China’s once-celebrated humanoid robotics boom is now under the lens as Beijing warns of runaway growth, excessive product duplication, and inflated investor expectations. With more than 150 companies racing ahead despite weak commercial demand, policymakers fear the sector’s rapid expansion may be edging toward instability Read more ›
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Google will construct three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, with the project funded by Australia under the Pukpuk defence treaty. Read more ›
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Meta Platforms appears to be scaling back one of the boldest and costliest ambitions in the tech sector with reports indicating that CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to cut the company’s metaverse spending by roughly 30 per cent in 2026. Read more ›
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Europe is accelerating efforts to reduce dependence on US digital platforms and infrastructure, pursuing digital sovereignty through regulation and homegrown technologies amid geopolitical uncertainty and concerns over American tech dominance. Read more ›
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A landmark California lawsuit has put AI safety under the lens after alleging that ChatGPT deepened the paranoia of a mentally unstable man who killed his mother before dying by suicide. The woman’s estate is now suing OpenAI. The case, centred on months of AI-driven conversations, claims the chatbot reinforced the sons delusional beliefs Read more ›
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Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur whose digital tokens collapsed and wiped out an estimated 40 billion dollars in 2022, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the United States for what the judge called an “epic fraud”. Read more ›
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While Google can draw on its vast online ad revenue to fund AI development, OpenAI has been pouring tens of billions of dollars into computing infrastructure despite not yet turning a profit Read more ›
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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai are leading a new space race to build orbital data centres, aiming to revolutionise global computing, resilience and digital infrastructure. Read more ›
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Elon Musk said he is ”looking forward” to serving India with Starlink following Jyotiraditya Scindia's meeting with Lauren Dreyer in Delhi to discuss expanding satellite internet access nationwide. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's SpaceX plans a 2026 IPO to raise over 25 billion dollars, potentially valuing it above 1 trillion dollars, driven by Starlink growth and Starship progress for moon and Mars missions. Read more ›
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A storm is brewing around China’s AI upstart DeepSeek amid claims it used smuggled Nvidia Blackwell GPUs banned from export to China. Nvidia denies any evidence of wrongdoing but says it will investigate credible leads as scrutiny over global AI chip flows intensifies. Read more ›
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Microsoft committed to its largest-ever Asia investment – over $17.5 billion — in India to develop Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Amazon, too, has announced that it will invest $35 billion over the next five years in all sectors, but with a focus on AI. But what does this interest from Big Tech mean for India? Read more ›
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Australia has officially barred all under-16s from social media. With major platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit, among others, now legally required to block young users, countries across Europe, Asia and the US are reassessing their own policies. Experts in India say the real solution may lie in education, awareness and behavioural reform Read more ›
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Buyers would likely have to undergo an approval process, submitting requests to purchase the chips and explaining why domestic suppliers could not meet their requirements Read more ›
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PM Modi on Tuesday held back-to-back meetings with the CEOs Cognizant, Microsoft, and Intel, highlighting the government’s push to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in strategic sectors such as AI, semiconductors, and digital infrastructure Read more ›
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A new long-term research, tracking over 8,300 children in the US, has found a clear link between social media use and the rise in inattention symptoms between ages 10 and 14. While TV viewing and video games did not affect concentration, apps like Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat were associated with declining focus Read more ›
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Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai hinted at building data centres in space in a recent interview. He signified quantum computing and energy conservation by directly harnessing it from the sun. Read more ›
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San Francisco residents say Waymo’s self-driving cars have become noticeably more assertive, even aggressive, after a software shift meant to ease traffic flow, sparking mixed reactions over safety and trust Read more ›
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The government now considers dementia one of its most urgent policy challenges. The Health Ministry projects that dementia-related health and social care costs will reach 14 trillion yen by 2030, up from nine trillion yen in 2025 Read more ›
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Australia’s imminent ban on under-16s using social media has intensified global scrutiny of major tech platforms already facing mounting legal and public pressure. Read more ›
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Nvidia will now be able to sell its H200 chips to China. The H200 chips are way outdated than the company's latest Blackwell chip, which is considered the most advanced AI chip available anywhere Read more ›
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Elon Musk-owned Starlink has revealed its internet plan for India. Check the price and speed here. Read more ›
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Australia is set to enforce a nationwide prohibition on social media use for children under 16, compelling major platforms to block existing underage accounts and prevent new sign-ups from December 10. The rollout, monitored closely by governments worldwide, introduces sweeping age-verification requirements, appeal systems, and new safeguarding duties for some of the world’s biggest digital platforms Read more ›
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Nadella said Microsoft is developing an AI analyst that can autonomously use tools like Excel, envisioning a future where organisations either guide such systems or let fully autonomous agents operate with built-in access to the software humans use today Read more ›
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