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Uber is working on letting 10-year-olds ride alone

Code in the latest Uber iOS app refers to adding a tween aged 10 to 12 to an Uber Family profile, with a trusted adult contact and the option to require a grown-up at pickup. Uber says it is not a live product and that its only teen offering remains 13 to 17. Uber is [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 13 Aug 2026 12:46 am

Google Pixel 11 lineup launched with prices starting at $899

The Pixel 11 series brings upgraded cameras, brighter displays and enhanced Gemini AI, while Google also expands its foldable smartphone lineup

The Hindu Businessline 12 Aug 2026 11:19 pm

New model bridges ferroelectric physics and circuit modeling

A new physics-based analytical model can accurately predict ferroelectric behavior under real-world, complex voltages, according to a study led by University of Michigan Engineering. The model bridges the longstanding gap between fundamental switching physics and practical device engineering.

Phys.org 12 Aug 2026 10:10 pm

Bharti Airtel discontinues four monthly plans from 300 to 650, entry-level packs remain intact

The telecom operator cancelled its data 299, 579, 619 and 649 on Wednesday

The Hindu Businessline 12 Aug 2026 9:38 pm

Gemini has a billion monthly users. ChatGPT hit that in June and moved the goalposts

Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday that the Gemini app had passed a billion monthly users. He called it our fastest growing product ever and the 14th Google product to hit the mark, alongside Search, Gmail, Android, Maps, Chrome, Play and YouTube. His post has been seen more than 1.5 million times. Google published the engagement [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 8:46 pm

Why small moments of recognition are becoming critical to workplace culture

Gallups State of the Global Workplace report shows employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, its lowest level since 2020, with disengagement costing the global economy an estimated $10 trillion annually. Research also shows that engagement is closely tied to how employees experience their workplace relationships. Gallups workplace research found that highly engaged teams achieve [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 8:43 pm

Jaguar gives the first look inside its all-electric Type 01

Jaguar has published the first interior images of the Type 01, the electric grand tourer that will end a two-year gap in which it stopped selling new cars in the UK. The car is revealed in New York on October 6, after a delay from late 2025 and an expected price of around 100,000. Jaguar [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 8:00 pm

Megadeals took 87.5% of US venture dollars, and the rest of the market is priced by vintage

PitchBook published its Q2 US VC Valuations report on 10 August. Megadeals took 87.5% of the dollars deployed in the first half of 2026. PitchBook defines those as rounds of $100m or more. AI is the primary driver of that concentration, though the figure describes deal size rather than sector. The AI premium is real [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 7:55 pm

Zoom fixed three bugs that let anyone on a call take over your machine

Zoom has patched three memory corruption flaws in its annotation feature that allowed any meeting participant to run code on another attendees device with no interaction. The fixes shipped in June and July 2026, roughly two months before the research was made public. Zoom has patched three flaws in the annotation tools used during screen [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 7:41 pm

Meta faces 29 states in the biggest youth social media trial yet, with $1.4 trillion at stake

The long legal reckoning over social media and childhood is about to have its biggest day in court. Meta goes on trial this week against a coalition of 29 US states that accuse it of deliberately engineering Facebook and Instagram to addict children, in what amounts to the most consequential test yet of a sprawling [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 7:26 pm

ChatGPT and Gemini disagree on the best software in a third of categories, and the review sites have been skipped

GetIntel published its AI Software Index on Wednesday. The study asked roughly 80 buyer-phrased questions in each of 126 software categories, covering 1,825 brands. The questions went to the live ChatGPT and Gemini consumer apps rather than the developer APIs. That produced 9,978 usable answers, all collected on 6 August. The headline result is a [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 7:21 pm

An energy storage device designed to be recycled

Smartwatches, phones and even some drones rely on lightweight, rechargeable energy storage systems. Once those devices wear out, many end up as electronic waste. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a compact supercapacitor that can be quickly disassembled into reusable components. They used the devices to power a glider

Phys.org 12 Aug 2026 7:10 pm

Electric cars just hit a record share of China

New energy vehicles took a record 65.1% of Chinese passenger car sales in July, but NEV volumes fell about 2% year on year, a seventh straight monthly decline, while the total market dropped 18%. Geelys Xingyuan was the bestseller and BYDs best performer managed only fifth over six months. Electric and hybrid cars took 65.1% [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 6:52 pm

Indian semicon startups raised $206 million since 2022 as investors back mature bets: Report

The number of funding rounds fell from 16 in 2024 to 7 in H1 2026, even as capital deployed rose sharply

The Hindu Businessline 12 Aug 2026 6:20 pm

Is Aptoide safe? I tried Android's first alternative app store on Google Play - and it's a mess

Aptoide Games just landed in the Play Store - no sideloading required. I tested it, and caution is advised.

ZDNet 12 Aug 2026 5:45 pm

Foxconn now makes more money from AI servers than from everything else combined

Foxconn crossed a line this quarter that it will not cross back. Its cloud and networking division, the one that builds AI servers, made up 51% of revenue in the three months to June. That is the first time the segment has passed half. Smart consumer electronics, the division that contains the iPhone, came to [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 4:40 pm

Its still day zero: Lovable is worth $13.3bn, and the EU just became a shareholder

Lovable is worth $13.3bn and its revenue is tripling. The interesting name on the cheque is the European Union. Lovable has raised $400m at a $13.3bn valuation. The Stockholm company lets people build software by describing it in ordinary language, and it is now one of Europes most valuable startups. Eight months ago it raised [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 4:29 pm

Best HR software with predictive turnover analytics for 2026

The resignation landed on a Tuesday, and the manager never saw it coming. A senior engineer with three years at the company had earned strong reviews and showed no obvious signs of frustration. Then came the resignation. A competing offer had already been signed. Looking back, the warning signs were easy to spot. Survey scores [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 4:17 pm

TripleDart tops $7 million ARR with AI-led growth, reports 50 per cent EBIT margin

Bengaluru, India TripleDart, a bootstrapped B2B growth company, today announced it has crossed $7 million in annual recurring revenue while operating at a 50% EBIT margin. The company says software, not additional headcount or capital, drove the jump. The milestone lands in the middle of a heated debate. Venture investors have poured more than $300 [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 3:42 pm

Oracle is putting a Quantinuum quantum computer inside its own data centre

Oracle and Quantinuum have agreed a multi-year partnership under which Quantinuum will physically install its Helios quantum computer inside a US Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI data centre, and Oracle will sell access to it as a managed OCI service. No financial terms were disclosed, no launch customer was named, and no firm date was given [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 3:33 pm

Ryanair signs a five-year AI deal with Google Cloud, and a second cloud to fall back on

Ryanair has signed a five-year data and AI partnership with Google Cloud, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees and making Gemini Enterprise, Googles agentic AI platform, the centrepiece of how Europes largest carrier intends to run itself. The airline has tied the deal explicitly to its growth target of 300 [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 3:12 pm

IIT Madras, CAMS expand partnership for Fintech innovation

The CAMS IIT Madras FinTech Innovation Lab will focus on emerging areas such as AI in financial services, digital payments, blockchain and tokenisation, cybersecurity, regulatory technology, WealthTech and InsurTech

The Hindu Businessline 12 Aug 2026 3:08 pm

Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years to start something new

Brad Lightcap, who spent eight years at OpenAI and four of them as chief operating officer, said on Tuesday that he is leaving to start something new. He did not say what it is. It is bittersweet to share that Ill be moving on from OpenAI to start something new, Lightcap wrote in a post [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 2:39 pm

Spotify will badge AI artist profiles, and keep them out of your recommendations

Spotify will begin attaching anAI Persona badge to artist profiles whose public identity is generated rather than human, the company announced. Profiles carrying the badge will be excluded by default from editorial and algorithmic recommendations, which is the part of the policy that actually bites. There are two versions of the label. Artists can apply [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 2:28 pm

French media ask the competition watchdog to make Google pay for its AI answers

French media have asked the countrys competition authority to rein in Googles use of artificial intelligence, filing a complaint that seeks to put a price on the AI-generated summaries quietly siphoning readers away from the outlets that produced the underlying journalism. The grievance, lodged by a trade association representing publishers, lands as the fight over [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 1:35 pm

Anthropic starts marking all of Claude

Anthropic has begun attaching machine-readable marks to the text and images that its Claude models generate, and will apply them to users worldwide rather than only in Europe, after signing a European Union code of practice tied to new transparency rules that took effect on 2 August 2026. The company confirmed in asupport documentthat it [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 1:20 pm

Spotify to slap 'AI Persona' badges on AI-generated artist profiles

Spotify will also review profiles whose public identity appears to represent photorealistic AI-generated imagery

The Hindu 12 Aug 2026 9:58 am

Bumble eases women-first messaging rule as dating apps seek engagement boost

The move comes as dating-app companies grapple with user fatigue toward traditional swipe-based platforms and slowing growth

The Hindu 12 Aug 2026 9:33 am

Senior OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap to leave for new venture

In response to Lightcaps post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he was excited to work together on whats next.

The Hindu 12 Aug 2026 9:07 am

SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot as the agent race moves to office work

SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot in beta, AI agents that sign into apps and websites, retain context between tasks and coordinate with each other. Access is limited at first to SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra and Cursor Teams Premium subscribers, with an enterprise waitlist. SpaceXAI has released Grok Bot, software that hands work to groups of [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 1:56 am

Sonos Plans September Launch Event and Deeper Push Into Home AI

Sonos chief executive Tom Conrad says model quality will converge and the advantage will sit with hardware that already knows a home. An FCC filing names the first product of that push, the Ace Ultra headphones, expected at a September launch event. Sonos is betting that the value of AI in the home sits in [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 12 Aug 2026 12:28 am

Apple Executive Who Launched Apple Pay Is Retiring After 25 Years

Jennifer Bailey, head of Apple Pay and Wallet since the service launched in 2014, is retiring in October after more than 25 years at Apple. Her exit is one of several senior departures ahead of Tim Cook handing the chief executive job to John Ternus on September 1. Jennifer Bailey, who has run Apple Pay [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 11:53 pm

Target appoints its first chief AI officer as retailers scale up AI spending

Target has named Lowes executive Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer, starting August 24. IBM research puts the share of organisations with a chief AI officer at 76% this year, up from 26% in 2025. Target has appointed its first chief AI officer. Chandhu Nair joins from Lowes on August 24 as senior [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 10:36 pm

IBM bets $240m on cheap, open-source inference to take on the hyperscalers

A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more about the cost of running AI than the prestige of the model doing the running. IBM has decided that the money in artificial intelligence is no longer only in building [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 10:26 pm

Tesla emptied its share of California

Tesla exhausted its share of Californias MyFirstEV rebate between August 3 and August 8. The $50,000 price cap is waived for California-headquartered EV-only makers like Rivian and Lucid, but not Tesla. Tesla used up its entire allocation of Californias new first-time buyer rebate in five days. The MyFirstEV scheme opened this month, and Tesla started [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 10:06 pm

Social media and self-harm: Study finds need for more control over content and safe spaces for connection and support

There are increasing calls for tighter legislation and restrictions on social media use, particularly for children and young people. Evidence shows potential harms coexist on social media platforms alongside opportunities for crisis support and connection.

Phys.org 11 Aug 2026 10:05 pm

Vi optimistic of closing funding discussions with PSU banks: CEO Abhijit Kishore

The company is said to be mainly in talks with the State Bank of India, while also exploring other funding routes

The Hindu Businessline 11 Aug 2026 9:43 pm

River AI raised $1.1bn to let companies train and keep their own models

River AI has raised $1.1bn, roughly four months after the company was incorporated. General Catalyst and AMP PBC led the round, with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD Ventures, and further money from Y Combinator and Temasek. The Palo Alto company was founded by Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of xAI. The pitch is that companies [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 8:47 pm

China bets on AI weather forecasting as extreme storms close in

As Typhoon Dolphin bore down on Chinas coast this week, the countrys bet on artificial intelligence to read the skies looked less like a research curiosity and more like national infrastructure. Extreme weather is intensifying, the cost of getting a forecast wrong is rising, and Beijing is pouring resources into models that promise to see [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 8:00 pm

Meta smart glasses banned from courts across England and Wales

His Majestys Courts & Tribunals Service has banned Meta smart glasses from court buildings across England and Wales, a move that pulls one of Silicon Valleys buzziest gadgets into a very old argument about who gets to record what. HMCTS, which runs the criminal, civil and family courts, will now confiscate the glasses on entry [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 7:17 pm

Bumble is letting men make the first move, dismantling the rule it was built on

Bumble is preparing to let men make the first move, a change that unpicks the single rule the dating app was built around. According to Bloomberg a coming messaging update will let men open conversations in opposite-sex matches, though the exact mechanics are still emerging and Bumble has not spelled them out in full. For [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 7:04 pm

Equitybee lands free benchmarking tool as startup employees finally get equity data companies have had for years

Equitybee has launched Equitybee Benchmark, a free tool that lets US startup employees compare equity grants across roles, seniority levels, departments, and company stages. The company argues that while salary benchmarking has been everywhere for years, equity data has stayed locked inside HR teams and employers. You would never accept a salary without comparing it [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 7:02 pm

Trump Media posts a $238m quarterly loss as its bitcoin bet sours

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent of Truth Social, reported a net loss of $238.1m for the second quarter of 2026, a figure that dwarfs the $20m loss it posted a year earlier and turns the companys slow drift from social network to crypto holding vehicle into something close to a headline. Most of [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 6:40 pm

Coforge launches new PE business unit

New unit to help PE firms drive operational transformation and AI-led value creation across portfolios

The Hindu Businessline 11 Aug 2026 5:43 pm

AI push: TCS, Google Cloud launch Gemini Experience center in Mexico

Located in TCS' Mexico City office, the new facility will enable organisations in the region with advanced AI capabilities

The Hindu Businessline 11 Aug 2026 5:13 pm

Amkor weighs a $1bn-plus stake sale in its China chip unit

Amkor Technology, one of the worlds largest outsourced chip assembly and testing firms, is weighing a sale of a stake in its China operations, a deal that could value the unit at between $1bn and $1.5bn, according to Bloomberg. The Arizona-based company, which has been pouringrecord sums into advanced packaging, has engaged an adviser to [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 4:05 pm

Anthropic signs a $9.1bn, 20-year cloud deal with bitcoin miner Riot Platforms

Anthropic has struck another enormous deal to feed its appetite for computing power, and this time the counterparty is a company that until recently made its money digging up bitcoin. The twenty-year arrangement is worth $9.1 billion and gives the Claude maker a large slab of capacity at a Texas campus that Riot Platforms is [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 3:31 pm

House Democrats want answers from OpenAI and Anthropic on their rogue AI agents

US House Democrats have decided that AI agents breaking loose from their test environments is a matter for Congress, and on Monday they put that view in writing. Two letters went out, one to OpenAI and one to Anthropic, each demanding an account of how the companies own systems slipped their leashes during security testing, [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 3:18 pm

A US court just cleared thousands of social media harm lawsuits to proceed

US appeals court has cleared thousands of lawsuits accusing the biggest social media companies of harming young people to move towards trial, in a ruling that chips away at the legal shield the tech industry has relied on for decades. On 10 August 2026, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 2:44 pm

Intel raises up to $20bn to fund its foundry bet against TSMC

Intel has announced a $15bn common-stock offering, a sale that could swell to as much as $20bn if underwriters take up their overallotment options. It is a bold move for a company that, not long ago, looked like a cautionary tale, and it shows just how far the chipmakers fortunes have turned in the space [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 2:35 pm

Six finance giants back Nvidia

Nvidia has recruited six of the largest names in finance to help turn its chips into something a bank can lend against. The company announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to build what it calls compute financing platforms, structures designed to mobilise over $500bn of third-party capital for AI infrastructure. [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 2:25 pm

Iran and Germany Discuss Hormuz Strait Crisis, Blame US for Tensions

New Delhi, August 11: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and German Foreign Minister Johan Wadephul held a phone conversation regarding regional conditions and the security of the Hormuz Strait. During their discussion, both ministers emphasized that Iran holds the military actions of the US and Israel responsible for the rising tensions and stressed the importance ... Read more Iran and Germany Discuss Hormuz Strait Crisis, Blame US for Tensions

Morningstar 11 Aug 2026 2:14 pm

Exclusive: Vienna

Vienna startup most of the tech world has not heard of just posted numbers that would turn heads anywhere. fonio.ai, a European platform for AI-powered customer calls, says it has surpassed $10m in annual recurring revenue in under twelve months. Since February, when the company switched from a prepaid model to subscriptions, it says it [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 2:12 pm

Anthropics Claude to mark all AI content, including text

The changes are being rolled out as Anthropic signed the EU AI Acts Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content

The Hindu 11 Aug 2026 12:56 pm

How AI is transforming frontend engineering for modern web applications

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a core part of software development, but its biggest impact may not be replacing developers, it may be redefining what developers spend their time doing. For frontend engineers, AI is shifting the focus from repetitive coding to designing smarter, more resilient digital experiences. Traditionally, frontend development involved building user interfaces, [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 12:55 pm

Wipros Nifty exit reflects waning clout of IT giants

BSE will replace Wipro in the gauge from Sept 30 as part of a semi-annual review. The switch comes as concerns over artificial intelligence and slowing global technology spending weigh on biggest software services firms.

The Hindu Businessline 11 Aug 2026 12:51 pm

Meta opens Muse Glimmer AI model weights to developers

The move gives developers greater flexibility to build AI applications locally, while Meta prepares another model for broader developer access

The Hindu Businessline 11 Aug 2026 10:54 am

TCS flags alleged exposure of some employee data, says customer data not impacted

TCS said it has had safeguards in place for over two years against the manner in which this attack was carried out. Its own operational systems have not been impacted, the IT firm said

The Hindu 11 Aug 2026 9:41 am

Chinese military researchers tap U.S. AI models to train defence systems

As Chinese AI models close the gap with their U.S. counterparts, military researchers are also examining distillation as a potential security risk

The Hindu 11 Aug 2026 9:29 am

Meta releases new open weight model, pushes global AI vision amid race with rivals

In a long essay published Monday about the future of artificial intelligence, Zuckerberg called for the U.S. to compete against China

The Hindu 11 Aug 2026 8:52 am

Valve is warning Steam Machine buyers that scammers have their address

Valve has emailed European customers who ordered a Steam Machine or a Steam Controller. A cyberattack on CEVA Logistics, the firm that ships Valve hardware across Europe, took their delivery details. CNETs Tyler Graham reported the warning on Monday. CEVA told Valve about the breach on 7 August, and Valve spent the following days working [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 2:08 am

Graphene-powered soft lens could pave the way for smarter glasses, cameras and medical devices

The ability to change focus instantly is something most people take for granted. Every day, our eyes effortlessly switch between reading a book, recognizing a face across the room or watching a bird fly overhead. Replicating that remarkable technological flexibility, however, has proved far more difficult.

Phys.org 11 Aug 2026 1:50 am

This pocket-sized gadget helped cut down our editor's screen time - and it's on sale

Brick can curb your screen time, and it's on sale for a limited time.

ZDNet 11 Aug 2026 1:20 am

Why recovery readiness has become the new standard for cyber resilience

As outages become more expensive and frequent, recovery readiness is emerging as the true measure of resilience.

ZDNet 11 Aug 2026 12:26 am

Apple has run out of iPhone shapes, and Jefferies just cut it to sell

Jefferies cut Apple from hold to underperform on Monday. That is the banks equivalent of a sell rating. It also cut its price target from $285.56 to $263.66. Fortunes Sebastian Herrera reported the call. The banks supply-chain checks produced three reasons. Apple has cancelled a rumoured all-glass iPhone, memory prices are surging, and there is [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 12:22 am

Nvidia is pulling Wall Street into the AI buildout. Its shares fell on the news

A group of financial firms is working with Nvidia on a $500bn funding package for AI infrastructure. The group covers Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRocks Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The Financial Times reported the talks first. Bloomberg confirmed them with people familiar with the matter. A deal could land [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 11 Aug 2026 12:08 am

OpenAI paused a model over cyber risk on Friday. On Monday it shipped one trained to refuse less.

OpenAI released GPT-5.6-Cyber on Monday. It is a model built on GPT-5.6 Sol and trained for zero-day discovery and exploit-chain development, and the company says it was also trained to refuse fewer higher-risk dual-use cyber requests. Access runs only through Daybreak, the vetted cybersecurity programme OpenAI is now expanding. Axios Sam Sabin reported it first. [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 10 Aug 2026 11:44 pm

YouTube just doubled the price of admission to its Partner Program

From 1 February 2027, a channel applying to the YouTube Partner Program will need 1,000 subscribers and 8,000 valid public watch hours over the previous 365 days. The current bar is 4,000 hours over 12 months. The Shorts route doubles as well. Twenty million valid public Shorts views over 90 days, up from 10 million. [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 10 Aug 2026 11:40 pm

House Democrats want AI CEOs under oath. Only Mike Johnson can make it happen.

The one everybody covered went to Speaker Mike Johnson. CNBCs Megan Cassella reported it first. House Democrats want public hearings on the AI security incidents of the past month, and they want the chief executives of the largest AI companies in the witness chair. Casar chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus. His letter does not open [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 10 Aug 2026 10:58 pm

The Ninth Circuit let 2,400 addiction lawsuits proceed without touching Section 230

The Ninth Circuit handed the social media companies a defeat on Monday. It did not hand them a ruling. The San Francisco appeals court rejected their bid to overturn a lower court and shut down some 2,400 federal lawsuits over claims they built their products to addict young users. Reuters Diana Novak Jones reported the [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 10 Aug 2026 10:37 pm

An AI agent deleted a stranger from a gym waitlist. The API let it

An Australian man named Andrew asked his AI agent to book him into a popular gym class. The agent booked the class. Then it deleted a stranger. The ABCs national AI reporter Cam Wilson and the Specialist Reporting Teams Rhiannon Hobbins broke the story on Monday. They describe what may be the first known autonomous [] This story continues at The Next Web

TNW 10 Aug 2026 10:19 pm

Why managers are ransomware's top targets now - and 6 ways to stay safe

Almost two-thirds of the victims targeted in a single ransomware campaign held managerial positions or higher.

ZDNet 10 Aug 2026 9:38 pm

Vodafone Idea pares Q1 losses by 43%

Delivered on all critical business parameters, says CEO Abhijit Kishore

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 9:25 pm

Demand for AI skills boosts campus placement salaries

Fresh graduates can now snag job offers ranging from 7-12 lakh, a huge leap from the earlier 3-4 lakh norm

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 9:18 pm

Bharat Forge expects aerospace, semiconductor businesses to scale sharply in two to four years

The Pune-based engineering company expects its aerospace business to double in size, while its semiconductor business is targeting $30-40 million in organic revenue

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 7:31 pm

Zee Entertainment Q1 net nearly halves to 74 crore

Higher spending in advertisement in the run-up to FIFA World Cup, muted tax expenses for earlier years played spoilsport

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 7:17 pm

Claude's Record-a-Skill cut my research from hours to 30 minutes - but the magic has limits

I used Claude Cowork to automate a workflow, and the result was remarkably effective, but it exposed four serious drawbacks.

ZDNet 10 Aug 2026 5:56 pm

Publishers maintaining clear AI-use records better placed to manage legal, commercial risks: Report

The report said publishers need to implement practical governance measures even as courts and regulators continue to work out the legal principles governing AI training and copyright

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 3:13 pm

Indian student murder accused held in Germany while fleeing US for India

Indian student murder accused held in Germany while fleeing US for India

India Today 10 Aug 2026 1:12 pm

Airtel Business, ITI Limited join hands to accelerate enterprise digital transformation in India

The partnership brings together Airtel Business' enterprise connectivity and digital technology capabilities with ITI Limited's engineering, manufacturing and technology expertise

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 12:59 pm

AI coding boom puts software testing, verification in focus

As AI accelerates software development, companies face a new challenge: ensuring machine-generated code performs reliably, safely and as intended

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 12:48 pm

SFO Tech in pact with US-based Smart IOPS to produce high-end AI hardware

Through the tie-up, SFO has integrated Smart IOPS proprietary TruRandom controller technology into its production lines

The Hindu Businessline 10 Aug 2026 11:13 am

Apple says Mac users in China can connect to Alibaba's Qwen AI service

Qwen is Chinese ecommerce giant Alibabas family of generative-AI models

The Hindu 10 Aug 2026 10:02 am

Indian student kills girlfriend in US, arrested in Germany

Batchigari is accused of first-degree murder and kidnapping, having allegedly stolen Salazar's phone and credit cards and sent deceptive texts to her mother to conceal the crime.

Rediff 10 Aug 2026 9:49 am

Indian student arrested in Germany for girlfriend

Washington: An Indian student accused of murdering his girlfriend in Tucson, Arizona, was arrested in Germany before he could board a connecting flight to his home country. Varun Batchigari, 20, a business analytics student at the University of Arizona, allegedly murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend Julissa Rubi Salazar on August 6 at a Tucson apartment. According Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

The Siasat Daily 10 Aug 2026 7:50 am

Indian student arrested in Germany over Arizona girlfriends murder

An Indian student was arrested in Germany for allegedly murdering his girlfriend in Arizona. Varun Batchigari, a University of Arizona student, was apprehended before boarding a flight to India. Investigators allege he stole the victim's phone and cards after the killing. He is accused of sending deceptive texts to the victim's mother. Batchigari now awaits extradition to Arizona for legal proceedings.

The Economic Times 10 Aug 2026 7:28 am

AI broadens India office demand beyond Fortune 500, Embassy REIT says

Indias large and increasingly fungible technology talent pool is lowering the entry barrier for smaller overseas companies, says Embassy REIT CEO Amit Shetty

The Hindu Businessline 9 Aug 2026 8:37 pm