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Googles controversial Search and AI policy for schools | Explained

A childs thwarted suicide attempt in the U.S. has put the spotlight on the risks of Googles Gemini AI and the companys controversial decision to package Search and AI features together for students

10 Nov 2026 8:26 am
Trump says FBI looking into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with 'Chinese agent'

The sudden emergence of Nvidia CEO Huang's infidelity has created concerns about whether China has been able to access the cutting-edge chips designed by Nvidia that are powering the development of artificial intelligence

10 Nov 2026 6:52 am
Trump says resumption of war with Iran 'highly unlikely'

Iran continues to at least partly block traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which has dented oil supplies out of the Gulf.

9 Nov 2026 10:16 pm
Syrian FM says country has no troops in Yemen, won't send any

He said the accord with Riyadh, a key backer of Damascus as it seeks to rebuild after more than a decade of civil war, was vital for Syria to rebuild its institutions, including the military

9 Nov 2026 7:53 pm
Number of villages without 4G connectivity falls by three-fourths in four years

Data obtained by The Hindu under the Right to Information Act shows a sharp decline in the number of villages without serviceable internet speeds

9 Nov 2026 5:52 pm
Rahul Gandhi repeats debate dare after PM Modi's 'Dimagi Naxal' jibe

He called us Naxals. My challenge stands. Let him debate me on who is anti-national and who is controlled by foreign forces. Any time, any place. My guarantee: after the debate, the PM wont have the guts to stand in front of a single jawan again, says Gandhi

9 Nov 2026 4:50 pm
China dismisses a spy plot claim involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as smear campaign

The chips company CEO is at the center of a controversy over whether he drove sales of advanced computer chips to China, in spite of U.S. tech restrictions aimed at limiting Chinas ability to access these advanced technologies

9 Nov 2026 3:04 pm
Untangling Nvidia chief Jensen Huangs Chinese spy connection

Nvidia said that it was investigating its Mr. Huang after he told the board he had been intimate with a customer, Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence determined was a Chinese spy, per a report by New York Times

9 Nov 2026 2:12 pm
Sao Paulo GP: McLaren's Lando Norris wins as Mercedes seals Constructors' title

Lewis Hamilton became the second F1 driver with 400 starts after Fernando Alonso; Brazils home drivers have a disappointing race

9 Nov 2026 12:00 pm
Google says new Australian internet safety bill could cut off under-18s from Gmail

Online companies and free speech advocates say the law could give regulators too much discretion to decide what is harmful, placing pressure on platforms to take down content

9 Nov 2026 11:52 am
Is Instagrams free Edits app safe for your data?

Before you cut a single clip in Edits, you have to hand something over to Meta

9 Nov 2026 11:50 am
Car catches fire after hitting electric pole in U.P.'s Muzaffarnagar, six dead

The deceased have not yet been identified, and efforts are underway to establish their identities and inform their families

9 Nov 2026 11:27 am
Watch: Mumbai: Massive fire engulfs shops and hutments in Dongri

A major fire broke out at Haji Kasam Chawl in Mumbais Dongri area late on Sunday, November 8, engulfing several shops and hutments. Firefighting operations were launched to bring the blaze under control. Two other fire incidents were reported in Dadar and Andheri over the weekend, with one person killed in the Andheri blaze.

9 Nov 2026 10:14 am
Binance CFO Kaiser Ng steps down, Justin Yek named new finance chief

The FBI has blamed a North Korean hacking group for the theft, an allegation Pyongyang has denied

9 Nov 2026 10:05 am
Anthropic secures $3.4 billion generator deal for AI data centres: Report

Anthropic bought commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators in late September from OnePWR Solutions

9 Nov 2026 9:37 am
Nvidia investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence

The announcement came after Jensen Huang acknowledged to the board that he had been intimate with a business executive whom U.S. intelligence determined was gathering information for Beijing

9 Nov 2026 4:38 am
Train collision in Egypt's Giza kills four, injures 88 others: Health Ministry

Authorities said they had launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, which occurred in Giza's Al-Ayyat area, the site of Egypt's worst-ever rail disaster

8 Nov 2026 8:41 pm
8 Nov 2026 8:07 pm
West Bengal to institute 'Seema Mitra' award for BSF, SSB, police personnel from 2027: Suvendu

A selection committee would be constituted to decide the awardees, he said, while addressing BSF personnel at a border outpost in Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district, which shares a boundary with Bangladesh

8 Nov 2026 8:00 pm
Poland calls Krakow shooting rampage 'terrorist' attack

A British national was among the dead, according to police. Among the 15 wounded were nationals from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia, says an Interior Ministry spokeswoman

8 Nov 2026 7:25 pm
Israel Defence Minister says 'mission not complete' on Iran

Concerning Iran, the mission is still not complete. Iran is trying to renew its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons alongside other grave efforts that place the State of Israel in real danger, says Mr. Katz

8 Nov 2026 6:30 pm
Hawking, the celebrity theoretical physicist

On November 8, 2018, one of the earliest wheelchairs used by Stephen Hawking fetched a whopping sum of nearly 300,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000. How did a theoretical physicist turn into one of the most celebrated scientists of recent times? A.S.Ganesh gives you the answer with a brief look at his life and work

