Round Hill Sues Suno, Anthropic — Illegally Scraped Music Isn’t Fair Use

Music publisher Round Hill sued Suno and Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging illegal scraping of music and arguing the companies cannot claim fair use.

PayRewards launches in America with $28M and a 1.75% fee to earn points
PayRewards launches in America with $28M and a 1.75% fee to earn points

An Australian payments company thinks American small businesses will pay for the privilege of earning points. PayRewards, the US arm of Pay.com.au, has launched with $28M in funding and a promise that bank transfers which currently earn nothing can ear…

Europe’s EV Sales Surge; Not Necessarily Good News For Its Automakers

Accelerating sales in Europe will please car dealers but might threaten automakers, as EV sales spurted in the first half of 2026 including an expanding Chinese element.

‘The Dog Stars’ Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Is In

The Dog Stars is out this weekend and Rotten Tomatoes now has a critic review score in. It is not great news for Ridley Scott fans.

Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI

Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on 30 September. The marketplace is 21 years old, and it paid people a few cents at a time to do work that computers could not. Jeff Bezos once called it “artificial artificial intelligence”. A banner across the MTurk …

Gatik has raised $200m to put more driverless box trucks on US roads
Gatik has raised $200m to put more driverless box trucks on US roads

Gatik has raised $200m in a Series D round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies. It is the largest financing in the autonomous trucking company’s history. Millennium Management, ARK Invest and Intact Private Capital also t…

A New Treatment For Severe Allergies

Engineered regulatory T cells that recognize birch pollen reduced allergic airway inflammation in mice, hinting at a future cell therapy for severe allergies.

Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement.

Boston Scientific has disclosed a cybersecurity incident causing a global disruption to operations
Boston Scientific has disclosed a cybersecurity incident causing a global disruption to operations

Boston Scientific has told the US Securities and Exchange Commission that a cybersecurity incident detected on 25 August has caused “a global disruption to the Company’s operations”, including its ability to process and ship customer orders. Shares fel…

Meta plans to launch its OpenClaw rival, Hatch, within weeks
Meta plans to launch its OpenClaw rival, Hatch, within weeks

Meta plans to launch a consumer AI agent within weeks. It has considered charging up to $199.99 a month for it. Three months ago it started selling access to its AI chatbot for $7.99 a month. The new product would cost 25 times that. Meta will launch i…