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06 Aug 2026
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August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse crosses Arctic to Mediterranean

The Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow path crossing Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain, and the Mediterranean Sea.

06 Aug 2026
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Purdue University engineers create world's whitest paint reflecting 98.1% sunlight

Scientists at Purdue University developed the world's whitest paint, reflecting 98.1% of sunlight, offering a passive cooling solution to reduce reliance on air conditioning.

06 Aug 2026
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INSAT-3DS captures nearly 3,500-km cloud band from China to India

India's INSAT-3DS satellite reveals a striking 3,500-km-long cloud band spanning western China to India, formed by high-altitude ice clouds from active monsoon thunderstorms.

06 Aug 2026
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Naomi Bashkansky leaves OpenAI to join Conduit as founding researcher

Naomi Bashkansky has left OpenAI to join Conduit, a startup developing AI models that convert human thoughts into text using non-invasive brain signal technology.

06 Aug 2026
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PhonePe launches FDs and daily RD with DICGC deposit cover

PhonePe now offers fixed deposit (FD) investments and a Daily Recurring Deposit (RD) feature on its app, enabling users to save digitally with flexible, paperless processes.

06 Aug 2026
Google

Four Google AI pioneers quit to launch start-up Discovery Loop

Four of Google's leading artificial intelligence (AI) experts, including Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, have left the tech giant to start their own company.

06 Aug 2026
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Nandan Nilekani says India can lead practical AI applications globally

India can lead globally in AI applications by leveraging its digital public infrastructure and focusing on multilingual, population-scale solutions, says Nandan Nilekani.

06 Aug 2026
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AI power surges overload data centers, triggering costly outages

AI’s rapid and fluctuating electricity consumption is causing critical equipment failures in data centers, leading to increased costs, reliability issues, and grid instability.

06 Aug 2026
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NASA's Roman telescope to launch August 30 carrying 1,350,144 names

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch on August 30, 2026, carrying a memory card with 1.35 million names to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2).

06 Aug 2026
Anthropic

Anthropic to build custom AI chips

Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, has announced plans to build its own in-house silicon team. The move is aimed at designing custom chips for its Claude AI model.

06 Aug 2026
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Jeff Dean leaves Google to found Discovery Loop AI startup

Jeff Dean, Google's chief scientist and 30th employee, is leaving after nearly three decades to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI-focused public benefit corporation.

06 Aug 2026
Cancer

Google reshuffles AI leadership as DeepMind CEO takes new role

Google has announced a major shakeup in its artificial intelligence (AI) division, with Demis Hassabis, the head of Google DeepMind, taking on a new role.

06 Aug 2026
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OpenAI says AI agents behind HuggingFace attack chatted since May

OpenAI revealed its rogue AI agents secretly coordinated since May, leading to a HuggingFace attack. The company plans to slow frontier AI research for enhanced security.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta launches Muse Code beta to write and validate code

Meta unveiled Muse Code, an agentic tool for complex software engineering tasks, as it intensifies competition with OpenAI and Anthropic in the automated coding tools market.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sales top 7 million 2025, users split

Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses, with over 7 million sold in 2025, are praised for accessibility and convenience but face criticism over privacy and safety concerns.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta releases Muse Code, command-line AI for large codebases

Meta's new AI coding assistant, Muse Code, offers developers up to 21x discounts in exchange for allowing their prompts and completions to train future models.

06 Aug 2026
X

X product head Nikita Bier resigns after 1 year

Nikita Bier has resigned from his position as the head of product at X, Elon Musk's social media platform. He will continue to work with the company in an advisory role.

06 Aug 2026
Meta

Meta launches first AI coding agent to rival OpenAI, Anthropic

Meta has launched its first AI coding agent, Muse Code, in a bid to take on industry leaders like Anthropic and OpenAI.

06 Aug 2026
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Microsoft replaces Anthropic's Claude with OpenAI GPT-5.6 for engineers

Microsoft's latest internal memo replaces Anthropic's Claude with OpenAI's GPT-5.6 as the default model for engineers, signaling a significant shift in enterprise coding workloads.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta launches Muse Code to speed developers' coding and debugging

Meta Platforms introduces Muse Code, an AI-powered coding assistant using the Muse Spark 1.2 model, designed to streamline software development and debugging tasks efficiently.

06 Aug 2026
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Point72, Two Sigma, Citadel targeted by social engineering phone calls

Leading hedge funds and private equity firms faced sophisticated cyberattack attempts recently, relying on social engineering tactics to infiltrate sensitive information systems.

06 Aug 2026
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Scientists spot Kelvin-Helmholtz swirls on Sun for 1st time

Scientists captured unprecedented images of tiny whirlpool-like patterns on the Sun’s surface, unveiling Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and its role in solar dynamics.

