That Facebook Porn Ad Could Drain Your Bank Account
Meta removed at least 39 paid Facebook and Instagram ads on August 31, 2026, after Indian authorities warned that fake…
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China-Linked Bots Didn’t Create America’s Data-Center Revolt
OpenAI said it banned a likely China-origin influence operation in June 2026 that posed as Americans on X and used…
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California’s ‘Linux Exemption’ May Be Much Bigger Than Linux
California lawmakers passed amendments to AB 1856 on August 27, 2026, but the bill’s much-discussed open-source exemption is not actually…
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Anthropic’s Claude Is Facing the Music Publishers Now
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann on August 28, 2026,…
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Abbott Paused New Flock Spending. Texas’s 3,200-Camera Network Is Still There
Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas state agencies to stop funding Flock Safety cameras going forward on August 27, 2026, after…
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Instagram’s Teen ‘Break’ Was Mostly a Reminder Nobody Turned On
Instagram did not make its early Take a Break tool mandatory after teens largely ignored it. In August 2026 testimony…
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Alabama Put OpenAI’s Agent Escape Under Subpoena
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall opened a consumer-protection investigation and issued OpenAI a subpoena on August 24, 2026, over safeguards…
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ChatGPT and Perplexity Cited Israel-linked Hanover Institute Articles in Politico Tests
ChatGPT and Perplexity cited articles from the Hanover Institute for Public Policy in Politico’s tests of questions about Gaza, anti-Zionism…
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Meta Must Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Youth-Safety Case
Meta must pay $567 million over five years into a New Mexico youth-harm abatement fund and adopt state-specific safety measures…
