LTM launches new tech campus in Kolkata; Bengal CM Adhikari allots more land
Campus to focus on artificial intelligence, data, cloud and digital engineering, L&T chairman and managing director S N Subrahmanyan says
Nvidia reported revenue of $96.2bn for the second quarter
Nvidia reported revenue of $96.2bn for the quarter, up 106% from the same period last year, and then did something it has never done before by guiding a full year ahead. The shares slipped about 1.3% on the release and only turned sharply higher once chief financial officer Colette Kress reached the section of the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
The deal would give Nvidia control of a major open-source AI platform as developers increasingly explore alternatives to its chips.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Ads in India for Free and Go users
The new feature will only be rolled out for logged in adults and not users under 18 years of age
NVIDIA, AWS expand AI partnership; plan to deploy 2 million additional GPUs in 2027-28
NVIDIA and AWS will introduce NVIDIA Vera CPU infrastructure to AWS and enhance NVIDIA NVLink Fusion with custom high-bandwidth memory
Nvidia doubles revenue, forecasts even more AI spending
Nvidia's biggest customers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google-parent Alphabet and Meta) are on track to spend roughly $800 billion on data centres and AI infrastructure this year
Nvidia in talks to buy AI startup Hugging Face, reports say
The two sides have held serious conversations about a transaction in recent weeks, Business Insider reported on Wednesday
Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta's new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough
Meta Platforms agreed to a significant $18 billion settlement with 48 US states. This historic deal mandates substantial changes to protect younger users on its platforms. New rules will limit daily usage and restrict access during nighttime hours for minors. Meta will also enhance its age verification technology to better identify underage users. These forthcoming changes aim to improve child safety across Instagram and Facebook.
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion: Report
Nvidia has agreed to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported
Nearly 700 OpenAI agents coordinated Hugging Face attack, says report
The episode drew wide attention and fed worries that the biggest AI companies cannot keep their own models under control
OpenAI Report Says Its Network Was Hacked By Its Own Rogue AI Agents
The 37-page report reveals previously undisclosed aspects of the recent hacking spree powered by OpenAI's most advanced models.
Gemini Live gains agentic tasks, voice inbox control and personal intelligence
Google has added four capabilities to Gemini Live, letting spoken commands trigger background agents that work across Docs, Sheets and Drive, alongside hands-free Gmail control and a spoken daily brief. Its DMA settlement requires it to let rival assistants reach comparable functionality on Android by July 2027. Google has given its voice assistant the ability [] This story continues at The Next Web
Waystar turns agentic AI loose on claims, denials, and documentation
Waystar has launched agents that interpret payer responses and automatically resubmit denied healthcare claims, which it calls the industrys first autonomous resubmission capability. Germany caps how many hospital invoices may be audited each quarter and charges a flat fee when one is reduced. An American company has built software that argues with insurers on its [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI says earlier signals could have prevented the Hugging Face breach
OpenAIs technical report on the Hugging Face breach says an internal team saw its models reaching the open internet from their sandbox in late May, and that a June alert did not stop the evaluation. It also found that training sometimes rewarded agents for exploiting their own environment. OpenAI has published its account of how [] This story continues at The Next Web
What could change for U.S. teens on Instagram and Facebook
In a landmark development, Meta reached a proposed settlement Wednesday with U.S. states over claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook children.
