Meta launched Muse Code on Aug. 5 with a low-cost tier priced at 20 cents per million output tokens (with an even cheaper feedback-sharing option), undercutting Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, and priced to match Meta’s Muse Spark tiering.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Two NYC renters allege Compass delisted thousands of rentals from StreetEasy/Zillow listings to create a “fake supply shock,” and that this helped push downtown Manhattan one-bedroom rents from an estimated $4,390 average/median asking price one month earlier to $5,270 for their August leases.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Nvidia says a customized harness let Claude Opus 5 score 100% on ARC-AGI-3, while using the harness without those memory-handling and “supervisor” components left it at 30%.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
GrapheneOS availability for Motorola phones may be limited to high-end (possibly foldable) models rather than budget devices, because Qualcomm’s comparable security-capable chips generally appear only in expensive flagship smartphones.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
A proposed class action in the US seeks tariff refunds from Logitech, alleging it raised prices due to unlawful US import tariff costs after the US Supreme Court declared related tariffs unlawful while keeping the full price-increase revenue and providing no refund, credit, or other compensation to customers.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Chinese regulators ordered Tesla to fix 2.98 million Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China by adding clearer emergency rear-door warning labels and issuing a software update that automatically lowers all windows in a collision.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
McAfee Plus Advanced is discounted 55% for the first year, priced at $90/year instead of $200/year and covering unlimited devices.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
CNET
Waymo submitted responses to NHTSA’s child-collision investigation into a January 23 Santa Monica crash, but the posted responses are entirely redacted for “confidential business information.”
Aug 21, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Take-Two Interactive subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over GTA VI video leaks and required them to produce information by September 4 about alleged infringers of copyrighted game content.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
The Verge
Romanian F-16 fighter jets used cannon fire to disable a Russian drone boat loaded with explosives near the Neptun Deep offshore natural gas platform in the Black Sea, allowing explosive ordnance experts to blow it up safely on August 20.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
FTC said it cannot ban personalized pricing outright, but it proposes limits and potential enforcement where businesses misrepresent personalized prices as static or widely available, including requiring disclosure of what data is used and seeking consent for data collection.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Ars Technica
CISA added CVE-2026-72529 and CVE-2026-72530 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, ordering US federal agencies to patch TrueConf’s video conferencing server after the flaws were used in real-world malware delivery.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
The Register
Idaho National Laboratory is reviewing whether Chinese lidar sensors could create cybersecurity risks for vehicles if widely used on U.S. roads, potentially including mass disabling of sensors or compressing/transmitting detailed environment data.
Aug 21, 2026 ·TechCrunch
SickKids says an intruder exploited a third-party software vulnerability and exposed data of current and former staff plus job applicants, and its external careers site has been restored.
Aug 21, 2026 ·The Register
ChatGPT’s Apple Messages plugin for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS can read and search iMessage, SMS, and RCS chats and send messages on a user’s behalf through Apple’s Messages app (available on all plans).
Aug 21, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Bitcoin rose above $79,000 for a fourth straight day, helped by more than $1.6 billion in spot ETF net inflows this week and whale accumulation of over 30,000 BTC added in a single day and more than 55,000 BTC over the past month.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
ICE Brent was about $94 per barrel as single-digit transits through the Strait of Hormuz and a Trump ‘Economic D-Day’ campaign against Iran pushed geopolitical risk premia higher, with the article expecting momentum toward $100 oil to continue through late August.
Aug 21, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Malicious updates to Rust crates were available on crates.io for 86–107 minutes, with arrayref 0.3.10 downloaded 245M times lifetime (Aikido estimate) and poisoned builds distributing infostealer malware via proc-macro1 build scripts that can target Linux, Windows, and multiple macOS architectures.
Aug 21, 2026 ·The Register
As of July 31, there have been 122 food and beverage recalls in 2026—vs 135 during the same period in 2025 and 146 in 2024—and the piece notes FDA data suggests recall activity is elevated, though it’s too early to say it will outpace 2025.
Aug 21, 2026 ·The Verge
Tesla is recalling 3 million vehicles in China over hidden emergency door releases that can trap occupants in crashes or fires, with other affected automakers also issuing warning-label changes and software updates.
Aug 21, 2026 ·TechCrunch
