A proposed class‑action alleges Anthropic misled customers about token allowances on its $100 and $200 Claude Max plans and seeks refunds and class certification.

Anthropic is committing up to $15 million in Claude credits to help state and local governments scan for and fix software vulnerabilities, with California and Texas among early participants.

Anthropic suspended its newest Claude models after a U.S. export‑control directive restricting foreign‑national access. The company says it disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers while it seeks clarity.

Friday morning outages knocked Facebook and Instagram offline for many users, with Downdetector showing six‑figure reports and Meta’s status page flagging Ads Manager problems.

A D.C. class-action alleges The Washington Post mined subscriber data to tailor pricing, seeking class status and potential large damages for readers. The complaint calls the practice "covert data‑harvesting."

NOAA's SOLAR‑1 is now operational and will deliver CME imagery to forecasters in about 30 minutes, sharpening aurora forecasts and giving operators more time to protect infrastructure.

San Diego’s Autobahn secured FDA Fast Track for elunetirom and reported strong Phase 2 topline results in a small bipolar depression study. The findings are promising but preliminary.

Brussels ordered Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI assistants under interim measures while it probes whether the company locked competitors out. The move raises big compliance and business questions for developers.

The FTC is requiring Ascension to divest seven ambulatory surgery centers in five metros before its $3.9B AmSurg acquisition can close.

Consumer Reports links the AI data‑center buildout to rising household electric bills, with hotspots like Northern Virginia seeing the sharpest increases. Regulators and experts are debating who should pay for new power infrastructure.

Justice Department files show Jeffrey Epstein deposited sperm with California Cryobank and signed a 2016 contract leaving the samples to his estate; the material’s whereabouts remain unclear.

The Commerce Department closed a year‑old loophole on Sunday, saying advanced Nvidia and AMD chips sold to companies headquartered in China now require export licenses even when bought through overseas affiliates. The move tightens export checks and could complicate shipments for Bay Area chip and data‑center firms.

Updated CHORD trial numbers presented in Seoul suggest most children with otoferlin‑related deafness gained meaningful hearing after Otarmeni treatment. The therapy was FDA‑cleared in April.