8 Nov 2026 10:54 am
U.S. FBI and regulators issue warning about cyber-attacks targeting industrial refrigerators

The U.S. regulators warned organisations about ongoing cyber threat activity targeting industrial refrigeration and cold chain monitoring systems, shortly after these hacks led to huge amounts of food waste across European supermarkets

7 Nov 2026 1:14 pm
OpenAI to press ahead with data-centre expansion despite midterm sweep, CFO says

One of the corporate faces of the AI boom, OpenAI has moved quickly to counter fears that a shift in congressional power could slow the industrys growth

7 Nov 2026 10:26 am
Activists invade site of Microsoft's planned data centre in Amsterdam

It's so many things, so many struggles that come together in this data centre, Geef Tegengas spokesman, Nathan Timmer, told AFP

7 Nov 2026 10:05 am
Amazon rolls out text-based shopping through Alexa

Amazon said the new text feature lets users research and compare products, track deals and price drops, and have Alexa for Shopping complete purchases

7 Nov 2026 9:30 am
At COP31, the overshoot narrative cannot replace climate action

No COP decision has referred to the quantitative value of the total or remaining carbon budget nor has discussed which countries have spent it the most. If COP31 is to deliver real impetus to climate action, its decisions must revert to the basics

7 Nov 2026 6:46 am
12 of family injured in fire caused by CNG leak in M.P.'s Orchha; two of them critical

Scrap dealer Khalil had purchased a CNG cylinder from someone and was trying to dismantle it to extract brass and other metals when the gas leaked out of it and sparked a fire

7 Nov 2026 12:23 am
'Belated admission of wrongful deletion': Congress on ECI directive on those left out of SIR draft rolls

The opposition party also reiterated its demand that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar must go and the SIR of electoral rolls must be suspended

6 Nov 2026 6:41 pm
Diwali 2026: Karan Toranis idea of home is anything but minimalist

The designers debut home linen collection is a tribute to his grandmothers home in Bhopal. It also embraces the technicolour fever dream that is Delhi

6 Nov 2026 6:41 pm
Diwali 2026: Rajesh Pratap Singh wants to dress your home

The Delhi-based fashion designer introduces a new grammar of living by launching home furnishings that include bed linen, tableware and tiles

6 Nov 2026 6:40 pm
Sharad Pawar's health improving, to be discharged on Saturday morning: Sule

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Mr. Pawar in the hospital

6 Nov 2026 6:32 pm
India's forex reserves drop by $2.69 bn to $717 bn

Experts attribute this decline to the deployment of the Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank (FCNR[B]) resources and also to currency defence put up by RBI through dollar sales

6 Nov 2026 6:13 pm
Ai+ Smartphone to increase smartphone prices by up to 3,000

The smartphone prices are expected to rise up again by up to 10% post Diwali due to memory crisis, lesser inventories and rupee depreciation against US dollar

6 Nov 2026 4:27 pm
Google sued over suicide-related AI chats on school computer

The teenager was not able to access Google's Gemini app, nor OpenAI's ChatGPT, because they were blocked by her school

6 Nov 2026 11:14 am
A noisy Anthropocene is imposing fatal stress on wildlife

Researchers analysed over 200 experimental studies on 177 aquatic and terrestrial species across six continents and found that noise altered specific traits in 80% of the animals studied

6 Nov 2026 9:04 am
OpenAI formalises future U.S. data-centre safeguards; pledges union engagement, environmental disclosures

Amid growing U.S. opposition to data-centre expansion, company commits to bearing electricity and grid infrastructure costs, publishing water and power consumption, and working with unions on local hiring and training; proposes measures to make data-centre developers more accountable

5 Nov 2026 10:33 pm
Devi Shetty conferred with Frances National Order of Merit

Dr. Shetty was recognised for extending vaccination and logistical support to the French Consulate and the wider French community during the pandemic

5 Nov 2026 10:33 pm
ISROs latest navigation satellite NVS-03 is fully healthy, says Chairman V. Narayanan

ISRO to conduct in-orbit testing for satellite payload as part of developing NavIC, an indigenous GPS alternative; ISRO chief recalls Indian scientists role in saving lives on the Axiom-4 mission; praises Russian support of Indias space programme

5 Nov 2026 9:00 pm
Centre tells Supreme Court about setting up of special committee to re-examine UGCs 2026 equity regulations

A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the government was examining ways to address the concerns of students and ensure that no section of the student community feels excluded, threatened or apprehensive under the regulatory framework.

5 Nov 2026 7:35 pm
Binoy Kumar sworn in as Chairman of A.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission

A 1983 batch IAS officer of the Telangana cadre, Binoy Kumar will hold office for five years

5 Nov 2026 6:49 pm
Pregnant elephant found dead in Moyar reserve forest in Mudumalai

A post-mortem examination finds that the deceased elephant was carrying a fully grown foetus, nearing delivery stage; veterinarian opines that the elephant could have died at least two days before staff spotted the carcass

5 Nov 2026 6:44 pm