Ananth Tech supplies critical avionics, electronic systems for GSLV, EOS-05
The flight hardware packages support critical vehicle operations across the different stages of the launch vehicle
Indias card use to climb on convenience, inclusion, report says
Debit cards remain dominant, but consumers are increasingly favoring credit for benefits like rewards, discounts, and installment options, according to GlobalData report
Novo Nordisk Foundation to build $62M quantum chip plant in Copenhagen
Europe is getting a factory for quantum chips rather than another quantum computer. Quantum Foundry Copenhagen, owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is building a 5,300-square-metre facility in the Danish capital that is due to open in 2027 and will offer wafer fabrication to quantum companies around the world. The investment is about $62M, according [] This story continues at The Next Web
DeepSeek plans large Huawei chip order for new Inner Mongolia data centre
DeepSeek is preparing a large order of Huawei AI chips for a new data centre, according to Bloomberg. Neither the size of the order nor the chip model has been disclosed, and DeepSeek has not confirmed the plan. The data centre has been reported since the summer. Bloomberg described a site of roughly one gigawatt [] This story continues at The Next Web
South Korea confirms chip investment talks with US as tariff threat grows
South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed. The confirmation wasreported byReuters, and it follows Washington signalling plans for targeted tariffs on semiconductor imports. Howard Lutnick has [] This story continues at The Next Web
BASF sues Apple over Face ID patents in Texas federal court
The worlds largest chemical company is suing Apple over Face ID. BASF filed a patent infringement claim on Thursday, alleging that dozens of iPhone and iPad models use face authentication technology covered by patents it owns. The case was reported by Reuters and was filed in federal court in Texas, in the Western District that [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI launches 'most intelligent' model, says it beat Anthropic: Report
OpenAI says its latest AI model has moved ahead of rival Anthropic in software, science and cybersecurity, as the two companies compete for the AI industry's top spot
How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts
The messaging group was set up by engineers before the wall of water, mud and rock crashed down the Trishuli valley in Nepal on August 26. It has since become a valuable tool alongside helicopters and heavy machinery in the race to find survivors.
U.S. auto safety regulator says evaluating Tesla's Cybercab rollout
The Cybercab is a two-seater autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel, pedals or mirrors
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, Sam Altman calls it best AI model in the world
OpenAI launches GPT Astra Sam Altman calls it best AI model in the world
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
Astra can autonomously handle website creation, scientific analysis, game development, cybersecurity, coding, etc., says OpenAI
ChatGPT-6 Astra: OpenAI Begins Rolling Out 'Most Aligned Model' - Features, Pricing & More
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, a frontier AI model focused on reasoning, coding, computer use, science and cybersecurity, with strong benchmark results, advanced agentic capabilities and API pricing...
OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid AI safety scrutiny
New Astra model unveiled; initiative to start with US utilities, grids and local governments
OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra model with cyber guardrails
The new model will one day be seen as the early stages of artificial general intelligence, referring to software that outperforms humans at a wide range of tasks: OpenAI President
GPT-6 Astra Is Hereand OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
OpenAI leaders think the companys next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development. GPT-6 Astra Is Hereand OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is 'the most intelligent and aligned model in the world'
The new frontier model is particularly competent at agentic, computer-use tasks.
New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels
New Jersey has legalised plug-in balcony solar up to 1,200W, barring local governments from requiring approvals and stopping landlords from blocking installation. Germany wrote the same right into its civil code in October 2024 and now has 1.31 million registered systems at 1.34GW. New Jersey has legalised plug-in balcony solar. A new law bars municipalities [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra, and Greg Brockman says AGI has arrived
OpenAIs president says artificial general intelligence has arrived. Greg Brockman told reporters that the companys new Astra model qualifies, the Washington Post reported. OpenAI defines AGI as systems that are generally smarter than humans. I do leave it up to the reader to decide for themselves if this qualifies for them, Brockman said. I think [] This story continues at The Next Web
Sam Altman says AI developers have fumbled at communicating the technology
Sam Altman says the AI industry has done a terrible job of communicating the benefits of the technology and is now exposed to a backlash, after local opposition blocked or delayed 75 data centre projects worth about $130B in a single quarter. In Europe the binding constraint is grid capacity, with Denmark holding roughly 60GW [] This story continues at The Next Web
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Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.
