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Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as data recovery firm to steal payments (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20

Sakura Internet hack exposes data of up to 1.36 million accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20

Stripe agrees to acquire New York-based OpenRouter; a source says Stripe is paying $7.5B, with $1.5B going to the startup's founders and $6B to its investors (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-20 Startup New York

Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20

Music Publisher Round Hill Files $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Suits Against Suno, Anthropic (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-20

Sources: SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about a potential acquisition; deal talks are inactive, but the companies are discussing working together (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-20 Startup AI SpaceX

Letter: Stripe told investors January 1 marked the “beginning of the singularity”, a major inflection point in long-term trends, and H1 revenue rose 41% YoY (www.axios.com)
2026-8-20

Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands that OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027”, or sooner if “our business continues to inflect” (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-20

Sources: AI chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise ~$600M at a $6.5B pre-money valuation, up from ~$1B in May, and has an initial ~$250M deal with Anthropic (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-20 Startup AI

Source: Nvidia has discussed an investment in Mercor as part of a round valuing the startup at $20B; Nvidia paid Mercor tens of millions of dollars last quarter (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-20 Startup Nvidia

Give one prompt to 20+ AI models with ChatPlayground AI for $79 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20 AI

Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20

Stripe agrees to buy New York-based OpenRouter; a source says Stripe is paying $7.5B, with $1.5B going to the startup's founders and $6B to investors (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-20 Startup New York

Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-20

Meta launches a Mac app for Meta AI and says Meta AI can now work directly with Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-20 Google Facebook AI Instagram

The FTC says businesses must disclose when they use personalized pricing and it will “deploy enforcement resources” against companies that do not disclose it (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-20

US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20 AI Siemens

Stripe agrees to buy New York-based OpenRouter for an undisclosed amount; Stripe had reportedly agreed to pay more than $7B for OpenRouter (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-20 New York

OpenAI is testing Private Safety Processing, a new technique to identify misuse patterns while preserving zero data retention protections, with early customers (www.axios.com)
2026-8-20

X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds (politics.slashdot.org)
2026-8-20 Algorithm Democrat

The US CFTC bans Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-20 CFTC

Army Unit Offers 4-Day Pass to Play GTA VI As Reenlistment Incentive (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-20

Google Pixel 11 review: great design, nice camera features, and shares many features of the Pro phone but the hardware is unchanged and very expensive at $899 (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-20 Google

Nielsen rolls out changes to make its ratings more accurate, including using data from smartwatch-like devices worn by its panelists without requiring logins (www.thewrap.com)
2026-8-20

Google Pixel 11 Pro review: Magic Capture and the voice-to-text Rambler features are very useful but subpar gaming performance and HiLight is useless (www.wired.com)
2026-8-20 Google

Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold review: tougher body with IP68 rating and a decent triple rear camera but an iterative hardware upgrade with design that feels dated (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-20 Google

US charges Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-20 Iran

Memo: GOP asks AI companies to stem the backlash against data centers, saying the issue could kill the party's chances of holding a vital Senate seat in Ohio (www.axios.com)
2026-8-20 AI Republican Senate

Google Pixel Watch 5 review: Improved GPS is good, gesture controls are great, but the new health features haven't rolled out yet and it is $50 more expensive (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-20 Google GPS

Rivian spinout Also, which is developing autonomous driving tech, raised a $150M Series D led by Prysm Capital, after announcing a $200M round in March 2026 (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-20

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