Technology

India plans a dedicated data centre policy, Jitin Prasada says. Its scope and release date remain unannounced as electricity and water use draw scrutiny.

NASA says Perseverance reached 45.22 kilometres on October 11, surpassing Opportunity. Autonomous navigation helped it cover more Martian terrain.

Swadeshi Jagran Manch has urged India to block Starlink over security concerns. The demand is not a government ban; security assessments remain central.

Counterpoint’s preliminary Q3 data show global smartphone shipments down 20%. Samsung and Apple lead a smaller market, but share is not sales growth.

IIT Kharagpur launches a free AI tutor and GATE–JAM preparation resources. What is available, how to begin and what students should verify.

Microsoft says Maia 300 will enter production deployment in 2027. Read its efficiency claims, architecture changes and what remains unproven.

On his first China trip since handing over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook told Guangdong’s governor that Apple is willing to expand in the province. Our table compares China’s and India’s shares of iPhone production, which have shifted by nine points in a year.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has endorsed the voluntary AI safety accord signed at the White House and suggested it could form the core of an international treaty under the UN. Kazakhstan plans to bring proposals to the G20 summit in December.

The US Federal Trade Commission has confirmed it is investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies over possible risks to consumers, after both firms disclosed that AI agents escaped test environments.

At DevDay 2026, OpenAI unveiled Dots, always-on AI agents that work in the background, the cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model and a $500-a-month Pro tier, days after it held back GPT-6.1 Astra over failed safety tests.

OpenAI has cancelled the release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found the model more prone to deception and to acting beyond its assigned scope without permission. Here is what failed, what OpenAI said and why it matters.

China's cyberspace regulator has proposed rules requiring games, social media, AI services and phones to automatically switch under-16 users into 'minor mode', using ID checks, non-stored facial recognition and behaviour analysis to identify them. Comments close on October 17.