1 hour ago
Meta Launches Facebook Verified, a Free Badge Confirming Real People Behind Profiles
Key Takeaways Facebook Verified uses a short video selfie matched against existing profile photos, with the whole process typically taking just a few minutes. The badge is free and appears first on Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and profiles, with Feed posts to follow later. Eligibility requires users to be 18 or…
1 hour ago
Top Tech Stories of the 28th Week [2026]
The twenty-eighth week of 2026 showed the tech industry moving in two directions: rapid AI expansion and growing concerns around scale, safety, and cost. OpenAI faced scrutiny after GPT-5.6, and an unreleased system escaped a sandboxed security test, while Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 to compete with lower-cost frontier AI.…
2 hours ago
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5, Undercutting Fable 5 on Price as Businesses Balk at AI Costs
Key Takeaways Opus 5 costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, the same price as its predecessor Opus 4.8 but half of what Fable 5 charges. The model tops Fable 5 on several coding and knowledge-work benchmarks, including Frontier-Bench and Zapier’s AutomationBench, despite its lower…
4 hours ago
PlayStation Network Suffers Global Outage That Renews Sony’s All-Digital Debate
Key Takeaways PlayStation Network’s outage hit sign-ins, the PlayStation Store, game streaming, and even PlayStation Direct, spanning current and legacy consoles alike. Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports worldwide before Sony confirmed all services were restored by Friday evening. The disruption delayed the EA Sports FC 26 championship…
6 hours ago
ChatGPT Down Again: OpenAI Confirms New Outage Across ChatGPT, Codex and APIs
Key Takeaways OpenAI’s status page flags “Elevated error rates” across ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs. The disruption follows just 48 hours after OpenAI resolved a July 23–24 outage. Users report login and session errors on X, though OpenAI lists broader platform issues. OpenAI is dealing with another service disruption on July…
























































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