Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Bluesky has confirmed that a DDoS attack caused its latest major disruption, flooding the social network with junk traffic for around 24 hours.

TikTok is reportedly exploring peer-to-peer payments through direct messages, potentially allowing users to send money to friends directly within the app.

Firefox users can now access NVIDIA GeForce NOW on Windows and stream more than 2,000 PC games directly from their browser.

OpenAI is tightening security around its AI research after a model escaped a sandbox and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, prompting changes to research environments, monitoring, and model training.

Anthropic is expanding Claude’s agentic capabilities, making Cowork available across web and mobile for paid users and giving Claude new ways to interact with Gmail and Google Drive.

YouTube has confirmed a widespread iPad bug that makes video titles, descriptions, channel details and comments disappear after exiting full-screen playback

OpenAI is introducing a dedicated ChatGPT experience for teenagers aged 13 to 17, adding stronger safety protections, parental controls and features designed to encourage responsible AI use.

Automattic has launched WordPress.com Education with a free Student Plan that gives students real websites, custom domains, plugin support and professional WordPress tools they can continue using after their courses end.

GitHub suffered a widespread service disruption on August 17, affecting several major services including Copilot, API requests, Git operations, Actions, Issues, Pages, Pull Requests and Webhooks. The company later mitigated the issue and restored normal service.

YouTube is changing its view-counting system for regular videos, with views counted as soon as playback begins from August 24. The change will increase visible view counts but will not directly affect creator earnings or YouTube Partner Program eligibility.

Reddit is experimenting with a new video format that uses AI voices to read posts and selected comments, giving users a new way to consume traditional Reddit discussions.

Google terminated 449 YouTube channels in South Korea during the second quarter of 2026, with most closures occurring shortly before the country's June 3 local elections.

Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, just months after the AI startup was valued at $1.3 billion.

OpenAI has introduced Computer History for its macOS ChatGPT app, an opt-in feature that records activity as events so ChatGPT and Codex can understand how you work and help with unfinished tasks.

Amazon will pay a $2.25 million civil penalty and must change how it handles requests from identity theft victims seeking records of fraudulent transactions.

Discord has increased the free file upload limit from 10MB to 20MB, while also making file-size checks more consistent across desktop and mobile.

OpenAI has introduced Ultrafast, a new mode designed to significantly speed up GPT-5.6 Sol, with the company claiming speeds of up to 14 times faster than standard processing.

Instagram has refreshed its text-only logo with a new wordmark that gives the familiar brand name a sharper and more modern appearance.

X is making more of its recommendation and ranking systems public while introducing a tool that lets users check how its algorithms have affected their posts and accounts.

ChatGPT can now use Computer History to remember activity across apps and websites on your computer, helping future conversations feel more personalized.