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The AI race hasn’t slowed down. In the last week, Google, Anthropic and Mistral AI all released new AI models ranging from widely accessible to super exclusive. Each focuses on different improvements, but the stakes go beyond benchmark bragging rights. We break down the latest releases, what’s new,
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The Xbox reset continues. Despite a rough year of revenue losses, layoffs and major restructuring, the Microsoft gaming division announced Thursday that it’s going big into the entertainment industry and elsewhere. After the resounding success of A Minecraft Movie and the Fallout TV series — both of which are longtime
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Featured Podcasts Qualcomm's CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade. Subscribe to Sources. The Upstarts Podcast: Bringing
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By Sunil Thapliyal, Head – CV Digital IT, Tata Motors Digital.AI Labs Limited For much of the digital era, the relationship between humans and machines has been built on a simple premise: humans decide, software executes. Every business application, workflow and digital process followed this contract. People defined the rules;
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IndiaTech.Org has appointed Dhiraj Gyani as its Chief Executive Officer, elevating him to the top leadership position after more than three years with the technology industry association. Gyani joined IndiaTech.Org in June 2023 as Senior Director – Policy & Operations and subsequently became Chief Operating Officer in July 2024.
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By Ankush Tiwari, Founder & CEO, pi-labs On the evening of 12 June 2026, the most capable artificial intelligence on the planet vanished for everyone who wasn’t American. Anthropic had released Fable 5 barely three days earlier; then an export-control order arrived from Washington, and the company had little
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By Gauri Navalkar Godse, CEO India, UE Lifesciences Medicine has always been built on evidence, caution and rigorous validation. That should never change. What must change, however, is how quickly we are able to generate, evaluate and act upon evidence in an increasingly connected world. There was a time when
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Bank of Baroda has launched ‘bob Cyber Veeru’, a cybersecurity mascot designed to strengthen customer awareness around digital safety and help users adopt safer banking practices. The pan-India initiative uses simple, practical, and relatable content to educate customers about common and emerging digital fraud risks. Through formats such as short
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By Siddharth Mahajani, Vice President and Managing Directo, Infor Indian manufacturers are expanding capacity as the country strengthens its position as a global manufacturing hub. Manufacturing already accounts for close to a fifth of India’s economic output, and the government’s ambition to increase that contribution makes operational modernisation
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With artificial intelligence capabilities continuing to expand, universities now face complex, urgent questions about how to navigate increasing challenges, as well as new opportunities. Much attention is now directed toward this, including an MIT report on AI and education published this summer. A new essay from MIT Statistics and Data
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This week on Uncanny Valley, Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger dive into how Elon Musk’s America PAC is spending millions on the most consequential Senate races of the 2026 midterms—and how most of that money goes to opposing Democrats rather than supporting Republicans. They also break down effective
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The company is also tightening its election policy ahead of the midterms. Aerps.com / Unsplash Anthropic's annual usage policy update includes one eyebrow-raising change: a ban on "sustained and needless" cruelty toward its AI models. This comes in the shadow of a viral "AI torture
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* President Zelensky has announced the development of a Ukrainian Starlink replica * The Ukraine military requires better connectivity for drone support and other communications * It is understood Ukraine will launch 120 satellites in 2027 using SpaceX Ukraine is planning its own Starlink system, designed to assist in the planning and deployment
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If you’ve read even one news story from the AI industry recently, it’s probably been some version of this: An AI agent, or bot, from a major lab got out of its testing environment and found its way onto the internet, hacking real websites. That’s because it’
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Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. It’s already possible to get AMD’s framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck
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Watch Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage season 3 online * Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage season 3premiere: Thursday, October 8 at 8pm ET * US broadcast: CBS via Fubo Free Trial * US stream:Paramount Plus * Use NordVPN to watch from anywhere Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
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2:00 PM PDT · October 8, 2026 With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents unveiled during the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to be the chief executive of Theranos before everything came
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An article from Dive Brief The new offering signals a shift in agentic work from assistance to proactive task completion, according to Gartner Senior Director Analyst Joe Mariano. Published Oct. 8, 2026 This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: * Google is reimagining the
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ByEdward Graham, Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW October 8, 2026 04:43 PM ET The department announced $159 million in new phase II Genesis Mission project awards, $96 million for early-career researchers and a new graduate fellowship program, along with an effort to advance the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers. * Energy
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An article from Dive Brief The Department of Labor suspended Microsoft, Cognizant, Adobe and other IT services firms from the permanent labor certification program Thursday. Published Oct. 8, 2026 First published on This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: * The federal government took
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