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Technology - Recent Headlines

Parental backlash against school-assigned laptops is powering up across the country

NBC News - 20 hours ago

AI tools offer earlier detection of problem gambling, but experts warn of new risks

New technology helps deaf fans experience the sound of sport -- New technologies tested at the Deaflympics in Tokyo are creating new ways of experience the atmosphere at sporting events.

BBC News - 20 hours ago

GitHub previews Agentic Workflows as part of continuous AI concept -- Won't replace traditional CI/CD – and still in early development – so use 'at your own risk' -- Devops

Consulting firms have built thousands of AI agents. Now they're trying to figure out their worth.

Business Insider - 20 hours ago

Kalshi and Polymarket Are Eating Sports Gambling

New York Magazine - 21 hours ago

Iraqi-Emirati consortium plans $700M data cable to link UAE to Türkiye

Daily Sabah - 21 hours ago

TV antennas and Super Bowl rehearsals: How prediction market traders seek an edge

NPR - 21 hours ago

Apple's low-cost Macbook for $599? Leakers go bonkers -- m read

Gulf News - 21 hours ago

Leading in the Age of AI: Why the World's Top Executive Coach Says Character Matters More Than Ever

Peninsula Qatar - 21 hours ago

MoD ticks shopping list as PM considers weapons budget boost -- Top brass splash cash on acoustic targeting, hypersonic missiles...and Red Hat -- Offbeat

Indian Govt Discussing Age Restrictions With Social Media Platforms

Deccan Chronicle - 22 hours ago

Better call DAVID? AI chatbot gives legal advice in Alberta personal injury cases

Toronto Star - 22 hours ago

Amazon drops plans to partner Ring doorbell cameras with police tech company

NBC News - 22 hours ago

Quadric IT Debuts AI Cane for the Blind

Deccan Chronicle - 22 hours ago

'Earth is defenseless against city-killer asteroids': NASA issues stark warning

International The News - 22 hours ago

Infosys Partners With Anthropic For AI Solutions

Deccan Chronicle - 22 hours ago

India's Adani to invest $100 billion in AI data centers over the next decade

CNBC - 23 hours ago

Annular solar eclipse 2026: Where and when to see the 'Ring of fire'

International The News - 23 hours ago

Long-awaited WhatsApp update finally confirmed - and you'll be getting it soon -- If you use WhatsApp on your computer, your prayers have been answered.

Daily Express - 23 hours ago

Long queues and confusion mar first day of India's landmark AI summit -- The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi is expected to be attended by top tech leaders from the world.

BBC News - 23 hours ago

Apple Revamps Video Podcasts as Industry Shifts Toward Visuals

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

CMF Headphone Pro Review: A little funky but too much fun -- Nothing sub-brand, CMF has recently launched its budget-friendly over ear headphones in India. At Rs 6,999, the CMF Headphone Pro is well worth its asking price for its features and performance.

First Post - 1 day ago

Apple to Hold Product Launch on March 4, May Unveil New MacBooks

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Kung Fu robots make awesome moves, Jackie Chan sings -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

AWS adds nested virtualization option for handful of EC2 instances -- Your chance to run a VM inside a VM, inside a cloud – which can mean WSL on a cloudy Windows PC -- Virtualization

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Guardian UK - 1 day ago

Ireland Opens Probe into Elon Musk's Grok AI Over Sexualised Images

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

How dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from years of harm - Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead.

BBC News - 1 day ago

OpenAI Fires Executive over Sexual Discrimination Allegations After She Opposed AI Porn

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.5 as China's chatbot race shifts to AI agents

CNBC - 1 day ago

X suffers global glitch - most report issues with app -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

BOFH: Loss adjuster discovers liability is a two-way street - Episode 3 - Insurance negotiations take a turn for the Thames

UK at risk of more flooding 'for months to come'

Sky News - 1 day ago

The invisible threat that could flood your home

Sky News - 1 day ago

ByteDance to add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash

NBC News - 1 day ago

The siblings who built a $537 billion giant in five years

Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago

Looking to upgrade the family car? Your 2026 checklist for the new era of SUVs

Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago

AI out of control? How a single article is sending shock waves with an apocalyptic warning

Fox News - 1 day ago

Nolte: Artificial Intelligence Is Coming and There's Nothing Hollywood Can Do About It

Breitbart - 1 day ago

A18 Pro MacBook Release Date, Specs, Features, Price and Everything We Know So Far

International Business Times - 1 day ago

CFOTO / Future Publishing via Getty Images

NBC News - 1 day ago

AI minister seeks new investments through visits to Germany, Saudi Arabia, India

Toronto Star - 1 day ago

Trump UFO Announcement Rumors Persist Online: What We Know

Newsweek - 1 day ago

Cryptocurrency use explodes in human trafficking networks, online scams: report

New York Post - 1 day ago

Maduro raid questions trigger Pentagon review of top AI firm as potential 'supply chain risk'

