Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war. For weeks, Facebook’s algorithm had actively promoted posts calling for the academic to be murdered, according to Meareg and Foxglove, a nonprofit organisation supporting Meareg’s lawsuit against the company in Kenya. These posts included photos of his father and his home address. Continue reading...
On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting "red […]
Rights groups and Democrats are warning that ICE agents are unfit to use the shock gloves responsibly. Since US President Trump's crackdown on immigration, several people have been killed during ICE raids across the US.
A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York's West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro, Jason Levien, Tristan Walker, Brynn Putnam, and Deven Parekh — covering AI, sports investing, community-building, venture economics, and politics, with cocktails, food, and networking throughout the night.
OpenAI and Thailand’s MHESI launch an eight-week accelerator helping 10 health, wellness, and education startups turn AI prototypes into trusted products.
Drones and missiles target civilian infrastructure of Kyiv and other cities; car bomb kills Russian serviceman in St Petersburg. What we know on day 1,647 Continue reading...
Rockstar has officially published its "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on YouTube and on its website, as promised. The in-depth preview, which "entirely" features footage captured from the PS5 version of the game, initially premiered on Netflix at 3PM ET. But because Rockstar allowed creators to post reaction videos, you've technically been able […]
A new LTS-144 version 144.0.7559.261 (Platform Version: 16503.94.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version includes selected security fixes including: 516715010 High CVE-2026-76033 Inappropriate implementation in CORS 517916024 High CVE-2026-12462 Use after free in Media 517153191 High CVE-2026-12025 Insufficient validation of untrusted input 513757918 High CVE-2026-76018 Privilege elevation in Import 516482138 High CVE-2026-12016 Insufficient validation of untrusted input 545124048 High CVE-2026-76023 Improper resource control in Linux Toolkit Theming 516413817 Medium CVE-2026-11701 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Guest View 513830374 High CVE-2026-11664 Use after free in Payments 543798025 High CVE-2026-76022 Buffer overflow in Network 543082390 High CVE-2026-76045 Use after free in WebGL 536676756 High CVE-2026-19558 Use after free in Extensions 520543781 High CVE-2026-13027 Use after free in FileSystem 517448723 High CVE-2026-17693 Inappropriate implementation in FileSystem 532929679 High CVE-2026-15777 Use after free in UI 520167277 High CVE-2026-19144 Use after free in HTML 514009323 High CVE-2026-11666 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input 504644843 High CVE-2026-10949 Heap buffer overflow in Video 513564337 High CVE-2026-11658 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions 513156160 High CVE-2026-11652 Use after free in Extensions 540100588 High CVE-2026-19559 Use after free in HTML 502681591 High CVE-2026-10938 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input 496375695 Medium CVE-2026-9124 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input 503873388 High CVE-2026-9951 Use after free in UI 499065126 High CVE-2026-7991 Use after free in UI 517050585 High CVE-2026-11681 Use after free in Ozone 521878431 High CVE-2026-19145 Use after free in Translate 523699355 High CVE-2026-13034 Inappropriate implementation in Passwords 536512612 High CVE-2026-19165 Use after free in Extensions Release notes for LTS-144 can be found here Want to know more about Long-term Support? Click here Andy Wu Google Chrome OS