Google’s $10 million bid for Spirit Airlines’ internal data is facing opposition from the union representing the airline’s flight attendants. The archive includes more than 100 million employee emails, over 500 million Microsoft Teams messages and other business records that Google plans to use for product development and AI training. While customer and loyalty program […]
August 20, 2026
Bluesky has confirmed that a DDoS attack caused its roughly 24-hour outage across August 16 and 17, 2026, leaving users in several countries struggling to access feeds, notifications and threads. An Iran-linked group known as Islamic Cyber Resistance or the Iraq-313 Team has claimed responsibility, although Bluesky has not confirmed who was behind the attack. […]
August 20, 2026
Donald Trump has escalated the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz by sharing a Truth Social map labeling the strategic waterway “new U.S. territory.” The post followed Iran’s announcement that a 60-day negotiating window had expired without an agreement and that the strait would remain closed. Tehran wants Washington to lift its port blockade, release […]
August 20, 2026
McDonald’s has launched its limited‑edition Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meal, bringing eight collectible toys that merge Sanrio’s cutest characters with Toho’s iconic kaiju. Debuting nationwide on August 18, the promotion features mashups like Hello Kitty x Godzilla, Kuromi x Mechagodzilla, My Melody x Mothra, and Keroppi x King Ghidorah. McDonald’s marketing leads have called […]
August 19, 2026
Bianca Censori directs Ye and Don Toliver’s official “OK” music video as a surreal short film set entirely inside a dark operating room. Medical workers perform a bizarre procedure on a decapitated Ye, removing unexpected objects from his body. Toliver emerges from a locker during his verse, approaches the table, reconnects Ye’s head, and revives […]
August 19, 2026
Johnny Depp could return as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6, although no agreement has been announced. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says Disney is speaking with Depp while a screenplay is being developed, expressing hope that the project can move forward. Depp last portrayed Sparrow in 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales, and […]
August 19, 2026
An AirTag hidden inside a rare book has offered an unusual glimpse into Amazon’s book-scanning operation in Las Vegas. The tracked volume was part of a bulk purchase of nearly 1,000 titles and ended up at the company’s VGT3 facility, where workers reportedly remove bindings, scan pages, and discard the remaining books. Older, human-written texts […]
August 19, 2026
McDonald’s compiled a 515‑page file on California customer Reece Rogers after he requested all data the company held on him. The dossier detailed years of orders, loyalty‑program activity, Monopoly codes, promotional interactions, and behavioural categories such as “Food‑led afternoon snack” and “On‑the‑go lunch in a rush.” The sheer volume of information showed how deeply McDonald’s […]
August 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has shared AI-generated images and videos depicting himself with George Washington as the legal fight over his $400 million White House ballroom continues. The posts show the presidents touring the imagined space, working together, and riding horses, with one horseback image prompting its own round of online reactions.
August 18, 2026
Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann is facing scrutiny after AI was used to help shape a Financial Times op-ed criticizing Donald Trump’s tariff policies. The publication later added an editorial note acknowledging that AI had condensed a longer draft before submission, despite its rules against AI involvement in the writing process. AI-detection tool Pangram estimated that […]
August 18, 2026