Global smartphone market struggles as AI boom cuts chip supply
The global smartphone market is encountering major challenges in 2026 as a severe memory chip shortage, fueled by rising demand from AI…
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Instagram expands teens safety tools with parental notification system
Instagram said it will begin notifying parents when a teenager repeatedly searches for terms associated with suicide or self-harm within a short…
Google halts global Chinese-linked cyber espionage operation
Google said on Wednesday that it disrupted a Chinese-linked hacking group responsible for breaching at least 53 organisations in 42 countries. The…
Hacker exploits Anthropic’s Claude to steal Mexican government data
A hacker reportedly accessed sensitive tax and voter data from the Mexican government using Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude, a new report has…
Alibaba expands AI push with affordable coding tools
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce giant and rising leader in artificial intelligence, is expanding its push into software coding tools…
Apple unveils age-verification tools globally for child-safety laws compliance
Apple is introducing new tools aimed at meeting an increasing wave of age-verification regulations in the United States and other countries. As…
Self-driving startup Wayve raises $1.2bn from Microsoft, Nvidia, Uber, others
Wayve’s self-driving technology has secured backing from a wide range of investors in its latest $1.2 billion funding round, including three automakers,…
Software companies pause debt issuances over AI disruption threats
Software companies are postponing debt deals as rising borrowing costs and increased lender scrutiny weigh on the sector, even as growing pressure…
Trump launches tech corps to boost US AI presence overseas
Amid growing competition with China, the United States is leveraging a key instrument of American soft power and diplomacy to extend its…
Tech giants pledge billions of dollars for India AI push
Tech giants have pledged to channel hundreds of billions of dollars into AI initiatives in India, amid a major summit that has…
Tesla cuts prices, unveils lower-cost Cybertruck to boost sales
Tesla introduced a more affordable Cybertruck model in the United States on Thursday and cut the price of its top-tier Cyberbeast edition…
Saudi-backed firm commits $3bn to Musk’s AI venture
Saudi-backed artificial intelligence firm Humain has invested $3 billion in xAI, the AI startup founded by Elon Musk, according to a statement…