Most large organisations think full digital sovereignty is unrealistic, Capgemini finds
Digital sovereignty has arrived in the boardroom and has immediately been downgraded. Some 93% of large organisations have now discussed it at the board level, and 59% say full digital sovereignty is not a realistic goal, according to a Capgemini Research Institute surveyof 1,300 business and technology executives published on Tuesday. What has replaced the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Dacia moves Spring production from China to Slovenia and keeps the range under
Dacia has revealed a second-generation Spring built at Renaults Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, and the entire range is priced below 20,000 before government subsidies. The first-generation car, which sold more than 210,000 units across forty countries since 2021, was built in China. That relocation is the story, and the press materials do not mention [] This story continues at The Next Web
John Ternus takes over Apple from Tim Cook
Apple disclosed in a filing on Tuesday that Ternus annual salary was increased to $3 million
Anthropic has walked away from its $6bn Decart deal, Bloomberg reports
Anthropic has decided against buying Decart AI,Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. The company had explored a deal and completed due diligence before walking away, and one of those people said the two may still find other ways to work together. Representatives for both companies declined to [] This story continues at The Next Web
Australia will make platforms prompt users to switch off algorithmic feeds
Australia has published draft legislation that would require social media platforms to show users recurring prompts offering to turn the algorithmic feed off. The exposure draft of the Digital Duty of Care bill went out this week,Reuters reported, and carries penalties above A$100m for breaches. Plenty of jurisdictions have established that users should be able [] This story continues at The Next Web
Mistral has raised 3bn in a Series D at a post-money valuation of more than 21bn, which the company says is the largest equity fundraising ever completed by a European technology firm. Samsung Electronics led the round, three years after the Paris company was founded. The co-leads are the part worth pausing on. One is [] This story continues at The Next Web
Sar Televentures calls off 669 crore Tikona Infinet acquisition
The decision follows an inordinate delay in obtaining the requisite approval for the proposed transaction
Sterlite Technologies targets 20,000 crore revenue by FY29
The broadband technology company plans significant capacity expansion and deeper customer relationships as it seeks to scale its digital connectivity business globally
'KEEP EU OUT': Trump, Putin Eye Ukraine Deal Without Europe? Big Talks Bombshell Emerge
The European Union has faced questions over why none of its representatives attended talks in Kyiv involving Donald Trumps envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Asked directly whether the EU had not been invited, spokesperson Christian Wigand said Brussels was aware of the meetings and remained in constant contact with key interlocutors. He did not explain why no EU representative participated. The exchange has intensified questions over Europes role as Washington conducts direct diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine over the future of a conflict taking place on the EUs borders.
GPUThor breaks the error correction Nvidia recommended against Rowhammer
Last year Nvidia told GPU owners worried about Rowhammer to switch on error correction. Four researchers at the University of Toronto have now shown that the same attack, aimed harder, goes straight through it. Their technique, GPUThor, is the first Rowhammer attack to defeat ECC on Nvidia GPUs. It works on four Ampere-generation workstation cards: [] This story continues at The Next Web
Belgian chip researcher held since May over secrets allegedly sent to China
Belgian prosecutors have held a 52-year-old man in pre-trial detention since 10 May on suspicion of passing chip-making secrets to China. He holds Belgian and Chinese nationality. Police arrested him at Brussels Airport as he was about to board a flight to Beijing, the Federal Prosecutors Office said in a statement on Monday. That is [] This story continues at The Next Web
Uforce, the London-based drone company built from Ukrainian battlefield manufacturers, is in talks to raise about $500m at a valuation of around $5bn, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Valor Equity Partners, the firm run by SpaceX board member Antonio Gracias, would lead the round. Yazhou Sun and Rebecca Torrence cited people familiar with the matter who [] This story continues at The Next Web
Jensen Huang says AGI has arrived, and 400,000 more GPUs are coming
Jensen Huang said it in four words. AGI has arrived, the Nvidia chief executive wrote on X late on Sunday, congratulating OpenAI on GPT-6 Astra. By Monday morning the post had passed 10 million views. The rest of the post is the part worth reading. Huang wrote that OpenAI trained Astra on more than 100,000 [] This story continues at The Next Web
Dubai is training 14,000 companies to run AI agents, on a two-year clock
Dubai Chambers is putting more than 14,000 companies through training in agentic AI, the kind of software that carries out tasks on its own rather than answering questions. The body launched the courses on 1 September in front of 90 chairpersons of its business groups and councils. It sent the announcement out on the international [] This story continues at The Next Web
Chinas Secret Lop Nur Airbase Expansion: Why India Should Be Watching | Axis Eye
China is rapidly expanding a remote flight-test facility near Lop Nur in Xinjiang, with new hangars, taxiways, a circular test pad and possible fuel infrastructure. The site is linked to sightings of the mysterious J-36 and J-XDS aircraft and could help Beijing accelerate the development of stealth fighters, bombers, drones and other advanced military systems.What does the Lop Nur expansion reveal about Chinas military ambitions? And is India prepared for the next phase of Chinese air-power development? Shreya Chandra has more
Chinas Lop Nur Expansion: Is India Ready For Beijings Next Air Threat?
