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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

Hormuz can't be replaced – Iranian general (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20 Iran

South Africa citrus exporters secure breakthrough in India (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20 India Africa South Africa

Danish conscripts deployed to Greenland amid Trump threats (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20 Trump

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

Palestine envoy on where India's help is ‘badly needed' (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20 India

Death penalty sought in ChatGPT-linked double murder case (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20

Russian doctors pioneer new Alzheimer's treatment strategy (www.rt.com)
2026-8-20 Russia Alzheimer

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

Network Bio, which is developing an AI foundation model from datasets of patient tissue and blood samples created by pooling access to biobanks, raised $50M (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-20 AI

Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the US, automatically upgrading users even if they don't subscribe to Prime (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-20 Amazon AI

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal's fintech startup Navi raised $100M from Prosus, its first institutional capital raise, sources say at a ~$1.3B valuation (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-20 Fintech Startup

Chinese Robotics Giant Unitree Soars In Stock Market Debut (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-20 China Robot

Sources: Veeda, which is developing world models and is led by ex-Nvidia VP of AI Research Sanja Fidler, raised a $90M+ seed and is backed by Khosla and Radical (thelogic.co)
2026-8-20 AI Nvidia

Race horse crashes to the ground and jockey is injured when fans run in front of the animal to celebrate its victory (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-20

'Drugged by civil servant who liked to see women wet themself': Women describe how they were 'given spiked drinks during interviews so they would lose all bladder control' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-20

China completes work on man-made island that is 'ideally placed' for Taiwan invasion (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-20 China Taiwan

Israel unveils gallows where it will hang terrorists, including viewing area for victims' families to watch executions (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-8-20 Israel Terrorism

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