August 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped 751 CVEs across Microsoft products, including 108 rated critical, and it includes an already-exploited Windows elevation-of-privilege flaw (CVE-2026-68820) in the WinSock driver (afd.sys).
Aug 14, 2026 ·
Computerworld
President Trump ordered the US Navy to plan replacing EMALS (Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System) with steam-powered aircraft launch systems on the future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) and to replace the Advanced Weapons Elevators with older hydraulic versions.
Aug 14, 2026 ·
The Register
The Stop Killing Games movement argues that publishers should preserve playable access to online games after shutting down servers, because the practice is “intolerable” and typically involves minimal technical cost if planned from the start.
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
A US District Judge ordered Google to remove “anticompetitive friction” from how it offers third-party app store downloads in Google Play and gave it one week to fix the process after finding the link to non-Google stores is buried in confusing menus.
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Over 24,000 people have been sickened and two have died in a Cyclospora outbreak tied to Mexican-grown iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms, prompting Sen. Elizabeth Warren to accuse the federal government’s response of being “botched” and “marred by missteps.”
Aug 14, 2026 ·Ars Technica
France’s tax authority (DGFiP) confirmed that an intruder accessed its information system in late June 2026 after identity theft and extracted data, despite the access being severed at the end of June during an audit.
Aug 14, 2026 ·The Register
OpenAI’s AI ethics lead Chloé Bakalar left the company about a year after joining, according to the Financial Times, and the loss of its sole ethicist is likely to increase pressure as OpenAI prepares for an IPO.
Aug 14, 2026 ·Computerworld
Attackers used open source AI agents to carry out near-autonomous intrusions that compromised a Taiwanese government email system, the country’s nuclear safety agency, IT supply chain vendors, and at least seven energy sector companies, after deploying up to eight sub-agents across 12 attack waves to break into a government website.
Aug 14, 2026 ·The Register
Flock Safety cut automatic license plate reader retention from 30 days to seven days, but added an evidence mode that can let police hold data indefinitely for active investigations and created exceptions that keep most existing contracts on their prior retention periods.
Aug 13, 2026 ·
CNET
Iran’s central bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati said Iran is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank, with Hemmati seeking bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation with BRICS member states.
Aug 13, 2026 ·
CNBC
Apple is exploring expanding its wearable lineup beyond Apple Watch—potentially including screen-free fitness bands, rings, and fitness bands—building on Apple Watch sensors and software and aiming to combine advanced fitness tracking with privacy in Europe amid the Digital Markets Act.
Aug 13, 2026 ·Computerworld
In a community hackathon to reproduce ICML 2026 results at claim level, 51% of the 2,226 attempted papers had at least one claim independently verified, while 23% had at least one claim falsified or contested (including 242 papers with opposite verdicts on the same claims).
Aug 13, 2026 ·Hugging Face
Anthropic said Claude text and files will be watermarked starting with Claude model launches on or after Aug. 2 to comply with EU transparency rules, with watermarks embedded invisibly in text and cryptographically signed metadata in image files.
Aug 11, 2026 ·CNET
FIU’s study of 822 caregivers of children ages 4 to 8 found that parenting stress is linked to using more screen time to keep children busy or calm and enforcing screen-time limits less often.
Aug 11, 2026 ·CNET
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the moon on Aug. 5 about 2:35 a.m. ET after 18 months drifting, creating a crater NASA estimates at roughly 60 feet wide and 10 feet deep near the Einstein Crater.
Aug 5, 2026 ·CNET
The FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices—including most modern robot vacuums using autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, and wireless connectivity over 4.4 pounds—to its national security Covered List, blocking new models from receiving FCC equipment authorization for import, marketing, or sale in the US going forward.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
Using major AI-detection tools (for both AI-written text and human-written text) did not produce results the author could trust, concluding that detectors used to evaluate student work are “worthless” and likely won’t stand up in student appeals or misconduct cases.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
Immigrant workers make up 17% of the U.S. health care workforce (about 3.3 million people) and 30% of direct care workers in long-term settings, so tighter immigration enforcement and the end of temporary protected status could worsen existing long-term care workforce shortages and push up costs for families.
Jul 3, 2026 ·CNBC
New rules in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act allow 529 plans to be used as “lifelong education savings accounts,” including withdrawals for your own career training or professional credentials (not just college).
Jun 1, 2026 ·CNBC
Apple’s $250 million iPhone class-action settlement has received preliminary approval, and a Aug. 13 court order moved final approval ahead to Feb. 24, 2027 (from Sept. 29, 2027).
May 6, 2026 ·CNET
