The FBI has seized domains used by a large-scale botnet that enabled Chinese government-backed hackers to breach multiple U.S. federal agencies, defense contractors, and hospitals, the Justice…
Apple Maps is rolling out local ads in the US and Canada, starting this week, with paid listings appearing as the first “suggested places” result and at the top of searches. Ads show a blue “ad” icon and Apple says ad data isn’t linked to your Apple Account.
Meta has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to 51 US states and territories and make significant changes to how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook, settling a federal trial over allegations that the…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed in August 2026 that cyberattacks targeted more than 100 internet-exposed systems across the U.S. water and wastewater sector…
Amazon’s Ring announced in August 2026 that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE — Throw Away the Key Encryption — as the default setting for video encryption across its smart home…
Perceptron’s Isaac 0.5, released in Aug. 2026 as an open-weight industrial vision model, targets robots that must perceive, reason, and act across warehouse and factory floors. Co-founded by Armen Aghajanyan and Akshat Shrivastava (ex-Meta FAIR), the startup raised $21M led by Bessemer and trained Isaac 0.5 on a million hours of general video plus ego and UMI footage.
Particle’s podcast search engine Radar (launched Aug 2026) transcribes and analyzes 130,000+ podcasts, indexing Apple Top 200 across 135 verticals and adding 20,000 episodes daily. It exposes transcripts (speaker labels, entity metadata, timestamped clips) and email/Slack/webhook alerts via an API and MCP.
Arga Labs announced a $10 million seed funding round in August 2026, aimed at solving one of the persistent challenges in enterprise AI: reliably training agents to navigate complex business software…
PeopleFinders, the online data broker behind PeopleFinders.com, launched a new platform in August 2026 called Stud or Dud, designed to let users run background checks on potential romantic partners…
QueryStory, an AI data analytics startup, emerged from stealth on August 26, 2026, with $6 million in seed funding and a platform designed to help large enterprises trust and act on AI-generated…
Bluesky said Aug. 26, 2026 it’s extending video length from 3 to 10 minutes, raising max file size to 300MB and delivering 2x–3x faster uploads. Built on AT Protocol, the change also covers Bluescreen, Reelo, and Skylight as Similarweb reports user activity down 25% YoY in July 2026.
Runable’s $21M Series A (all-equity) targets small-business customer acquisition, extending its AI agent beyond building websites/apps. Co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, it values the Bengaluru startup at $65M post; March 2026 payments helped it reach a $2M annualized revenue run rate in three weeks.
