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Urdu Wikisource, open source global digital library for Urdu literature, launched

International partnerships provide foundational content, including rare Urdu texts, for the Wikisource platform to reach this milestone

27 Apr 2026 7:56 pm
China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI firm Manus, says state planner

China has blocked Metas acquisition of AI startup Manus, the countrys top economic planning body said

27 Apr 2026 2:37 pm
Light pollution threatens worlds darkest skies in the Atacama

The exceptional conditions of the Atacama have enabled some of the most ambitious astronomical projects ever conceived, like the Extremely Large Telescope

27 Apr 2026 2:13 pm
Meta strikes deal with Amazon's cloud unit to use its CPU chips

While graphics processing units (GPUs) made by firms such as Nvidia remain essential for training AI models, once they are trained and deployed they often run on CPUs

27 Apr 2026 10:29 am
AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both sides of the Atlantic

The AI industry has transformed Washington lobbying at extraordinary speed, with more than 3,500 federal lobbyists, one-fourth of the total, working on AI issues last year

27 Apr 2026 10:17 am
U.S. chipmakers hit record highs as Intel turbocharges AI rally

Chip stocks have been some of the biggest gainers of the spending spree by tech giants on scaling up their AI infrastructure

27 Apr 2026 9:49 am
Earth Day 2026: Indias plastic crisis and blame game

Going beyond waste management to the system that keeps producing disposable plastic with no afterlife

26 Apr 2026 2:53 pm
Altman apologises after OpenAI failed to alert police before Tumbler Ridge killings

I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June, Mr. Altman said

26 Apr 2026 1:55 am
Why turning to AI for personal advice is a bad idea

You might assume that a reasonable person would notice when an AI is being overly agreeable. But the study suggests otherwise.

25 Apr 2026 7:55 pm
Google to invest up to $40 billion in AI rival Anthropic

The investment comes just days after e-commerce giant Amazon said it will invest up to $25 billion in the startup, which has managed to stand out in the crowded AI industry by focusing its model training on coding

25 Apr 2026 7:35 am
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
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
Unwrapping Indias plastic packaging problem: from boom to crisis

Transparent plastics used in packaging have turbocharged profits and reshaped consumer culture but at a heavy cost to our environment and health

22 Apr 2026 8:56 pm