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AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

Wednesday 14 October 2026 Top stories today: - OpenAI says FBI arrested staffer after hidden recording device found - Google’s Gemini 4 Argon rolls out globally after limited launch - Apple unveils $299 HomeView smart display with A18 chip - Bumble agrees to $1.3B take-private de

Nvidia GPU prices spike in Japan; prices up to 41% higher than Amazon US — RTX 5060 Ti sees the biggest increase among the RTX 50-series stack Is this a bad omen for the U.S. gamers? A Redditor has shared a photograph of the prices of Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs in Japan, and it do

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Most B2B + AI companies are locking their 2027 event budgets between now and January. Most will spread that budget across too many events, picked from lists built on organizer press releases. By Q3, half of those booths will have produced nothing anyone can trace to revenue. We r

32GB of DDR5 6000 RAM now costs $450 — AI-induced shortage reaches worst milestone yet $449.97 to be precise. The AI-induced PC component shortage, which has caused drastic increases in the cost of DIY building, continues to get worse. Since last year, RAM prices have increased b

Stocks to buy today | Suzlon Energy share: Despite volitility in the key benchmark indices of the Indian stock market, shares of Suzlon Energy Ltd have been on an uptrend for the last four straight sessions. Extending the rally for fourth day in a row, Suzlon share price today op

Modder injects leaked DLSS 5 4x Multipass on 1996 Quake — post-process AI upscale looks far worse than engine-level RTX mods At least it tried to emulate how a dungeon lit by torches would look. A Ukrainian DLSS 5 experimenter is back at it again, this time testing the original Q

China’s BYDBYDBYD Auto is a Chinese carmaker that became the world’s leading EV manufacturer in 2023, competing with Tesla for market share and global attention.READ MORE is building cars faster than it can export, so it’s adding more ships. The world’s largest electric vehicle m

BHEL Q2 Results: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) shares surged to a record high on Wednesday after the state-owned engineering company reported a sharp increase in September-quarter earnings, supported by strong revenue growth and improved operating profitability. BHEL sh

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deal to deliver Russian diesel to global markets may be sending shockwaves through the GOP — but don’t expect it to do the same to prices. Already, multiple House Republicans; key GOP candidates; and two bipartisan gro

Billionbrains Garage Ventures, the parent company of stockbroking platform Groww, saw its equity derivatives revenue decline 14.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the September quarter of FY27, with the company attributing most of the fall to SEBI’s new Closing Auction System (CAS).

Indian equities could face further downside before entering a consolidation phase, amid rising inflation risks, geopolitical uncertainty, elevated commodity prices and volatile foreign investor flows, according to a report by PL Capital. The brokerage has revised its 12-month Nif

Mumbai-based customised haircare startup Traya is in talks to raise around ₹300 Cr (about $31 Mn) from Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest, sources told Inc42. The proposed round would value the startup at ₹2,500 Cr (about $262 Mn) to ₹3,000 Cr (about $315 Mn) and include bo

Indian stockbrokers’ combined active client base on the NSE rose by about 1.6 Lakh to 4.61 Cr in September, despite benchmark indices recording their steepest monthly decline in six months. Market leader Groww continued to widen its lead in India’s stockbroking market over the pr

Himadri Speciality Chemical share price has been undergoing some correction due to profit booking at higher levels, raising speculation among investors about whether or not they should buy the dips. The stock has given healthy returns to its investors in the past despite stock ma

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

Top stocks to buy for the short term: After falling 6% in September and extending losses for the second consecutive month, the market benchmark Nifty has been flat so far in October amid lingering concerns over higher oil prices, elevated bond yields, and foreign capital outflows

Europe made a “historic” blunder by caving to the Trump administration on tariffs during Trump’s second term, the former Canadian trade minister who helped negotiate the US-Mexico-Canada deal during the first Trump administration told Semafor. “A real problem for the Western alli

All eyes are on the first meeting of the White House’s AI task force this week as groups and members of Congress try to influence the newly formed body. Americans for Responsible Innovation, former Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Brad Carson’s nonprofit focused on federal AI safety regu

President Donald Trump is downplaying the idea of cutting off intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, telling reporters yesterday that the US is still sharing intelligence and that “we help them” — while emphasizing that his goal is to see an end to Russia’s years-long war on the coun

Senate Democrats’ top super PAC is pouring nearly $7 million more into two major races, according to details shared first with Semafor. Senate Majority PAC, which is aligned with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, is adding $3.7 million to its campaign in Michigan, bringing th

ICICI Life Insurance has posted strong September-quarter (Q2FY27) results. Annualized premium equivalent (APE) grew 15.6% year-on-year to ₹2,799 crore, while value of new business (VNB) rose 20.3% to ₹712 crore. The faster growth in VNB expanded the margin by 98 basis points to 2

ASML said Wednesday that some of its customers are expressing interest in placing orders for its critical semiconductor tools for 2029 and 2030 as the company reported third-quarter profit that beat expectations. The comments will likely comfort investors who have been looking to

AI - Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops - AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody's ready Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'm

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KL Rahul-backed sports and fitness brand Boldfit has raised Rs 400 crore in its Series B round from The Bharat Value Fund, managed by The Wealth Company (formerly Pantomath Capital Management), at a valuation of Rs 4,000 crore. The founders still holds over 78%, a rarity in India

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re

The Stack, a supplements brand focused on clinically studied ingredients and transparent formulations, has raised Rs 21.5 crore in a seed funding round co-led by Sauce, OTP Ventures and Huddle Ventures. The Goa-based startup had earlier raised Rs 5.5 crore in a pre-seed funding r

Digital investment platform Groww reported a strong financial performance in the second quarter of FY27, with its profit growing nearly 54% year-on-year to Rs 725 crore. The company also recorded a 47% year-on-year increase in revenue from operations during the quarter. According

Investment tech company Groww’s consolidated net profit jumped 54% to ₹724.7 Cr in the second quarter of FY27 from ₹471.3 Cr in the year-ago quarter. However, profit declined 1.4% from ₹735 Cr in the June quarter. Operating revenue rose 47.4% to ₹1,501.5 Cr during the September q

AI - Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use - Researchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Re