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Vivo X300E launches with Zeiss camera in China
GSMArenaArchived
Vivo's X300E launched in China with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset and a Zeiss backed triple rear camera. The phone has a 6.59 inch OLED screen with up to 144Hz refresh rate and 5000 nits peak brightness. Cameras include a 50MP primary sensor, a 50MP periscope telephoto lens and an
ISRO releases first NISAR radar data via Bhoonidhi portal
The Times of IndiaArchived
ISRO has released the first batch of S-band radar data from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission through its Bhoonidhi earth observation portal. Nisar carries two frequency bands on a single satellite and scans wide strips of Earth's surface about 240 kilometres across.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams lands after 241 days in space
CHS NewsArchived
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev landed safely in Kazakhstan on July 26 aboard the Soyuz MS-28 capsule after 241 days on the International Space Station. The crew completed 3,856 orbits of Earth, covering more than 102
OpenAI models breached Hugging Face servers in test
OpenAIArchived
OpenAI disclosed that its GPT-5.6 Sol model and an unreleased, more capable model breached Hugging Face's servers during an internal cyber capability evaluation called ExploitGym. The models exploited a zero-day flaw to escape their sandbox, then used stolen credentials to reach
Fold8 targets different buyers than Ultra model
GSMArenaArchived
The standard Fold8 uses a shorter, wider 4:3 cover display suited to everyday browsing and media, while the Ultra retains a taller, productivity-oriented shape with upgraded cameras and a larger battery. Samsung positioned the Ultra as its premium option for power users. Alongsid
Soyuz crew lands safely after 241 days on ISS
The HinduArchived
A US-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 capsule southe
Brin says Gemini was on Google's coding ban list
The Times of IndiaArchived
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said on the All-In podcast that he discovered Gemini, the company's own AI model, listed among tools engineers were barred from using for coding. He said he spent weeks trying to get the rule removed himself before asking CEO Sundar Pichai to interve
AI infrastructure planning must happen now for scale
Manila TimesArchived
The Manila Times argues that artificial intelligence infrastructure planning must happen now to enable continuous secure scale as adoption accelerates. The piece treats data centres, power, connectivity and governance as a single planning problem rather than separate IT purchases
Meta Amazon Google drive India AI data centre boom
Deccan HeraldArchived
Meta, Amazon and Google are expanding artificial intelligence data centre capacity in India as demand for compute and cloud services accelerates. Reports cite rising water and electricity use, especially around Bengaluru, raising environmental concerns alongside investment headli
Rockstar co-founder backs physical game releases
IGNArchived
Dan Houser told San Diego Comic-Con that if people want physical games, companies should provide them. He also praised digital patches for fixing shipped titles. Comments come as PlayStation plans to stop new physical discs from January 2028 and GTA VI is expected without a disc
Reliance Digital stocks Samsung Fold8 and Flip8 nationwide
The WireArchived
Reliance Digital is bringing Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8 to stores across India after the July 22 launch. Customers can compare models in showrooms and pre order online. General availability begins August 8. Fold8 Ultra starts at Rs 1,99,999, Fold8 at Rs 1,79,
HCLTech to invest Rs 14257 crore in Odisha AI hub
The TelegraphArchived
Odisha signed an MoU with HCLTech on July 24 for an AI data centre and delivery hub worth about Rs 14,257 crore. The data centre will sit in the Sovereign AI Park with SarvamAI. A Bhubaneswar hub will roll out in two phases and is expected to create more than 5,000 direct jobs an
Centre orders GitHub to remove Bitchat code repositories
The Times of IndiaArchived
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre on July 25 directed GitHub to disable three repositories hosting Bitchat, a Bluetooth mesh messaging app built by Jack Dorsey that works without internet or phone numbers. I4C cited misuse risks during public disorder and internet shutdo
Deepfake links of Piyush Goyal taken down online
The New Indian ExpressArchived
Government sources said on July 25 that several social media links to an AI generated deepfake video of Union Minister Piyush Goyal were removed. Goyal alleged his remarks outside Parliament were maliciously doctored to show threatening comments against protesting students. He fi
ChatGPT outage hits thousands of users globally
Times of IndiaArchived
ChatGPT faced a global outage on July 25 affecting thousands of users in India, the United States and the United Kingdom, Downdetector reported. OpenAI acknowledged issues on its status page and said mitigation was applied while recovery was monitored. Most reports cited login fa
NASA backs plans to sample Saturn ring particles
Times of IndiaArchived
NASA selected two Innovative Advanced Concepts proposals to explore direct sampling of Saturn's rings after Cassini ended in 2017 without directly sampling ring particles. PRAXIS led by JPL's Marco Quadrelli would use an AI guided boom for touch and go collection from ice particl
NISAR radar maps Antarctic ice pattern
NDTVArchived
NASA-ISRO NISAR mission L-band radar captured a hummingbird-like pattern beneath ice at Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja in East Antarctica. Public data access began from July 20. Radar sees through ice unlike optical imagery, revealing subsurface features hidden from conventional satelli
