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Tencent to invest 100 million on Indias gaming and animation industry

Tencent also said that it will explore partnership opportunities with broader local institutions to further strengthen the AVGC ecosystem

15 May 2026 4:35 pm
Britain investigates Microsoft over business software dominance

The CMA opted to investigate Microsofts cloud licensing practices again as part of the SMS probe launched on Thursday

15 May 2026 2:58 pm
From Cisco to Block, more companies are pointing to AI when unveiling job cuts

Even if AI isnt replacing people directly, some businesses have announced reductions as they redirect money to the technology or tout new ways to streamline operations

15 May 2026 2:50 pm
OpenAI brings Codex coding tool to ChatGPT mobile app

Coding tools have become an important way for AI companies to reach business customers

15 May 2026 11:37 am
Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids' screen time

Their very business model relies on maximum time on device, said Emily Boddy, co-lead of U.S. Smartphone Free Childhood, a parent group that advocates against phones in schools

15 May 2026 11:30 am
Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

Researchers have unearthed skeletal remains of Nagatitan, a member of the dinosaur lineage called sauropods known for having a long neck, long tail, small head and four columnar legs

15 May 2026 11:15 am
Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, education

One initiative will equip research centres to use Claude to predict drug candidates for treating HPV and preeclampsia, diseases that have been less commercially attractive for pharmaceutical companies to research

15 May 2026 10:31 am
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AIs future

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence

15 May 2026 10:27 am
OpenAI explores legal options against Apple, source says

OpenAI wanted to resolve its issues with Apple without resorting to legal action, but its lawyers are actively working with an outside legal firm on a range of options, the source said

15 May 2026 9:59 am
U.S. judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit

Authors and other copyright holders filed claims covering over 92% of the more than 480,000 works included in the settlement, an attorney for the authors said during the hearing

15 May 2026 9:53 am
U.S. clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough

Jensen Huang, who was not initially listed in a White House delegation to Beijing, joined the trip after an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump, a source said

14 May 2026 2:14 pm
Instagram introduces Instants feature for one-time photo sharing

Meta said that Instants was a new way to share casual and everyday photos that would disappear after people viewed them

14 May 2026 1:43 pm
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI

Any deals would add to the work under way at Microsoft, including teams led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, a person familiar with the strategy said

14 May 2026 12:01 pm
Apple criticises EU measures to help AI rivals access Google services

The DMs (draft measures) raise urgent and serious concerns. If confirmed, they would create profound risks for user privacy, security, and safety as well as device integrity and performance, Apple said

14 May 2026 11:55 am
OpenAI chief Sam Altman has over $2 billion stake in companies that dealt with OpenAI, court filing shows

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman holds more than $2 billion in companies that have done business with the artificial intelligence company, a court document showed

14 May 2026 10:35 am
Cisco to cut about 4,000 jobs in AI-focused restructuring as orders surge

On a post-earnings call, Ciscos finance chief, Mark Patterson, said it is reasonable to expect at least $6 billion of revenue on the AI hyperscale side in fiscal 2027

14 May 2026 10:11 am
Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

Today's medicines have turned the virus that causes AIDS from a fast killer into a manageable chronic disease, often keeping the virus at undetectable levels, but only if people can afford the drugs and stick with them

13 May 2026 2:45 pm
Indias genetic mosaic: how understanding our genes can help improve our health

Our genetic tapestry is not merely an ancestry story, but a medical map. It can help prevent inherited diseases, improve newborn screening, guide safer prescribing, diagnose rare disorders earlier, and support drug discovery. But this map must be read with care

13 May 2026 1:35 pm
Google introduces Gemini Intelligence on Android, new AI-focused Googlebook

Google announced software updates and new AI gadgets in the run-up to its Google I/O 2026 event

13 May 2026 1:33 pm
Google in talks with SpaceX for Suncatcher orbital data centre project

Google is pushing the space-based data centre idea with Project Suncatcher, a research effort to network solar-powered satellites equipped with its Tensor Processing Units into an orbital AI cloud

13 May 2026 11:45 am
Germany wants to put TikTok 'in European hands'

The EU told TikTok in February that it needed to change its addictive design or risk heavy fines

13 May 2026 11:37 am
Meta seeks to avoid EU fine with free WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots

As part of ongoing discussions with the European Commission, general-purpose AI chatbots operating in the EEA will be given free access to the WhatsApp business API for one month, a Meta spokesperson said

13 May 2026 11:27 am
Anthropic expands Claude's AI tools for law firms, lawyers

Anthropic said Tuesdays release includes 12 new legal practice plug-ins including commercial counsel, employment counsel, litigation associate and law student

13 May 2026 10:30 am
U.S. Pentagon deploys Anthropics Mythos to patch cyber gaps while planning to ditch firm

Mythos, according to Anthropic, is capable of detecting decades-old vulnerabilities in web browsers, infrastructure and software

