The day in AI and tech
Saturday 29 August 2026
35 events from 17 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence18 events
- Anthropic is cutting Claude Code's current weekly limits by 17% — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab), TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control? — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Bernie Sanders Vows Legislation to 'Stop Flock and AI Mass Surveillance' — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- I Spent $500 on AI in a Weekend. Here’s What I’d Do Differently — Inc. (opens Inc.'s report in a new tab)Read on Inc. (opens in a new tab)
- Google AI Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: 40-Second Scene Extension, First/Last Frame Control, and 4K Upscaling — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- Judge Questions Google AI, Spam Update Fallout – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- ChatGPT said you’d lose your jobs right now — it’s more like 3% of workers — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Scientists are using AI to track permafrost thaw as Arctic lakes vanish in hours — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- What’s the difference between proprietary, open weight, and open source AI? — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- UK risks falling behind in AI race without faster telecoms upgrades, say executives — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Hugging Face Unveils Microduck: A $399 Open-Source 25 cm Biped You Train with Reinforcement Learning — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- In the age of AI, is math the new CS degree? — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Did AI write this? It’s getting harder to tell — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips4 events
- Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Offshore nuclear barges could power ports and data centers—starting with California, where nuclear is banned — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- Australian Minister Denies Softer Stance on Data Center Power — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy3 events
- ICE explores purchasing robot dogs in enforcement tech push — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- Robot delivery dog dumps hot steaming packages on your doorstep [video] — Electrek (opens Electrek's report in a new tab)
- Hilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot race — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
Space4 events
- Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Nasa space telescope set to launch after surviving Trump budget cuts — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Nasa to launch $4.3bn space telescope to scan universe — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Airbus seeks US space unit sale as it shifts to European-built satellites — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
Energy Tech1 event
Blockchain Tech2 events
- Polygon discloses security flaws fixed in recent hard forks — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
Cybersecurity3 events
- Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- This MyChart Scam Doesn’t Exploit a Security Flaw. It Preys on Patient Trust — Inc. (opens Inc.'s report in a new tab)Read on Inc. (opens in a new tab)
- US revises statements suggesting Chinese hackers attacked agencies — Al Jazeera English (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)Read on Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.