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Astra Studios, backed by Hombale Group, has partnered with VerSe Innovation to launch the Astra-Spark Alliance, an AI-powered content production initiative announced at MIPCOM Cannes on October 12. The alliance combines AstraLabs, Astra Studios’ technology arm, with VerSe’s Spark

Pre-owned goods marketplace Circle has raised ₹25 Cr (about $2.6 Mn) in a seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Titan Capital and Myntra cofounder Raveen Sastry. Delhivery COO Ajith Pai also joined the round as an angel inves

RocketPay, a digital collections infrastructure platform for lenders, has raised Rs 10 crore in a funding round led by Sandeep Jain and Group. The round also saw participation from IPV, LetsVenture, Launch Capital, AVNM Ventures and Navyug Global Ventures, alongside existing inve

Across industries, the U.K. is putting the full stack to work. The scale of deployment is growing fast, from enterprises transforming their businesses to startups solving some of the planet’s hardest problems. NVIDIA is putting that principle into practice, including through a fi

Keeping a city running means making decisions that affect residents every day — from when to repair a road to how to use energy more efficiently. Across the EMEA region, cities and local software, infrastructure and integration partners are using NVIDIA accelerated computing to b

Bengaluru-based spacetech startup OXG Space has raised Rs 17 crore in a funding round led by Aum Ventures through its India Innovation Fund II. The round also saw participation from Skyroot Aerospace co-founders Pawan Kumar Chandana and Bharath Daka, and Cosmoserve founder Dr Chi

Gemini 4 Argon went GA today, but we already gave it title story 2 weeks ago and most benchmarks, like CursorBench, simply independently confirm their claims. About 20,000 joined AIE NYC today for keynotes from the frontier of AI x Finance, from Anthropic showing how they are bui

Gemini 4 Argon went GA today, but we already gave it title story 2 weeks ago and most benchmarks, like CursorBench, simply independently confirm their claims. About 20,000 joined AIE NYC today for keynotes from the frontier of AI x Finance, from Anthropic showing how they are bui

Mobile gaming studio Spill Games has raised $10.5 Mn (about ₹100 Cr) in a Series A round led by Elevation Capital, with participation from existing investors Centre Court Capital and PeerCapital. The Bengaluru-based startup said it would use the fresh capital to scale its existin

In November 1996, Japanese toymaker Bandai put a pet inside a plastic egg. The Tamagotchi, whose name blends tamago, Japanese for egg, with watch, had a tiny screen and three buttons to feed the creature, play with it and switch off its lights. Neglect it for too long, and it die

World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey - Published The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, archaeologists say. They have dated it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old, which is the Early Bronze Age, and is around the same time that th

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

Billionaires, global CEOs and crypto executives descended on Singapore last week as a growing number of high-profile conferences coincided with the country's Formula 1 Grand Prix. More than 40 business events were held around this year's Grand Prix period, up from over 25 in 2025

Bengaluru-based Spill Games, an AI-led mobile gaming studio, has raised $10.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Elevation Capital. Existing investors Centre Court Capital and PeerCapital also participated in the round. The startup had previously raised $3.1 million in a

Enterprise AI startup RevRag AI has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Accion Ventures with Cedar Hill Capital. Wyser and Venture Catalysts also participated in the round. The Bengaluru-based startup had previously raised $600,000 in a pre-seed funding round led b

Anthropic said Monday that small AI models are "months away" from developing the capabilities needed to replicate themselves across internet-connected devices in the home, marking the latest warning from the frontier lab about the technology's potential safety risks. Anthropic de

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Agentic AI startup RevRag.AI has raised $2.5 Mn (about ₹24 Cr) in a seed funding round led by Accion Ventures to expedite product development and expand to the US market. Cedar Hill Capital, Wyser and Venture Catalysts have also backed the startup. “From the perspective of financ

NVIDIA is making the full NVIDIA Run:ai platform available as open source software, giving customers, developers, and ecosystem partners access to production-grade AI workload and GPU orchestration capabilities. This release expands the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform by establish

Ossoff, Collins clash in second Georgia Senate debate: 4 takeaways Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) and Rep. Mike Collins (R) traded barbs in a Tuesday night debate, tangling over the Jeffrey Epstein files, the 2020 election and more. Ossoff, the only Senate Democrat running for reelection in

Cisco Turns Its Attention To The Control Layers Of Its Quantum Network Cisco Networks, through its Outshift R&D and incubator unit, has for several years been piecing together the network architecture needed for quantum computing. The company believes that scaling quantum environ

Trump pardons diesel mechanics for Clean Air Act violations at Alaska rally President Trump issued pardons at a campaign rally in Alaska on Tuesday for two diesel mechanics who were previously charged with and plead guilty to violating the Clean Air Act. The president signed the

Collins, Jackson duke it out in third Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways Republican Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Democrat Troy Jackson clashed Tuesday in their third Maine Senate debate with just three weeks until Election Day. Collins and Jackson sparred on several topics, including

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the gas from a proposed liquefied natural gas project in Alaska. "Taiwan has just agreed to buy 30% of the gas coming off the pipeline for the next 20 years," Trump said at a rally in Alaska. "That guar

China's producer price index climbed at its fastest pace in over four years, rising 5% in September as higher fuel prices pushed up costs for businesses. The increase was higher than the 4.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and sharply up from the 3.8% seen in the previ

Listen to this article in summarized format Markets also weighed the risk of supply disruptions from the fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia against the prospect of increased diesel supplies from Russia. Crude oil price on October 14 Brent crude futures rose $1.40, or 1

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday said it plans to invest $15.5 billion from 2026 through 2032 in India, a market it considers core to the company's emerging-market growth and expansion. "India remains one of Hyundai Motor Group's most important and strategic markets g

Fundamentals Spot gold was little changed at $4,161.05 per ounce by 0011 GMT. US gold futures rose 0.2% to $4,185.00. The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report is due at 1230 GMT, followed by the Producer Price Index (PPI) and retail sales data on Thursday. According to CME's FedW

Top stocks to watch: The Indian stock market is likely to open lower on Wednesday, 14 October, as indicated by GIFT Nifty. The index was trading around 22,765, down nearly 85 points from the previous close of Nifty futures, signalling a weak start for the domestic benchmark indic

The greenback weakened from an 18-month high in the previous session as oil prices eased and investors reassessed the AI-fueled rally that has supported demand for US assets. The euro clung to gains as budget concerns in France kept regional bond yields elevated and markets on ed

Net profit for the quarter ended September 2026 increased to ₹374 crore from ₹299 crore a year earlier. For the first half of FY27, profit rose 26.5% to ₹760 crore. Shares fell 2.65% on the BSE to ₹446 apiece even as the benchmark index rose 1.54%. Read more: Anand Rathi Share an

Oil rises Wednesday, amid worries over supply disruptions as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East with fighting between Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia. Futures for international benchmark Brent crude for December delivery gained 1.24% at $107.02 a barrel. U.S. W

Brent crude futures rose 89 cents, or 0.8%, to $106.58 a barrel by 0030 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 80 cents, or 0.9%, to $94.94. Brent fell 0.9% on Tuesday, while WTI rose 0.4%. "Supply concern stemming from conflict between the Houthis and Saudi A

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Anthropic is asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal in a case concerning the Pentagon's blacklisting of the company's AI models. "The Secretary of War branded Anthropic — an American AI company whose models help defend the nation— a national-security 'sup

Anthropic is asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal in a case concerning the Pentagon's blacklisting of the company's AI models. "The Secretary of War branded Anthropic — an American AI company whose models help defend the nation— a national-security 'sup