Daily digest · Wednesday, October 14, 2026

AI lawsuits, new scam defenses, and faster networks

OpenAI faces a US lawsuit over alleged use of children’s data to train ChatGPT. In other tech news, Android rolls out stronger scam-call and text defenses, while companies pursue faster network pluggables and new tools for cameras, databases, and home 3D printing.

1 · CNET

OpenAI Sued Over Children’s Data Used to Train ChatGPT

Two Hawaii plaintiffs sued OpenAI Foundation in the US alleging it used data from millions of children who created ChatGPT accounts without parental permission, and they seek class-action status plus compensation in the form of OpenAI equity or a cash equivalent tied to “tokens” each child contributed (75 words ≈ 100 tokens).

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2 · The Register

Cisco, Nvidia team up to build fatter, faster pluggable

Cisco’s ultra-dense small form factor pluggable (USFP) targets up to 12.8 Tbps of Ethernet bandwidth per port—up to 32 lanes of 400 Gbps—compared with pluggables today capped at about 1.6 Tbps using eight 200 Gbps links.

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3 · CNET

Android Strengthens Scam Defenses for Calls and Texts

Google says it is already flagging 5 million suspected scam calls and texts every month in its Phone and Google Messages apps as it rolls out new Android protections using AI.

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4 · TechCrunch

CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes

CedarDB announced limited availability of CedarDB Cloud at TechCrunch Disrupt, expanding its plan to unify transaction and analytics workloads as agentic AI raises demand for natural-language answers from operational data.

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5 · The Verge

Epic is bringing Fortnite to Linux

Epic says it is rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat as EAC Linux v2 to enable Fortnite on Linux via the Epic Games Launcher, and will pilot EAC Linux v2 in Fortnite first.

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6 · The Verge

Fujifilm’s new square format instant camera adds analog color filters

Fujifilm’s Instax Square 2 adds a slide mood filter switch that places either a Warm filter for a “subtle golden tone” or a Cool filter for “crisp, blue-toned” results in front of the lens.

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7 · CNET

Google’s Demis Hassabis Puts a Hopeful Spin on AI’s Environmental Impact

Demis Hassabis said AI’s role in tackling climate change could come from climate and weather modeling and from helping develop new energy and materials, including fusion plasma containment, superconductors, better batteries and better solar materials.

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8 · CNET

I Put the Oppo Find X10 Pro’s Camera to the Test. These Are the Results

Oppo’s Find X10 Pro camera tests show sharp, detail-rich results on the main camera, but CNET says default image processing can look overdone—especially with HDR that brightens shadows and creates a flatter tone than expected.

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9 · CNBC

Morgan Stanley tops estimates as equities trading revenue beats expectations by $909 million

Morgan Stanley reported third-quarter earnings per share of $3.03 (vs. $2.91 expected) and revenue of $20.34 billion (vs. $19.95 billion expected), with its equities trading division posting a 41% revenue increase to $5.8 billion—about $909 million above expectations.

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10 · CNET

Formlabs Just Announced the First Resin Printer Aimed at Safe Home Use

Formlabs’ Form Studio 1 is a $699 resin printer aimed at safe home use, pairing UL Greenguard Gold Alpha Resins with a $180 VOC extractor to minimize low-emission odor.

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