Why video is the first frontier as AI learns to read the physical world
A camera overlooking a loading dock might record twelve hours of trucks arriving, workers moving through the site, and boxes leaving the building. Most days, nobody has a reason to watch any of it. The footage only becomes useful when a package goes missing, an accident happens or somebody needs to work backwards from an [] This story continues at The Next Web
The 24-hour CRA deadline is changing software supply chain visibility
According to an analysis published by The Hacker News, manufacturers of products with digital elements sold in the European Union will face a September 11 deadline under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) to notify regulators within 24 hours after learning that a vulnerability is being actively exploited, with a fuller report due within 72 hours. [] This story continues at The Next Web
New design framework creates self-folding paper wearable sensors tailored to body shapes
Wearable sensors, such as wristbands, rings and adhesive patches, are becoming increasingly common for health care monitoring, fitness tracking and human-machine interaction. While most wearable devices are made from flexible polymers or textiles, paper-based sensors are emerging as cheaper and more sustainable alternatives. Such sensors could be used for applications such as medical diagnosis or detecting contaminants and toxins and could be safely discarded after use.
Transparent silicon-photonics chips could bring advanced optical systems to curved displays
The field of silicon photonics, which uses light rather than electricity to transmit and process data on semiconductor chips, has enabled optical systems to evolve from bulky setups to compact, advanced systems. Typically, however, these silicon-photonics chips are rigid and opaque.
Top Rippling alternatives for mid-market companies
Rippling sells one bundle for HR, IT, and finance, and the pitch lands well until an HR team reads the invoice. The base platform carries a low sticker price, then payroll, benefits, device management, and app provisioning each arrive as separate modules with their own per-employee fees. For a people team that wants a strong [] This story continues at The Next Web
A Tesla-style screen can modernise an older Silverado. The hard part is making everything else work
Pickup trucks have a useful life that can span decades, but the digital interfaces of such trucks can hardly be as graceful. Infotainment systems specific to vehicles are becoming a software solution between outdated hardware and new demands. A pickup truck manufactured in 2007 and one manufactured in 2026 may have a similar badge, yet [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia confirms it is buying Hugging Face for $12.93bn and promises to leave it open
Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $12.93bn, confirming a deal that had been reported for the past week. The chipmaker is acquiring the platform where much of the open-source AI community stores and shares its models, while promising to leave the platform itself largely unchanged. The price values the ten-year-old company at roughly 86 times [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk
Avalon Technologies and Zollner Elektronik AG ink JV for a new EMS facility near Chennai
Under the terms of the JV, Zollner will initially hold 51%, with an option for Avalon to own the controlling stake three years after the commencement of production at the upcoming facility in TN
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude face widespread outages; Amazon Web Services also hit
Anthropic said the only affected models remaining are Opus 4.8 and Opus 5; rest of the models have recovered to the baseline error rate
Reverse migration rethink: US-based Indian tech talent may be looking homeward
US-based Indian tech talent faces visa uncertainties, prompting many to reconsider returning to Indias growing job market.
Bluehill leads 10.2 cr seed round in semicon metrology startup Makr Microsystems
The Fund is looking beyond the most visible parts of the semiconductor value chain to back frontier technologies that can become critical infrastructure for the industry
ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude face major service disruptions globally
Thousands of users reported difficulties accessing leading AI services on Thursday, with outages affecting websites, applications and response generation.
Government likely to issue social media code of conduct for officers, employees
The proposed rules could apply to all government employees, irrespective of rank, with guidelines aimed at preventing undesirable posts across platforms
IT firms explore model routing to manage cost and complexity
Experts believes that the same frontier lab can have a suite of multiple models with different cost and capability implications
Every time a typical enterprise AI agent spins up to answer an internal question, it wakes up with severe amnesia. To make the AI useful, companies are forced into a costly, repetitive cycle: scraping thousands of documents, Slack threads, and CRM entries, and force-feeding them into the prompt window for context. It is a brute-force [] This story continues at The Next Web
From One Corridor to Many: Indonesia as the Blueprint for Asia
Across Asia, issuers are bringing local currencies onchain, regulators are establishing digital asset frameworks, and financial institutions are exploring stablecoins for payments, treasury, and cross-border settlement. Issuance, however, is only the first layer of a functioning financial network. Moving local currencies between countries requires banking connectivity, institutional liquidity, foreign exchange execution, compliance, and settlement infrastructure. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Breathtaking Views of Kedarnath Dham Mesmerise Internet
Breathtaking views of Kedarnath Dham have left the internet mesmerised. Surrounded by majestic mountains and serene landscapes, the sacred site looks nothing short of magical.
