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Why is New York City pausing some AI tools in schools? | Explained

The Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels on September 2 imposed a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for pupils up to eighth grade for the 202627 academic year

5 Sep 2026 1:16 pm
Digital arrest scams: CBIs nationwide crackdown and the Supreme Courts continuing oversight

The Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 States

5 Sep 2026 11:49 am
Elon Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi service

Tesla started manufacturing the Cybercab in April, and Musk promised production would grow exponentially later in the year or next

5 Sep 2026 10:50 am
Elon Musks xAIloses court bid to block Minnesota's AInudification ban

Musks Grok AI chatbot has faced criticism over its creation of sexually explicit content

5 Sep 2026 10:20 am
Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources say

The artificial intelligence company had been expected to make its IPO prospectus public as early as next week, two of the people said

5 Sep 2026 9:58 am
Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say

The agents, AI programmes that work on their own, without a person guiding each step, left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German site for programmers

5 Sep 2026 9:47 am
Apple faces 2 billion lawsuit in UK over app privacy feature

The claim, filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Hausfeld, centres on Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system

5 Sep 2026 9:16 am
Reflection of people's trust: Modi hails Meloni on becoming Italy's longest continuously serving PM

Giorgia Meloni, 49, has been Italy's Prime Minister since October 22, 2022. She is also the first woman to hold the position

4 Sep 2026 9:55 pm
Jharkhand BJP to gherao Police Commissioner's offices from September 8

The party alleged that the government has still not withdrawn the cases it had filed against student protesters; the gherao will be in a phase-wise manner across all 24 districts over four days

4 Sep 2026 9:23 pm
Over 134 crore spent on proprietary software at premier institutes, says open source collective

FOSS United says the amount likely represented a fraction of public university spending on software it claims could be replaced by open source equivalents

4 Sep 2026 6:29 pm
Dark matter could keep tiny black holes alive inside stars: study

Such black holes, each roughly the mass of a loaded semi-truck, would evaporate rapidly if left on their own, say the researchers

4 Sep 2026 6:07 pm
'Attack on democracy': Congress on blast outside Manipur leader's house

We take the bomb blast at the residence of the Congress party leader as an attack on democracy. If there are different views, they should be negotiated and discussed peacefully,says Senior Congress spokesperson

4 Sep 2026 5:57 pm
Emergency broadcast messages resumed, C-DOT CEO says

Mr. Upadhyay said that C-DOT is only the third provider of cell broadcast system service in the world, due to the complex nature of the software needed to pull it off

4 Sep 2026 3:51 pm
Indian researchers map colonial spiders venom gland, uncover molecules with potential for future cancer and antimicrobial drug research

The researchers cautioned that the findings represent an early stage of biomedical research and require extensive validation before any clinical application becomes possible

4 Sep 2026 2:34 pm
Google Pixel 11 Review | Comes with meaningful software additions and battery enhancements

Google Pixel 11 is not a phone that tries to reinvent the Pixel formula. Instead, Google has focused on making the existing experience better, and that approach works surprisingly well

4 Sep 2026 1:50 pm
Poco X8 Power and Poco X8 launched in India

Poco X8 ships with a 9,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery, while the Poco X8 Power gets a 10,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery

4 Sep 2026 12:57 pm
Nepal floods: Engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding tunnel rescue efforts

The messaging group was set up by engineers before the wall of water, mud and rock crashed down the Trishuli valley in Nepal

4 Sep 2026 12:56 pm
U.S. ends probe into Tesla remote driving feature after software updates

The NHTSA last year opened an investigation into 2.9 million vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving system over more than 50 reports of traffic-safety violations and a series of crashes

4 Sep 2026 11:36 am
U.S. auto safety regulator says evaluating Tesla's Cybercab rollout

The Cybercab is a two-seater autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel, pedals or mirrors

4 Sep 2026 10:30 am
ISROs GSLV rocket with earth observation satellite lifts off

The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 135 km from Chennai, at a prefixed time of 2.55 am, lighting up the dark skies amid rains.

4 Sep 2026 3:06 am
El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns

El Nino is a naturally-occurring phenomenon and is not caused by climate change. But scientists expect it will exacerbate the heat of a planet already warming from burning fossil fuels, while amping up weather extremes

3 Sep 2026 10:17 pm
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude face widespread outages; Amazon Web Services also hit

Anthropic said the only affected models remaining are Opus 4.8 and Opus 5; rest of the models have recovered to the baseline error rate

3 Sep 2026 9:42 pm
Take alternative steps to ensure not one acre dries up in A.P., officials told amid El Nino woes

Chief Minister directs Ministers, elected representatives and officials to visit fields and advise farmers on suitable crop alternatives; says govt. will keep ready 90,000 kg of seeds of less-water-intensive crops for distribution, 90 crore will be spent on seed subsidy

3 Sep 2026 9:38 pm
New U.S. tariffs on drones take effect

Drones with a takeoff weight exceeding 25 kilograms, as well as those with thermal imaging capabilities and docking stations face a 100% tariff; smaller drones face a 25% duty

3 Sep 2026 4:08 pm
Google announces Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber AI models

Google announced the launch of its new AI model, Gemini 3.8, with two variants

3 Sep 2026 2:42 pm
Anthropic back on 'right side' with Trump administration, U.S. Commerce secretary says

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said AI giant Anthropic is back on the right side with the Trump administration

3 Sep 2026 11:33 am
Google escapes U.S. bid to break up its ad business

The case focused on Googles ad tech stack, the suite of tools that website publishers use to sell ads and advertisers use to buy them

3 Sep 2026 11:07 am
OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says

The companys safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents went rogue during a security test and hacked into AI company Hugging Face

3 Sep 2026 10:34 am
Uber says laying off 'about 10%' of workforce worldwide

Uber has a total of roughly 34,000 employees with operations in more than 70 countries, according to a recent SEC filing

3 Sep 2026 9:51 am
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces ban on AI use for students until high school

Only high school students, typically aged 14 and above, will be permitted to use artificial intelligence in limited pilot programmes

3 Sep 2026 9:31 am
Ukraine tells UN aviation watchdog that Russian airspace 'not safe'

Russia's aviation watchdog called Ukraine's warnings illegitimate and invalid.

3 Sep 2026 1:15 am
U.S. Fed says 'positive' economic outlook facing heightened uncertainty

Economic activity nationwide increased modestly since early July, the Fed said in its eige book survey of economic conditions, adding that consumer spending also grew slightly

3 Sep 2026 1:11 am
Trump aides seek 'quiet' in Iran war, but say attacks may intensify after November midterm elections: report

A tactical pause could also give the U.S. military some breathing room to replenish its heavily depleted munitions stockpiles, the sources said

2 Sep 2026 10:50 pm
Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as 'Trump Strait'

Many of the previous name changes, including Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, started off as apparently jovial remarks by the 80-year-old U.S. President before he then followed through to make them a reality.

2 Sep 2026 10:18 pm
Will consider Bihars concerns before Ganga treaty renewal, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister writes to Janata Dal (U) MP Sanjay Jha after he complained that the 1996 India-Bangladesh treaty had negatively impacted Bihar; the treaty is set to lapse on December 31

2 Sep 2026 9:38 pm
Bengaluru: Six past amendments allowed specific park land diversions; new Bill proposes 5% blanket provision

The new draft Bill introduced during the recently concluded Monsoon Session seeks to allow a general diversion of park land

2 Sep 2026 9:33 pm
CBI organises two-day India, Thailand meeting on Live Animal Trafficking

The CBI is co-hosting the meeting in coordination with the Interpol Environmental Security Sub-Directorate (ENS)

2 Sep 2026 9:30 pm
Stalin says DMK will not give up on party district secretaries affected by new rules

M.K. Stalin said that though the DMK was the first regional party to capture power in India, it should adapt to changing times to avoid stagnation

2 Sep 2026 8:57 pm
Minor rape survivor gives birth, hands over newborn to welfare officers

The minor girl and her parents produced the baby before CWC and submitted a letter in writing handing over the baby, says Committee member Ch. Radha Kumari

2 Sep 2026 8:39 pm
Three injured after speeding SUV of former Minister's wife hits e-rickshaw in Jaipur

The Endeavour car registered in the name of former Minister Ashok Chandna's wife has about two dozen traffic challans, whereas the Thar has six over-speeding challans, the SHO said

2 Sep 2026 8:31 pm
India to stage inaugural Womens Champions Trophy 2027 after Sri Lanka dropped as host

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka but will now be staged in India as Sri Lanka Cricket continues to make the requisite reforms outlined at the ICCs Annual Conference in July, read an ICC statement

2 Sep 2026 8:10 pm
Freebies or Rights: What is Indias approach to welfare spending? | In Focus Podcast

In this episode, Reetika Khera talks about whether Indias welfare spending is a basic right or just freebies amid ongoing economic growth.

2 Sep 2026 7:58 pm
A partnership forged in Indias industrial south

From Chennais assembly lines to Thoothukudis drawing boards, India and South Africa are becoming co-builders of each others future

2 Sep 2026 7:20 pm