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• 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

• How Large Language Models Really Work: The Secrets Behind AI

  Most descriptions of large language models (LLMs) are either hopelessly abstract, involving the linear algebra necessary to define them, or reductive, arguing that they are only fa

• Quantum Leap: New Gold ‘Metacrystal’ Just Changed Computing Forever

  Imagine a supercomputer so fast that it can break complex banking systems and simulate life-saving drugs in seconds. Quantum computing is the next era of computing for humanity. It

• Apple’s September 2026 Event: A New Era for iPhone

  Every year, Apple announces new devices in their September event. This year, the most anticipated announcements are the ones about the iPhone 18, new updates to the Apple Watch and

• Demystifying the Magic: How CGI and VFX Power Modern Cinema

  Have you ever wondered how mythical creatures in movies and different alien worlds feel so real in movies. Cinema has changed drastically from practical sets to digital geniuses. T

• Meta’s New coding agent takes the world by storm

  When I first heard the term “Meta Muse Code” while in a discussion about AI and programming, my first reaction was – how is this possible? However its more of an idea that’s floati

• 2D: Experiment That Was Labeled “Impossible” Until Now

  In the real word, any object you see, you feel, you touch is 3D, for example: a sheet of paper. Realistically 2D objects aka having only 2 dimensions, which are, length and width a

• Qwen 3.8 Max: Everything You Need to Know About Alibaba’s Latest AI Model

  Monday morning saw another release from Alibaba. This one is even bigger than the previous one – 2.4 trillion parameters. For output, $2 per million input tokens, $6 compared to $0

• Google Uses AI to Help Fix 1,072 Chrome Security Bugs

  What are security bugs? A security bug is a flaw, error, or unintended behaviour in software, hardware, or system configurations that can negatively affect security. While not ever

• 6G – What will the next generation of wireless technology look like?

  The arrival of 5G marked a revolutionary leap in technology. It introduced faster downloads, lower latency, network slicing and the ability to connect millions of devices. While 5G

• Can It Run DOOM? Scientists Just Used Living E. coli to Play the Classic Game

  What exactly is E. coli? Escherichia coli, commonly known as E.coli, is a species of bacteria found in the intestines of warm-blooded organisms. In scientific research, it is used

• Opus 5: Anthropic’s New Flagship Explained

  Friday afternoon, Anthropic launched Opus 5. 5$ per million input tokens, 25$ for output. Same price as Opus 4.8. Not nearly as good as the selfsame Opus 4.8. This is the sentence

• China’s new Kimi K3 is revolutionalising this field ft. Moonshot AI

  Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026, and then had to halt subscription sales within 48 hours due to insurmountable GPU demand. This single fact overshadowed all the model

• The Hidden $6.7 Trillion Engine Powering the Future of AI

  The Hidden Engine of AI: Why Data Infrastructure Holds the Key to the Future Every time you prompt an AI, create a digital image, or generate code, the seamless, lightning-fast res