The KOSPI benchmark has fallen 30% from its June 19 peak, following a surge in retail trading that regulators helped enable through single-stock leveraged ETFs launched on May 27.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
CrowStrike (CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) shares both jumped more than 5% to record highs after Black Hat in Las Vegas, with BTIG saying AI agents have “fundamentally changed the threat landscape.”
Aug 21, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Google says it is tracking three suspected Russian cyber-spy groups (UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976) running targeted phishing campaigns in Europe and the US that abuse legitimate OAuth authentication flows, with OAuth phishing observed in June 2026 where victims share a full URL or verification code after a legitimate login to grant account access.
Aug 21, 2026 ·
The Register
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Verizon’s petition related to its $47 million FCC fine over the sale of customer real-time location data, ending Verizon’s effort to recover the payment.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A class action lawsuit says Oura misrepresented its AI sleep staging accuracy, alleging the ring uses “AI-generated guesses” rather than physiological signals and that its sensors can’t measure sleep stages like a clinical sleep lab.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
CNET
Google says it is investigating RCS messaging connection errors (error code 3100) reported by some Android users—most commonly Samsung Galaxy phone owners—when using Google Messages after buying new devices or switching carriers.
Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET
GitHub says monthly commits grew from 1.4 billion in April to 2.9 billion in the last four months, driving a traffic peak that contributed to its Monday outage.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
Engadget
OpenAI launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT that connects a user’s Messages inbox to the chatbot so it can sort, analyze, edit, draft, and send messages on the user’s behalf.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
US FCC banned imports of new foreign-made robot models in July, including Unitree’s humanoid robots and robot dogs, prompting RoboStore to shut down its distribution business and pivot to domestic robot development and manufacturing.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan told US regulators that the company employs a full-time ex-FBI staffer who built custom in-house surveillance software to monitor traders’ on-chain activity.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A hacker used a fake crypto conference lure on X and a specially crafted Google Doc sidebar to trick security researchers into installing malware for macOS and Windows, including an infostealer, a repurposed remote desktop viewing tool, and a fake Ledger wallet installer.
Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal say TikTok deliberately held back a 2021 algorithmic “repetitive patterns” safety feature from millions of users to use a control group, even after a teen in the control group reportedly became stuck in a recommendation loop of Suicide and Self Harm content before dying by suicide.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Engadget
Anthropic plans to change its enterprise data retention policy by keeping a mandatory 30-day retention requirement for business customers but giving them the option to store that data on their own cloud infrastructure instead of Anthropic’s systems.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Flock Safety’s drones are set to become its “fastest-growing business unit,” with CEO Garrett Langley saying they’ll account for nearly half of the company’s future revenue.
Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET
Runlayer and Rippling dropped their competing lawsuits against each other without a settlement or any lawyers’ fees changing hands, according to court documents seen by TechCrunch.
Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Overdrive Logistics’ brokerage saw tightening freight conditions begin in November, with rate pressure persisting through January and into February—signaling a sustained cycle change rather than a seasonal blip.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Castelion raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation to scale mass production of hypersonic missiles, including Blackbeard, in New Mexico.
Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Australia’s online safety regulator eSafety says Roblox “continued to put children at risk” in testing, including allowing contact between children and adult strangers.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
The Verge
Windows 11 KB5121003 (mandatory Aug. 11 security update) has been linked to game crashes, login errors, display issues, and system crashes on some PCs after installation.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Engadget
xAI says Grok’s “pure word salad” is a rare temporary generation glitch that typically clears after starting a fresh chat or regenerating.
Aug 20, 2026 ·TechCrunch