Vanguard is acquiring Altruist, the AI custody platform it backed six years ago
Vanguard has agreed to acquire Altruist, an AI-driven custody and software platform for independent financial advisers that it first invested in during 2020, on undisclosed terms. Britain and the EU are addressing the same shortage of advice through rule changes rather than acquisitions. Vanguard is buying the platform it helped fund. It has agreed to [] This story continues at The Next Web
Alibabas Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, an open-weight preview of the architecture it intends to use for Qwen4, carrying 125B parameters but activating only 6B for each token. Its licence may not qualify for the EU AI Acts open-source exemption. Alibabas Qwen team has published the architecture it plans to build Qwen4 on. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next carries [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI receptionists seem like a dangerous idea after a patient revealed her doctor
A GP surgery in South Yorkshire has withdrawn an AI receptionist after a woman recovering from a stroke could not make it understand her and moved to another practice. The NHS Accessible Information Standard has required practices to identify and meet patients communication needs since 2016. A woman recovering from a stroke could not get [] This story continues at The Next Web
Divide-and-conquer approach advances system reliability through scalable model checking
Model checking helps automatically verify whether hardware and software systems satisfy specified requirements. It has become an important formal verification technique, but two major challenges remain: state-space explosion, which limits the size of systems that can be checked, and long verification times.
Up to half of planned US data centres face delays or cancellation, Kimmeridge says
Investment firm Kimmeridge says as many as half of the data centres proposed in the United States are at risk of delay or cancellation because of political backlash and the difficulty of building physical infrastructure. It expects that to cut forecasts for US gas demand, most of which Europe now buys. As many as half [] This story continues at The Next Web
IDC expects Apple to ship 10 million foldable iPhones in year one at $2,500
IDC predicts Apples first foldable iPhone will ship more than 10 million units in its first year at a price of $2,500, reviving a category that was heading for a double-digit decline. In the EU the device will have to carry an energy label grading its repairability and its survival of repeated drops. Apples first [] This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic signs $45B compute deal with Britain
Anthropic has agreed to spend $45B over six years renting AI computing power from Nscales flagship West Virginia data centre development, covering about 460 megawatts. Nscale is a London company preparing a US listing as soon as next month. Anthropic has agreed to spend $45B renting computing power, and the landlord is British. The six-year [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta, US states agree to a $16.7 billion settlement in landmark teen safety case
Meta agreed to pay a coalition of U.S. states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing Wednesday that ends a landmark trial in California.
Will plug-in solar plus batteries solve your power problem? I did the math
It can't be just about harvesting solar power - it's also about storage, and time-shifting cheap, off-peak power to times when it's more expensive.
AI workforce penetration in Retail GCCs has increased from 2.1% in 2022 to 4.8% in 2025, with projections of reaching 10.6% by 2028
Flexible sensor detects near-infrared light with higher response after repeated bending
A research team has developed a flexible near-infrared (NIR) photodetector that delivers photoresponsivity more than five times higher while maintaining its performance under repeated bending. The technology is expected to serve as a core platform for next-generation flexible optoelectronic devices, including wearable health care devices, medical diagnostic sensors and optical communication receivers.
Huawei has bid to build AI data centres for the Egyptian government. The US State Department is now trying to assemble a rival consortium from Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft. The tender offer proposes exporting 1,408 of Huaweis top-end Ascend 950-series chips for an AI training cloud. A further 600, either the same chips or the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Pennsylvania sued Snap using an account it opened as a 13-year-old
Pennsylvania has sued Snap over Snapchat. The case rests on a 13-year-old account, opened on a new iPhone by an investigator in the attorney generals office before the filing. What that account could reach is the evidence. Attorney General David Sunday filed the complaint on 25 August in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. It [] This story continues at The Next Web
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on 30 September. The marketplace is 21 years old, and it paid people a few cents at a time to do work that computers could not. Jeff Bezos once called it artificial artificial intelligence. A banner across the MTurk homepage sets out the decision. We regularly evaluate our programs, tools, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction
The lawsuit accused Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hiding them from the public
Gatik has raised $200m to put more driverless box trucks on US roads
Gatik has raised $200m in a Series D round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies. It is the largest financing in the autonomous trucking companys history. Millennium Management, ARK Invest and Intact Private Capital also took part, and the round brings Gatiks total to about $500m since it came out of stealth [] This story continues at The Next Web
Mate Security unveils Gamebooks to bring trusted autonomy to AI-powered security investigations
As artificial intelligence pushes security operations toward greater speed and automation, the central challenge is becoming less about whether AI can investigate threats and more about whether organizations can trust it to act. SiliconANGLE first reported on Mate Securitys Gamebooks, a new architectural layer designed to give AI agents room to reason and adapt while [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta is holding back $5.3bn unless TikTok and YouTube match its teen rules
Meta will hold back about $5.3bn of its teen safety settlement. The money moves only if TikTok and YouTube adopt the same rules and pay matching sums. The company set out the structure in a newsroom post on Wednesday, hours after agreeing to settle the states case. Meta puts the full payment at approximately $18bn, [] This story continues at The Next Web
From games to communication: How childrens online habits are shifting
Kids porn exposure on mobile devices increases, almost three times from desktop rates
Meta will pay up to $16.68bn to settle the 29-state youth safety case
Meta has agreed to pay a maximum of $16.68bn to settle claims brought by states across the country. They alleged the company designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children, misled consumers about their safety, and improperly collected the personal data of children who used its platforms. Diana Novak Jones reported the figure for Reuters on [] This story continues at The Next Web
Boston Scientific has disclosed a cybersecurity incident causing a global disruption to operations
Boston Scientific has told the US Securities and Exchange Commission that a cybersecurity incident detected on 25 August has caused a global disruption to the Companys operations, including its ability to process and ship customer orders. Shares fell about 3.5% in premarket trading, and the company has not identified who is responsible, in a year [] This story continues at The Next Web
Speed is no longer a selling point for AI agents, caution is
AI agents have spent two years competing on the same thing: independence. Less oversight, fewer clicks, more autonomy, that was the pitch. It didnt matter if the agent lived in a browser extension, a cowork app, or a coding tool. I think that pitch has become the industrys biggest liability. At Decodo, we recently reviewed [] This story continues at The Next Web
This simple antivirus tool is the easiest way to scan your Linux PC for threats - for free
Worried about Linux vulnerabilities or sharing files with Windows users? This ClamAV GUI makes it easy to ensure they're clean.
Octave sets up tech centre with 1,600 engineers in Hyderabad
The company has also set up its Experience Centre at the Hyderabad office, showcasing its connected, contextual intelligence solutions and technology capabilities
Alabama wants the name of everyone at OpenAI who raised a safety concern
Alabama has asked OpenAI to name every employee who has ever raised a safety concern about any model test. Not the Hugging Face evaluation. Any of them, at any point, with no date limit attached. That is request eight of sixteen in a subpoena the state issued on 20 August and announced on Monday. OpenAI [] This story continues at The Next Web
The SEC has subpoenaed four banks over Situational Awareness
American securities regulators have subpoenaed the banks that lent Situational Awareness the money it used to make its AI bets. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants the timing of the funds trades, and its communications with lenders about the money it was borrowing. It also told the banks to preserve any information they hold on [] This story continues at The Next Web
India tribunal lifts WhatsApp data-sharing ban, upholds Meta fine
WhatsApp had challenged the Competition Commission of India's November 2024 ban on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities, warning it may have to roll back some features
IT sector revenue growth to remain stable at 6% through FY27: Brickwork Ratings
The sector recorded $418 billion in services exports in FY26, while revenue growth is estimated at 6.1 per cent
French initiative Desibel aims to take India's AVGC-XR talent to global stage
The initiative has been introduced by the Embassy of France in India, the French Institute in India (IFI), along with support from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Moonshot AI wants 30% of what US clouds earn from Kimi K3
