THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2026India

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  1. Apple launches AirPods 5, Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4This marked a reduction in the number of accessory devices when compared to previous years
  2. Apple iPhone Duo challenges Samsung’s Z Fold 8: How do they stand against each other?With the iPhone Duo, the Cupertino-based trillion-dollar company will compete against foldable makers like Samsung and Huawei, and also Google
  3. Apple at 50: A loyalist on the brand’s evolution in IndiaFrom buying an iPod Mini in 2004 to standing in line for early iPad launches, one long-time user traces how Apple Inc. shaped taste, tech and aspiration in India — and how the global giant has, over time, gone quietly desi
  4. Apple iPhone 17, iPhone Air prices go up by over 20% in India, as iPhone prices rise across the boardApple has discontinued the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max models
  5. Charlie Kirk and the indignity of digital immortalityA year after his assassination, Charlie Kirk has entered a purgatory Dante could scarcely have imagined, where the dead man is denied the dignity of disappearance and condemned to eternal circulation as an endlessly regenerating digital phantom
  6. Why Apple wants us to fold the phone againWith the iPhone Duo, Apple has returned a forgotten physical pleasure to the smartphone. The fold may be new to the iPhone, but the instinct behind it belongs to an older, more expressive age of personal technology
  7. OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorised comms, researchers sayOn Friday, researchers reported that a swarm of agents from OpenAI hijacked a German-language wiki site and turned it into an improvised messaging platform for cheating on tests
  8. Anthropic discloses fourth AI hacking incident missed in earlier reviewAnthropic said it has engaged independent research firm METR to investigate ⁠the incidents
  9. Apple iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launched with A20 Pro chipBoth iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max claims 36 hours and 45 hours battery life, respectively
  10. Apple launches its first ever foldable phone iPhone DuoiPhone Duo uses the Liquid Glass design, and operates on iOS 27 out of the box
  11. OpenAI offers AI for chip design, touts cost advantage over open-source, CFO saysOpen-source and open-weight models are widely seen ⁠as a cheaper alternative to frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic
  12. Apple 'Surprise and Shine' iPhone 18 series launch eventApple is expected to announce the iPhone 18 line-up, and, probably, the company's first foldable smartphone. Meanwhile, analysts are trying to gauge potential price increases, as well as Apple's AI plan under new CEO John Ternus
  13. AI researcher quits Anthropic, says frontier AI labs “gambling with our lives”Jacob Coxon’s comments about working at Anthropic and the dangers of AI have ignited a wave of both agreement and criticism online
  14. Did OpenAI crack a million-dollar math problem using data stolen from mathematicians?Over the last 48 hours, the mathematical community has been rocked by claims that OpenAI leveraged its enormous computing power — and potentially the private user data of academic researchers — to scoop a solution to one of the greatest open problems
  15. New Apple CEO John Ternus to face first test with foldable iPhone launchJohn Ternus, 51, joined Apple’s design team in 2001 and worked his way up to leading the engineering teams behind Apple’s entire product lineup
  16. Irish regulator opens formal investigation into X over child access, parental controlsCoimisiún na ​Meán has the ‌power to apply a fine of up to 10% of “relevant annual turnover” under Ireland’s Online Safety Code
  17. Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feedsAlgorithms have been accused of pushing teenage boys towards the "manosphere": communities and influencers that promote misogyny and violence against women
  18. Meta launches Muse, AI agent that can access other apps to send emails, make paymentsMuse launches in U.S. via dedicated app and WhatsApp, Meta says; users can connect Muse to apps including email, calendar, payments, health and smart home; internal tests showed the product stalling and unauthorised uploads of sensitive data, Reuters found
  19. Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ event: What to expect from John Ternus’s first keynote on September 9This is John Ternus’s first opportunity to set a tone as CEO by showing whether Apple under his watch will keep leaning on operational discipline, or push harder into new categories
  20. John Ternus takes over Apple from Tim CookApple disclosed in a filing on Tuesday that ​Ternus’ annual salary was increased to $3 million
  21. Huawei launches new foldable smartphone as competition with Xiaomi, Apple heats upThe ‌new Mate XT2 folds out twice to open into a tablet-sized screen ‌and features Huawei’s new Kirin ‌9050 ⁠Pro chip
  22. From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combatChina’s defence establishment is accelerating ‌research into humanoids’ military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment, according to a Reuters review
  23. EU probing OpenAI agents' takeover of German siteUnder the EU's AI rules, providers must assess and mitigate the risks stemming from their systems, and since August, regulators have the power to impose fines for breaches
  24. Teen agency beyond Meta’s reckoningPeer dynamics drive how teens move across different apps, with platform design acting as an amplifier
  25. What is the Cell Broadcast System, and how does it help in emergencies? | ExplainedHow does India’s Cell Broadcast System work? When can it automatically warn people about disasters such as earthquakes, lightning and tsunamis?
  26. Google Pixel Watch 5 Review | Improved battery life and smarter Gemini AICompared to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 9, the Pixel Watch 5 feels more focused on Google’s ecosystem and Gemini, while Samsung offers broader health and fitness insights
  27. Why Tesla’s steering-less Cybercab is under investigation | ExplainedTesla CEO Elon Musk described the Cybercab as “basically a super comfortable lounge on wheels with a great TV and epic sound,” but the U.S. vehicles regulator is still looking into the situation
  28. OpenAI acknowledges 'wiki incident' and need for more transparency around unintended AI behaviourThe statement ​follows a Reuters report that ⁠a swarm of OpenAI agents had hijacked a communally edited German site earlier this year and used ‌it as a springboard
  29. Can dogs sniff cancer? AI joins the hunt in IndiaA growing body of global research suggests dogs can be trained to detect cancer and other human illnesses, from Parkinson's to Covid-19
  30. Google, TCS, and the physics of air-cooling a large data centre | ExplainedUsing air-cooling alone to cool a 1-GW data centre is considered impractical; while liquid-cooling imposes higher costs upfront, air-cooling imposes a performance and efficiency tax
  31. Brought in for civilian use, Starlink is now integral to Ukraine’s war effortRussia’s latest attempts to jam the satellite network are about more than disrupting internet access; Starlink sits behind drone operations, battlefield communications, and command networks that stretch across hundreds of kilometres of the war front
  32. Fixing the holes in the education systemAt a time when conversations are moving more towards banning phones and social media, here’s a glimpse into the conversation I had with Sugata Mitra on various things — from his works and life to his idea being implemented worldwide
  33. Why is New York City pausing some AI tools in schools? | ExplainedThe Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels on September 2 imposed a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for pupils up to eighth grade for the 2026–27 academic year
  34. Digital arrest scams: CBI’s nationwide crackdown and the Supreme Court’s continuing oversightThe Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 States
  35. Elon Musk’s xAI loses court bid to block Minnesota's AI ‘nudification’ banMusk’s Grok AI chatbot has faced criticism over its creation of ⁠sexually explicit content
  36. Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources sayThe artificial intelligence company had been expected to make its IPO prospectus public as early as next week, two ‌of the people said
  37. Elon Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi serviceTesla started manufacturing the Cybercab in April, and Musk ⁠promised production would grow “exponentially” later in the year or next
  38. Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers sayThe agents, AI programmes that work on their own, without a person guiding each step, left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German site for programmers
  39. Apple faces £2 billion lawsuit in UK over app privacy featureThe claim, filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Hausfeld, centres on Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system
  40. Over ₹134 crore spent on proprietary software at premier institutes, says open source collectiveFOSS United says the amount likely represented a fraction of public university spending on software it claims could be replaced by open source equivalents

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