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Meta sets up automatic blocking for govt., police-referred content

India is now part of a small group of countries where content takedown notices are complied with immediately, giving police and the governmentwide powers of immediate and lasting censorship

24 Apr 2026 9:56 pm
AI PCs will become standard as pricing goes mainstream, Intel VP and MD says

Mr. Viswanathan said AI PCs have CPU, GPU, NPU and local AI models outperforming cloud on privacy and cost

24 Apr 2026 4:30 pm
Kerala-based start-up launches app to sell surplus/unsold food at restaurants and hotels

An app that lists surplus/unsold food at restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets at one-third the price aims at reducing food wastage and facilitating sustainability

24 Apr 2026 3:28 pm
Singapore emerging as neutral ground as AI firms navigate Sino-U.S. rivalry

U.S. President Donald Trump brought Sino-U.S. tech rivalry to the forefront during his first term with talk of security risks

24 Apr 2026 11:26 am
Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts

In the latest round of tech industry job cuts, Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers and Microsoft is offering buyouts to a similar number

24 Apr 2026 10:27 am
SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

The news comes after SpaceX hosted analysts at its Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, gearing up for its $1.75 trillion IPO expected this summer

24 Apr 2026 10:06 am
OpenAI says new model adept at making AI better

GPT-5.5 was billed as a ew class of intelligence and comes just months after the launch of its predecessor

24 Apr 2026 9:50 am
Indias smartphone retailers see 18% drop in sales as handset price soars

Major Android smartphone makers like Samsung, Vivo, Oppo, and Nothing have revised prices of their smartphone models in the range of 22% - 14%

23 Apr 2026 1:31 pm
Two Pakistanis to be Chinas first foreign astronauts: reports

A Pakistani astronaut in orbit ahead of an Indian one is at minimum a reversal of the usual regional optics

23 Apr 2026 9:43 am
SpaceX says unproven AI space data centres may not be commercially viable

The business risks laid out in SpaceXs pre-IPO filing present a far more cautious assessment of the rocket makers future than the vision laid out publicly by billionaire CEO Elon Musk in recent weeks

22 Apr 2026 11:51 am
Lunar governance should be multilateral

The U.S.s sustained application of its policy of self-interest supervenes the universalism NASA invoked over its Artemis II mission

22 Apr 2026 7:31 am
UTIs, tooth decay: how common infections may be fast-tracking dementia

Experts believe that these infections dont necessarily cause dementia, but act as a catalyst. Many people have a silent buildup of proteins or plaques in their brains for years, without showing symptoms. A wave of inflammation from a severe infection may simply fast-forward the damage

21 Apr 2026 3:56 pm