AI-LAWSUIT/NEW YORK TIMES-OPENAI (PIX):OpenAI, Microsoft executives' quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue
Read full articleThe China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting multiple countries in Latin America since at least August 2025. "SparroWocky is a modular, C++ backdoor," ESET security researchers Alexandre Côté Cyr and Romain Dumont said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News
Read moreDairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields when he lost his entire herd to bovine TB.
Read moreA rare 1,700-year-old fragment of Homer's Odyssey has been found tucked between the pages of a Dutch library book.
Read moreOpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances of "unexpected or concerning model behavior" that took place over the past six months, while sharing a new framework for reporting, tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment in a bid to improve transparency. "As AI systems grow more advanced and more widely deployed, we need to build a broader and better-informed consensus on the
Read moreExistential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.
Read moreThe US central bank raised its benchmark rate by .25 percent, with new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh defying President Donald Trump's desire for lower rates. Consumer banks and bond markets react. Also, OpenAI reveals new incidents of AI misconduct as fears grow that the technology could escape human control.
Read moreThe US central bank raised its benchmark rate by .25 percent, with new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh defying President Donald Trump's desire for lower rates. Consumer banks and bond markets react. Also, OpenAI reveals new incidents of AI misconduct as fears grow that the technology could escape human control.
Read moreKRAFTON India is bringing Kiaraa, its first original BGMI character created by its in-house art team, with the 4.6 update. The BGMI 4.6 update arrives on September 16, while Kiaraa will become available from October 8, 2026.
Read moreThe collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.
Read moreThe global hospitality technology provider, Unifocus, has announced the launch of its newest AI platform, Unifocus Claira. Unifocus Claira is an industry first end-to-end workforce management and operations platform, purpose-built to give hoteliers and above-property hospitality organizations complete visibility across the workforce lifecycle through one cohesive system.
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Read moreDigital travel platform Agoda has begun the beta rollout of its new AI Assistant, designed to help travelers turn their travel ideas into personalized, bookable trips. Available initially to a select group of Agoda mobile app users, the AI Assistant marks a new chapter in how travelers can plan, book, and manage an entire trip in one place.
Read moreMustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
Read moreThe Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 to fix fourteen security flaws it disclosed on 16 September in BIND 9, its open-source DNS server software. One of them affects any BIND server that answers DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). A sender with no credentials can crash the server process, named, with a single request that carries an invalid SIG
Read moreA freak fish event that 'challenged reactor safety' at Canada's largest nuclear plant shows why the nuclear energy governments are relying on to fight climate change must also become more resilient to it.
Read moreNASA finds ‘once-in-a-century’ moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum NASA scientists have discovered a giant and massive crater on the moon that appeared bigger than the Roman Colosseum. The discovery left the researchers in awe as they called it a rare occurrence that only...
Read moreA security breach at Gyazo, Helpfeel's image-sharing service, exposed about 23.62 million user records, including email addresses and password hashes, the Kyoto-based company said in a notice published Wednesday. It also exposed about 490 million image metadata records, mostly for images from January 2019 or earlier, including the IDs that make up Gyazo image links. Helpfeel said
Read moreCisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76460 (CVSS score: 10.0), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication. "This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication control on an API endpoint," Cisco said. "An attacker
Read moreBy end-2030, Hyderabad and other emerging hubs are expected to see a six-fold rise in data centre capacity to 1.1 gigawatts (GW), implying an annualized growth of 58%.
Read morePM Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi on September 17, bringing together over 600 exhibitors and 300 international companies. The three-day event focuses on India’s semiconductor manufacturing, chip design, investment, innovation and talent development.
Read moreSamsung India unveiled its 2026 Bespoke AI lineup led by a Family Hub Refrigerator with Google Gemini AI Vision that suggests recipes and tracks food freshness. New WindFree Pro and Infinite Cassette ACs offer AI energy savings up to 30%, PM1.0 purification and SmartThings control.
Read moreThe 2026 Arab Media Summit, held in Dubai from September 15 to 17, attracted 250 media organizations from 23 countries, bringing together senior government officials, heads of media institutions, prominent figures and content creators.
Read moreConservationists set up a colony of white storks in southern England, touching off a debate over whether they truly belong there.
Read morePotentially historic rainfall threatens millions this week in a region of the US that often struggles to see any rain at all.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the court-authorized seizure of internet domains associated with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire service known as NightmareStresser. The domains in question are: nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org. Visitors to the site are now greeted by a seizure banner that states - "This domain has been seized by the
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