Month: July 2026
‘Very dangerous’ super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centres and made last-minute preparations on Sunday, hours before a “super typhoon” was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories. Super Typhoon Bavi was forecast to roar westwards over the area from early Monday with winds of 260 kilometres per hour – equivalent
AI investment in emerging markets must go beyond models to ecosystems
Artificial intelligence is moving from experimental tools to a general-purpose technology that could reshape production, productivity and economic growth, but its benefits in emerging markets will depend on building sustainable local ecosystems, not just importing models.AI is evolving rapidly from traditional pattern-recognition systems, to generative AI that creates content, to emerging agentic AI that can
Centre cracks down on Meta over child sexual abuse ads on Instagram
The Centre has issued a notice to Meta over the alleged presence of Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram.The move is part of the government’s broader crackdown on the circulation and promotion of child sexual abuse material online, with authorities seeking stricter compliance from digital platforms.According to the investigation,
AI Cyber attack
Security researchers have uncovered what they believe to be the first ever instance of an artificial intelligence agent executing a cyber attack from start to finish without human assistance. The AI-powered attack marks a major milestone for both artificial intelligence and cyber security, raising concerns that AI is lowering the barrier for cyber criminals. The
WhatsApp username row
NEW DELHI: A team from Meta met officials from the IT ministry on Friday after the Centre issued a notice over WhatsApp’s proposed username feature,the company is required to submit its final response within the three-day deadline set by the government. The meeting comes after the Centre sought an explanation from WhatsApp over the new
OpenAI may cut AI subscription prices
OpenAI is reportedly considering reducing the prices of its AI subscriptions and services as competition in the artificial intelligence market heats up. The report, citing people familiar with the discussions, says OpenAI is evaluating lower usage costs for customers, including reducing the price of AI processing tokens. Tokens are the units of text that AI
Amazon’s AI announcement, Microsoft counters with its own $2.5 billion unit
Tech giant Microsoft is committing $2.5 billion to a new artificial intelligence implementation unit, which will employ 6,000 new people. The new unit, called Microsoft Frontier Co., is expected to focus on AI operations. The initiative’s 6,000 employees, mostly made up of industry and engineering experts, will co-design, co-innovate, deploy, and continuously improve AI systems
Not just Ford Motor, Australia’s biggest bank too ‘regretted’ AI layoffs
Automaker Ford Motor recently hit headlines when the company announced that it is rehiring engineers to fix its artificial intelligence (AI) tools that weren’t getting the job done.Incidentally, Ford is not the first company to say that it made an AI layoffs error. There are others including IBM and Australia’s largest bank — Commonwealth Bank
Opera is releasing a new update that will prevent ClickFix attacks
When a website tells you to “copy this command to fix the issue,” you may not know it, but the command in question could be malicious. These are called ClickFix attacks, ClickFix attacks sidestep nearly all existing defenses, including antivirus and email filters. The reason: Those systems are designed to check for threats from external
Anthropic in talks with Samsung for custom AI chip manufacturing
Anthropic is in talks with Samsung Electronics to be a manufacturing partner for a custom artificial intelligence chip,Anthropic’s plans are at an early stage, and the company is still determining what the processor should do, how powerful it should be and how it would fit into a server. AI companies are aiming to diversify their