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Why was Elon Musks X platform fined $140 million? | Explained

X, which was taken over by Elon Musk in 2022, fell foul of the European Unions Digital Services Act (DSA) that regulates large online platforms and vets their safety standards

12 Dec 2025 7:17 pm
Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty

Australian and U.S. military strategists view resource-rich but largely under-developed Papua New Guinea (PNG) as having a prized location north of Australia

12 Dec 2025 1:56 pm
Meta India announces new public policy head

Meta India on Friday named Aman Jain as the new head of Public Policy for India

12 Dec 2025 1:01 pm
Fortnite returns to Google Play in U.S. after court order

Epic Games popular battle royale title Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store in the United States

12 Dec 2025 12:41 pm
Appeals court backs contempt finding against Apple, but reopens a door for iPhone app fees

A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems

12 Dec 2025 12:32 pm
El Salvador to use Elon Musk's Grok in public education

More than 1.2 million students, from kindergarten through high school, attend public school in El Salvador

12 Dec 2025 11:35 am
Amazon plans new one-hour pickup service in stores: Report

The feature would allow shoppers to place a unified order combining items from Amazon's online store and its physical outlets, according to the report

12 Dec 2025 10:54 am
Google faces EU fine next year for favouring own services

A penalty against Google will likely rile the United States, which has criticised a slew of landmark EU laws as taking aim at U.S. tech companies despite EU denials to the contrary

12 Dec 2025 10:48 am
Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraud

A U.S. court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure

12 Dec 2025 10:47 am
Microsoft fights $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences

Regulators in Britain, Europe and the United States have separately begun examining Microsoft and others' practices in relation to cloud computing

12 Dec 2025 10:36 am
Make your own AI Mickey Mouse as Disney strikes deal with OpenAI

Disney and other creative industry giants had been suing AI firms like OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic, accusing them of illegally using their content

12 Dec 2025 9:43 am
ChatGPT 5.2 is now out: Is it better than Googles Gemini 3?

OpenAi touted GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Thinking as its best models yet for handling math or science work

12 Dec 2025 9:07 am
The snail as a model for restoring vision in humans

Regeneration isnt a rare miracle; instead its an ancient biological program still written into the DNA of many species, and one that science is gradually learning to decode and revive

12 Dec 2025 6:00 am
NASA loses contact with MAVEN spacecraft after a decade in Mars orbit

Maven abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations over the weekend. NASA said this week that it was working fine before it went behind the red planet. When it reappeared, there was only silence.

12 Dec 2025 1:00 am
Copyright Act likely to be amended to address AI issues within three years, DPIIT official says

DPIIT working paper proposes blanket licensing, to let AI firms train LLMs by scraping the internet, pay royalties to a copyright society once models are commercialised; firms say publishers should be able to opt out

11 Dec 2025 9:08 pm
Instagram announces Your Algorithm feature for users to control their Reels feed

Users will be able to choose from among topics that the platform has found to be interested in, and decide what they want to see more of or even areas that they want to view less Reels of

11 Dec 2025 11:21 am
Apple CEO pushes for changes in U.S. child online safety bill, citing privacy concerns

Apple CEO Tim Cook met U.S. House members on Wednesday to push back against federal legislation that could require the iPhone maker to authenticate users ages and possibly collect sensitive data on children

11 Dec 2025 10:55 am
Nissan to deploy tech from AI self-driving startup Wayve

The artificial intelligence systems made by Wayve, which last year said it had raised more than $1 billion, do not rely on pre-programmed maps but can navigate in real time

11 Dec 2025 10:30 am
Google names Amin Vahdat as new chief of AI infrastructure buildout: Report

Tech giants are locked in a high-stakes contest for AI supremacy, where control of compute capacity is emerging as the ultimate differentiator

11 Dec 2025 9:57 am
Amazon to pay 510 million euros to settle tax probe in Italy

However, in an unusual development, Milan's prosecutors are in disagreement with the accord between the revenue agency and the U.S. tech company and plan to continue their investigation, two other sources said

11 Dec 2025 9:54 am
How Chinese entities are already using Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips

The H200s less powerful predecessor, the H100 has been banned from export to China since late 2022

11 Dec 2025 9:46 am
Elon Musk hints at possible SpaceX IPO in X post after media reports

Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday hinted at a possible SpaceX initial public offering in a social media exchange

11 Dec 2025 9:14 am
Satellites, science, and the new fight for spectrum in space

As the demand for satellite communication escalates, experts warn that without effective regulation and coordination, the rapid expansion of satellite constellations could lead to congestion, and further the digital divide

11 Dec 2025 8:30 am
Australia leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online

A day after the law took effect with bipartisan support from the major political parties and backing by some three-quarters of Australian parents, the countrys social media feeds were flooded with comments from people claiming to be under 16

11 Dec 2025 8:28 am
AI and the evolving landscape of Chennais Margazhi Season

Classical musicians must move past skepticism when it comes to AI. It cannot replace human mastery, but can be a modern instrument for practice, planning and cultural propagation.