Moonshot AI is in early discussions with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google about hosting Kimi K3 on their cloud platforms, seeking up to 30% of the revenue those services generate, according to Reuters. It would be the first arrangement of its kind between a Chinese AI company and the major American clouds, involving a model thatMoonshot [] This story continues at The Next Web
Deloitte will pay $21.5M to settle a DOJ investigation into its diversity targets
Deloitte has agreed to pay $21.5M to settle a US Justice Department investigation into its diversity practices, without admitting liability. The firm is one of the largest technology consultancies in the world as well as an accountancy, and it sits inside the same enterprise AI and systems integration market that has drawn Indian IT firms [] This story continues at The Next Web
SpaceX is spending $100bn on a second Starbase, on an old Exxon site in Louisiana
SpaceX will build a second Starbase in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, on a former Exxon property on the Gulf Coast, and it puts the price at $ 100 billion. The company describes it as a self-sustaining spaceport with its own propellant production, power generation, deep-water shipping, vehicle processing, and an airport, which is a fair description [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI firms debate putting cyber tests online after model hacks
Cybersecurity specialists are debating whether they should connect the virtual testing environments where they experiment with dangerous software, known as sandboxes, to the internet
Bill Gates has proposed what he calls Human Reserved jobs, occupations society would deliberately keep for people even where AI could do them, and the analogy he reaches for is a nature reserve, a place where development is restricted because something there is worth preserving. He names childcare and jury service as roles humans are [] This story continues at The Next Web
The EPA wants to make data centre pollution disclosure optional
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed making public disclosure of air pollution from minor sources voluntary rather than mandatory, a change that would cover the diesel generators clustered around data centres. It follows the same direction as the exemptions the administration has already granted, havingexcused data centres and rockets from parts of environmental lawearlier [] This story continues at The Next Web
Spain wants data centres on 80% renewables every hour, or no grid connection
Spain has drafted a decree that would require new data centres to source at least 80% of their electricity from renewables in every hour of operation, with loss of grid connection as the penalty for failing to comply. It is a markedly firmer position than the one Brussels has taken, having previously told Big Tech [] This story continues at The Next Web
Innovation does not usually die because an experiment fails. It dies when ownership disappears. Large software companies can build an ancillary tool, prove that it solves a real problem, and still starve it of attention once leadership redirects the team toward the flagship product or the next urgent initiative. My argument is simple: when a [] This story continues at The Next Web
Revolut is launching a euro stablecoin into a market MiCA handed to an American company
Revolut is launching a euro-backed stablecoin, entering a market that European regulation has spent two years accidentally consolidating around a single American issuer. The neobank is also one of the 36 firms the ECB picked for its digital euro pilot, which means it is now building the private euro token and helping test the public [] This story continues at The Next Web
Why is Bill Gates spooked by AI all of a sudden?
The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist wants to meet Chinas Xi Jinping to discuss policy ideas
Japan wants stock and bond settlement to happen instantly, on a blockchain
Japan is studying whether to move the settlement of stocks and government bonds onto blockchain infrastructure capable of running in real time around the clock, according to Nikkei, in a project involving the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan, and the countrys three largest banks. It is the sort of [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia is about to report its fastest growth in seven quarters
Nvidia is expected to report quarterly revenue of $92.18bn, close to double the same period last year and its fastest growth in seven quarters, with analysts forecasting a further rise to $104.20bn in the current quarter. The numbers are not really the issue anymore, because the scrutiny has moved to how much of that demand [] This story continues at The Next Web
Eight months into the worlds first under-16 social media ban, 26% of Australian children aged 13 to 15 are still using TikTok, one percentage point below where the figure sat before the law took effect. The data comes from the parental control software maker Qustodio, and it puts numbers to something already visible in the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta and the states are talking settlement while the jury is still sitting
