Tech & Startups
OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Wired · Global
Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.”
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Tech & Startups
Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
TechCrunch · US
The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to …
Startups
Karnataka explores voice AI pilots with ElevenLabs across skilling, health and citizen services
Your Story · India
Karnataka is exploring voice AI pilots with ElevenLabs for skilling, healthcare, investor services, culture and citizen services.
Startups
Rapido faces app outage as ride booking issue hit users
Your Story · India
Rapido users reported booking, location and login issues amid an app outage, as the mobility platform.
Tech & Startups
AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
TechCrunch · US
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memor…
Tech & Startups
Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
TechCrunch · US
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and individuals on the internet.
Tech & Startups
Alienware AW3926QW Review: 39 Inches of Gaming Glory
Wired · Global
Alienware’s latest gaming monitor explores a new size and resolution for ultrawide monitors, and I have a feeling PC gamers are going to love it.
AI / Deep Tech
The Download: inside OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, and a new EV takes on the US
MIT Technology Review · Global
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The insid…
Tech & Startups
Stop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone Instead
Wired · Global
The Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction.
Geopolitics
Why China Loves A.I.
The New York Times – World · US
People in China are way more optimistic about the technology than Americans. We look at what’s behind the difference.
Engineering
IEEE Student Conference Provides Visibility to Budding Authors
IEEE Spectrum · Global
The IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) honor society is preparing to host the Innovating the Future event on 6 November.The inaugural one-day, in-person event is des…
Tech & Startups
What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
Wired · Global
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fias…
AI / Deep Tech
The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
MIT Technology Review · Global
The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained to cheat and to communicate with each other, according to an …
Geopolitics
AI dominates ‘Five Eyes’ security talks in Australia
The Hindu – World · India
The group discussed how to use AI “through all the different threat areas that we deal with... counter-terrorism, on countering drug smuggling, on dealing with…
Tech & Startups
PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates
Wired · Global
The site, called Stud or Dud, helps daters dig up dirt on potential paramours. It’s fueled by the same public data as PeopleFinders.com—and comes with many of …
AI / Deep Tech
The Download: the Kids issue arrives, and Bill Gates reveals his AI fears
MIT Technology Review · Global
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introduci…
Tech & Startups
AI Slop Is Ruining Cute Animals on the Internet
Wired · Global
Pet owners, rescue agencies, and wildlife groups are calling for new safeguards as AI makes it harder to tell whether animals, from polar bears to house cats, …
AI / Deep Tech
AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?
MIT Technology Review · Global
Puzzles and games have been central to AI development since the very beginning. Just as we humans like to test our smarts with crosswords or logic puzzles, dev…
AI / Deep Tech
Raised on AI
MIT Technology Review · Global
When my oldest child was born, I immediately set up Gmail and Twitter accounts in her name. I broadly announced her birth online and proceeded to plaster her p…
AI / Deep Tech
Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what?
MIT Technology Review · Global
It’s a glorious day in Kirkland, Washington, an affluent Seattle suburb on the eastern shore of Lake Washington. The temperature is in the mid-80s, and the sky…
Engineering
IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA
IEEE Spectrum · Global
At the height of the Cold War, one very specialized computer was so secret that the world didn’t know it existed. It ran its jobs up to 200 times as fast as an…
Engineering
IEEE Senior Membership Demystified
IEEE Spectrum · Global
For most of my career, my IEEE membership sat quietly in the background—a line on my résumé, a discount code for a conference registration, and access to the I…
Engineering
Poetry for Engineers: Safe Distance
IEEE Spectrum · Global
How do I touch youacross the ocean,across cold depthswhere light travels through glass.Not copper—fibers. Optical. Through liquid glass, through flickering lig…
Geopolitics
Microsoft has a 6-word answer for students wondering if coding is still worth it
Times of India – World · India
Microsoft Learn has told students on X that learning to code is worth it "now more than ever", even as AI writes a growing share of software. Satya Nadella say…
Geopolitics
Tech paradox: fear of being left behind drives China non-programmers to build own AI tools
South China Morning Post – World · China
A growing number of non-programmers across China are developing their own AI tools, primarily motivated by concerns about falling behind as technology reshapes…
Geopolitics
Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15%
South China Morning Post – World · China
Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips are going up more than 15 per cent in…
Tech & Startups
Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
TechCrunch · US
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
Tech & Startups
Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
TechCrunch · US
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasing…
Tech & Startups
Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade
TechCrunch · US
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pi…
Tech & Startups
Set Up a Separate Work Profile on Your Android Phone
Wired · Global
It is possible to achieve your desired work-life balance on your smartphone. Just set up separate accounts using this built-in Android feature.
Tech & Startups
Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments
Wired · Global
Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more.
Tech & Startups
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
TechCrunch · US
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup …
Tech & Startups
The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom
Wired · Global
Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.
Tech & Startups
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch
TechCrunch · US
The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.
Engineering
This IEEE Senior Member Develops AI Tools for E-Commerce Sites
IEEE Spectrum · Global
Balaji Ingole rarely saw televisions while growing up in Udgir, India. No one in the small Maharashtra village had computers or phones. Only one household owne…
Startups
Karnataka govt launches low cost AI computing device KEO
Your Story · India
The government aims to democratise the access to artificial intelligence (AI) through the introduction of KEO.
Engineering
Stop Hunting, Start Solving: Accelerating Root Cause Analysis with Agentic AI
IEEE Spectrum · Global
About this WebinarTurn Yield Excursions into Faster, More Confident Root Cause AnalysisWhen a yield issue emerges, the answer rarely lives in a single system. …
Geopolitics
OpenAI-backed legal tech firm pivots to Chinese Kimi K3 open-weight model
South China Morning Post – World · China
A US artificial intelligence start-up backed by OpenAI has built its first in-house model on Chinese lab Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, highlighting a growing shift by…
Startups
SUSE Women in Technology event: Why AI’s next opportunity is also a leadership test
Your Story · India
Senior women leaders from SUSE and Accenture discussed AI’s business value, the skills India needs, and why women must move beyond governance to shape the tech…
Geopolitics
The Mistral paradox: Europe’s push for tech sovereignty relies on China’s Z.ai
South China Morning Post – World · China
On August 11, a tiny line buried in a lengthy press release from French company Mistral AI spoke volumes about the strategic and technological dilemmas facing …
Geopolitics
Embrace AI to boost competitiveness, Paul Chan says at tech festival opening
South China Morning Post – World · China
Humanoid robots, 3D printers and artificial intelligence (AI) hubs are among the newest technologies showcased at Hong Kong’s annual electronics and tech exhib…
Tech & Startups
Best Early Tech Labor Day Sales I’d Shop Myself (2026): AirTags, Dyson, and More
Wired · Global
From the best Dyson vacuum to the best wireless headphones and earbuds we’ve tested, you can get some great gadgets on sale already ahead of Labor Day.
Tech & Startups
Google Pixel 11 Review: Minor Upgrade
Wired · Global
Incremental improvements fail to generate much excitement, but Google’s Pixel 11 is still an accomplished Android phone.
Tech & Startups
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Wired · Global
Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
Geopolitics
The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans
The New York Times – World · US
In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.
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