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On 22 Aug 2026, TikTok and parent ByteDance agreed to a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, closing a 2024 lawsuit that accused the platform of collecting data from children under 13 without parental consent.
On 22 Aug 2026, India’s Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) issued takedown notices compelling Google to erase dozens of Firebase-hosted sites and databases that cyber-criminals used to impersonate major banks and siphon user credentials.
On 20 Aug 2026 SpaceX filed a fresh application asking India’s space regulator to clear its Gen-2 constellation—nearly 30,000 LEO satellites capable of linking ordinary phones—after the same request was rejected earlier.
On 18 Aug 2026 Beijing ordered state-linked agencies to uninstall the Microsoft-CMIT customised Windows 10 immediately, pulling the deadline forward from February 2027 over unspecified data-security worries.
On 19 Aug 2026 Amazon said it will widen Prime Air from 11 sites to roughly 500 cities and towns by year-end, promising sub-5-lb packages dropped by MK30 drones within 30 minutes.
On 21 Aug 2026 Elon Musk publicly urged New Delhi to fast-track spectrum and licensing so Starlink’s newly re-filed Gen-2 application can serve India’s still unconnected villages.
On 18 Aug 2026, a federal court in Oakland began hearing a suit by four lead attorneys general that could force Meta to pay up to hundreds of billions and overhaul Facebook and Instagram after claims the company knowingly built features to keep children hooked.
A World Weather Attribution study released 18-20 Aug 2026 determined that this July’s record sea-surface temperatures—up to 6 °C above normal—would have been virtually impossible without human influence, with climate change adding roughly 1.3–2 °C of extra heat across European waters.
On 19 Aug 2026, private firm LandSpace landed the 66 m first stage of its Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket 390 km from the Gobi Desert launch pad, marking China’s inaugural ground-based recovery of an orbital-class booster.
On 18 Aug 2026, a jury was empaneled and opening statements began in a landmark case where four lead states opened a 30-state lawsuit seeking up to $1.4 trillion and sweeping design changes to Facebook and Instagram for allegedly addicting and endangering minors.
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