Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s special projects lead and former chief operating officer, announced his departure from the company in August 2026 after an eight-year tenure at the AI lab.
In an internal…
Zoom patched an August 2026 bug enabling attackers to fully control a device during meetings; A Security says it found it in one day using fewer than 20 prompts on public AI models. Patch shipped Tuesday for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, abusing annotations; A Security says no user action and no visual cue.
Anthropic has announced plans to embed machine-readable watermarks and provenance metadata into content generated by its Claude AI models, citing compliance with European AI transparency rules as the…
Bluesky’s August 2026 update adds a per-user “Hide reposts in feeds” option (no unfollow needed) and a beta thread feature that auto-numbers posts in sequence. The numbering mode is enabled from Settings.
Valve told European Steam hardware customers that CEVA Logistics’ breach (July 29–Aug 1, 2026) may have exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails stored for up to 90 days, but not payment, passwords, or Steam Guard codes. Valve warns to expect phishing messages asking to confirm deliveries, pay fees, or “verify” orders—treat them as fake.
Google Play now lists Aptoide in the US—marking the first alternative app store on Play in 2026. It stems from the 2024 ruling by Judge James Donato in Google vs. Epic, Google’s failed appeal, and a deal cleared after the firms dropped their joint proposal last month.
X is shutting down its revenue-sharing program for content creators and replacing it with a new initiative called Original Content Rewards, set to launch on September 8, 2026.
To qualify, creators…
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…
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.
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.
Google’s “Ask Maps” adds agentic food ordering that can find a restaurant and add items to your cart for checkout, launching with Square and Toast and adding Uber Eats soon. It also supports hotel and local-event search plus conversational place edits from uploaded storefront photos that extract updated opening hours, and “Personal Intelligence” (Gemini) that can use Gmail plans, disabled by default.