10 Dec 2025 3:20 pm
Google Photos rolls out video editing features with templates, music, and custom text

Users can now create personalised videos and edit them within Google Photos itself

10 Dec 2025 2:49 pm
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter

10 Dec 2025 2:22 pm
Google launches AI Plus subscription plan in India with access to latest Gemini tools and features

Available for Rs. 399 per month from today, new subscribers can avail the plan for Rs. 199 for the first six months

10 Dec 2025 1:16 pm
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod to leave company, Match Group says

Match Group said on Tuesday that Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod will step down to launch Overtone

10 Dec 2025 11:08 am
Wikipedia operator taps former U.S. Ambassador to Chile for CEO role

Wikimedia Foundation, the operator of Wikipedia, on Tuesday named Bernadette Meehan its chief executive officer, tapping an administrator with deep policy expertise and federal government experience

10 Dec 2025 11:01 am
SpaceX to pursue 2026 IPO raising above $30 billion: Report

Elon Musks SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported

10 Dec 2025 11:00 am
Spotify expands music videos access to premium users in U.S., Canada to take on YouTube

Spotify said on Tuesday it is making music videos available to premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada

10 Dec 2025 9:27 am
Oracle's OpenAI reliance faces scrutiny as debt-fueled AI buildout raises worries

Oracle this year staked claim as one of the bigger providers of the rented computing power essential for generative AI thanks to its tie-up with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI

10 Dec 2025 9:01 am
Meta says Australia pushing teens to 'less regulated' platforms

Lesser known chat and image sharing apps Lemon8 and yope, which are not currently listed in the social media ban, have shot up the download charts in Australia

10 Dec 2025 7:08 am
Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a proud day for families and cast the law as proof that policymakers can curb online harms that have outpaced traditional safeguards

10 Dec 2025 6:39 am
Aditya-L1 in a global effort reveals why the 2024 solar storm behaved unusually

According to ISRO, during the solar storm, scientists discovered something unusual: the Suns magnetic fields, which are like twisted ropes inside a solar storm, were breaking and rejoining within the storm

9 Dec 2025 8:17 pm
DPIIT committee on AI and copyright suggests compromise position on data mining

Data crawlers for training AI models should not be restricted, a government working paper said. However, it added, all rightsholders would have to be paid for their contributions

9 Dec 2025 3:13 pm
What one writers Nobel lecture reveals about AI and our future

The question is not whether art or human creativity will survive AI but whether the civilisation that deployed AI still has the imagination and moral vocabulary to make any new meaning at all

9 Dec 2025 3:09 pm
Google faces EU antitrust investigation into AI Overviews, YouTube

Google faces an EU antitrust investigation into its use of web publishers online content and YouTube videos for AI, the European Commission said

9 Dec 2025 2:50 pm
ChatGPT Enterprise users say they save 40 to 60 minutes per active day: OpenAI survey

The state of enterprise AI report by OpenAI observed that Enterprise users report saving 40 to 60 minutes per day thanks to AI, and being able to carry out new tasks such as data analysis and coding

9 Dec 2025 2:34 pm
U.S. startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musks X

The petition was filed by Stephen Coates, a former trademark lawyer at Twitter who now serves as Operation Bluebird's general counsel and runs a small law firm

9 Dec 2025 9:55 am
U.S. FDA qualifies first AI tool to help speed liver disease drug development

The cloud-based system, called AIM-NASH, analyzes images of liver tissue to help doctors assess signs of diseases such as fat buildup, inflammation, and scarring

9 Dec 2025 9:45 am
SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation

If successful, the funding will be at nearly triple Skild's valuation from the $4.7 billion it commanded in a $500 million Series B round earlier this year that saw participation from Nvidia, LG's venture capital arm and Samsung, among others, according to PitchBook data

9 Dec 2025 9:36 am
Trump says to sign order blocking AI regulation by states

There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform

9 Dec 2025 9:10 am
How can India benefit from neurotechnology? | Explained

What is a Brain-Computer Interface? Can such technologies be used for human enhancement or military advantage? How can neurotechnology help non-communicable and injury-related neurological disorders? How are other nations advancing?

9 Dec 2025 8:30 am
On zoos and magnets: the physics behind sounds

Sounds are waves disturbances that move by pushing and pulling air molecules. Every sound can be counted by a number measuring how fast your vocal cords need to vibrate to generate it

9 Dec 2025 8:30 am