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Govt. receives WhatsApps reply on notice over username feature

The Ministry is reviewing the companys response, a senior official said

10 Jul 2026 11:11 am
Meta to put AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacity, memo shows

To expand computing infrastructure, Meta has secured long-term, multi-year supply agreements, the memo showed

10 Jul 2026 11:06 am
Microsoft emissions surge 27% as AI buildout crimps climate goals

Total emissions reached 21.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (mtCO2e) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, up from 16.7 million the prior year, according to the company

10 Jul 2026 9:40 am
Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 model with preview open to developers

Developers in the United States can now access Muse Spark in public preview on Meta Model API, letting them test prompts, compare outputs and prototype integrations

10 Jul 2026 9:32 am
Google appeals Indian ruling over its ads platform, citing consumer harm

To ensure their ads are promoted by Google and target the right customers, companies bid on keywords that online consumers type into the search engine

9 Jul 2026 9:54 pm
PM Modi praises Australias social media ban for minors

In the clearest signal so far that India is deliberating on restrictions for social media use among minors, Mr. Modi told his Australian counterpart that the countrys work on social media 'is inspiring the world

9 Jul 2026 5:47 pm
Science quiz: The more things change, the more they stay the same

Here is a quiz about systems that in a world of constant change, some things remain steadfastly the same.

9 Jul 2026 1:41 pm
Explained | Why Truecaller has lashed out against TRAIs 140, 160 series numbers

The caller ID apps developers have argued that users are reporting massive amounts of spam from the supposedly authorised 140 and 160 series of phone numbers for telemarketers and banks.

9 Jul 2026 12:12 pm
Deadly bird virus PaBV-4 identified for first time in India

The parrot bornavirus 4, circulating among captive birds, has raised fresh concerns for aviculture and conservation efforts involving threatened parrot species

9 Jul 2026 12:00 pm
China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude Code

The database advised that organisations and users should immediately review affected systems and either uninstall the impacted versions or upgrade to the latest secure release

9 Jul 2026 11:37 am
Apple announces $30 billion Broadcom deal for U.S.-made chips

Apple under outgoing CEO Tim Cook has faced sustained pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump

9 Jul 2026 11:29 am
French antitrust watchdog orders Meta to resume talks over fees for publishing content

The authority said Meta likely abused its dominant position, and it ordered the Facebook owner to put forward details of its payment plan within 15 days

9 Jul 2026 10:15 am
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 model for coding, agentic tasks

SpaceXAI said Grok 4.5 was trained across tens of thousands of Nvidia GB300 graphics processing units

9 Jul 2026 10:11 am
U.S. crackdown on top AI fuels open-source surge

Open models were already gaining fans because using closed AI keeps getting more expensive

9 Jul 2026 9:48 am
OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice models that listen and speak simultaneously

OpenAI launched GPT-Live, a new family of voice models capable of listening and speaking

9 Jul 2026 9:30 am
Military technologys environmental impact: A birds nest made of fibre-optic cable

In an unusual wildlife story from Ukraine, a birds nest made with military-grade fibre-optic cable raises questions about the environmental legacy of modern warfare

9 Jul 2026 7:34 am
Assassins Creed: Black Flag Resynced boasts unique ship combat in an unmatched world

Avast ye! Dust off that black flag and practise singing your sea shanties because Assassins Creed: Black Flag is back as Resynced, the same game you loved, now with eye-popping visuals

8 Jul 2026 8:57 pm
OpenAI to launch new model after U.S. freeze

GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday. We're expanding preview access globally now, OpenAI said in an X post

8 Jul 2026 1:41 pm
China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

Huaweis hold on the market is already weakening as tech rivals Alibaba and Baidu develop their own AI chips and gain market share

8 Jul 2026 11:20 am
Canada province preparing lawsuit against OpenAI over school shooting

British Columbia said Tuesday it was preparing a separate case, in coordination with the families, and had retained lawyers both in Canada and California

8 Jul 2026 11:14 am
How the amino acid leucine helps our cells produce energy

Leucine offers both protection and more energy to cells and organs

8 Jul 2026 10:20 am
Microsofts Xbox layoffs and reset | Explained

As Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma laid out an ambitious plan to streamline games, staff operations, and employee teams

8 Jul 2026 8:31 am
Child exploitation horrific crime, dont want such content on our apps: Meta

Meta said it was categorically inaccurate to suggest that it knowingly and deliberately targets ads featuring children to people based on an inappropriate interest

8 Jul 2026 12:25 am
When might life on the earth end?

Previous studies had tried to answer this question using simplified climate models, finding the biospheres twilight could occur in 100 million to 900 million years

7 Jul 2026 2:44 pm
Social media and how they know you

Ever searched for something once and then seen it everywhere online? It can feel like social media is reading your mind, but the real explanation is even more fascinating.

7 Jul 2026 1:49 pm
Mission Drishti, worlds first OptoSAR satellite from private Indian company, loses communication after solar storm

Mission Drishti was launched on May 3, 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 by SpaceX from Vandenberg, California

7 Jul 2026 11:38 am
How do you build a world without oil? | The Scope

People built modern life on petroleum, but at a big environmental cost. The Scope explores the history, scale, and the immense challenge of moving to a future without petrochemicals.

