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Telegram started working again for some users in India on Tuesday, a week after the central government temporarily banned the messaging platform. The app had been blocked following a major security breach where NEET exam papers were leaked on the platform before the exam date. The government had ordered internet service providers to block Telegram […]

UK employers are hiring for artificial intelligence roles at a dramatically faster pace than they are hiring for most other jobs. According to research by PwC released this week, job postings for AI-related positions jumped 61 percent compared to the previous period, even as overall hiring activity across the country has slowed considerably. The finding

Signal’s co-founders are working on a new project that could transform how ordinary Indians protect their private conversations and documents online. They’re building something called Encrypted Spaces, a tool that promises to encrypt data stored in apps like Slack, Google Docs, and other services you use every day. Right now, when you type a message

Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses arrived in Paris with the kind of promise that tech companies love to make: artificial intelligence that helps you see the world differently. For $799, you get smart glasses that translate languages in real time, identify landmarks as you walk past them, and answer questions about what you’re looking at. The

India’s online shoppers may be losing up to ₹28,000 crore a year to dark patterns – hidden fees, fake countdown timers, pre-selected add-ons, auto-renewing subscriptions, and other design choices that push users toward decisions they may not have intended to make. A new study by consumer insights firm Datum Intelligence examined 12 major platforms across

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI system, announced this week a $200 million Economic Futures Research Fund to study AI’s impact on jobs and the broader economy. A separate $150 million fellowship programme will support early-career professionals in communities affected by the transition. The announcement came alongside a detailed policy framework from CEO Dario

The first teaser for The Social Reckoning has been released. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the film is based on the 2021 Facebook Files – one of the most consequential whistleblower leaks in the history of social media. The leak came from Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager who copied thousands of internal

Anthropic announced on Friday that it is disabling its two most advanced AI models – Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users worldwide. The trigger was a US government export control directive ordering the company to restrict access for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. Anthropic said it was given no specific details, only