A federal judge ruled the Pentagon’s earlier-in-2025 blacklist of Anthropic was unconstitutional, finding it was “unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment” and that the supply-chain-risk designation was “arbitrary and capricious.”
Aug 28, 2026 ·
The Verge
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €825 million ($966 million) under the EU GDPR for using automated systems to suspend or deactivate drivers without adequate information or meaningful human oversight, covering incidents from 2018 to 2022.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Meta will add teen-only default limits of 2 hours/day for Instagram and Facebook, with night mode blocking most feed content from midnight to 6 a.m. and school mode muting notifications from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
CNET
Proton found that 1 in 6 of the VPN apps downloaded in the US contain trackers that collect user data, and 25% of the apps it flagged actively track users’ locations.
Aug 27, 2026 ·CNET
Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, Okta, AWS, and others are set to lead sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s AI Stage in San Francisco on October 13–15 covering enterprise deployment patterns for Claude, AI-native go-to-market roles, and enterprise/agent security requirements.
Aug 27, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
About a third of people (56% of AI enthusiasts) say they share secrets with AI chatbots they wouldn’t tell friends, family or medical professionals.
Aug 27, 2026 ·CNET
Car theft in GTA 6 will be more stratified by vehicle make and model, replacing the prior one-button Triangle hotwire mechanic with vehicle-specific tools and unlocks.
Aug 27, 2026 ·
Engadget
Scam sites are distributing an infostealer disguised as a GTA 6 “demo”/official download that can extract browser-saved passwords, cookies, authenticated session data, browsing and download history, browser profile autofills, and FTP client credentials.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta says an update to its AI-powered smart glasses will stop the camera from working if the front-facing capture LED light is covered during a recording, closing a bypass that let wearers keep recording after covering the light.
Aug 27, 2026 ·The Verge
CRPx0 says its victim count rose from fewer than 10 organizations in June to 48 organizations on its clear-web leak site at the time of publication.
Aug 27, 2026 ·
The Register
More than 100 companies including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Oracle, Anthropic, and Hugging Face signed an open letter calling for “collective action on cyber defense” amid warnings that AI-enabled cyber attacks will become “far more widespread and sophisticated” in the coming months.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Engadget
A lawsuit filed by a plaintiff identified as “Jane Doe” alleges that xAI trained Grok models using both real and AI-generated child sexual abuse materials, including images hashed by NCMEC and identified by CCCP as AI-generated CSAM depicting her.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Mauritius Police are investigating alleged forgery connected to AFRINIC’s annulled June 2025 board election, with two forgery cases related to the 2025 election still under investigation by the Central CID.
Aug 27, 2026 ·The Register
Republican House and Senate campaign committees have filed for an emergency stay and are preparing a Supreme Court petition after a 4th Circuit panel blocked an FCC order requiring broadcast TV stations to apply the “lowest unit charge” discounts to political parties and joint fundraising committees as well as candidates.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Meta’s settlement with attorneys general from 29 states includes a “fully, finally, and forever” covenant that the states will not sue Meta under existing child-safety laws (including COPPA and similar state laws) over Meta’s retention and use of children’s data, while allowing limited use of that data to train and test an under-13 age-assurance model with guardrails.
Aug 27, 2026 ·TechCrunch
A test site for Intimeros (an AI-companion review platform) had password protection disabled for three weeks and was indexed by Google, exposing unpublished reviews, prices, and private product notes to anyone while connected to the live production database.
Aug 27, 2026 ·The Register
Meta’s smart glasses camera will now stop working if the capture LED is covered during an active recording, closing a workaround that involved starting recording and then blocking the light.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Engadget
Google will enforce Android’s per-app memory limits starting February 2027, and apps that exceed the limits may be slowed down and terminated.
Aug 27, 2026 ·The Verge
Meta’s $18 billion (up to) settlement with 48 states and four US jurisdictions requires sweeping teen-safety changes—including stricter age verification and limits on notifications and teen screentime (2 hours/day and a midnight–6AM posting/scrolling cutoff)—and about $5.3 billion of the payout depends on TikTok and YouTube agreeing to similar product changes and fines.
Aug 27, 2026 ·Engadget
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and 100+ other companies signed an open letter calling for tighter collaboration between private and public sectors to defend against increasingly widespread and sophisticated AI-enabled cyber attacks.
Aug 27, 2026 ·TechCrunch
