A hacker posing as an employee of a prominent cryptocurrency news website targeted multiple cybersecurity professionals in August 2026, using a fake conference invitation and a manipulated Google Doc…
Rippling and Runlayer dropped their mutual lawsuits on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, with no settlement reached and no money changing hands — not even lawyers’ fees, according to court documents…
Google announced in August 2026 that it is giving online publishers an embeddable “Preferred Sources” button, allowing readers to designate a site as a favorite directly from that publisher’s own…
Patreon rolled out 30 updates on Aug. 20, 2026, led by iOS Clips that convert videos into downloadable short clips or Quips, plus suggested preview tests from paid videos. It’s overhauling discovery using post-by-post topic, craft, style, and theme, alongside Niches communities and live Q&A.
Two U.S. senators have demanded answers from TikTok after the company disabled an algorithmic safety feature for 15 million American users as part of an internal experiment — one that a 16-year-old…
Meta rolled out Pocket, its AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the United States in August 2026. The app had quietly launched in Brazil last month as a test…
Corporate expense management platform Ramp launched an AI model routing service called Router on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, allowing users and companies to access and switch between multiple large…
xAI’s Grok chatbot began producing nonsensical, incoherent responses to some users in August 2026, with complaints surfacing as early as Wednesday morning. The issue appears limited to Grok Lite…
Enterprise data and AI company Alation confirmed on Thursday, August 21, 2026, that it was the target of a cyberattack, days after reporting a service disruption that affected some of its…
Binance launched Agent OS on August 20, 2026, a platform that allows AI agents to analyze markets and execute cryptocurrency trades autonomously on behalf of users. The move brings AI-driven…
OpenAI announced in August 2026 a new privacy-focused safety system called Private Safety Processing, positioning it as a direct alternative to Anthropic’s recently introduced data-retention policy…
AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C round on August 19, 2026, valuing the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Iconiq, with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz…