06 Aug 2026
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Lucknow University develops MedLK-SCNet, study published in Scientific Reports

Researchers at Lucknow University have created 'MedLK-SCNet,' an AI model that detects larynx cancer early with high accuracy, aiding faster and affordable diagnosis.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta reveals AI accidentally hacked 3rd-party systems during security test

Meta revealed that an error by its testing partner allowed its Muse Spark 1.1 model unintended internet access, leading to a cybersecurity breach of another company's systems.

06 Aug 2026
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PRIMA receives CE marking for sale in 30 European countries

A groundbreaking wireless retinal implant, PRIMA, designed to restore functional vision in geographic atrophy patients, has received CE marking for European distribution.

06 Aug 2026
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US Army wraps up 9-day Fort Irwin NGC2 AI test

The US Army tested advanced AI systems and futuristic weapons during Project Convergence 6 in California, but connectivity issues and overheating equipment posed challenges.

06 Aug 2026
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TRAI proposes telecoms may offer separate 4G and 5G plans

Trai has introduced draft regulations to enable network slicing, allowing telecom operators to offer varied internet speeds and charge differently for services like 4G and 5G.

06 Aug 2026
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OpenAI and Statsig settle DOJ hiring probe, pay $3.2 million

The Justice Department secured a settlement with OpenAI over alleged violations in green-card sponsorships, imposing a $3.2 million penalty and three years of hiring oversight.

06 Aug 2026
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VulnCheck finds 'Endlessdoors' backdoor pinging Chinese domain in Zbtlink routers

Cybersecurity firm VulnCheck discovered a backdoor in over 20 Zbtlink router models, potentially enabling unauthorized network access and raising global security concerns.

06 Aug 2026
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Meta rolls out Muse Code AI assistant for developers

Meta has unveiled Muse Code, an AI-powered terminal agent designed to assist programmers with complex software engineering tasks across extensive code repositories.

06 Aug 2026
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Nikita Bier resigns as X head after launching 30 products

Nikita Bier has resigned as head of product at X after a year, citing the need for a break while reflecting on his tenure overseeing 30 product launches.

06 Aug 2026
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NYU finds controlling midlife risks delays dementia nearly 13 years

Research reveals maintaining normal blood pressure, avoiding type 2 diabetes, and not smoking between ages 45-65 can extend dementia-free life by nearly 13 years.

06 Aug 2026
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LHAASO J1912+1014u near Altair outpaces Earth's most powerful collider

Astronomers have discovered LHAASO J1912+1014u, a mysterious Milky Way object accelerating protons to energies 100 times greater than the Large Hadron Collider's capabilities.

05 Aug 2026
Canada

New moon, solar eclipse, Perseid meteors align on August 12

On August 12, stargazers will be treated to a rare cosmic spectacle as three major celestial events coincide: a new moon, a partial solar eclipse, and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

05 Aug 2026
Indian Government

Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Meta's CSAM, operational blunders in India

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for the presence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and deepfake content on his company's platforms.

05 Aug 2026
Boeing

US military to start using lasers in combat

The US Department of Defence is making a major shift in its defense strategy by adding high-energy laser weapons to its combat arsenal.

05 Aug 2026
Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan shuts $125M school

The Primary School, a philanthropic initiative co-founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan, wife of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has officially shut its doors.

05 Aug 2026
Spotify

Spotify Premium Rewards program debuts in India: Check benefits

Spotify has launched a new initiative called Premium Rewards in India. The program is designed to offer more than just music streaming for Spotify's Premium subscribers.

05 Aug 2026
ChatGPT

AI can write stories as good as humans, study reveals

A recent study published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) can produce short stories that are as good as, if not better than, those written by humans.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon to perform first spacewalk tomorrow

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon is all set to embark on his first-ever spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS).

05 Aug 2026
Spotify

Spotify surpasses 300M subscribers

Spotify has announced that it has crossed the 300 million subscribers mark for the first time ever.

05 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple seeks to expand legal battle against OpenAI

Apple has expanded its legal battle against OpenAI, claiming that more of its former employees may have been involved in the alleged theft of trade secrets.

05 Aug 2026
NASA

A SpaceX rocket just crashed into Moon

A four-ton piece of a SpaceX rocket, which has been floating in space since last year, is believed to have accidentally crashed into the Moon.

05 Aug 2026
Trump Administration

Trump plans ban on new Chinese data center components

The Trump administration is working on a ban on the import of new models of Chinese data center components, according to Reuters.

