A class action lawsuit filed by former FTC attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan accuses Anthropic of misleading Claude Max subscribers about how much extra usage their $100 or $200 monthly plans actually provide. The suit claims Anthropic's '5x' and '20x' usage claims, prominently advertised, are undercut by fine print restricting those multipliers to rolling five-hour windows capped by weekly limits, rather than a straightforward overall usage boost.
Sony Japan published a policy on September 1 defining customer harassment and warning it will restrict or suspend support for customers who cross the line, including abusive language, excessive demands, or intimidating behavior toward staff. The move comes after intense customer anger over Sony's plan to stop producing physical PlayStation discs by January 2028, a decision already facing several lawsuits.
A YouTube video titled 'I'm Back,' featuring an AI-generated voice mimicking Eminem, has gathered over 120,000 views since being uploaded last week. The clip ranks above several of Eminem's genuine charting songs, including 'Superman' and 'Shake That,' when users search his name on the platform. Many commenters appear to believe the track is a legitimate new release, despite its synthetic vocal quality and lack of an official AI content label.
Audio software maker Autodafe has launched Vintage Emulator Studio (VES), a free plugin that uses cores from the open-source MAME emulator to recreate 44 classic drum machines and synthesizers at the component level. The lineup includes famous units like the Akai MPC3000, LinnDrum, Oberheim DMX, and Roland TR-707, complete with skeuomorphic interfaces mimicking the original hardware panels.
The FSIS's century-old 'poke and sniff' meat inspection system, born from the 1906 Federal Meat Inspection Act, proved unable to detect microscopic pathogens like E. coli as beef consumption soared. The 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak, which sickened over 700 people and killed four children, forced federal regulators to speed up adoption of a science-based safety approach originally developed by NASA for feeding astronauts.
Insta360's new X6 camera improves low-light 360-degree footage over both the X5 and GoPro, though colors can skew slightly off in dark scenes. The review highlights a new single-lens mode capable of 5K video and an upgraded InstaFrame 2.0 feature that simultaneously records 4K flat footage alongside 8K 360-degree video at 30fps, up from the X5's 1080p cap.
Cleveland.com reporter Kaitlin Durbin says the outlet's AI-driven 'Express Desk' published a story about a Cuyahoga County official under her byline while she was on her honeymoon, though she never wrote or reviewed it. The story, unrelated to her prior work, was later corrected to remove her name after she publicly objected on X.
BleepingComputer will host a live webinar on September 23, 2026, in partnership with Material Security, examining real, documented breaches of Google Workspace caused by forgotten third-party app permissions. Speakers Rajan Kapoor of Material Security and Rick Fitzgerald of Fireside Consulting will walk through case studies and outline which security controls matter most for fast-growing companies with limited resources.
Instagram creators report losing significant income after scammers filed fraudulent copyright claims against their accounts, then demanded payment to retract them. One creator with 1.5 million followers paid $50 to a scammer to avoid weeks of lost income while waiting for Meta's official appeal process. Meta says it has restored affected content and added new protections after reviewing the reports.
Meta has moved its agentic AI assistant, Muse, into a limited closed testing phase, according to Testing Catalog, gating access through a waitlist and invite codes. An App Store listing reveals the app can connect to Gmail, Google Calendar, health apps, and even users' bank accounts and cards to track spending and suggest canceling unused subscriptions.
Arm has launched the Mali G2-Ultra NX, described as its first AI-native Mali GPU, which embeds dedicated neural accelerators directly into shader cores alongside a new execution engine and third-generation ray tracing hardware. The design lets neural graphics workloads run in parallel with traditional graphics and compute tasks, sharing memory and cache resources to cut data movement and power use while aiming for desktop-quality visuals on phones.
The authors of a study on histone 3 lysine 27 demethylases in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia have issued a correction after discovering that an H3K4me3 immunoblot in Extended Data Fig. 9e was mistakenly duplicated from the H3K27me3 blot during figure preparation. The correct blot image has been posted in the Supplementary Information, and new scans of all panels from the original source films have been provided, with source films archived on Figshare.