Fox News - 1 day ago

Google: North Korean Hackers Leveraged Gemini AI for Cyber Attacks

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Trump Administration Creating Plan for Tech Companies to Pay Full Costs of AI Data Center Power, Water Usage

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Why ID cards improve staff identification in clinical settings

The Canary - 1 day ago

How MyIQ Is Liberating IQ Testing for the Digital Age

International Business Times - 1 day ago

Chinese Alibaba Group unveils new AI model

Peninsula Qatar - 1 day ago

AI chatbot firms facing stricter regulation to protect children in the UK

CNBC - 1 day ago

Cubbit powers Swiss cantonal-level sovereign cloud for Ailanto

Democrats Lament Ouster of DOJ Antitrust Official Gail Slater

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Counter-drone technologies are evolving – but there's no surefire way to defend against drone attacks -- Jamey Jacob, Oklahoma State University

The Conversation - 1 day ago

Bullet dodged: Aussie investors spared as US crypto giant freezes funds

Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago

Wearable robotics are changing how we walk and run

Fox News - 1 day ago

Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake -- Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs -- Offbeat

Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks -- Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset -- Databases

You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised -- Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options -- Security

Western Digital Sells Out Entire 2026 Hard Drive Inventory as AI Datacenters Gobble Up Supply

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Scientists Discover 'Time Crystals' That Defy Newton's Third Law

Newsweek - 1 day ago

Buzz of the Olympics: How drone cams deliver high-pace visuals and add a new dynamic for TV viewers

One America News Network - 1 day ago

Nadda Set to Unveil Major Initiatives at India AI Summit on Tuesday

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

COMMENT - Data sovereignty, an existential issue for nations - 4 - m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Tomorrow

Newsweek - 1 day ago

In Graphics: 7 big changes the world could see in AI -- In 2026, Agentic AI systems are transforming industry, healthcare, and infrastructure, while India positions itself as a Global South leader in ethical AI governance at the India AI Impact Summit. The shift toward small language models, robotics-driven Physical AI, and synthetic data marks a pivotal moment for global AI development

First Post - 1 day ago

Fire TV Stick investigators catching 'dodgy' users by finding one word in messages - A recent study found 60 per cent of people approve of using the so-called 'dodgy' Fire TV Sticks...

Daily Express - 1 day ago

X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load -- 'All systems operational,' says status page – real life suggests otherwise -- Off-Prem

X outage hits thousands of social media platform users

Evening Standard - 1 day ago

Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation -- opinion -- The subtractive bias we're ignoring -- AI + ML

X hit by 'international outages': monitors

Peninsula Qatar - 1 day ago

Can governments ever keep up with big tech?

Sky News - 1 day ago

Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security -- fosdem 2026 -- Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money -- Security

X hit by widespread outage, disrupting users worldwide

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

Stroke survivors trial new at-home tech: 'It's given me my freedom back' -- Participants in the NHS 'Triceps' trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.

BBC News - 1 day ago

Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch -- Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet -- Personal Tech

Hyderabad Hosts TALHealthFest 2026, A Global Call for Equitable...

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

iPhone flip leaks: Price, specs and launch date -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface -- High-severity CSS flaw let malicious webpages run code inside the sandbox -- Security

UK targets AI chatbots in crackdown after Grok outcry

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

Technical Intensity Of India Unique: Anthropic Co-founder Dario Amodei...

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

The FCC's Role in Lowering Prices for Americans

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Bereaved mum in tears as data campaign to become law -- The data of deceased children will now be preserved by social media companies within five days.

BBC News - 1 day ago

ByteDance to add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash

CNBC - 1 day ago

Starmer pledges to act in 'months not years' to protect children on social media

Evening Standard - 1 day ago

Why does the Windows 11 taskbar hurt me like that? -- Former Windows manager explains design decisions behind it -- OSes

Fake ad blocker breaks PCs in new malware extension scam

Fox News - 1 day ago

ByteDance Addresses Copyright Concerns as Disney Challenges Seedance 2.0

International Business Times - 1 day ago

Buying Guide - Best electric toothbrushes for kids 2026: Fun, effective and tested by experts. By - Joanne Lewsley - Last updated - 16 February 26

Live Science - 1 day ago

New adverts urge boys not to share sexist content online -- The Scottish government campaign highlights the hurt that online misogyny can cause to women and girls.

BBC News - 1 day ago

Price of popularity: Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress -- Lots of donations, but lots of pressure to go with it -- OSes

The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess

Wired News - 1 day ago

We will do battle with AI chatbots as we did with Grok, says Starmer -- The government's new plans will mean no online platform will get a "free pass" on children's safety on the internet, the prime minister says.

BBC News - 1 day ago

Where to Buy Anonymous Proxy

The Canary - 1 day ago

PM to go 'into battle' against AI chatbots

Sky News - 1 day ago

India hosts major AI summit, gathers top tech executives

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

India's MSMEs Must Be At The Heart Of AI-driven Manufacturing...

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

What is Doubao 2.0? All about China's new AI -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

Calif. ballot measures that appear aimed at OpenAI were filed by stepbrother of employee at rival Anthropic

New York Post - 1 day ago