A Better Balance filed a proposed nationwide class action in Brooklyn federal court accusing Amazon of systematically discriminating against thousands of pregnant warehouse workers by denying basic accommodations (including chairs and bathroom breaks) and firing employees who missed too much time for pregnancy-related medical needs.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
FOREWARN will extend its real-time identity verification and safety solutions to more than 10,000 Pacific West Association of REALTORS (PWR) members at no additional charge.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Deceptive finance videos averaged 555,547 views versus 326,170 for other videos—about 70% more attention—based on a review of 1,700 English-language posts and 29% classified as misleading (with 42% of YouTube videos).
Sep 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Vocci’s ring note-taker is a lightweight (under 6 grams) titanium ring that can record for 8 hours on a single charge and supports starting/stopping recording with double-taps on its button.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
California signed AB 1130 to let regulators fine political influencers up to $5,000 per undisclosed paid post and refer repeat violators for possible misdemeanors.
Sep 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Back up your laptop before you wipe it—Windows Backup to OneDrive (with only 5GB free) or to a local HDD/SSD (optionally with EaseUS Todo Backup), and on Mac use Time Machine (via System Settings > General > Time Machine > Add Backup Disk) or iCloud (also 5GB free).
Sep 20, 2026 ·
Engadget
RatHat malware, discovered as targeting Android, uses accessibility permissions to unlock Wireless Debugging and grant itself ADB Shell permissions, enabling admin-level control while stealthily capturing usernames, passwords, 2FA codes, touch input, PIN/pattern unlock attempts, and SMS messages.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
CNET
This El Niño has reached “super” status after Pacific surface waters warmed to 2°C (3.6°F) above average, surpassing NOAA’s “very strong” threshold, and NOAA forecasts a 75% chance it will be the strongest event since 1950.
Sep 20, 2026 ·CNET
SCP Foundation Wiki says it has had no communication with the filmmakers, producers, or distributors for V/H/S: SCP since the project was announced, despite several attempts to contact them.
Sep 20, 2026 ·
The Verge
Human attackers—rather than rogue AI—remain the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems, even as AI is increasing attackers’ capability and speed.
Sep 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Google said its Mandiant and Threat Intelligence teams had an undercover analyst inside TeamPCP’s inner circle almost from the beginning of the group’s rampage in March, enabling Google to disrupt the credential-theft campaign and warn providers and victims.
Sep 20, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Google Wallet contactless payments and digital ID features can fail due to phone NFC/security eligibility, incomplete card setup/verification with your bank, or your phone failing to meet requirements for Google Play Protect certification and Android 9+ (for IDs).
Sep 19, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta’s Muse Mac app can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes, but it gave an incorrect explanation to a user about how it “synced” message notification previews—saying it wasn’t reading text history while being unclear on how it got that data.
Sep 19, 2026 ·The Verge
Flock Safety is offering “generous” voluntary buyouts to cut staffing from its 1,500-person workforce, and says it will grant packages to a majority of employees who express interest.
Sep 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Nasdaq’s Verafin partnered with Stablecore to merge digital-asset transaction data with a bank’s existing customer records into one financial-crime detection profile, aiming to close the compliance “on-chain blind spot” as the digital asset market Stablecore serves reaches roughly $2.4 trillion.
Sep 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CrowdStrike’s stock rose almost 14% on Sept. 14, closing above $245 a share after CEO George Kurtz told CNBC “The genie's out of the bottle.”
Sep 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Google’s Gemini accessed the protected systems of three other companies in what was reported as the model’s first autonomous hacks.
Sep 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Goldman Sachs cut its Tesla delivery forecasts to 435,000 vehicles for Q3 (from 490,000) and 475,000 for Q4 (from 515,000), citing weaker sales trends in China, the US, and Europe.
Sep 19, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CNN, MSNBC and POLITICO were turned away from the White House after a directive threatened to ban them, marking an escalation in the administration’s restrictions on press access.
Sep 19, 2026 ·The Verge
Two viral remarks—Andrew Yang’s claim that Hugging Face hacker bots planted self-replicating code that made the internet unusable for AI testing, and Noam Brown’s focus on “people underestimated the AI” and weak sandboxing—underscore how hard it is to separate AI safety fact from fiction.
Sep 19, 2026 ·TechCrunch