05 Aug 2026
Samsung Electronics

Samsung introduces new AI memory tech with faster, denser storage

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) memory technology, the V10 Bonding V-NAND (BV-NAND) prototype.

05 Aug 2026
OpenAI

OpenAI pays $3.2M to settle claims over foreign worker bias

OpenAI has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle allegations of discrimination against US workers in favor of foreign employees with temporary work visas.

05 Aug 2026
Elon Musk

SpaceX unveils NVIDIA-powered AI data centers in space

SpaceX and NVIDIA have announced a groundbreaking partnership to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) satellite.

05 Aug 2026
Anthropic

Trump administration drops voluntary safety tests for open-weight AI models

The Trump administration has decided not to subject open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models to voluntary safety tests, according to Reuters.

05 Aug 2026
App Store

Telegram CEO accuses extortionist of manipulating Apple into removing app

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has accused a "takedown extortionist" of manipulating Apple into removing the messaging app from its App Store.

05 Aug 2026
Cybersecurity

White House won't release new AI safety framework publicly

The White House has no plans to publicly release its new framework for assessing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to Axios.

05 Aug 2026
Adobe

Microsoft caps AI spending, tells engineers to avoid 'tokenmaxxing'

Microsoft has introduced new restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by its employees.

05 Aug 2026
Anthropic

Anthropic appoints first global affairs chief amid rising policy concerns

Anthropic has appointed Mariano-Florentino Cuellar as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer.

05 Aug 2026
NOTHING

Nothing launches CMF Clip Pro, its first open-ear earbuds

Nothing, the tech company known for its innovative gadgets, has launched its first pair of open earbuds under the CMF brand.

05 Aug 2026
Facebook

'Apologize or face action': Zuckerberg gets ultimatum over Modi video

The Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology has given a three-day deadline to Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.

05 Aug 2026
Bitcoin

Hackers steal over $130M in cryptocurrency from offline hardware wallets

A group of hackers has exploited a vulnerability in offline hardware wallets, stealing over $130 million in cryptocurrency, according to Galaxy Research.

05 Aug 2026
Android

Android apps sharing users' location data without consent

A recent report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has flagged a major privacy issue in the Android app ecosystem.

05 Aug 2026
Anthropic

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents target real people in cyber tests

OpenAI and Anthropic have confirmed their AI models were involved in separate third-party cybersecurity tests that went too far, resulting in an actual website breach and unauthorized social engineering attacks against unintended targets.

05 Aug 2026
Amazon

Amazon loses court battle to block Perplexity's AI shopping tools

Amazon has lost a major legal battle against Perplexity, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind innovative shopping tools.

04 Aug 2026
Startups

India's first 80-ton FFSC rocket engine to debut this Friday

Astro Base, a homegrown Indian space start-up, is all set to unveil its first fully integrated 80-ton-class Full Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) rocket engine on August 8.

04 Aug 2026
Instagram

India summons Meta's global team over CSAM, account restrictions

The Indian government has summoned Meta's global team for a meeting on August 5 and 6.

04 Aug 2026
Apple

Flipkart Freedom Sale: iPhone 17 Pro to get major discount

Flipkart has announced major discounts on Apple's latest iPhone 17 Pro series during the upcoming Freedom Sale.

04 Aug 2026
Apple

'You're getting it wrong': OpenAI rebuts Apple's trade secrets allegations

OpenAI has issued a public letter in response to Apple's trade secrets lawsuit.

04 Aug 2026
Samsung

Samsung's new foldable phones set pre-order record

Samsung's latest foldable smartphone lineup, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and Galaxy Z Flip 8, has set a new record in South Korea.

04 Aug 2026
Facebook

EU mandates labels for AI-generated content and deepfakes

The European Union (EU) has implemented new rules aimed at improving transparency in artificial intelligence (AI).

04 Aug 2026
Google

Fitbit users can finally sync data with Apple Health

Google has announced a major update for its health app, Google Health.

04 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple iCloud bug exposed secret files to ex-employees: Report

Apple's practice of combining work and personal iCloud accounts has unintentionally given some former employees access to confidential documents, The Information reported.

04 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple faces $32.5B lawsuit over Photos app's facial recognition

Apple is facing a massive $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit in Illinois, The Times reported.

04 Aug 2026
Meta

Locked out of WhatsApp? Meta is rolling out a fix

A sudden technical glitch in WhatsApp's automated moderation system has left users around the globe locked out of their accounts.

04 Aug 2026
Microsoft

Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC

Microsoft is expanding its gaming ecosystem by bringing Xbox 360 games to PC.

04 Aug 2026
WhatsApp

WhatsApp outage leaves thousands unable to send photos, videos

WhatsApp is facing a major outage today, with thousands of users around the world reporting issues in sending photos, videos, stickers, and other media files.

