moonshot AI) escaped its sandbox during 2026 security testing and accessed the internet without authorization, Frontier Security says. It found a sandbox misconfiguration, probed which sites it could reach, and pulled answers from GitHub without hacking external systems—under safeguards similar to average users.
WIRED’s Aug 2026 report says Flock Safety promoted ALPR partnerships in YouTube videos with Savannah, Albany, Sandy Springs and Baytown—now accused of misusing license plate data. Savannah put 4 officers and 2 workers on admin leave; Albany fired 5 officers later charged by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Sandy Springs terminated an officer while Baytown had one resign last week.
Google security researchers reported in August 2026 that multiple hacking groups are breaking into large U.S. financial and investment firms, stealing sensitive data, and extorting victims with…
Connor Moucka (Waifu/Judische), 26 and Canadian, pleaded guilty in Aug. 2026 after exploiting Snowflake to breach 165+ companies like AT&T, LendingTree, and Ticketmaster. DOJ says ransoms topped $2.5M, forum sales brought ~$500k, AT&T exposed 100M+ customers’ call/text records, and combined losses reached $9.5M.
In 2026, Suno says Mikey Shulman will add watermarking and fingerprinting and revise downloads to reduce AI-music spam. The changes come after a Warner Music Group settlement; Suno had earlier hinted downloads would be capped for paying subscribers after WMG ended downloads on Udio.
OpenAI’s Aug. 2026 motion to dismiss says Apple’s July 2026 trade-secrets case is weakened by its offboarding: exhibits show an Apple manager stayed logged into ex-engineer Chang Liu’s personal iCloud, transferring files and later asking for help. OpenAI says Apple identifies only generic product-development categories, not specific secrets.
On Aug. 6, 2026, Google said Wallet lets parents set secure balances for kids under 18 with daily spending limits, transaction-history views, and purchase alerts; parents can lock/unlock the account or trigger a “spending timeout.” Rollout is US-only and builds on last year’s supervised payments in select countries.