13 May 2026 10:26 am
OpenAI faces lawsuit in California court claiming chatbot gave advice that led to death

Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott say their son, Sam Nelson, 19, was using a chatbot for guidance on combining different drugs

13 May 2026 10:03 am
What is in the U.S. Senate's landmark crypto bill?

Crypto companies say that prohibiting third parties, such as crypto exchanges, from paying interest on stablecoins would be anti-competitive

13 May 2026 9:28 am
AI PCs becoming all-pervasive, prices will come down with adoption, says HPs Vineet Gehani

HP business on India continues to grow across enterprise, MSME and the consumer segments, said Mr. Gehani

12 May 2026 3:57 pm
Texas lawsuit accuses Netflix of illegal data collection

Netflix provides these inputs to advertisers so they can better target the company's subscribers, the suit alleges

12 May 2026 3:08 pm
Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a companys digital defence

Google said that it had disrupted a criminal groups attempt to use AI to exploit another companys previously unknown digital vulnerability

12 May 2026 11:32 am
OpenAI, Microsoft agree to cap revenue-sharing at $38 billion: Report

The development comes as OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiated a contract last month

12 May 2026 11:14 am
OpenAI creates new unit with $4 billion investment to aid corporate AI push

The venture, which will be majority owned and controlled by OpenAI, also comes as rival Anthropic enjoys strong success

12 May 2026 10:34 am
U.S. lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan a school shooting

The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI

12 May 2026 10:02 am
Ex-OpenAI exec Ilya Sutskever says he spent a year gathering proof of alleged CEO dishonesty

Closing arguments for the trial will happen on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said

12 May 2026 9:47 am
Microsoft boss 'proud' of profit-making OpenAI investment

I would also try to make sure that Sam and Greg (Brockman, his co-founder) don't create a competing company and they would join Microsoft, the Microsoft CEO told the court

12 May 2026 9:34 am
Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools

A key online learning system used by thousands of schools and universities is back after a cyberattack knocked it offline, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals

11 May 2026 10:04 am
Science Snapshots: May 10, 2026

Three recent important research developments, all readable in one minute

10 May 2026 8:00 am
Hope for pancreatic cancer as new drug, daraxonrasib, shows promise

Data presented in April suggest daraxonrasib may be far more effective than previous treatments for pancreatic cancer

9 May 2026 10:26 am
Amazon reports cloud outage at North Virginia data centre; CME, Coinbase face trading issues

AWS said its issue stemmed from increased temperatures within a single data centre and it was observing early signs of recovery

8 May 2026 2:52 pm
Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce as AI adoption reshapes operations

The internet infrastructure and cybersecurity company plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally

8 May 2026 10:31 am
OpenAI unveils three audio models for real-time voice tasks

The new models are GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate and GPT-Realtime-Whisper

8 May 2026 10:16 am
Some Instagram users left questioning why their follower counts are dropping

Media outlets reported that millions of followers had been removed from some celebrity accounts, raising fears about account deletions, mass removals of bot accounts, or a possible glitch

7 May 2026 3:03 pm
Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict

The jury in March found that Meta and YouTube parent Google had been negligent in the design of their platforms and had failed to warn users of their dangers

7 May 2026 12:28 pm
Samsung Electronics market value tops $1 trillion on chip boom

Samsung logged record first-quarter profit last week, with the announcement coming as the South Korean government pushes to break into the worlds top three AI powers

7 May 2026 12:22 pm
Anthropic unveils 'dreaming' feature to help its AI agents self-improve

Anthropic announced wider availability for other features as well, such as one for its AI agent to break down and delegate tasks to other, specialist agents

7 May 2026 10:26 am
Anthropic strikes SpaceX data centre deal as it plows ahead on AI coding

The deal gives the IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer as it looks to sell investors on its AI ambitions, while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints

7 May 2026 10:22 am
Google team finds radiation glitch that limits quantum computing

Quantum computers are already very fragile; a new study has found a ghost in the machine that poses another major threat to these machines

6 May 2026 4:30 pm
Match Group beats revenue estimates as Hinge grows, Tinder resets amid AI push

Matchs first-quarter revenue came in at $864 million, above estimates of $854.9 million, according to data compiled by LSEG

6 May 2026 2:38 pm
Freshworks to cut 11% jobs as AI reshapes software sector

AI tools from the likes of Anthropic are seen as potential existential threats to traditional software makers

6 May 2026 2:03 pm
Tesla faces EU skepticism over automated-driving tech, records show

During Teslas November annual shareholder meeting, Elon Musk said, we obviously need to get it approved in Europe, and encouraged customers to pressure regulators

5 May 2026 2:58 pm
Apple holds talks with Intel, Samsung for U.S. chipmaking: Report

While the move would offer Apple a secondary option beyond its longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the iPhone-maker is also concerned about using non-TSMC technology, the report said

5 May 2026 2:14 pm