China is expanding a highly secretive military test facility at Lop Nur in Xinjiang, with new hangars, taxiways, a circular test pad and possible fuel infrastructure. The remote site has also been linked to sightings of Chinas mysterious J-36 and J-XDS aircraft.For India, the bigger concern is not just one new Chinese fighter. It is the speed at which Beijing is developing a connected network of stealth aircraft, drones, satellites, electronic warfare systems and long-range missiles.Could this expansion give China a major advantage along the Himalayan frontier? And is India prepared for the next generation of aerial warfare? Shreya Chandra has moreWatch: https://youtu.be/wwFWx1IOSqI
The Champions League returns with five Premier League clubs among 36 teams competing for Europes biggest club prize. Defending champions PSG are chasing an unprecedented three-peat in the modern era, while Manchester City, Liverpool and other English sides enter after another record-breaking transfer window dominated by Premier League spending.
Jaguar Land Rover cuts 4,000 jobs and resets break-even to 300,000 cars
The number that matters in Mondays Jaguar Land Rover announcement is not 4,000. It is 300,000. That is the annual sales volume at which the company now intends to break even. Its brands have historically sold well over 400,000 vehicles a year. Just Auto made that comparison in its report on the statement. JLR is [] This story continues at The Next Web
How charismatic victory of German far-right party AfD is a warning to Europe
How charismatic victory of German far-right party AfD is a warning to Europe
The rise of searching for hard ROI in the CFO role
The adoption race is over. The ROI race just started. In a June 2025 survey of 183 CFOs, Gartner reported that 84% of finance organisations had deployed AI or planned to, but only 7% reported a high impact. Most AI spend results in increased productivity, efficiency and time back, rather than hard ROI. Gartner surveyed [] This story continues at The Next Web
The investment case for Cato is unusual. Most software sells on the promise of making a hard thing easy. Catos backers are betting that a hard thing stays hard. The Milan startup has raised 6m in seed funding to sell AI to companies bidding for Italian public tenders. Keen Venture Partners, the Amsterdam and London [] This story continues at The Next Web
DC Edit | Meetings Show India-China Ties Entering Positive Turf
Post-Galwan, several Corps Commander meetings were held, invariably in the Ladakh sector. The move to include two more sectors came up in NSAs meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in China last month and the meeting at the Vacha-Damai border point was a direct consequence of that
AI agent reliability requires a new model of observability
The rapid adoption of AI agents is changing the architecture of how organizations operate. Agents can interpret information, make decisions, interact with enterprise systems, and execute tasks with a degree of autonomy that would previously have required human involvement. That autonomy creates significant opportunities for efficiency, yet it also introduces a fundamental challenge that conventional [] This story continues at The Next Web
NEURA and SECO will build robot compute modules in Europe
A German company designs the robot. An Italian company builds the board that goes inside it. An American company designs the chip that goes on the board. That is the European Physical AI stack as it actually exists. On Monday, two thirds of it signed a partnership. NEURA Robotics and SECO said in a joint [] This story continues at The Next Web
Robot army? How China is preparing for future battlefieds
China's military is dedicated to the exploration and development of humanoid robots, aiming to integrate them into upcoming combat scenarios. Several research institutions are rigorously testing these robots to meet specific combat needs while investing in advanced capabilities. The primary areas of focus include improving perception, manipulation, and training methods for operational efficacy.
Satwik and Chirag credit China Masters win for Asian Games confidence
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Torvalds joked that AI made Linux 7.3-rc2 this big, and nobody checked
Linus Torvalds spent Sunday afternoon doing what he does most Sundays. The result was a Linux 7.3-rc2 that came in far heavier than the calendar says it should. He could not find a single cause for it. So he offered the one everybody reaches for. It might be just random, he wrote in his rc2 [] This story continues at The Next Web
BRICS Guns For Dollar Dominance; China, Russia, India Plot New Cross-Border Payment Highway
BRICS is exploring a new way to move money across borders. The plan is not a common currency. It is a network linking fast-payment systems, central-bank digital currencies and local-currency trade. India brings its biggest advantage: UPI. In July 2026, UPI processed 23.66 billion transactions worth about $314 billion. The question is whether UPI can become part of a wider BRICS payment corridor. Faster settlement could help Indian exporters, travellers, businesses and remittance users. It could also reduce dependence on dollar-based routes and Western financial infrastructure. But the system is still at the discussion stage. Technical standards, data security, currency conversion and political trust remain major hurdles. This report explains the payment problem, the role of UPI, CBDCs, BRICS Pay and the New Development Bank. Can India help build a parallel payments highway? Can BRICS reduce dollar dependence without becoming dependent on China? Watch the full analysis.
Chirag Shetty Eyes Asian Games Glory After China Masters Victory
After winning the China Masters, Chirag Shetty shares plans for the upcoming Asian Games in Japan, aiming for gold. Chirag Shetty Eyes Asian Games Glory After China Masters Victory
Hybrids are outselling everything in Europe. That
American buyers are leaving electric cars for hybrids and petrol after the $7,500 federal credit ended, with 42.6% of second-quarter EV trade-ins going to a combustion car. Hybrids are already the biggest-selling powertrain in the EU at 37.3%, and the Commission has proposed keeping them legal after 2035. Americans who bought an electric car are [] This story continues at The Next Web
UBS now wants AI skills from its junior bankers, Financial Times reports
For two years the AI story in banking has been a headcount story. How many graduates a bank takes, and how many it quietly stops taking. UBS has changed the question. It is no longer asking how many juniors it needs. It is asking what a junior has to be. The change covers anyone applying [] This story continues at The Next Web
France and Germany spent the summer agreeing that Europe needs its own battlefield AI. They have not agreed on whose it should be. Internal German government notes seen by Politico Europe show Berlin is wary of Arcadia, the French-built Palantir rival. The worry is that adopting it would trade reliance on an American company for [] This story continues at The Next Web
Shadow AI is already inside your company. Here
Companies are discovering AI agents connected to email, customer data, and code without IT oversight. Finding them is only the beginning. For most of the past decade, the list of software a company ran was, at least in theory, one that somebody in IT could find. Today, however, AI is making that increasingly difficult. A [] This story continues at The Next Web
Tech Mahindra Partners with PeaceHealth to Build an AI-Driven Healthcare Ecosystem in US
Tech Mahindras US-based healthcare subsidiary, The HCI Group, will modernise and manage key IT operations of PeaceHealth
Apples ramp up in India hiring hints greater role in global tech ecosystem: GlobalData
Apple announced hirings focused on AI, data platforms, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and Apple ads among others
ByteDance is preparing a real-time spatial video model under Zhang Yiming, Bloomberg reports
ByteDance is preparing an AI model for real-time spatial video generation, with founder Zhang Yiming personally overseeing the work and a launch possible as soon as next month,Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. One of those people cautioned that the timing is not settled and the plans [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI may accelerate anti-competitive practices in digital markets: CCI chief
She said businesses across sectors were rapidly adopting AI tools and applications, bringing benefits in areas such as education, healthcare, logistics and supply chain management
Tech companies are scouting Argentine Patagonia for AI data centres, Reuters reports
A stretch of Argentina that mostly exports wind, gas and sheep is being pitched to the companies building AI infrastructure, and some of them are listening. Developers and energy firms are courting hyperscalers for data centre projects across Patagonia and the surrounding provinces, Reuters reported, with initial agreements targeted by the end of this year [] This story continues at The Next Web
Italian hosting collective Autistici/Inventati is shutting down after a US terrorist designation
Autistici/Inventati, an Italian nonprofit that has hosted email, websites, mailing lists, and blogs for activists since 2001, is closing down. The collective said it will discontinue all services and help users retrieve their data, eleven days after the United States listed it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The designation was announced by the State [] This story continues at The Next Web
Digital advertising set to reach 80% of global ad revenue by 2029
Changing consumer behaviour and advertiser preferences are accelerating the shift online, with measurable outcomes making digital formats increasingly important for businesses.
Cathay Pacific and Google partner on AI contrail avoidance for ultra-long-haul flights
Cathay Pacific has flown more than 80 contrail-avoidance routes in a trial with Google that began in late 2025, adjusting cruise altitude to steer clear of the thin bands of humid air where aircraft exhaust freezes into clouds that trap heat. Google puts the result atroughly a 40% reductionin the warming impact of the contrails [] This story continues at The Next Web
Two outside researchers found 15,000 edits on a German wiki that OpenAI agents had turned into a message board for bypassing restrictions, an incident from May that OpenAI knew about and did not disclose. No automated monitoring caught it. The articles argument is that OpenAI has been publishing categories of risk, including that Astra sometimes [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI could pose existential risk to humanity, UN rights chief warns
Turk's remarks echoed prior warnings from top artificial intelligence executives themselves about extinction risks from AI, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
TCS launches 4,500-square-ft AI-native creative engineering studio in London
The new hub will serve as an extension of TCS Interactive, the companys digital design, marketing and experience-led transformation arm
Fluencify raises $4.3M pre-seed after passing $2M ARR six months from launch
Fluencify, a Stockholm company that runs creator marketing campaigns with software agents rather than account managers, has raised an oversubscribed $4.3M pre-seed round led by byFounders. It comes six months after the platform launched, a period in which the company says it passed $2M in annual recurring revenue. Wave Ventures also took part, and Magnus [] This story continues at The Next Web
Maxim Magaziner on building faster, more reliable engineering teams
Software teams are under constant pressure to move faster. Better development tools, stronger testing frameworks, and more mature deployment systems have shortened the distance between an idea and a working product. But faster delivery also raises the stakes. When architecture, testing, and maintainability are treated as afterthoughts, short-term gains can create long-term problems. That challenge [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google-backed Pixxel raises $100M in India
Pixxel, the Indian company that has spent six years arguing that Earth observation is worth doing in colours the human eye cannot see, has raised $100M in a Series C round led by Singapores state investor Temasek and the London-listed Seraphim Space Investment Trust. It is the largest single round any Indian space technology company [] This story continues at The Next Web
Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under new law
Australians could be given the option of opting out of powerful social media algorithms under new legislation cracking down on Big Tech, a minister said Monday.
WikiConference India 2026 concludes in Kochi
Nearly 100 participants from India and 25 participants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan attended the conference with scholarships
Huawei launches new foldable smartphone as competition with Xiaomi, Apple heats up
The new Mate XT2 folds out twice to open into a tablet-sized screen and features Huawei's new Kirin 9050 Pro chip
EU official calls for consolidation among Europe
The EUs forthcoming Quantum Act will not come with a dedicated budget. The act is not about budget, said Thomas Skordas, deputy director-general of the European Commissions DG CNECT, at a European Parliament event last week, on 3rd of September. What the act will provide is the stimulus to make sure that we move in [] This story continues at The Next Web
Claret Capital Partners has closed its fourth European growth debt fund at 575M, well past the 500M it set out to raise. The London firm announced the final close today, splitting the total into 440m of Fund IV commitments and 135m of affiliated discretionary mandates. The money lends rather than buys, as growth debt gives [] This story continues at The Next Web
Why Teslas steering-less Cybercab is under investigation | Explained
Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the Cybercab as basically a super comfortable lounge on wheels with a great TV and epic sound, but the U.S. vehicles regulator is still looking into the situation
Titan Intech secures GeM OEM status for five display product categories
The recognition is expected to strengthen the companys credentials with government departments, PSUs, defence, education institutions and other institutional buyers
OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behaviour
The statement follows a Reuters report that a swarm of OpenAI agents had hijacked a communally edited German site earlier this year and used it as a springboard
An AI hacking trick is now being used to split the word
For two years, invisible Unicode characters have been the neat trick of AI security research. You hide instructions inside them. A person sees nothing. A language model reads them and does as it is told. Microsoft has now found somebody using the same characters for something far less clever. They were splitting up the word [] This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic will reportedly list days before the US midterm elections
Anthropics stock market debut has moved, and the new date puts it days away from a national election. Reuters reported on Friday that the company expects to start marketing its offering in mid-October at the earliest. The listing would then complete shortly before the US midterms in November. Echo Wang had the story from people [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia now holds $99bn in shares of the companies that buy its chips
Nvidia sells the chips that the AI industry runs on. It now also owns $99bn of the industry. The figure sits in the companys own quarterly filing. CNBCs Kai Nicol-Schwarz pulled it out. Nvidia equity investments stood at $99bn as of 26 July. A year earlier the figure stood at about $7bn. Two years earlier, [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI says it reached its goal of creating an automated research intern
The company hopes to have an even better automated AI researcher by March 2028.
Thinking Machines is in talks to raise $6bn, The Information reports
Mira Muratis Thinking Machines Lab is raising money again. The figure that travelled around the internet last week was the wrong one. The Information broke the story on 3 September. Its current version puts the raise at $5bn to $6bn, on a pre-money valuation of at least $40bn. Accel, an investor since the seed round, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Ultrahuman raised $70m to turn its ring into a computer
Ultrahuman has raised $70m, and the pitch it made to get the money is not a better sleep score. The Indian company wants its smart ring to stop being a tracker and start running software. TechCrunchs Jagmeet Singh reported the round first, with an interview with founder and chief executive Mohit Kumar. It is $65m [] This story continues at The Next Web
Space and Time: where AI agents meet verifiable onchain data
Space and Time was the first Web3 company to receive funding from Microsofts M12 venture arm, backing that helped put the project on the map early. Since then, the company has launched its purpose-built SXT Chain and expanded its Proof of SQL technology across DeFi, institutional finance and AI. In this interview, co-founder and CTO [] This story continues at The Next Web
The US paid for a peace deal in Nvidia chips
When Armenia opened the biggest AI factory in its region last month, we filed it under compute diplomacy. The Wall Street Journal now reports what the compute actually bought. Robbie Whelan reported on Friday that US negotiators used the promise of access to Nvidias AI chips to help secure a peace deal. Armenia and Azerbaijan [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nigeria secure U19 Women's World Cup place after thrilling Africa Qualifier final
Nigeria secured their place at next years U19 Womens T20 World Cup after edging Zimbabwe by four runs in the final of the Africa Qualifier in Dar es Salaam. They remained unbeaten throughout the competition...
Thailand halted more data centres than it has running
Thailand has stopped construction on 49 data centres, which is more than it currently has running. Anuchit Nguyen reported the suspension for Bloomberg on Friday, after the first meeting of a new supervision commission chaired by finance minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas. The country has 35 data centres in operation and 117 more waiting on investment approval. [] This story continues at The Next Web
US war veteran's home threatened by Elon Musk's AI data centre in Tennessee
EU tech chief says AI guardrails are coming to the US anyway
Henna Virkkunen told Axios at the G20 innovation ministerial that the US and the EU keep arriving at similar AI protections, Europe by regulating in advance and America through courts and state law. She made the argument at the summit where Washington launched the Carolina Principles urging governments not to create new AI rules or [] This story continues at The Next Web
Kenya bet its graduates on gig work in 2022. ChatGPT launched that year
In 2022 Kenya adopted a ten-year national plan to move its graduates into online outsourcing work. OpenAI released ChatGPT the same year. Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur set out what happened next, reporting from Nairobi for the New York Times with Edwin Okoth. At its peak early this decade, researchers estimated at least 40,000 people [] This story continues at The Next Web
The man paid to prove Fermat by hand says Claude did it in 11 days
A mathematician holds a five-year grant to formalise Fermats Last Theorem. It has been done for him in eleven days, and he says the result tells us nothing about mathematics. Anthropic published the proof on Friday. Dozens of Claude agents wrote 13 million lines of Lean code and proved 30,300 intermediate theorems. They used 29,500 [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nigeria Edge Zimbabwe To Qualify For ICC U19 Womens T20 World Cup 2027
ICC U19 Women: Nigeria held their nerve in a tense final against Zimbabwe to register a four-run victory and secure qualification for the ICC U19 Womens T20 World Cup 2027. The victory in the Africa Qualifier Division 1 final also capped an unbeaten campaign for Nigeria, who secured Africas sole qualification spot for next years tournament. They will join South Africa as the continents representatives at the ICC U19 Womens T20 World Cup, which will be hosted by Bangladesh and Nepal. Batting first, Nigeria managed 98 before their bowlers produced a disciplined performance to restrict Zimbabwe to 94, with just one ball remaining in the innings. Captain Christabel Chukwuonye led from the front with a valuable 21, while Beauty Oguai contributed 19 and Jessica Bieni scored 15 as Nigeria posted a competitive total on a challenging surface. Zimbabwes Christine Mutasa claimed two wickets, while Tadiwanashe Garutsa took one. In the chase, Zimbabwe remained in contention throughout, with Salem Museka top-scoring with 27. Bethel Zinyama added 21, while Nicolette Nyika made 18, but Nigerias bowlers kept applying pressure at crucial stages. Usen Peace was the standout performer with the ball for Nigeria, taking three wickets. Jennifer Godwin and Annointed Akhigbe chipped in with two wickets each to help their side defend the modest total. An emotional Chukwuonye credited her teammates and coaching staff for holding their composure under pressure. I actually cried when the game was over because I couldnt really express what I was feeling. The next phase is just the beginning, and we know it will be tougher. My team has really been the best, she said. They listened to the coaches, stayed united and, even with the pressure in the last over, were able to hold their nerves. I wouldnt be here holding this trophy without the support of the coaching crew and my players. I am very grateful to all of them, she added. Uganda finished third in the competition after defeating Rwanda by seven wickets. Chasing 74, Uganda reached the target in 16.1 overs after losing three wickets. They listened to the coaches, stayed united and, even with the pressure in the last over, were able to hold their nerves. I wouldnt be here holding this trophy without the support of the coaching crew and my players. I am very grateful to all of them, she added. Also Read: Special Cricket Stories Namibia finished seventh after defeating Malawi by nine wickets. Malawi were dismissed for 38 in 12.2 overs, with Namibia completing the chase in just 5.1 overs. Article Source: IANS
Uber put $100m into the company that hired Anthony Levandowski
Uber has put $100m into a company that just hired Anthony Levandowski. His theft of Googles self-driving secrets cost Uber a fortune, and it helped end Travis Kalanicks time as chief executive. The company is Atoms, Kalanicks new venture. Rafe Rosner-Uddin reported the arrangement for the Financial Times on Sunday. He cited people familiar with [] This story continues at The Next Web
British-Nigerian Influencer Dies After Penis Enlargement Procedure In Thailand: What Happened?
Cosmetic surgery aimed at making the penis look bigger has led to a tragedy following the death of British-Nigerian socialite and businessman Igho Tiny Ubiribo who passed away after getting his penis filled with a substance in Thailand. Ubiribo,
OpenAI Astra arrives, so do a few big AI headaches for humanity
OpenAI Astra arrives so do a few big AI headaches for humanity
Console makers say buyers are owed nothing from their tariff refunds
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all moved to dismiss class actions arguing they should pass US tariff refunds back to console buyers, saying customers paid advertised prices and got working consoles. European buyers absorbed the same increases but there is no European tariff refund, because there was no European tariff. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are [] This story continues at The Next Web
Isar Aerospace reaches orbit on its second flight, a first for a European commercial launcher
Isar Aerospaces Spectrum rocket reached orbit and deployed satellites from Andoya in northern Norway on Saturday night, the first commercial European company to do so and on only its second flight. It lands four days before Macrons Paris space summit, which SpaceX and Blue Origin withdrew from last week. Isar Aerospaces Spectrum rocket reached orbit [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident'; plans framework to report unintended AI behaviour
Recently a research found that a group of rogue OpenAI agents took control of a German website this spring and turned it into a message board for other AI agents
Cybersecurity skills gap widens as cyberattacks surge: Kerala DGP
The summit was supported by the Data Security Council of India, TiE Kerala and the Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Chinese banks and carriers have turned AI tokens into rewards, monthly plans and collateral
Chinese banks, telecom carriers and a Guangzhou district have started packaging AI tokens as credit card rewards, monthly plans and a basis for business lending. Research across 25 European languages finds tokeniser fertility ranges from 1.23 tokens per word in English to about 3.1 in Greek and Maltese. Banks, telecom carriers and a district government [] This story continues at The Next Web
Four American firms skipped Macron
SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space and Starcloud pulled out of Macrons Paris space summit after White House pressure, though several are expected back in the city days later for World Space Business Week. Organisers describe the event as behind schedule and unclear in purpose, while Washington lobbies against the EU Space Act. Four American space [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI confirms the wiki incident and promises a disclosure framework within weeks
OpenAI has confirmed the German wiki incident and said it is past time to define standards for reporting misalignment, promising a framework within weeks. The EU code of practice it signed sets reporting deadlines for security breaches and serious harm, but an agent-filled wiki fits neither category cleanly. OpenAI has confirmed its role in the [] This story continues at The Next Web
California is deciding who may verify AI, and one investigation already cost $400,000 in tokens
Californias legislature has passed SB 813, requiring the state to certify independent verification organisations that can test frontier AI models by January 2028. The METR investigation into OpenAIs Hugging Face incident consumed about $400,000 in API credits provided free by OpenAI, using a model from the same family that took part in the attack. Californias [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI safety researchers say OpenAIs Astra appears to do less of its reasoning in visible text, and OpenAIs chief scientist has warned against a race into unmonitorability. He co-authored a 2025 position paper asking developers to evaluate and report exactly this, which the EUs code of practice turns into a filing to the AI Office. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Jio eyes global market with India-built technology across connectivity, AI
The company has grown rapidly since its 2016 launch, crossing 100 million subscribers within six months and reaching 533.3 million customers
Happiest Minds-ITC Infotech merger: Why it is not yet the happiest time to buy the stock
IT SERVICES Happiest Minds merger with ITC Infotech improves scale, but valuation and transition risks warrant patience
TCS commits $7.4B to a one-gigawatt AI campus in Hyderabad
Tata Consultancy Services said its HyperVault unit and partners have committed 700 billion rupees, about $7.4B, to an AI data centre campus of up to one gigawatt in Hyderabad, using green energy and water-neutral design principles. EU rules require any data centre above 500kW to report total and drinking water consumption to a European database [] This story continues at The Next Web
More plugs beat more power, a Finnish charger maker says
A white paper from the Finnish charger maker Kempower argues that adding connectors raises site utilisation far more than adding power, with eight-plug sites reaching almost 10% against 2% for two-plug sites. Every AFIR target is expressed in kilowatts or kilometres rather than in numbers of connectors. A Finnish charger maker has published a white [] This story continues at The Next Web
IIT-Madras Bodhan AI launches four Indian language models
Positioned as Digital Public Goods, the models are released with open-weights
Sam Altman calls himself a mega Apple fanboy and says the lawsuit made him sad
Sam Altman said he was very sad about Apples trade-secrets lawsuit and that his first reaction was that the allegations sounded egregious, while OpenAI has moved to have the case dismissed. California voids non-compete agreements, so an employer losing engineers has to litigate afterwards rather than restrain them in advance. Sam Altman called himself a [] This story continues at The Next Web
AI boom lifts Foxconn August sales to $29.14 billion
According to the report, the August sales were the second-highest monthly sales in Hon Hai's history, trailing only the NT$946.51 billion ($29.85 billion) recorded in July
