FBI disrupted a China-backed hacking operation by seizing QTFY’s two platforms—QScan (vulnerability scanning and exploitation malware) and QTRouter (obfuscation network)—and making related domains qtproxy.xyz, qt-proxy.org, and qt-team.com inoperable.
Aug 27, 2026 ·
The Register
The Australian Recording Industry Association will bar tracks wholly generated with AI from eligibility for ARIA music charts starting this Friday, and those ineligible tracks also can’t win ARIA Awards.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Engadget
Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with 52 attorneys general to change how minors use Instagram and Facebook for the next 10 years, but those rules rely on age-verification technology that experts say is still not reliably effective and can create privacy risks.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Governments will be able to see only about 14% of $457 billion in 2025 crypto taxable activity on public blockchains, leaving the other 86% largely outside current reporting rules.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Panic is refunding US customers any tariff fees they paid to buy the Playdate after the Supreme Court confirmed the Trump administration’s original tariff regime was illegal in February 2026.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta canceled Project OT before deciding how many layoffs it would include, after internal documents described using “AI native” agents to automate workflows and make disruptive, large-scale changes to roles and staffing.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Operation Bluebird, Inc. launched a new Twitter-like service at twitter.now, saying it is not “X” and not affiliated with X Corp. after X Corporation “walked away from” the X Corp name.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
As of Wednesday, an Institute for Justice database documented 93 local governments that canceled automated license plate reader (ALPR) contracts amid protests and legal pressure.
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Register
Meta agreed to impose teen-specific protections on Instagram and Facebook in most US states for at least 10 years, including a cumulative 2-hour-per-day use limit (with optional parent override) and blocking access between midnight and 6AM.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
The Verge
Meta agreed to a 10-year settlement with nearly every US state that totals about $18B (with court approval), requiring a default two-hour daily time limit for users under 18 across Facebook and Instagram plus overnight blocking and school-mode notification muting.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Florida Catholic bishops rejected the state AG’s push for broader religious vaccine exemptions, arguing vaccines protect both healthy children and vulnerable school groups and that vaccine exemptions would undermine the common good.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
OCC on Aug. 14 conditionally approved World Liberty Trust Company, National Association—connected to World Liberty Financial with co-founders including Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Barron Trump—to get a limited-purpose national trust bank charter, but it cannot take deposits or make loans and must raise $20 million within 12 months or the approval expires (and must open within 18 months).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Climate change has increased heat stress for 560 million children under age 10—adding at least one extra month of heat stress each year—outpacing the 43% share for the 0–9 age group by a threshold defined using WetBulb Globe Temperature above 28°C (82.4°F).
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Verge
The FBI seized domains used by the QTFY botnet to coordinate China-backed cyberattacks, making the botnet’s command-and-control servers inoperable and denying operators access to the platforms.
Aug 26, 2026 ·TechCrunch
USD1’s circulating supply has reached $4 billion, and WLFI CEO Zach Witkoff says “people are using USD1 every single day.”
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta offered about $18 billion to settle a teen harm lawsuit by 52 US attorneys general, with some concessions conditioned on YouTube and TikTok adopting similar teen usage restrictions and Meta withholding about 30% (about $5.3 billion) until they do.
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Register
Ethereum is up 27% over the past 7 days after breaking above $2,000 and attracting $1.2 billion in August Ethereum ETF inflows—the highest monthly inflows since August 2025.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Core PCE inflation rose 0.2% in July and 3.3% year over year, giving the Fed room to keep the federal funds rate unchanged as it waits for evidence on tariff and geopolitical price pressures.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit blocked the FCC’s decision that would have required broadcasters to offer the “lowest unit charge” (lowest ad rates) to political parties and joint fundraising committees with non-candidate members, setting aside the FCC order scheduled to take effect September 4.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Ars Technica
General support for VMware vSphere 8 (including bug fixes and security patches) ends on October 11, 2027 and the traditional perpetual licensing expires the same day, forcing upgrades to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) or VMware vSphere Foundation 9 (VVF 9) with a bundled subscription model.
Aug 26, 2026 ·The Register