ZEISS opens its first Innovation Hub outside Germany at Chennais IIT Madras Research Park
The centre will focus on areas including advanced frugal engineering, harsh-environment optics, robotics and fluid dynamics, while undertaking interdisciplinary research with real-world industrial applications
Belkin brings semi-solid-state batteries to a $70 power bank
The car industry keeps calling this battery chemistry a decade away. Belkin has just put it in a $69.99 power bank. The company announced three product lines at IFA 2026 in Berlin on Thursday. They arrived as three separate releases, covering portable power, trackers and chargers, and audio. The headline part is the UltraCharge Pro [] This story continues at The Next Web
India has highest share of Frontier Professionals among 10 markets: Microsoft
Indian AI users are increasingly taking on work that was not possible a year ago, while retaining human judgment and oversight
A Berlin company has won the worlds first regulatory clearance for AI that closes a breast screening case. No radiologist looks at it. Vara, which trades as MX Healthcare GmbH, announced the certification on Wednesday in a statement issued through Business Wire. Chief executive Jonas Muff set out the reasoning in a longer post the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Muslim man watches Hanuman Ansh barefoot in viral video, internet reacts
Muslim man watches Hanuman Ansh barefoot in viral video internet reacts
Lexlegis.ai appoints Chaturvedi as Senior Vice President
Chaturvedi joins from LexisNexis, where he was Director Sales from April 2018
Texas spent a decade telling data centre developers they were welcome. Now its Republicans are competing over who can regulate them most aggressively, a shift that Reuters reports has put Big Tech on notice in the state that hosts more data centres than any other. The change is showing up on the ballot. Data centres [] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple is facing a 2bn claim in London over the privacy prompt that reshaped mobile advertising. The case, filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal on behalf of UK app developers, argues that App Tracking Transparency polices everyone except Apple. The claim wasreported by Reuters, which values it at $2.7bn. Bringing it is Ann Pope, a [] This story continues at The Next Web
The FAA just let a pilotless cargo plane fly out of a working airport
An aircraft with nobody on board flew itself out of a working Louisiana airport last week. It carried spare parts, medical supplies and cans of water. Its route took it over peoples houses. Elroy Air said on Wednesday it had completed the first uncrewed autonomous flights under a federal programme. That programme exists to fold [] This story continues at The Next Web
The US Army used a laser weapon on American soil, then bought it
In late August the US Army fired a high-energy laser at three drones near the Mexican border. All three came down. A week later the Army signed the contract to buy the production version. AeroVironment announced on Wednesday that it has won a $464.8m award from the Armys Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fires. The company [] This story continues at The Next Web
London has its first robotaxi service, and there is a person sitting behind the wheel of every car. Uber and Wayve began carrying passengers on Thursday in a fleet of Ford Mustang Mach-Es, each one supervised by a licensed driver who can take over. Uber owns and operates the vehicles while Wayve, the British company [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google announces Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber AI models
Google announced the launch of its new AI model, Gemini 3.8, with two variants
John Ternus became chief executive of Apple on Tuesday. The first public decision of his tenure was to rename a Canadian lake. It was also not his decision to make. Apple Maps now shows Lake Ontario as Lake America to users in the United States. Mark Gurman reported the change for Bloomberg on Tuesday evening. [] This story continues at The Next Web
ByteDance raises $29.6bn, Asia
ByteDance has landed a $29.6bn loan, the second-largest in Asia this year and roughly three times what the TikTok owner borrowed offshore in 2024. Banks put in more than $30bn of orders for a facility that started life at $20bn. The terms werefirst reported by Bloomberg. Citigroup and JPMorgan are coordinating the deal, which runs [] This story continues at The Next Web
In an interview with to businessline, on the sidelines of Xperience, Nel He also gave details about strategy for multilingual mechanism to serve various regions of the company.
A cheap piece of software erased Booz Allen
Booz Allen put 18 of the worlds most advanced AI models against a live corporate network and told them to break in. One of them finished the job. The consulting firm says the ranking it produced is the wrong thing to take away from it. The Cyber Weapon Index, published on Wednesday, scored nine American [] This story continues at The Next Web
We will continue to invest, grow in India, says Genesys Chairman & CEO Tony Bates
Bates said India is a key market for Genesys, with its local R&D teams playing a growing role in developing products for customers worldwide.
GOAT Debate Settled: Lionel Messi Breaks Internet With Receipt-Style Instagram Post
Lionel Messi has added his own twist to the long-running debate over football's greatest player by sharing a receipt-style Instagram post highlighting his achievements with Argentina.
Anthropic back on 'right side' with Trump administration, U.S. Commerce secretary says
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said AI giant Anthropic is back on the right side with the Trump administration
Google escapes U.S. bid to break up its ad business
The case focused on Googles ad tech stack, the suite of tools that website publishers use to sell ads and advertisers use to buy them
Google escapes U.S. bid to break up its ad business
The case focused on Googles ad tech stack, the suite of tools that website publishers use to sell ads and advertisers use to buy them
OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says
The companys safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents went rogue during a security test and hacked into AI company Hugging Face
Uber says laying off 'about 10%' of workforce worldwide
Uber has a total of roughly 34,000 employees with operations in more than 70 countries, according to a recent SEC filing
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces ban on AI use for students until high school
Only high school students, typically aged 14 and above, will be permitted to use artificial intelligence in limited pilot programmes
OpenAI faces new lawsuits over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting tragedy
Multiple new cases have been filed against OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT played a role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. OpenAI faces new lawsuits over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting tragedy
New York bans AI in primary school, three months after Norway did
New York City is imposing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for pupils from 2-K through eighth grade, removing student-facing AI software and companion chatbots for around 600,000 children. Norway banned generative AI in its primary schools in June, and the EU AI Act regulates AI used on pupils rather than AI used by them. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Microsoft finally puts a dollar figure on Azure, and narrows what Azure means
Microsoft will report Azure revenue in dollars each quarter for the first time, having grown it 42% to $29.42B in the June quarter under a new two-segment structure. The European Commission reached a preliminary position in June that Azure should be designated a gatekeeper, with a final decision expected by the end of the year. [] This story continues at The Next Web
What happens to trust when attention becomes more valuable than the truth?
We have built an internet space where attention can be more valuable than truth. That decision is beginning to cost us something far more important: trust. What concerns me is how quickly attention has become its own form of currency. Social media did not invent anger, dishonesty, division or human frustration. Those things existed long [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia boss presses G20 ministers to build AI infrastructure
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang urged G20 ministers on Wednesday to build more data centers to support the artificial intelligence revolution and warned that leaders who talk up the technology
The AI skills gap is growing while schools wait for perfect answers
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future challenge for education. It is already changing how people write, analyze, design, and build. Yet many schools still treat it mainly as a shortcut students might misuse. That response is understandable, but it leaves teachers unsupported and students preparing for a world that is disappearing. That gap is [] This story continues at The Next Web
NASA turns to a stripped-down Sortie Suit for the first Artemis landings
NASA has told Axiom Space to develop a simpler Sortie Suit for the first lunar landings, cutting mass and complexity to support a 2028 target. The same acceleration cancelled the Lunar Gateway, and ESAs three guaranteed European astronaut flights were secured against Gateway hardware. NASA is simplifying the spacesuit for its first Moon landings. Axiom [] This story continues at The Next Web
Adobe for Slack turns chat threads into Firefly images, video and PDFs
Adobe for Slack lets Slackbot turn conversations and shared files into images, video and documents using Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat and more than 70 other tools. Article 50 of the EU AI Act now requires synthetic content to be marked in a machine-readable format, and the Commissions own guidance names Adobes C2PA standard as a [] This story continues at The Next Web
Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times
Circular announces Ring 3 Pro and Slim at IFA with contactless payments and haptic alerts
Circular has announced the Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim at IFA in Berlin, adding contactless payments and haptic alerts, with no price or release date given. The Pros ECG and atrial fibrillation detection is described as FDA cleared, and EU medical device rules require a separate conformity assessment that American clearance does not [] This story continues at The Next Web
Wonderful raises $550M Series C at $5B valuation, led by Insight Partners with Salesforce
Wonderful has closed a $550M Series C at a $5B valuation led by Insight Partners with Salesforce participating, eighteen months after being founded and six months after a $150M round at $2B. Its press release is datelined Amsterdam while Israeli technology press covers it as an Israeli company. Wonderful has raised $550M at a $5B [] This story continues at The Next Web
China exported 8.32 million vehicles last year. Now it wants them sold at stable prices
Chinas commerce and industry ministries and its market regulator have issued joint guidelines telling automakers to price overseas on costs and market demand, set clear price tiers and avoid frequent steep changes. The EU has spent two years trying to replace its countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles with a negotiated minimum import price. China [] This story continues at The Next Web
Modular design and metal build headline this USB-C power strip down at $40 (Save 39%)
ORICO Metal Sliding USB-C Power Strip Buy for $40 (Reg. $66) Clip the on-page $17 off coupon. What we love This power strip sets itself apart with a modular rail design that allows you to put AC, Type-C, and USB-A ports where you want them. I dig that its made of metal too, giving it more of an industrial look and feel. more
ElevenLabs has hired Ashley Kramer, formerly vice president of enterprise sales at OpenAI, as its first chief revenue officer, as more than half its revenue shifts to enterprise customers. Its core product falls under the AI Acts synthetic content marking rules, which give systems already on the market until 2 December 2026 to comply. ElevenLabs [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale
While the ad exchange is a small part of Google's business, the ruling is a powerful symbolic victory that puts the tech titan at 2-0 against the US Department of Justice's efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies
Spigen Enzo Aramid and metal iPhone 17 Case drops to $31 Amazon low
Spigen Enzo Aramid T iPhone 17 Case Buy for $31.50 (Reg. $40) What we love Spigens Enzo case lineup is its more premium and high-end treatment, but you can still land one at under $32 right now. The Aramid Fiber body is accented with metal detail work alongside MagSafe action and a proper Camera Control Button it is easily among my favorite options in the lineup more
Walnut Launches Enterprise AI Agent Platform to Personalize the B2B Buyer Experience
For B2B software companies, product-led buying has created a new challenge: buyers increasingly expect to explore products on their own terms, while go-to-market teams still have limited time to tailor those experiences. Walnut is now betting that AI can make that personalization scalable. Walnut, a platform used by go-to-market teams at hundreds of B2B software [] This story continues at The Next Web
Ahaorigin Waterproof LED Solar Powered Outdoor Metal Hanging Lantern (2-Pack) $14.93
Ahaorigin Waterproof LED Solar Powered Outdoor Metal Hanging Lantern (2-Pack) $14.93
Huskeys Raises $27M Series A Led by Blackstone to Build a New Security Layer for the Network Edge
The cybersecurity industry has spent years adding new layers of protection around applications, cloud infrastructure, and internet-facing services. But as organizations adopt more cloud providers, CDNs, web application firewalls and network technologies, a different problem is emerging: managing all of those systems together. That challenge is now attracting investor attention. Huskeys has raised a $27 [] This story continues at The Next Web
AEREDIUM launches AERSeal to end single-key control of smart contracts
AEREDIUM has launched AERSeal, a security product for smart contracts. It exists to stop a single compromised private key from handing an attacker control of a contract. Smart contracts often rely on one private key to authorise sensitive operations. Those include minting assets, upgrading the contract, or changing administrative settings. If someone steals that key, [] This story continues at The Next Web
KFintech launches ARYA, an AI platform for end-to-end MF transactions
ARYA allows investors to move from portfolio inquiry to transaction execution within a single conversation, covering lump-sum purchases and SIP registrations currently in live testing
Watch: HPV vaccination roll out, climate change, metabolic diseases and more | Health Wrap
In this episode of Health Wrap, senior health journalists Ramya Kannan and Zubeda Hamid discuss the weeks important developments in public health. This episode looks at the rollout of Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination across States in India to prevent cervical cancer, which continues to claim thousands of lives each year.
OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack
Although Astra was not involved in the incident, OpenAI has beefed up its safety measures, the company said in a blog post
Yotta targets Jan-March 2027 IPO, seeks up to $1.5 billionamid AI boom
The Hiranandani Group-backed firm is looking to file draft IPO papers in October and aims to raise up to $1.5 billion to repay debt, buy graphics processing units and expand sovereign cloud infrastructure that keeps data within national borders, he said.
Not just Nvidia: these power and cooling firms are riding the data centre boom
Surging AI workloads are reshaping data centre infrastructure, creating opportunities for suppliers while exposing growing power, cooling and supply constraints
U.S. urges hands-off approach to AI regulation at G20 tech meeting
Google DeepMinds Demis Hassabis, Metas Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed the gathering by video on Tuesday
