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The Trump administration filed a statement of interest in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, siding with OpenAI's claim that training AI models on copyrighted text qualifies as fair use. Government attorneys warned that narrowing fair-use doctrine could hinder scientific and economic progress tied to large language models.
The uutils project's coreutils release 0.11.0 introduces caret-style error reporting, similar to Rust's compiler, for commands whose arguments act as mini-languages, such as tr, cut, chmod and sort. When a parse error occurs and stderr is a terminal, the tool now echoes the offending argument, points a caret at the exact problem spot, and often adds a help line explaining correct syntax. The feature was inspired by uutils' own awk implementation, which already used similar diagnostics for parsing awk scripts.
Oura is extending its Menopause Impact Scale, a self-reported questionnaire it launched in May that measures how menopause symptoms affect quality of life, beyond its own app. Ten partners—including Alloy Health, Gennev, Wisp, Pomelo, Maven, Tia, Xella, Oova, Mira and Hertility—will now integrate the scoring tool into their care and tracking services. The scale evaluates 22 symptoms across seven categories such as sleep, cognition, body image and hot flashes, and results can be exported as a PDF to share with providers.
United Airlines is testing a new in-app ordering system at nine gates in Newark's Terminal C, letting travelers buy snacks, meals, medicine and travel items for pickup at designated gate shelves. The pilot, run with OTG, covers domestic and international flights and is expected to expand to Houston later this year before a possible wider rollout.
MrBeast is releasing a new video on September 5 showing his team racing across three extreme environments—jungle, desert, and Arctic—while relying on Google's Gemini AI to navigate dangers and survive harsh conditions. The project marks a branded collaboration between Google and one of YouTube's biggest creators to showcase Gemini's practical capabilities.
Attackers exploited weak routing-security configurations at hosting provider Hetzner Online, combined with lapses in TLS certificate issuance, to hijack IP addresses belonging to Softaculous. Because Softaculous used those addresses to distribute software updates, the attackers were able to serve malicious update packages disguised as legitimate Virtualizor updates to customer servers.
Cybercriminals are selling digital scans of over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses, along with medical and residence cards, through a new dark web service called Nexus. The FBI's New Orleans office has opened an inquiry after security researcher Krebs on Security verified the data's authenticity, including his own license. The breach reportedly stems from a Louisiana-based identity verification company whose clients include Hertz, Target, FedEx, and Caesars Entertainment.
The FTC and attorneys general from 22 states filed suit against Amazon, alleging the company secretly altered its ad-auction pricing after bids closed, extracting over $20 billion in extra charges from roughly 1.2 million advertisers since 2018. The complaint centers on a 'soft reserve' mechanism that reportedly raised final prices on Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Sponsored Display placements beyond the standard second-price model, with heavier markups during peak shopping periods like the holidays. Amazon has rejected the allegations, saying the government misunderstands how advertisers set bidding strategy.
Fast Company has unveiled its Pacesetters list, spotlighting 40 executives who are embedding generative AI, autonomous agents, and machine learning into their companies' operations and customer interactions. The recognition highlights how these leaders are moving beyond basic chatbots toward more dynamic, AI-driven engagement with customers.
Fast Company published an explanation of how it compiled its 2026 Pacesetters ranking, a list of 40 executives recognized for embedding generative AI, autonomous agents, and machine learning into their companies and customer experiences. The selections were made by a mix of internal editors and writers alongside external judges who evaluated candidates across multiple industries.
E.l.f. Beauty's chief technology and AI officer Ekta Chopra has introduced an AI system called E.l.fluencer that helps community managers respond to the huge volume of comments the brand receives on TikTok and Instagram. The tool was trained on the company's stylebook and years of past human-written replies, allowing it to autogenerate answers to common shopper questions about product launches, comparisons, and suitability for different skin or hair types.
Caterpillar CIO Jamie Engstrom, who leads a global IT team of over 2,200 employees across 28 countries, is expanding the company's three-decade use of AI into advanced analytics, automation, and supply chain optimization. Engstrom frames the effort around 'the art of the possible,' emphasizing that AI should augment employees' capabilities rather than replace their jobs.