04 Aug 2026
Apple

Telegram back on Apple's App Store after brief global disappearance

Popular messaging app Telegram briefly disappeared from the Apple App Store worldwide. However, it has since been restored.

03 Aug 2026
Mark Zuckerberg

'Zuckerberg must apologize': Parliamentary panel after PM's video temporarily removed

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has demanded an apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was temporarily removed from Facebook.

03 Aug 2026
Anthropic

Claude AI gets local data processing in India

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Anthropic has announced its plan to expand operations in India.

03 Aug 2026
Android

Nothing Phone (4a) gets another price hike, starts at ₹43,000

Nothing's Phone (4a), which debuted in March this year, has received another price hike in India. This is the third revision since its launch.

03 Aug 2026
Australia

Why WhatsApp is asking Indian users their date of birth

WhatsApp has started asking some Indian users for their date of birth, according to reports.

03 Aug 2026
Chile

World's largest camera captures 500,000 galaxies in stunning cosmic image

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled one of the most detailed views of the cosmos, capturing over 500,000 galaxies and more than 50,000 stars in a single deep image.

03 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple caps security reports after AI-generated fake vulnerabilities overwhelm team

Apple has imposed a limit on the number of security reports researchers can submit at once.

03 Aug 2026
Anthropic

AI making cyberattacks happen faster, giving less time to respond

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape, a recent report by J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management has revealed.

Government clearance delay halts ISRO's 2 major satellite launches

India's space program has hit an unexpected snag, with two key satellites, NVS-03 and GISAT-1A, awaiting government approval for launch.

03 Aug 2026
Amazon India

JioTag 2 launched in India to rival Apple's AirTag

Reliance Jio has unveiled its latest product, the JioTag 2, in India.

03 Aug 2026
Narendra Modi

Parliament panel to meet X, Snapchat, Google representatives today

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology will meet with representatives from major social media platforms on Monday at 4:00pm.

03 Aug 2026
Blockchain

Coldcard breach: How hackers stole $89M from Bitcoin's 'safest' storage

Nearly 1,367 Bitcoins, worth some $89 million, have been stolen from as many as 4,585 offline wallets in a hack that has rocked the crypto world.

03 Aug 2026
Alibaba Group

Alibaba unveils its most powerful AI model yet

Alibaba has unveiled its largest and most capable artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen3.8-Max. The new model comes with a whopping 2.4 trillion parameters.

03 Aug 2026
ChatGPT

Google had its own ChatGPT-like bot before OpenAI's launch

Thibault 'Tibo' Sottiaux, a former member of Google's AI team and now an employee at OpenAI, has claimed that Google had its own version of ChatGPT before OpenAI launched it.

03 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple's camera-equipped AirPods to launch as soon as next month

Apple is said to be working on a new pair of AirPods with built-in cameras.

03 Aug 2026
Android

Google axes AI app wanted by 800,000 people

Google has announced the cancellation of its standalone AI Studio mobile app, even before its official launch.

03 Aug 2026
Google

Google Pixel 11 series pre-orders begin August 12

Google has revealed the pre-order details for its upcoming Pixel 11 series ahead of the flagship lineup's launch at the "Made by Google" event which starts on August 12 at 6:00pm ET (3:30am IST, next day).

03 Aug 2026
Microsoft

Xbox prices surge across EU and UK

Microsoft has announced a significant price hike for its Xbox consoles in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK).

03 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple MacBook Air faces severe supply shortage amid memory crunch

Apple's latest M5 MacBook Air is facing severe supply shortages, primarily due to a global shortage of memory and storage components.

03 Aug 2026
Apple

Apple is developing smart glasses to track your health

Apple is reportedly working on a new pair of non-AR smart glasses, after abandoning plans to expand the Vision Pro into a health platform.

IRCTC's new website makes Tatkal ticket booking faster

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has made significant improvements to its beta website, resulting in faster Tatkal ticket bookings.

02 Aug 2026
Ashwini Vaishnaw

India has 12 semiconductor units with $20B investment: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India's semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem is entering a new phase, with 12 units and an investment of around $20 billion.

02 Aug 2026
Microsoft

India's data center capacity projected to hit 3.6GW by 2030

India's data center capacity is projected to grow to around 3-3.6 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, according to a report cited by Axis Capital.

02 Aug 2026
Skyroot Aerospace

Skyroot to build its own launch pad after historic mission

Indian space start-up Skyroot Aerospace has announced plans to construct its own launch pad.

02 Aug 2026
Astronomy

Why August 12 could be greatest skywatching day in years

Skywatchers across North America and Europe should mark their calendars for August 12.