Microsoft’s new India cloud region to use effectively “zero water” for cooling: Microsoft India President

Sep 21, 2026

As the US weighs restrictions on cloud computing, how will China’s AI sector adapt?

When Chinese artificial intelligence developers want to train their next-generation frontier models, they all face the same daunting wall: they cannot legally buy the world’s most powerful AI chips. However, the country’s tech giants and start-ups have still managed to quietly keep pace with global rivals. Their secret is an elusive workaround: moving heavy training workloads across borders through the cloud. By setting up proxy entities in foreign jurisdictions, domestic firms have for years...

Sep 21, 2026

Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion from data centres to robotics

Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting complex real-world applications including robotics, an expansion from its current focus on data centres. The product launch, slated for Tuesday, marks Hygon’s move into a new chip category powering machines that interact directly with their environments, as physical artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important. The new chip, an iteration of the company’s CPU1000 series, is designed to meet “low-power,...

Sep 20, 2026

Archaeologists Decode Rules of an Ancient Roman Board Game

They scanned the pattern of microscopic imperfections on an ancient limestone slab, and used A.I. to figure out how a game might have been played.

Sep 20, 2026

Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car

Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.

Sep 20, 2026

New study explains 364-day Qumran calendar puzzle

New study explains 364-day Qumran calendar puzzleA calendar built on exactly 364 days sounds like a minor curiosity until you realise it may have helped drive one of the most significant religious splits in ancient Judea. A new 2026 study from Tel Aviv University argues the Qumran sect, the...

Sep 20, 2026

Chinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after users spot unauthorised uploads

Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai is facing a trust crisis after developers discovered that its coding assistant tool, ZCode, was silently uploading local workspace data to external servers without explicit user consent. Even though the company, also known as Zhipu AI, apologised and patched the vulnerability, developers said the incident was likely to weaken its reputation, especially at a time when cybersecurity is becoming a central issue in the AI industry. The issue came to light...

Sep 20, 2026

Alberta researchers investigate how zombie parasites take control of ant brains

Researchers from Calgary and Lethbridge are zeroing in on how a zombie parasite found in southern Alberta manages to invade the livers of cattle, elk and deer by first hijacking the brains of ants.

Sep 20, 2026

Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 FE prices teased ahead of Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2026: How much can buyers save?

During Flipkart's Big Billion Days Sale starting October 9, the Galaxy S25 and S25 FE may be priced under ₹60,000 and ₹50,000, allowing potential savings. 

Sep 20, 2026

China’s CXMT touts new chip manufacturing platform as close to ‘world’s most advanced’

Chinese memory chip giant Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said on Sunday that it adopted its new-generation technology platform for mass production, narrowing the advantage of global leaders including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in manufacturing nodes. CXMT’s fifth-generation technology platform, dubbed G5, achieved a “quantum leap” in storage density, with the number of dies produced per wafer increasing by at least 50 per cent from the previous generation while maintaining better...

In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind

Sep 20, 2026

Microsoft’s new India cloud region to use effectively “zero water” for cooling: Microsoft India President

As the US weighs restrictions on cloud computing, how will China’s AI sector adapt?

Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion from data centres to robotics

Archaeologists Decode Rules of an Ancient Roman Board Game

Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car

New study explains 364-day Qumran calendar puzzle

Chinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after users spot unauthorised uploads

Alberta researchers investigate how zombie parasites take control of ant brains

Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 FE prices teased ahead of Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2026: How much can buyers save?

China’s CXMT touts new chip manufacturing platform as close to ‘world’s most advanced’

In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind

New £1m grant to help groups protect green spaces

World Organization for Science Literacy launched in Beijing

Neither the US nor China can win the AI race alone, BofA analyst says

Perk selects Katanox to improve hotel payments & financial infrastructure

The Ritz-Carlton, Masai Mara Safari Camp invites families to transform safari moments

Jade Sleet Linked to Indian IT Provider Breach With FLATROOF and ROOFDECK Backdoors

India needs to move beyond chip manufacturing, use Indian chips in products designed and made locally: Report

Companies adopting agentic AI risk choosing easier-to-approve tools over more capable ones: Report

Samsung One UI 9 rollout begins: Galaxy S26 gets Android 17, new AI and security features

China and the US are competing for AI dominance but have shared concerns over safety

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants