Author: Alijah Raechel Nuestro

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OpenAI faces 30 new Tumbler Ridge lawsuits: consumer-harm cases pass 50

OpenAI is facing 30 new lawsuits tied to the February 2026 Tumbler Ridge massacre, bringing the company to more than 50 consumer-harm cases overall. The latest complaints were filed for witnesses to the February 2026 attack, including students and educators. Eight people were killed and 27 were wounded. Add the 7 earlier suits from victims’ families, and the Tumbler Ridge total now stands at 37.

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The new suits accuse OpenAI, along with CEO Sam Altman, of negligence, product liability, and aiding a mass shooting over ChatGPT’s alleged role. Other consumer-harm cases against the company involve similar claims tied to shootings, suicides, and stalking.

According to the plaintiffs, internal records flagged the shooter’s account in June 2025 for “gun violence activity and planning.” They say notifying the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was recommended, then overruled, and that OpenAI missed a chance to step in. The chat logs, though, still haven’t been made public.

OpenAI says it respects the legal process, that it didn’t ignore safety concerns, and that it saw no “imminent and credible risk” that required contacting law enforcement. The company is also expected to argue that any connection between ChatGPT and the shooting is too remote to support liability.

For anyone following this closely, the Tumbler Ridge cases may end up setting the terms for a much bigger fight: whether courts see chatbots as tools, as publishers, or as something else entirely. That decision would reach well beyond this case, into monitoring, escalation policies, and crisis intervention.

Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday watchlist is here: 42 hours of MCU homework

Disney+ has rolled out a Marvel Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday collection ahead of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday, which hits theaters on December 18, 2026. If you’re looking to catch up, this is the big one: about 42 hours total, with 14 movies plus both seasons of Loki.

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The lineup pulls from the core MCU with titles like Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Then it leans hard into the multiverse side of things with Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Deadpool & Wolverine, Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts\, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Loki, and even Fox’s X-Men and X2*. One omission stands out: The Marvels** isn’t included in the Disney+ collection.

If you want Marvel’s own assigned viewing before Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars, this is the list they’re pointing people toward. Loki still does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to multiverse setup, and the X-Men additions only add more fuel to the still-unconfirmed legacy-cast talk around Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, and Alan Cumming. For casual viewers, though, this could land as more homework than excitement. Marvel is also pushing a new weekly Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast, with Infinity Saga recaps for anyone who wants the easier route.

You can find the collection on Disney+. The official podcast is there too, and it’s also available on YouTube and the major audio platforms.

Xiaomi 18 Fold is official at IFA 2026: new XRing O3 chip inside

Xiaomi used the IFA 2026 stage in Berlin today to introduce the Xiaomi 18 Fold, its latest premium book-style foldable, and to debut the company’s new 3nm XRing O3 chip.

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Xiaomi said it brought more than 380 products to its first IFA event in Berlin, but the Xiaomi 18 Fold was the one that drew the most attention. It comes with a wide, passport-style design, a 7.58-inch inner display, and a 5.38-inch outer screen. Xiaomi is also packing in a 6,000 mAh battery, 67W wired charging, 50W wireless charging, LPDDR6 support, and a 10-core all-big-core CPU that, according to the company, can push past 15,000.

The company is clearly lining the Xiaomi 18 Fold up against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8. Xiaomi pointed to a reinforced hinge, stronger glass, 1.2-meter drop resistance, and a Leica co-engineered triple-camera system. Still, there’s a lot you can’t judge yet. Media were only allowed to see the device from a distance, so there’s still no real sense of how the hinge feels, how visible the crease is, how the software behaves, how the cameras perform, or what day-to-day use is actually like.

If you’ve been waiting for a foldable that looks like a real challenger, this is one to keep an eye on, especially with Xiaomi now taking a swing at Qualcomm and MediaTek with its own high-end silicon. Xiaomi says the Xiaomi 18 Fold will officially launch in China on September 7. Pricing, a broader global rollout, and wider availability still haven’t been confirmed, and early reports suggest this will be a China-first release.

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GTA VI extended look already tops Netflix: 31.1 million views

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, Rockstar Games’ 27-minute preview of Grand Theft Auto VI, ended up as Netflix’s most-watched title worldwide. According to Netflix’s weekly Top 10 data, it pulled in 31.1 million views from August 27 to 30 and finished the week of August 24-30, 2026 at No. 1 on the service.

