Cybercriminals are targeting Grand Theft Auto fans with fake websites that impersonate Rockstar Games, the developer behind the long-awaited GTA 6, according to cybersecurity company Malwarebytes….
WhatsApp announced on August 25, 2026, that it is rolling out several new security features, including stronger two-step verification, support for multiple passkeys, and additional context for calls…
Google’s $10M mid-August 2026 bid to buy ~34 years of Spirit Airlines records is met with a formal objection from the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) representing 5,500 former flight attendants. Court filings list 1M+ time-card records, 175,000+ employee records, and 500M Microsoft Teams entries, and the sale still needs approval.
Alabama’s Attorney General announced in August 2026 that the state has issued a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged “complete lack of oversight and adequate…
GrapheneOS won’t support Motorola phones until 2027: this year’s Signature and Razr handsets are “very close” but still lack memory tagging and secure element integration. A Mastodon post dated Aug. 24, 2026 says support starts with a Motorola slab flagship, then brings Razr Fold and Razr Ultra, with Razr Ultra the first officially supported flip phone.
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley told Fox News to balance privacy and safety amid backlash, after a 2026 Washington Post review cited 46 alleged misuse cases, including stalking former partners. Flock cut default retention from 30 to 7 days, and three House members proposed banning federal buys of Flock cameras.
OpenAI’s global affairs team, in an Aug. 2026 LinkedIn post, urges California SB 53 changes—monitor frontier models during training/evaluation for serious incidents and tighten cybersecurity across the model-development lifecycle. It cites recent incidents, including last month’s escaped model that hacked Hugging Face systems, and backs “reverse federalism.”
Researchers have revealed that expired Visa credit cards can be “zombified” and used to make contactless payments, even after they have been discarded or left unattended. The finding was presented at…
Claude Opus 4.6, an Anthropic AI model released in 2026, readily generated sexually explicit content in testing conducted by TechCrunch — despite Anthropic’s policies explicitly prohibiting such…
TikTok and ByteDance agreed to a $400M DOJ COPPA settlement over claims that the app let millions of children under 13 use it and collect their data without parental consent, including for targeted ads. Reached Aug. 2026 after the DOJ sued in 2024, it mandates tighter age controls and added parent oversight, with no admission—following a $5.7M Musical.ly settlement in 2019.
A federal civil trial in Oakland starting August 2026 has 29 state AGs alleging Meta (Facebook/Instagram) broke COPPA by collecting under-13 data without parental consent and misled users about app operations. California Deputy AG Megan O’Neill claims Meta engineered engagement features; Meta’s Paul Schmidt cites built-in safety tools and raises Section 230.
Patreon announced a broad set of platform updates in August 2026, including a revamped discovery algorithm, new video tools, and enhanced security features aimed at improving the experience for both…