7 Jul 2026 11:29 am
U.S. cyber agency is using Anthropic's Mythos to audit government code, sources say

The scanning is being done by CISAs Attack Surface Evaluation team, according to one of the sources

7 Jul 2026 10:14 am
Why has the Centre issued a notice to Meta over Instagram? | Explained

Learn more about the notice issued by the Union government to Meta for disabling the advertisements and content on Instagram that allegedly promote or facilitate access to CSEAM

7 Jul 2026 10:00 am
Financial services AI dangers highlighted by UK regulator's review

Regulators globally have begun to focus more keenly on the impact of AI, from cyber and operational risks associated with frontier AI models such as Anthropics Mythos to the challenges posed by the agentic systems

7 Jul 2026 9:33 am
India, AI governance, and a voice for the Global South

India faces a choice between dependency and leadership in AI governance

7 Jul 2026 1:33 am
Diamond jewellery, microart cast in shape of 18K gold rocket among payloads to be launched by Vikram-1

On July 6, Skyroot Aerospace announced that Indias first privately developed orbital-class rocket will be carrying six payloads

6 Jul 2026 4:02 pm
Oldest quasars ever found deepen 'perplexing' space mystery

As more powerful telescopes allow us to see further back in time, galaxies and other cosmic objects have turned out to be far bigger than had been thought possible at such an early age

6 Jul 2026 2:00 pm
Samsung likely to post 18-fold jump in profit on surging AI demand for memory

Up from 4.7 trillion won a year earlier, this would mark a third consecutive quarter of record operating profit for Samsung

6 Jul 2026 9:34 am
Foxconn second-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics

The companys shares have gained 4.3% this year, underperforming the 61.5% rise for the Taiwan market

6 Jul 2026 9:30 am
Worlds largest science machine faces tough question: after the Higgs boson, what next?

As the Large Hadron Collider switches off its beams for a four-year overhaul, the question is no longer what it has found but whether anything bigger is worth building

5 Jul 2026 10:30 am
Science Snapshots: July 5, 2026

Three recent important research developments, all readable in one minute

5 Jul 2026 8:00 am
Why are there concerns over WhatsApp usernames? | Explained

What is the username feature that WhatsApp intends to roll out? How does it work and what privacy safeguards are built into it? Why is the Indian government asking WhatsApp to stop its roll-out? Can the government dictate an apps features?

5 Jul 2026 6:56 am
AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows

The sectors AI hiring rose 16% year-on-year in June, while overall IT jobs declined 3%, according to job portal Naukris monthly JobSpeak report

4 Jul 2026 10:56 am
GoDaddy fears governments fake website crackdown could make the internet less safe

The legal dispute embroiling GoDaddy and others was triggered by more than 20 companies that sought the courts intervention on fake websites damaging their brand

3 Jul 2026 4:08 pm
Ahead of Amazon Prime Day sales, beware of delivery scams

As Amazons annual Prime Day comes up, be on the alert for delivery scams targeting you or those you live with

3 Jul 2026 2:35 pm
Six sluggishmonths later, ISRO looks to reset withsatellite launches

Indias first privately developed orbital-class rocket is all set for its maiden launch

3 Jul 2026 2:05 pm
Vikram-1 launch will be great boost for Indias private space sector: Skyroot Aerospace co-founder & CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana

The Vikram-1 launch vehicle is Indias first privately developed orbital-class rocket designed to carry small satellites weighing up to 350 kg to Low Earth Orbit

3 Jul 2026 1:02 pm
Microsoft, AWS deploy engineer armies to help make AI profitable

Despite strong growth in its cloud business, Microsoft has disappointed markets and its shares have shed nearly a quarter of their value since January

3 Jul 2026 12:21 pm
Can space oncology revolutionise cancer treatment?

Space oncology is a rapidly emerging field, investigating how microgravity and cosmic radiation impact cancer progression and treatment. Space-based environments are studied to accelerate tumour modelling and drug discovery

3 Jul 2026 10:42 am
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says AI agent tech progressing slower than expected

Mark Zuckerberg added that a company reorganisation that included major job cuts was not as clean as it could have been

3 Jul 2026 10:22 am
Indian team discovers rare bow and arrow radio galaxy two billion light years from Earth

The RAD-BAARG may be one of the clearest known radio signatures of a giant bow shock generated by a galaxy falling supersonically into a cluster environment, the researchers say

3 Jul 2026 12:38 am
After WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal receive notices on username feature

The notices follow directions to WhatsApp to pause its username feature over scam and impersonation concerns; Spokespersons for Telegram, Signal did not have an immediate comment to share

3 Jul 2026 12:15 am
Watch: Explained: why is the Indian govt telling Whatsapp to put its new username feature on hold?

WhatsApp is preparing to introduce a new feature that would allow users to communicate using usernames instead of phone numbers. But before the feature could be rolled out, the Union government stepped in and asked the platform to put its plans on hold. So, why is the government concerned?

2 Jul 2026 7:17 pm