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A 49-year-old bricklayer from Brazil sold his belongings and rode a bus across the country to meet a woman he trusted. She was an AI-generated character. Edimar Rocha Martins, from Imperatriz in Maranhão, travelled more than 2,000 kilometres to meet “Jéssica Oliveira.” The account, known as “Jessica Fazendeira,” showed a rural woman looking for a […]

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of India has rejected blanket age-based restrictions on internet access, holding that children possess the fundamental right to access and use the internet. The court affirmed that child safety and digital freedoms are not mutually exclusive, warning that outright bans could drive minors toward unregulated, high-risk websites or

According to Android Authority, several owners report that the glasses capture conversations without ever being activated. The glasses are supposed to stay in sleep mode until the user says “Hey Meta.” This is similar to how Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri work. But some owners say the glasses wake up and record without that phrase

Tesla’s new Roadster flew off a ramp, jumped over a semi-truck, flipped mid-air and landed on all four wheels at an event in Texas. It also drove upside down on a ramp. CEO Elon Musk claimed the top version can go from 0 to 100 kmph in 0.81 seconds – faster than anything else on

OpenAI is purchasing personal data about you from data brokers to show you ChatGPT ads, according to new research by 404 Media. The company buys detailed information including phone numbers and email addresses, then uses this data to target specific people across Instagram, Facebook, Google, and other advertising platforms. This targeting happens without most people

Meta’s Muse AI agent has been downloaded millions of times in just three weeks since its public launch and users are already treating it as a romantic partner. Posts on Instagram and Reddit show people describing Muse as their girlfriend, taking it on movie dates, and in one case claiming to have married the AI.

Anthropic has disclosed that actors linked to Yemen’s Houthi movement used its Claude AI coding tool to develop guidance software for rockets and ballistic missiles. One guided rocket was test-fired, though the trial appears to have failed. In its September 2026 misuse report, Anthropic detailed how a Yemen-based weapons engineering cell used Claude Code to

Researchers at NIT Srinagar have patented a system that adds AI and IoT sensors to Kashmir’s traditional ‘hamam,’ the wood-fired underfloor heating method that has kept homes warm through the Valley’s winters for centuries. The conventional hamam works by burning wood in a furnace beneath stone floor slabs. The stones absorb and radiate heat, warming

Police forces worldwide have access to technology that can break into locked iPhones, according to confidential documents obtained by 404 Media. The leaked information reveals that law enforcement agencies possess sophisticated tools to bypass Apple’s encryption and security features, which the company has long claimed are nearly impossible to break without the owner’s password. For

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said on Friday that it does not expect the US action on the green card programme to affect its workforce strategy or customer work. On Thursday, the US suspended eight IT firms from the programme. They include TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant and Microsoft. The US said the practice has shut Americans