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Black October: 4 Security Flaws That Exposed the Internet
In four short days, the internet has discovered what happens when machines become as good at finding vulnerabilities as the best humans in the world. October is Cybersecurity Aware
The new Tesla Roadster is here. Is it practical?
The first Tesla Roadster was shown to the world 2 decades ago and it proved that EVs were viable cars, but what was revealed just now proved that flying cars are also possible. The
Are Blue Ray Lenses a scam?
Did you see some ads claiming blue ray lenses for your glasses are a complete fix for digital eye strain and headache. The question is if blue ray lenses are a genuine eye-saver, o
Project Firewall Turning Into Project Farewell? Trump administration’s new nuke
Project Firewall is the Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) enforcement initiative focused on safeguarding the rights, wages, and job opportunities of highly skilled U.S. workers and ma
IceCube is the craziest telescope ft. Nobel Francis Halzen
When we think of astronomy, we think of looking up with various tools such as giant telescopes, refracting mirrors and space telescopes that points towards the never-ending expanse
OpenAI’s AI Just Produced 377 New Mathematical Results
OpenAI has just made a stunning breakthrough in the realm of AI-driven research by publishing a record number of novel mathematical results: 377 results across a range of fields in
OpenAI Reports ChatGPT Threats to the FBI: What We Know
Content warning: domestic abuse and threats of murder. A 25-year-old financial analyst in Florida told ChatGPT that he was going to kill his ex-girlfriend, giving a detailed timeli
Grok Bot: The New Wave of AI Agents
xAI rolled out Grok Bot in beta on August 11. Their positioning is not timid – these are not assistants. These are teammates, to which you give a name, say what to do, and they mak
The New Second Brain Is Here. AI Is Changing How We Think
For fifteen years, vendors in the personal knowledge management industry have been selling you the wrong solution. Evernote. Roam. Obsidian. Notion. Logseq. They’ve all been focuse
What Happens When Fighter Jets Break the Sound Barrier? The Remarkable Science
Introduction When a fighter jet flies across the sky and shatters the sound barrier (goes supersonic), it is not just a matter of putting a bigger engine inside the metal body. Fly
How Do AI Image Generators Really Work? The Hidden Secret
AI image generation is a type of generative AI used for producing visual content. Usually, based on the user’s textual input, these models produce highly efficient and relevant ima
New memory breakthrough where bio meets tech
Currently, we are facing a memory crisis due to AI and next-gen tech. Current computers waste 80% of the energy shuffling data between memory and processing units. This puts a wall
Stripe Deepens Its AI Push With New OpenRouter Deal
About Stripe Stripe, LLC is an American multinational financial services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is out now: Google’s new coding workhorse
Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented rate. Google has recently announced a new model, the latest iteration of its Gemini series of AI models, called Gemini 3.7 F
Claude Is Now Putting Invisible Watermarks In AI-Generated Text
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way people create and use content. From generating images to generating videos, from writing articles to writing computer code, AI t
The Remarkable Rise and Fall of India’s D2H Era
What is D2H? D2H stands for “Direct-to-Home,” a satellite-based technology that sends television signals to a subscriber’s home, which has a satellite dish.In India, it also refers
OpenAI’s New Ultrafast Mode Makes GPT-5.6 Sol 14x Faster
OpenAI announced the upcoming release of the preview capability of GPT-5.6 Sol called Ultrafast, which will be able to perform inference 14x faster than the standard mode, achievin
How the 2026 FIFA World Cup Uses a New Football With Sensors
A football isn’t a very complicated piece of technology. It’s just some layers of artificial fibres woven together, and it is kicked around for 90 minutes. But at the FIFA World Cu
EU AI Act: A New Challenge for Autonomous AI Agents
OpenAI and Anthropic are facing scrutiny from authorities after recent hacking incidents involving their AI models. Europe’s AI Act, which kicks in on August 2, is the first legisl
OpenAI’s First Consumer Device Is on the Horizon
About OpenAI OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organisation headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit co