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
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
Berlin refused to pay. Now it runs four task forces
Berlin refused to pay. The data went up on Friday. The German capital now runs two police task forces, a joint departmental unit, a crisis management team and an external legal adviser. That is what refusing a ransom looks like once the deadline passes. The State of Berlin set out that machinery itself, in a [] 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,
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
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
TCS HyperVault to set up 70,000-crore AI data centre campus in Hyderabad
The campus will be designed for frontier AI companies and hyperscalers, facilitating high-density GPU deployments for AI training and advanced computing
AI sovereignty crucial for cybersecurity, says Gaganyaan astronaut
Gaganyaan astronaut and IAF pilot Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair on Saturday said AI sovereignty is crucial for ensuring national cybersecurity, as the growing use of artificial intelligence is making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between real and fake content. Speaking at the Kerala Cyber Suraksha Summit 2026, organised by Kerala Startup Mission and F9 Infotech, Nair said cybersecurity would have limited value unless the country developed ownership and control over AI technologies. It is very important that we have AI sovereignty, and any amount of cybersecurity will be of no avail unless we own AI, he said. Nair said future wars and industries would involve a whole-of-nation approach, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between physical and digital boundaries. In the whole-of-nation approach, it's very difficult to say where the physical boundaries end and where the digital boundaries start. And it's going to affect all of us, he said. He stressed the ne
Nvidia partner Hon Hais sales climb 52% with AI server momentum
Revenue in August came to NT$921.8 billion ($29.1 billion); maintained the scorching pace of growth established in July, at 54% y-o-y, and keeps Hon Hai well ahead of expectations
Chinese profits rose 25.7%. The CSI 300 fell 9% and the Star 50 fell 29%
Profits at onshore-listed Chinese companies rose 25.7% in the three months to June, the fastest in nearly five years and heavily concentrated in AI-linked firms. The CSI 300 has fallen about 9% this quarter and the tech-heavy Star 50 has dropped 29%, as investors began treating AI spending as a cost rather than a promise. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Digital arrest scams: CBIs nationwide crackdown and the Supreme Courts continuing oversight
The Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 States
Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources say
The artificial intelligence company had been expected to make its IPO prospectus public as early as next week, two of the people said
Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say
The agents, AI programmes that work on their own, without a person guiding each step, left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German site for programmers
Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say
The agents, AI programmes that work on their own, without a person guiding each step, left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German site for programmers
Apple faces 2 billion lawsuit in UK over app privacy feature
The claim, filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Hausfeld, centres on Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system
Google patches multiple Chrome bugs including a V8 flaw being used in attacks
Google patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities on 3 September including CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion bug in V8 already being exploited, the sixth such flaw this year. Eight days later the Cyber Resilience Act starts requiring manufacturers to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of becoming aware. Google patched 12 vulnerabilities in Chrome on 3 September, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Microsoft tells court Copilot rarely copies books while selling OpenAI
Microsoft moved for summary judgment in the New York AI copyright litigation on 4 September, arguing Copilot reproduced book passages 24 times in 8.2 million conversations. Two days earlier it began selling GPT-6 Astra through Foundry, a model OpenAI rates Critical for cybersecurity, and European law measures neither the output rate nor the sales pitch. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Tesla shares fell around 6% after a Cybercab update that landed badly and after NHTSA opened an investigation into how the company certified a vehicle with no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors. Amazons Zoox petitioned for an exemption and was approved in July; Tesla self-certified and did not petition. The complication is that NHTSA is [] This story continues at The Next Web
The European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act, exposing OpenAI to fines of up to 6% of global revenue but covering only the parts of the tool that retrieve rather than converse. The articles argument is that the alternative label, Very Large Online Platform, carried safe harbour, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Adobe just handed Photoshop to someone who has never run it
Adobe named Anil Chakravarthy president and chief executive from 1 December, with Shantanu Narayen moving to executive chair. Chakravarthy came up through Digital Experience and worldwide field operations, arrived from enterprise data company Informatica, and championed the Workfront and Semrush acquisitions. The argument here is that the board has picked a leader from the side [] This story continues at The Next Web
Brussels said only a breakup would fix Google
Judge Leonie Brinkema declined to order Google to divest parts of its advertising business, leaving the European Commission the only regulator still arguing that a breakup is the fix. A year after its 2.95bn fine, the Commission is still assessing a compliance plan Google filed in November 2025, and the complainants who brought the case [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google brings its Lyria 3.5 music model to every Gemini user
Google has made Lyria 3.5 available in the Gemini app and API, generating full songs at 44.1kHz from text or images with SynthID watermarking. A Munich court ruled against Suno on 31 July over memorised works and infringing outputs, asserting jurisdiction over training done outside the EU. Google has put its Lyria 3.5 music model [] This story continues at The Next Web
The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon in Seattle on 31 August, alleging it inflated auction prices for Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display, and generated more than $20bn in additional advertising costs since 2019.As CNBC reported, regulators say 1.2 million advertisers were affected, including more than 500,000 small and medium businesses. [] This story continues at The Next Web
ChargePoint CEO says growth is starting to accelerate after a 70% stock surge
ChargePoint shares rose more than 70% after second-quarter revenue of $116.1M beat the $105.2M expected and losses came in far below forecast. Its Level 3 rollout targets Europe, where AFIR mandates a 150kW charging point every 60km on the trans-European core network. ChargePoints shares rose more than 70% on Thursday. Chief executive Rick Wilmer called [] This story continues at The Next Web
Britain built a legal route to driverless taxis in May. London
Uber and Wayve began carrying paying passengers in London on 3 September, in whatWayve described in a statementas the UKs first autonomous ride-hailing service. Every car has a trained, TfL-licensed private hire driver on board. Olivia Solon rode one on a wet morning this week andsummarised the experience for Bloombergas autonomous rides with hands still [] This story continues at The Next Web
Export controls went after China
Moonshot AI is considering raising up to $5bn in a Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this year,Bloomberg reported on Friday. Dong Cao, Julia Fioretti, Pei Li and Luz Ding sourced the account to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The Beijing lab [] This story continues at The Next Web
India moves beyond AI adoption to open-source contribution: Red Hat
Indian engineers are increasingly recognising that developing deep expertise requires going upstream and understanding technologies through engagement with the wider community
Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.
