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Emily Forlini here. It finally happened: I had my first bout of existential AI dread last week. I managed to fend it off since July, when I helped break the story that OpenAI’s agents autonomously hacked Hugging Face. But it’s starting to sink in that things are getting worse, as

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he signed a "morally binding" artificial intelligence document with tech leaders following a luncheon at the White House, as calls for a development slowdown have reached a fever pitch. Surrounded by tech's top executives, Trump told reporte

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The Ethernet spec was first drafted on this day in 1980 — DEC, Intel, and Xerox defined the standard several years before the internet existed Ethernet ports are still desirable on desktop PCs, hanging on alongside the likes of the 3.5mm audio jack and IEC mains connector. On thi

Stock market today: Indian equity benchmarks recorded their steepest monthly decline since March, while the rupee and benchmark bond also weakened as foreign investors moved away from riskier assets. Rising crude oil prices kept inflation concerns elevated, while interest-rate hi

The News Singapore’s Temasek will open its first offices in the Gulf early next year, joining a growing list of global investors expanding into the region despite ongoing conflict. Temasek, which controls around $400 billion on behalf of the government of Singapore, will open off

Time Technoplast is in focus after Motilal Oswal Financial Services retained its Buy rating on the stock and assigned a target price of ₹280, implying an upside of over 52% from the current market price of ₹184. The brokerage said the company had demonstrated resilience despite a

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Bengaluru-based electric two-wheeler maker Simple Energy has raised Rs 1,750 crore ($182 million) in a Series C funding round. This is its largest fundraise to date and the third-largest funding by an Indian electric two-wheeler OEM, according to the company. The fundraise was le

Developer trains a small AI on a single RTX 3080 Ti gaming GPU to 'play' Pokémon Red — model discovered what each button does by predicting what happens next The model is small enough to train on a gaming PC's graphics card. A developer who goes by the name “stmonty” has trained

Shares of Apsis Aerocom and Grover Jewells have delivered multibagger returns in about eight months since their stock-market debuts, gaining 420% and 410%, respectively, from their IPO prices. Apsis Aerocom, which was listed on 18 March 2026 at a 39% premium to its issue price, h

Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates, which use a form of cryptography that is widely believed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The Internet infrastructure provider

Following US 10-year bond yields reaching a 2002 high and crude oil prices remaining elevated, most assets, including equities, are under significant stress. For the Indian equity market, the situation is even grimmer, as the key benchmark indices are set to end the year in the r

The UK’s prime minister raised the specter of the country rejoining the EU, an issue that remains politically divisive despite growing numbers of voters voicing frustration over the lasting impacts of Brexit. Were Andy Burnham to support a campaign to reenter the bloc, he would d

The Indian stock market finished the final trading session of September in the red, as the relief rally lost steam with investors booking profits at higher levels, while a rebound in crude oil prices also weighed on sentiment. Both key indices opened the session higher and, at th

An interactive world map of traditional food. Click any country or city and see its signature dishes, local ingredients, and the best places to try them. A political quiz that goes past the left-right line. It scores you on 12 separate scales, then shows the ideologies, countries

Nuvacore reveals unconventional Core First CPU IP design strategy — chip startup led by Apple and Nuvia legends plans to delay ISA selection for as long as possible The return of AMD's ambidextrous strategy? When Nuvacore, a new CPU startup founded by legendary CPU and system arc

‘This is how AI should be used’ — OpenAI head of hardware breaks down the AI-assisted design of its Jalapeño ASIC OpenAI cut typical development timelines in half, and the industry has already come knocking to understand how. OpenAI’s Jalapeño ASIC is a seismic shift for the indu

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Danish pharma giant Novo licensed a weight-loss treatment developed by a Chinese firm, highlighting advances in China’s increasingly cutting-edge biotech sector. The firm behind the treatment, Hengrui Pharma, last year reached an even bigger agreement with GSK for the development

Hotel stocks to buy: India’s hospitality sector is likely to see positive momentum in the second half of the financial year 2026-27, supported by a robust events calendar, healthy wedding season and continued pricing power. The country's hospitality and tourism sector is likely t

The News Airtel Money is betting on digital payments and financial services to drive revenue growth across Africa, the fintech company’s CEO told Semafor ahead of what looks set to be London’s largest initial public offering in recent years. The mobile money arm of telecoms group

Economists voiced growing alarm over France’s fiscal path, pointing to surging debt and high bond yields ahead of next year’s divisive elections. Paris — already grappling with debt equivalent to 119% of GDP — said it would sell a record amount of bonds next year, prompting the s

European countries sought to harden migration rules in a bid to quell support for nationalist parties across the continent. Anti-immigration parties have been on the rise in both domestic politics and the European Parliament. Governments are trying to address voters’ concerns: Sw

OpenAI reportedly aims to raise $30 billion in a new funding round valuing the company at $1.4 trillion, underlining how what was set to be a bumper IPO market to end the year is stalling. The financing push, reported by Bloomberg, comes after the frontier AI lab said it would de

US bond yields recovered slightly, but remained near quarter-century peaks due to investors’ fears over inflation, persistent fiscal largesse, and geopolitical uncertainty. The yield on 30-year Treasurys briefly hit its highest level since 2002, with traders pricing in a 90% like

Expert view: Achin Goel, CFA, CIO and Fund Manager at Bonanza Portfolio, sees selective value in this market. He finds stock-specific opportunities in sectors such as precision engineering, defence and aerospace manufacturing, power transmission, electronics manufacturing, and da

The Indian stock market is witnessing a sharp divergence between large-cap stocks and the broader market, with several blue-chip companies trading near multi-year lows even as mid- and small-cap indices have held up relatively better. The Nifty 50 is down 13.40% year-to-date, com

Pentagon gets pwned as breach exposes sensitive data on nearly three million military and civilian personnel — stolen info includes Social Security numbers and job-related records Breach could put those in sensitive national security roles at risk The U.S. Department of Defense’s

Bengaluru-based premium home interior materials startup Gravity has raised $15 million in a mix of equity and debt funding led by Info Edge Ventures and 3one4 Capital. Alteria Capital, Genesia Ventures and a group of angel investors also participated in the round. Founded by form

OpenAI has been sued by a non-profit organization over its models' cyberattack against startup Hugging Face in July. Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, or LASST, filed the suit in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday, in what appears to be the first publicly repo

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Reliance-backed Netmeds remained a relatively small player compared to online pharmacy rivals such as Tata 1mg and PharmEasy, with its operating revenue remaining largely flat in FY26. The company, however, stayed profitable with Rs 5.5 crore during the year. Netmeds’ revenue fro

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Is the Chinese economy well and truly broken? Will China be stuck in low growth for a decade or more? And what would that mean for the industries we cover on ChinaTalk, for China’s military power, and for policymakers around the world? To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Logan Wrig

Doctor-led longevity and preventive healthcare startup Vytalyou has raised Rs 9 crore in a pre-Series A round from Chetan Jain of Pharma Dose and Ratan Jain of Venus Industries at a valuation of around Rs 33 crore. The proceeds will be used to expand its network of Incremental Li

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Former EVGA employee recounts company’s degrading relationship with Nvidia before 2022 blow-up — forced loss-leader Founders Editions, pricing mandates, and forward-looking tech all led to friction Behind-the-scenes account shows how difficult it was for EVGA to maintain its GPU

AMD acquires AI legend Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion — ImageNet pioneer will become AMD chief scientist as the chipmaker brings her lab in-house AMD taps World Labs' model expertise to shape future chip and systems design. AMD has agreed to acquire AI model research fi