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Technology - Thursday, August 13, 2026

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Technology headlines for Thursday, August 13, 2026

Summary of this day news

Technology headlines for 2026-08-13 focused on 3 major developments:

  • 1) Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store (The Verge)
  • 2) The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI (Wired)
  • 3) Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup (TechCrunch) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance.

Together they provide a representative view of the day in technology news before diving into each full report.

Why it matters: This snapshot shows where technology attention concentrated on 2026-08-13, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.

Key Points

3 highlights

  1. Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

    Sources: #1 The Verge

  2. The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

    Sources: #2 Wired

  3. Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

    Sources: #3 TechCrunch

Top 12 Stories

Ranked by daily score
  1. Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
    #1 Score 78
    Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

    In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system. Epic has already responded, saying that Apple's request is "far outside of the bounds" of the […]

    The Verge 28 days ago
  2. The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI
    #2 Score 76
    The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

    OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.

    Wired 28 days ago
  3. Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup
    #3 Score 75
    Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

    The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup.

    TechCrunch 28 days ago
  4. Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
    #4 Score 67
    Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works

    The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, raising questions about its effectiveness.

    TechCrunch 28 days ago
  5. ‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
    #5 Score 67
    ‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier

    One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today - where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It's been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided […]

    The Verge 28 days ago
  6. Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
    #6 Score 67
    Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals

    Open source article for the full coverage.

    Ars Technica 28 days ago
  7. Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything
    #7 Score 65
    Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything

    AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.

    Wired 28 days ago
  8. If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously
    #8 Score 60
    If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously

    Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting someone's devices.

    TechCrunch 28 days ago
  9. The fight over Flock and other ALPRs
    #9 Score 60
    The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

    There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across […]

    The Verge 28 days ago
  10. Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship
    #10 Score 59
    Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship

    Horizon , Explorer , Ascend or Apeiron ?]]>

    Ars Technica 28 days ago
  11. Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
    #11 Score 57
    Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

    Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have "more to react to," as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last […]

    The Verge 28 days ago
  12. Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
    #12 Score 56
    Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs

    Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.

    TechCrunch 28 days ago

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