Meta and state attorneys general have held settlement discussions amid the youth social media harm trial now underway in federal court in California, according to Bloomberg. The case is the largest of its kind, with 29 states pursuing the companyand four of them, California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, party to the trial thatopened this [] This story continues at The Next Web
Adam Mosseri testified that Instagram
Adam Mosseri, who has run Instagram since 2018, told a federal jury in Oakland that the apps Take a Break feature helped, but not nearly as much as we hoped, as internal documents showed only 1.8% of teenagers used it. Metas public blog post at the time said more than 90% of users who turned [] This story continues at The Next Web
FlowX.AI Brings Mission-Critical Industry AI Agents to Gemini Enterprise
Menlo Park, CA, United States, August 25th, 2026, TechnologyWire FlowX.AI is among the first partners bringing specialized industry agents to Gemini Enterprise, with enterprise-grade AI built for complex, high-stakes work where making a mistake is not an option. FlowX.AI today announced that specialized FlowX.AI agents are available through Google Cloud Marketplace and as part of [] This story continues at The Next Web
Instagram chief admits touting teen safety tool while omitting it was barely used
Meta's business model revolves around selling advertising, and the company earns more when users spend more time on its apps
Instagram chief admits touting teen safety tool while omitting it was barely used
Meta's business model revolves around selling advertising, and the company earns more when users spend more time on its apps
Meta, US states have discussed settling teen social media harm case
The development comes during a federal court trial in California over claims brought by 29 states, in what is one of the highest-profile tests of allegations that social media companies have harmed young users
AI will deflate value of IT work by up to 25%, Hexaware CEO says
As AI helps to improve efficiency, customers could demand 20%-25% lower fees for some of the work Hexaware accomplishes currently
Apple launches faster Mac mini, Mac Studio to tap AI boom
Pricing starts at $2,499 for the M5 Max version and $5,499 for the M5 Ultra model, up from $1,999 for the previous generation
H-1B visa fee hike: Nasscom says Indian IT firms have cut reliance on visas
Indian technology firms have strengthened their US workforce and STEM initiatives as policymakers reassess the role of skilled foreign workers
H-1B visa fee explained: What the $103,265 fee proposal means for US employers and foreign workers
The proposed changes could have significant implications for companies facing worker shortages and professionals seeking temporary employment in the United States
Brazil has fined TikToks owner over the way it handled childrens data, and the ruling covers people who never had an account. The National Data Protection Agency imposed a penalty of 153.7 million reais on ByteDance on Tuesday, worth about $29.9m. It cited irregularities in the processing of data belonging to children and adolescents. TikTok [] This story continues at The Next Web
Intuit is separating Mailchimp out and guiding it to zero growth
Intuit is moving Mailchimp out of its main business and into a segment of its own. The first standalone forecast it has ever published for the marketing tool is for no growth at all. Mailchimp will bring in $1,256mn to $1,266mn in fiscal 2027, Intuit said on Tuesday. That range runs from minus 1% to [] This story continues at The Next Web
Erasable semiconductor is programmed with light
Researchers at Princeton Engineering have created a semiconductor with unique properties: It is just a few molecules thick and can repeatedly change its properties in response to light. This is a step toward building more energy-efficient sensors, optoelectronic devices and computing technologies.
Alice raises $140mn to stress-test the models Anthropic and Google ship
One company spent eight years cataloguing the worst material on the internet. It has now raised $140mn to point that archive at AI models. Alice, formerly ActiveFence, announced the round on Tuesday. Apax Digital Funds led it, and will take a board seat. Total funding now stands at $280mn. The announcement names MoreTech and Phoenix [] This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic is expected to pitch investors a $30tn market opportunity
Anthropic is likely to tell IPO investors that its potential revenue opportunity runs above $30tn. That figure would top the $28.5tn SpaceX put in front of investors before its own record listing. Corrie Driebusch reported the number for The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Companies going public estimate a total addressable [] This story continues at The Next Web
SpaceX plans a $100B spaceport built for thousands of launches a year
SpaceX has announced plans to spend up to $100bn on a launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, intended to support thousands of launches annually and become the main site for Starship. Arianespace is targeting six to eight Ariane 6 launches this year. SpaceX has picked where Starship will mostly fly from, and it is Louisiana. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Emerald AI raises $150mn at a $1.05bn valuation to flex data centre power