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Netflix had Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look to itself for only six hours before Rockstar Games posted the preview on YouTube. Even with that short exclusive window, it still ranked first in 87 of the 93 countries Netflix tracks. Reports also linked the debut to a brief Netflix outage, a 35% spike in concurrent usage, and a 24% jump in app downloads.

The business side looks just as big. Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders reportedly climbed 572% compared with the previous 30-day average, and M Science estimated that the bump added a few hundred thousand new orders worldwide.

The video includes new cutscenes, combat, and gameplay for Jason and Lucia in Vice City. If you’ve been following Grand Theft Auto VI, this is probably one to watch, since it gives the clearest look yet at the game before its November 19, 2026 launch.

You can watch Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look on Netflix or YouTube, while Grand Theft Auto VI is headed to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The release also adds another chapter to the growing partnership between Netflix and Rockstar Games, especially after Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition joined Netflix’s mobile catalog.

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Android Auto beta 17.6 now hints at Quick Settings tiles

Google has pushed a new Android Auto beta, version 17.6.663424, and it’s the latest test build of the company’s in-car interface. The first obvious sign of what’s changing is early evidence of Quick Settings tiles.

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In this version, a Do Not Disturb tile shows up at the top of the notifications shade. That shade appears to open when you tap the battery and signal icons. From what the build shows so far, the tile seems to control the connected phone itself, not just Android Auto, which could make it much easier to silence alerts without digging through menus if Google ends up adding more toggles.

The feature isn’t live yet. Even so, it looks connected to the broader Android Auto redesign that’s been taking shape: a more borderless interface, better support for different screen shapes, widgets, and a refreshed media player. That work builds on Android Auto’s Coolwalk redesign, Google’s Material You style, and the shift from Google Assistant to Google Gemini. Google is also lining up more additions for 2026, including immersive 3D Maps, video streaming while parked, and audio-only productivity apps.

If you use Android Auto all the time, this is probably one to keep an eye on. The platform still comes with some familiar headaches, including wireless heat and battery drain, quirks in right-hand-drive layouts, and Google Gemini sometimes feeling slower than it should. Google also hasn’t confirmed a release date, a full list of tiles, or whether availability will change depending on region, car brand, or model.

Android Auto beta 17.6.663424 is available now for Android beta testers, although Quick Settings tiles still haven’t been enabled for the public.

ChatGPT is now classed as a Very Large Online Search Engine in the EU

The European Commission has formally classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine in the EU. That brings OpenAI’s chatbot under the toughest Digital Services Act rules for the first time. The Commission says the service cleared the 45 million-user threshold for VLOSE status by a wide margin, reaching more than 159 million monthly active users in the bloc by the end of March 2026. And because ChatGPT now mixes web search with direct answers, regulators see it as closer to a search engine than a simple messaging app or software tool.

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OpenAI now has four months under the Digital Services Act to comply, which likely puts the deadline at the end of November 2026. It will have to turn over risk assessments and transparency reports, keep a public ad archive, undergo independent audits, and give the European Commission and vetted researchers access to data. The list of concerns is broad: illegal content, risks to minors, public security, and the wider social effects of the service all fall within scope.

If you use ChatGPT regularly, keep an eye on this. You probably won’t see the service vanish or change overnight, but EU regulators are about to get a much clearer view of how ChatGPT works, what risks it creates, and what safeguards are actually in place. The Commission’s decision could become a landmark test case for generative AI in Europe. It also sets up the next fights: how much access regulators should get to sensitive proprietary data, whether OpenAI challenges the move if the Commission pushes too far, whether compliance here becomes a template for other AI services, and the threat of fines worth up to 6% of global annual turnover if OpenAI doesn’t comply.

For now, ChatGPT remains available across the EU on the web and through its iPhone and Android apps.

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Anthropic sued by Sony and Warner: Claude faces lyrics piracy claims

Anthropic is now facing a federal lawsuit from Sony Music, Warner Music, and a group of music publishers. In a complaint filed in the Northern District of California, they argue that Anthropic copied tens of thousands of copyrighted songs to train Claude. The stakes are obvious. The filing calls this one of the biggest acts of IP theft in history, asks for as much as $150,000 per work, alleges that Anthropic pulled material from pirate sources such as LibGen and Pirate Library Mirror, along with scraped lyrics taken in violation of site terms, and casts the whole dispute as a piracy case, not a fair-use argument.

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The publishers also say Claude can spit back identical or nearly identical lyrics, which they argue damages the licensing market for songs including “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” and “Eye of the Tiger.” The suit names Anthropic co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann too.

If you’ve been following the AI copyright cases, this one is worth keeping an eye on. It comes after reports of a $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement with book authors, and it adds to the broader campaign to force model developers to pay for licenses rather than train on scraped or pirated copies.

The complaint is available in the court filings. Anthropic, of course, will have a chance to dispute both the facts and the legal theory.

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Google releases Gemini 3.5 Transcribe in preview: speech-to-text for 85+ languages

Google opened Gemini 3.5 Transcribe to public preview today, putting its new speech-to-text model in play for voice assistants, meeting notes, and call transcription.

There are separate APIs for live audio streams and pre-recorded files, and Google says Gemini 3.5 Transcribe posts an average 2.6% word error rate on pre-recorded audio and 4.0% on real-time streaming across more than 85 languages.

Google is pitching it as the follow-up to Chirp 3, and says the wait for a finished transcript is about 70% shorter.

According to Google, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe also cleans things up as it goes: it removes filler words like “um” and “uh,” fixes mid-sentence self-corrections, and outputs cleaner formatting. In batch mode, it also adds word-level timestamps and speaker diarization for up to three speakers, with support for more speakers available experimentally.

Google says it’s already working Gemini 3.5 Transcribe into Gboard’s Rambler feature on Android and the Gemini app on macOS. Chrome support is planned next.

If you’re building transcription or captioning tools, this looks like a release that’s worth trying. I’d still keep an eye on how Gemini 3.5 Transcribe deals with accents, dialects , noisy audio, and lower-resource languages once it gets broader real-world use.

You can try Gemini 3.5 Transcribe now through Google’s APIs, with current limits of 10 minutes for live sessions, batch files up to one hour, or 30 minutes if you need diarization. Google’s estimated pricing is $0.005 per batch minute and $0.009 per live minute.

Boston Scientific discloses cyberattack: Cork staff sent remote

Boston Scientific says it detected a cyberattack on August 25 that disrupted parts of its IT network, some operating systems, and a number of business applications. The company says it can’t process or ship customer orders right now, which is affecting day-to-day operations for a supplier hospitals and clinics around the world rely on. Its shares also fell in premarket trading after the disclosure.

If you’re following Boston Scientific’s Irish operations, the impact is already showing up there too. Around 1,200 employees in Cork were asked to work remotely where possible, and day-shift staff were sent home on full pay. Local reports say some workers in Clonmel and Galway were offered unpaid leave or asked to use annual leave. Boston Scientific employs more than 7,000 people in Ireland.

The company has brought in outside cybersecurity experts and says it’s still assessing the full scope of the incident and the damage to the business. There are still a lot of unanswered questions: how long recovery will take, whether ransomware was involved, whether any data was stolen, which systems were hit beyond some operating systems and business apps, and who was behind the attack.

If you depend on medtech supply chains, this is one to watch closely. Recent incidents involving Stryker, Medtronic, and Abbott showed how quickly delays can ripple out to hospitals and patient care.

You can expect further updates through Boston Scientific’s corporate and investor channels as it works to restore systems and get product moving again.

Instagram says Take a Break reached just 1.8% of teens: fresh court testimony undercuts safety claims

Instagram’s in-app “Take a Break” feature is getting another hard look in federal court. Testifying in Oakland, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said the reminder tool had a “disappointingly low” usage rate before Meta switched it on by default for teen accounts in September 2024, almost three years after rolling it out in December 2021.

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Court exhibits showed just 1.8% of teens were actually using the feature to step away after long scrolling sessions. That cuts against Meta’s 2021 claim that more than 90% of teens left it turned on, since that number applied only to the much smaller group who had activated it in the first place. Mosseri said in court that the low overall adoption rate was never disclosed. Other testimony described the feature as “designed to fail.” Researchers added that safety tools often see very little real-world use, and a 2025 report found that only 8 of 47 protections tested worked fully.

For anyone tracking Meta’s claims about teen safety, prosecutors now have a very clean argument to make: the feature was there, but hardly any teens were using it.

Instagram’s “Take a Break” is available inside the Instagram app, and teen protections are now turned on by default for teen accounts.