Researchers found they can make certain expired Visa contactless credit cards appear valid to payment terminals by using NFC man-in-the-middle tampering that alters what the POS terminal sees without breaking the card’s normal security checks.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
The Register
Apple will replace its EU Core Technology Fee with a Core Technology Commission on in-app purchases starting October 1, charging 15% to most App Store developers and 26% to developers outside Apple’s EU discount programs.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
Engadget
SpaceX recovered the Starship that completed its test flight after a 24-day period at sea, but the spacecraft “won’t be reused” because splashdown exposed engines, the stainless steel structure, and sensitive electronics to salt-water corrosion and it sustained damage after a tip-over.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Ars Technica
The SEC proposed a tailored regulatory framework for crypto assets that would exempt certain crypto companies and offerings from U.S. securities rules, enabling a one-time exemption to issue up to $5 million in crypto tokens over four years and up to $75 million per 12-month period (with financial statements, regular reporting, and specified investor disclosures).
Aug 18, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Google’s Gmail Verified Sender Program will let US political committees bypass Gmail’s spam filtering if they send from a verified domain and keep their messages marked as spam under 0.3% of the time.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Engadget
Disney, ABC, and eight ABC-owned stations sued the FCC and Chairman Brendan Carr, seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt Carr’s early license-review proceeding that could threaten renewal or revocation over ABC speech.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Ars Technica
OpenAI said it will tighten safeguards for model development by adding stronger monitoring, alignment and security controls and increasing network isolation so a single workload compromise won’t by itself enable unauthorized internet or internal-network access.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Paramount Skydance said it is considering selling CNN as a strategic option to address a U.S. antitrust obstacle blocking its proposed $81 billion-equity-value acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, amid a lawsuit by California and 11 other states.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple’s new EU App Store rules set a 5% Core Technology Commission on digital transactions for apps distributed outside the App Store (including third-party app stores and the web), effective October 1.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
The Verge
The spread between 2-year and 10-year Treasuries has widened by nearly 29 basis points since June 24, with the 10-year Treasury trading above 4.7%—a steepening that is raising borrowing costs for households, including a typical 30-year mortgage price of 6.75%.
Aug 18, 2026 ·
CNBC
Chang’e 7 is scheduled to launch this Sunday on a Long March 5 rocket and is set to land near Shackleton Crater at the Moon’s South Pole, where permanently shadowed “cold traps” may hold water ice and other useful materials.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Ars Technica
The SEC proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets” rules that would provide a one-time exemption allowing crypto offerings up to $5 million over four years and up to $75 million per 12-month period, while the FASB proposed standards that could classify certain digital assets (including stablecoins) as cash equivalents if they are deemed short-term and highly liquid with stable value, with public comments due Nov. 19.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple will replace its EU alternative-app-store fee structure with a 5% commission on digital transactions for apps distributed outside its App Store, effective October 1.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta’s mobile apps declared an average of 25 out of 35 possible data types, compared with 7–8 for apps from Apple and Microsoft, in a Surfshark analysis of 171 iOS apps’ App Store privacy disclosures.
Aug 18, 2026 ·The Register
ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit seeking to halt the FCC’s early license renewal process for eight stations it owns.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Engadget
Gold for December futures was down to $4,447.20 per troy ounce as of 9:10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, after opening at $4,473.40—while the 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) rose to 4.72%.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CISA says attackers are exploiting CVE-2025-62593 (CVSS 9.4) to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable Ray systems via Firefox or Safari, enabled by User-Agent header checks plus DNS rebinding.
Aug 18, 2026 ·The Register
The S&P 500 is down 0.61% (to 2-week lows) while the Nasdaq 100 is down 1.76%, as soaring bond yields and rising crude oil weigh on technology stocks.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GAAP net earnings fell to $4.9 million ($29.2 million adjusted net earnings) for the quarter, versus $14.8 million ($33.6 million adjusted net earnings) a year earlier.
Aug 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Anthro Energy is building a Louisville, Kentucky factory to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of electrolytes starting production in 2028, enough materials for more than 300,000 electric vehicles.
Aug 18, 2026 ·TechCrunch
