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oxlint published v1.87.0 on 5 October 2026: suggestion support for three React/unicorn rules and jsx-a11y/label/mouse/lang hardening plus other fixes. npm latest 1.87.0 confirmed; ShopperCove docs checklist only; no affiliate.
Product-surface note on AI Traffic Secrets (seller aitrafsec): WordPress daily AI posts with SEO+AEO framing, 100-point grade, Starter/Pro/Agency $27/$67/$97 via ClickBank. One disclosed hop. No ShopperCove install.
Astro’s documentation theme Starlight published 0.42.0 on 2 September 2026 with a Popover API mobile menu that works when JavaScript fails, a move from shipping TypeScript source to compiled JavaScript + declaration files, removal of the unused tagline option, and a bump to Astro 7.2.10+. npm latest as of 5 Oct 2026 is 0.42.5 (Macedonian locale, 1 Oct). ShopperCove docs upgrade checklist only; no affiliate.
On 8 September 2026 the FTC announced, and on 11 September 2026 the Eastern District of Michigan entered, a stipulated order requiring 5967 Ventures, LLC d/b/a Humboldt Merchant Services to pay $12 million and accept permanent bans on processing for certain high-risk merchant categories. Complaint alleges Humboldt processed payments for more than 1,000 shell merchants used in unauthorized-billing scams (including Legion Media fronts), with over $100 million through sham accounts 2021–2023. FTC case status Closed; funds for consumer redress; no public claim form in the press package as of 5 Oct 2026; no affiliate.
typescript-eslint published v8.71.0 on 28 September 2026: new typed rule @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-enum-assignment (flags plain numbers/unsafe values assigned into enum-typed locations) plus fixes for no-misused-promises, no-unnecessary-type-assertion, unbound-method, and switch-exhaustiveness-check. npm latest confirmed 8.71.0; ShopperCove docs checklist only; pairs with live ESLint 10.12 coverage; no affiliate.
On 4 September 2026 the FTC announced that Canada-based Nuvei Corporation and subsidiaries will pay $4.85 million to settle charges that the firm opened and maintained payment processing for merchants it knew or should have known were deceptive—including offshore tech-support scams such as Reimage. Complaint and stipulated order filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona; case status Pending; funds for consumer redress; no public claim form in the press package as of 5 Oct 2026; no affiliate.
Shopify product-page video checklist: MP4/MOV/WebM limits, theme support, short gallery clips. One disclosed VidToon ClickBank hop.
Amazon Enhance My Listing and Seller Assistant (23 Sep 2026) plus a Rufus-ready page-copy checklist. One disclosed Listimo ClickBank hop.
On 14 September 2026 webpack published the 5.111 blog: ES module output is stable (drop experiments.outputModule; keep/set output.module), output.copy copies public/static files into the build, browserslist-aware CSS lowering/color fallbacks expand, performance hint options rename, acorn/neo-async removed as deps, plus hot-update/cache fixes. npm latest as of 5 Oct 2026 research is 5.111.1 (5.111.0 shipped 14 Sep). ShopperCove docs checklist only; no affiliate.
On 31 August 2026 the FTC and 22 states filed suit against Amazon.com, Inc. in the Western District of Washington (2:26-cv-03097), alleging that since about 2019 Amazon secretly inflated Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Sponsored Display auction prices with undisclosed “soft reserve” surcharges while telling advertisers it ran generalized second-price auctions—allegedly extracting tens of billions from ~1.2M advertisers. These are complaint allegations; Amazon’s About Amazon response calls the suit misguided and disputes advertiser and consumer harm. Distinct from the separate Amazon Prime FTC refund / subscription post. No affiliate; not legal advice.
ESLint published v10.12.0 on 2 October 2026 as a minor release: documentation and TypeScript types for SourceCode#getText(), getLoc(), and getRange() now accept tokens and comments (matching runtime behavior), plus multiple rule fixes including astral/Unicode letter handling and autofix edge cases. npm latest confirmed 10.12.0; ShopperCove docs checklist only; no affiliate.
On 24 September 2026 the FTC announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on whether to update its Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses—or take other action—to address social media, search, and digital marketplace platforms’ ad-optimization practices that may further impersonation scams. The ANPRM published in the Federal Register on 1 October 2026 (91 FR 62347; Doc. 2026-20143; Matter R207000; RIN 3084-AB90); Commission vote 2-0; comments due on or before 30 November 2026. This is a comment request, not a final rule; no affiliate.