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Internal memo: ICE bars its employees from wearing Meta's AI glasses, saying they “could unintentionally capture, record, or transmit sensitive information” (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-19 AI

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs an executive order imposing new requirements on data center projects, including getting approval from local officials (www.nbcnews.com)
2026-8-19

In opening arguments, US state AGs said Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejected the claims (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-19 Facebook Instagram

Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19

Sam Altman says OpenAI's decision to pace its AI development was caused by a collection of research observations showing “various degrees of misalignment” (time.com)
2026-8-19 AI

Sources: Anthropic has been preparing to give its co-founders shares with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside pressure, ahead of a planned IPO (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-19 IPO

Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-19 WiFi

The US SEC proposes exempting certain digital asset offerings from securities registration statements, with exemptions for offerings up to $5M and $75M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-19 Asset

Memory Prices Climb 500% In 12 Months (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19

You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone In the US (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19

VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-8-19 AI

Sources: Situational Awareness offered part of its $5B Anthropic stake at a 20% discount and gave a 12-hour deadline as it scrambled for cash at the end of July (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-19

OpenAI says it has made several changes to its safety practices following the Hugging Face breach and has paused two weeks of deployment-focused RL training (www.axios.com)
2026-8-19

Get training across all 8 CISSP certification domains for just $19.99 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-19

Comcast is rolling out Wi-Fi motion sensing to its Xfinity gateways, a free opt-in feature that allows its routers to detect movement at home (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-19

Google Buys All of Spirit Airlines' Data to Feed Its AI Models (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19 Google AI

Clop created custom web shell for Windchill data theft attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-19

Apple Lowers App Store Fees In Europe to Settle Dispute With EU (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19 Europe Apple

Sources: Anthropic's revolving credit facility is set to surpass its roughly $10B target as banks compete for roles on the company's upcoming IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-19 IPO

BNPL lenders like Flex, Zip, and Affirm are now pitching loans for basic household needs; Americans spent $160B via pay-later loans in 2025, nearly 2x from 2023 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-19 U.S.

The EU says it “welcomes Apple's changes” and they follow a “close dialogue”; IAP fees are 26%, alt payment processing fees are 20%, and link-out fees are 15% (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-19 Apple

Apple unveils new EU business terms from October 1, resolving disputes with the EU, including a new Core Technology Commission and App Store commission tiers (www.apple.com)
2026-8-19 Apple

Harvey announces Harvey Tenet, its first in-house, proprietary model for legal work, trained on mock disputes and case files using a version of Kimi K3 (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-19

Microsoft MVP Creates Site to Remind You of All the Brands Redmond Replaced (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19 Microsoft

India Paves the Way For Charging Merchants a Fee On UPI Transactions (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-19 India

Meta ran ads for a nudify app featuring a porn video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician; Apple removed the app from the App Store (www.wired.com)
2026-8-19 Apple

Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021 (www.axios.com)
2026-8-19

Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025 (siliconangle.com)
2026-8-19 AI

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT for Teens, a mode that limits high-risk chats about self-harm, eating disorders, violence, and more, and has studying tools and guardrails (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-19

Google quietly rolled out a new program to let verified political campaigns more easily bypass Gmail's spam filter, after years of complaints from the GOP (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-19 Google Republican

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