Emirates has launched a premium economy seat with a full-height privacy divider that raises and locks at the touch of a button, on newly delivered Airbus A350s. The airlinedescribed it in a statement on Thursdayas the worlds first electrically powered premium economy seat, and the divider as the first of its kind in the cabin [] This story continues at The Next Web
Volkswagen plans 50,000 more job cuts, taking the total to 100,000
Volkswagens supervisory board unanimously approved cutting a further 50,000 jobs, bringing planned reductions to 100,000, and left four German plants without secured production from 2031 to 2034. Half that board represents the workforce and Lower Saxony holds 20% of the voting rights under the 1960 Volkswagen Law. Volkswagen will cut another 50,000 jobs. Its supervisory [] This story continues at The Next Web
Apple to Kick Off Ternus Era With Its Biggest-Ever Slate of New Products
Apple is about to start the biggest run of device releases in its history, delivering a wave of fresh form factors and whole new product areas in 2026, 2027 and beyond
Electric cars outsold every other powertrain in Britain last month
Battery-electric cars took a record 29.8% share of UK registrations in August, outselling every other powertrain, though year-to-date uptake of 25.6% remains below the 33% zero emission mandate. The Commission has proposed cutting the EUs 2035 target from 100% to 90%, permitting plug-in hybrids and range extenders. Electric cars were Britains best-selling powertrain last month. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Syrma SGS weighs semiconductor opportunity with caution
The long-term success of the companies will be dependent on what is the ability of the management to say no to a particular opportunity. Saying yes is very easy, says Managing Director Jasbir Singh Gujral
The nonprofit that investigated OpenAI
American philanthropy is about to absorb something in the region of $40bn a year in new annual spending from AI wealth, Coefficient Giving chief executive Alexander Bergertold Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smithin an interview published on Thursday. That is four or five Gates Foundations of yearly outlay, on his own comparison. The figure is conditional on [] This story continues at The Next Web
Global payroll has an infrastructure problem, and it is finally getting attention
Cross-border payroll moves more than 200 billion dollars a year, and until recently, nobody was building shared infrastructure for it. As one recent report on the infrastructure gap in cross-border payroll pointed out, financial markets have exchanges, trade has clearing houses, and cross-border payroll has neither. The plumbing a treasury team would have recognized in [] This story continues at The Next Web
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
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
iQOO 16 will be launched with the latest Samsung OLED display with the M16 luminescent material, along with the next-generation LEAD [Low Power, Eco-Friendly, Augmented Brightness, and Design Slim and Light] display technology, a tipster claims. The iQOO 16 will reportedly be the first Android handset to ship with Samsungs LEAD display technology, which is expected to be found also on the iPhone Ultra, Apples first book-style foldable smartphone. The Vivo sub-brand is also reportedly collaborating with Samsung for more display-related features coming with the flagship iQOO 16. However, neither of the tech firms has confirmed these details.
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 introduces GPT-6 Astra, to roll out immediately
OpenAI has officially launched GPT-6 Astra, hailed as 'the world's most intelligent and aligned model,' designed to excel in computer browsing, software engineering, mathematics, and enterprise workflows, with immediate deployment for select organisations.
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.
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
Adobe appoints Anil Chakravarthy as new CEO, Shantanu Narayen to become executive chair
The leadership change comes as Adobe seeks to defend its design software dominance amid growing competition and disruption from artificial intelligence
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.
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
The 10 best autonomous pentesting tools, ranked by proof of exploit (2026)
How the leading autonomous penetration testing platforms validate every exploit before it reaches your dashboard Security teams seldom lose because a scanner missed a bug. They lose because the dashboard fills with findings nobody has proven. Astra Security has provided a comprehensive State of Pentesting 2026 report which built on 6.8 million findings across 8,000-plus [] 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.
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
I&B Ministry notifies revised draft rules of unified regulatory framework
Through these draft Rules, the Ministry is proposing to bring satellite television channels, DTH, HITS, private FM radio, community radio and IPTV under a unified regulatory framework.
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