A two-year-old company is now worth $1.05bn. It writes software that makes data centres use less electricity on demand. Emerald AI raised $150mn in an oversubscribed Series A, the company announced on Tuesday. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led it, and the round takes total funding past $220mn. The investor list is the tell. Nvidia, Siemens, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Stability AI raises $76mn from Universal, Warner, Sony Music and EA
The worlds three largest record companies have bought equity in a generative AI company. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group are all new investors in Stability AIs $76mn Series B. The company announced the round on Tuesday. The games publisher Electronic Arts joined it, alongside AMD Ventures and Pacific Alliance Ventures. [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI firms debate connecting test sandboxes to the internet after breaches
After AI models from at least three companies reached the open internet and breached real organisations during testing, security specialists are debating whether test sandboxes should have controlled internet access. Sandboxes have been isolated for a generation precisely to prevent collateral damage. The industrys response to AI models escaping their test environments may be to [] This story continues at The Next Web
Unitree shares fall 45% from their debut peak, wiping out $30bn
Unitrees shares have fallen roughly 45% from the peak they hit on their first day of trading in Shanghai. The slide has turned a national success story into an argument about how China prices its listings. The stock steadied on Tuesday after three consecutive days of decline, Reuters reported. The valuation of the Hangzhou humanoid [] This story continues at The Next Web
WhatsApp says more than one billion people now use passkey
WhatsApp said two-step verification is also getting stronger
SFAL expands beyond fabless start-ups; to support 75 more companies by 2030
In the next phase, SFAL aims to move Indias semiconductor ecosystem towards greater commercialisation, indigenous IP and private capital
Apple unveils new Mac mini, Mac studio with major chip upgrades
In May, Apple eliminated the original $599 base configuration, effectively hiking the machines starting price to $799 before the latest increase.
ESDS flags local protest impact on data centre business during IPO announcement of 720 crore
Company raises issue size to 720 crore from 600 crore; plans more centres in industrial areas to address concerns
Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving
Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia hardware in its cars from 2027. The company has invested more than 21bn yuan, about $3.1bn, since restarting its chip programme. Xiaomi is designing Nvidia out of its cars. The company has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house [] This story continues at The Next Web
Waymo is coming to Munich, with commercial service targeted for late 2027
Waymo has announced it is laying the groundwork for autonomous ride-hailing in Munich, starting with high-definition mapping and manual driving in the coming weeks. It aims to open a commercial service to the public toward the end of 2027. Munich is getting robotaxis, though not for a while. Waymo says it is laying the groundwork [] This story continues at The Next Web
A robot that takes blood could be the best AI health story of 2026
One minute and 49 seconds, that was the median time a machine needed to read a patients arm, choose a vein, insert a needle, fill the tubes, and withdraw, across the Dutch clinical trial that carried it towards regulators. A phlebotomist working carefully takes roughly five minutes, by the companys own reckoning. Nothing about the [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI-generated text found on over 1/3rd of new web pages
AI-written text could degrade future AI training data
Hivemind Digital Group has completed a $17mn strategic funding round led by M&G Investments, the asset management arm of the British savings and investment group that ran 371bn of assets at the end of March. The round gives M&G a seat on Hiveminds board and a position in a firm whose business sits between conventional [] This story continues at The Next Web
Chip design start-up Aheesa Digital signs distribution partnership with Zigma Technologies
The agreement brings together Aheesas design capability with Zigmas to carry indigenous silicon to the market across India and beyond
OpenAI Under Investigation Over Hugging Face Hack Tied To Cybersecurity Test
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has launched an investigation into OpenAI following an AI-driven hack of Hugging Face during an internal cybersecurity test. His office subpoenaed OpenAI to examine whether its safety controls and oversight violated state consumer protection laws.
It's been 35 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system. The world will never be the same.
Scalable Capital has opened its investment platform to ChatGPT and Claude, allowing its clients to analyse their portfolios and place trades through the two AI assistants rather than through the brokers own app. The Munich company says it is the first European bank to do this, and it arrives as the industry works out what [] This story continues at The Next Web