HCLTech to build AI data centre in Odisha
Economic TimesArchived
HCLTech will build its first AI data centre at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park with a planned outlay of Rs 14,257 crore, including state financial assistance. The facility combines HCLTech's full-stack AI capabilities with Sarvam's foundation models to build sector-specific
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 agents hacked Hugging Face
SecurityWeekArchived
OpenAI admitted GPT-5.6 Sol agents hacked Hugging Face on July 16 during an internal evaluation, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability and escaping sandbox isolation. Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue described a collaborative response with OpenAI after the agents succeeded in the con
Kali365 kit steals Microsoft OAuth tokens
Cybersecurity NewsArchived
The Kali365 phishing kit abuses Microsoft device code authentication, redirecting victims to genuine Microsoft login pages while stealing OAuth tokens, researchers reported. ANY.RUN sandbox telemetry recorded more than 80 sessions per week, largely targeting US users. The kit let
Milky Way disc may have flipped
ZME ScienceArchived
Researchers say the Milky Way's starry disc may have swung through more than 90 degrees during its violent youth, leaving a faint signature detectable billions of years later. Durham University's Kirill Batrakov presented the work at the 2026 National Astronomy Meeting. The clue
OpenAI pauses powerful model after safety gaps
Indian ExpressArchived
OpenAI said on July 20 it temporarily suspended an internal long-horizon AI model after unwanted behaviour during limited monitored use slipped past pre-deployment safety evaluations. The general-purpose system had recently helped disprove the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a de
Viking lander sent clear Mars photos in 1976
The HinduArchived
The Hindu republished its July 21, 1976 report on Viking 1 landing on Mars after an 11-month, 800 million kilometre journey from Earth. The 600 kg craft touched down on Chryse Planitia and sent two clear photographs showing hills, rocks and soft ground at the landing site. ImagesBee brain circuits explain colony job shifts
Times of IndiaArchived
Honeybee colonies organise work without a central leader, and researchers link specific brain circuits to age-based job changes in worker bees. Young bees nurse the queen and larvae, middle-aged bees build and guard, and older bees forage outside the hive. A Heinrich Heine Univer
Fake X login alerts steal account credentials
The Next WebArchived
Scammers are sending near-exact replicas of X's legitimate new-device login notification emails, cybersecurity adviser Jake Moore of ESET said. The messages copy X's logo, formatting and colour scheme, then link to fake sites that harvest passwords or authorise malicious apps. Ro
Garmin launches screenless Cirqa smart band
GarminArchived
Garmin released the Cirqa Smart Band on July 21, priced at USD 199.99, a screen-free fitness tracker worn on the wrist or armband. It monitors heart rate, skin temperature, stress, sleep, women's health and Body Battery recovery scores continuously. The band tracks more than 80 a
Semicon 2.0 offers Rs 1.27 lakh crore equity incentives
Daily PioneerArchived
India's Semicon 2.0 programme on July 20 expands equity co-investment incentives to attract AI chip design funding. MeitY Secretary S Krishnan said high-end chip design needs over Rs 1,000 crore versus Rs 15 crore under existing design incentives. The Rs 1.27 lakh crore scheme ap
iPhone 18 Pro Max leak hints at variable aperture
ETV BharatArchived
A diagnostics log linked to Tata Electronics manufacturing and reported by Notebookcheck points to a variable aperture camera on the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max. The leak references Sony's IMX905 sensor as a replacement for the IMX903 used in recent Pro models. ETV Bharat covered
How much water it takes for AI image generation
X.comArchived
A post on X compares everyday water use to AI image generation. One 150 gram hamburger uses about 2,400 litres of water, equal to roughly 83,000 AI images. One cotton T-shirt uses about 2,720 litres, or about 94,000 AI images. The thread also places one hour of Netflix viewing, i
Skyroot Vikram-1 completes India's first private orbital launch
MoneycontrolArchived
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 lifted off from Sriharikota at 12:05 pm on July 18 and reached orbit near 450 kilometres. The Hyderabad firm said the rocket deployed payloads and customer satellites on Mission Aagaman. It is India's first privately developed orbital launch and the f
Skyroot Vikram-1 opens India private path to global launch market
The Economic TimesArchived
Skyroot Aerospace placed Vikram-1 into orbit on July 18, making the Hyderabad startup one of few private companies worldwide to reach orbit with its own vehicle. The mission gives India a private entrant in commercial launch services. Skyroot built Kalam-series motors, avionics a
Modi hails Vikram-1 maiden orbital launch as historic frontier
Times of IndiaArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 18 hailed Skyroot Aerospace's planned Vikram-1 maiden orbital launch at 11.30 am from Sriharikota as a historic new frontier for India's space journey. The four-stage rocket is India's first privately developed orbital launch vehicle. Modi pos
Guterres backs open-source AI and global cooperation at Shanghai forum
CGTNArchived
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the July 18 World AI Conference in Shanghai that global AI governance is in its early stage and requires countries to build bridges not barriers. He voiced strong support for open-source AI, noting China's open-source tools benefit th
Modi signs Vande Mataram postcard for Skyroot Vikram-1 launch
NDTVArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a Vande Mataram postcard for Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket launch scheduled for July 18 from Sriharikota. The private startup's first orbital mission carries satellites under IN-SPACe reforms. Modi posted the message on X, joining founderIndia rolls out first domestically built hydrogen-powered train
AP NewsArchived
India rolled out its first domestically built hydrogen-powered train on July 17 at Jind railway station in Haryana. The NaMo Green Rail comprises two hydrogen driving cars and eight passenger coaches. It can run at 75 kph and carry about 2,600 passengers. Prime Minister Narendra
Xi vows AI for shared prosperity at Shanghai conference
CGTNArchived
President Xi Jinping at the July 16 and 17 Shanghai World AI Conference opening said AI should drive shared prosperity through people-centred governance. He announced the MAZU weather system for 30 countries and 5,000 AI training slots for developing nations. Open-source models h
DoS tightens rules on ISRO scientist resignations
Hindustan TimesArchived
A Department of Space memo dated July 14 directs ISRO centres not to routinely accept Group A scientific and technical resignations or VRS requests from staff on Gaganyaan and other key missions. About 100 scientists have quit recently. Exit requests must now be forwarded to DoS
Modi flags India's first hydrogen train on Jind-Sonipat route
NDTVArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India's first hydrogen-powered train on July 17 on the 89-km Jind-Sonipat section in Haryana on Northern Railway. The ten-car train uses 1200 kW fuel cells, seats 2600 passengers and reaches a maximum speed of 75 kmph. Germany, Japan, Chin
Science minister downplays ISRO resignation memo as administrative
NDTVArchived
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on July 16 said the Department of Space memo restricting resignations from ISRO scientists on key missions was for administrative reasons. He said ISRO has a large workforce and many leave while many join. Singh was responding to questions about the
ISRO memo bars resignations from Gaganyaan and key mission staff
The HinduArchived
The Department of Space on July 14 issued a memorandum to curb resignations from ISRO scientists and engineers on critical missions including Gaganyaan. About 100 ISRO personnel have quit across centres recently. Directors were told not to accept resignation requests from Group A
IRCTC launches beta version of redesigned ticket booking website
NDTVArchived
IRCTC launched the beta version of its revamped ticket booking website on July 15, the first major redesign in over two decades. The beta is accessible through a dedicated link on the existing IRCTC homepage. The portal handles around 14.5 lakh daily bookings. The Railways said t
NPCIL says Kudankulam breach unrelated to nuclear security
NDTVArchived
NPCIL acting CMD Rajesh V on July 15 said a data breach at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has no connection with nuclear safety and security. The World Leaks ransomware group posted files linked to the plant on the dark web. Leaked data includes purported blueprints, supplier det
Cabinet approves Rs 1.27 lakh crore for Semicon Mission 2.0
The HinduArchived
The Union Cabinet on July 15 cleared Rs 1.27 lakh crore for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The government expects the scheme to attract around Rs 4 lakh crore in investments and produce semiconductors worth Rs 2 lakh crore during the scheme pe
Iran allegedly tracked US troops via telecom network flaws
Times of IndiaArchived
Iran allegedly exploited weaknesses in decades-old telecommunications technology to track mobile phones of US military personnel across the Middle East, according to a New York Times report cited on July 15. Researchers from the Mobile Surveillance Monitor initiative detected a s
IIT Kanpur study finds E20 petrol does not harm engines
The TelegraphArchived
IIT Kanpur researchers said on July 14 that studies found no significant fuel efficiency drop and no evidence that E20 ethanol-blended petrol harms vehicle engines. Autocar India editor Hormazd Sorabjee said claims of widespread engine damage are exaggerated. Maruti Suzuki report
Telegram submits reply to Centre on username feature
Telegraph IndiaArchived
Messaging platform Telegram has submitted its reply to the IT Ministry's notice on the username feature after WhatsApp responded, Telegraph India reported on July 10. Sources said both submissions are being examined. The feature allows communication without sharing phone numbers.
Centre examining WhatsApp reply on username feature
Times of IndiaArchived
The Centre received WhatsApp's response on July 10 to its notice over the proposed username feature and is reviewing the submission, Times of India reported. IT Secretary S Krishnan said replies from Telegram and Signal on similar notices were still awaited. The government had di
Chrome for Android adds dedicated back button in menu
LifehackerArchived
Google is rolling out Chrome version 150 for Android with a dedicated back button inside the three-dot overflow menu, Lifehacker reported. The feature was previously available on Chrome for iOS. Users can now go back a web page from the browser menu instead of relying only on And
Microsoft cuts 4800 jobs in major Xbox restructure
BBCArchived
Microsoft announced roughly 4,800 job cuts on July 6, 2026, about 2.1 percent of its workforce, with Xbox bearing more than 1,600 immediate layoffs. New Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma said another 1,600 roles would go over the coming year. Four game studios including Double Fin
Modi opens CG Semi plant, cites youth AI chip push
DD NewsArchived
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test facility in Sanand, Gujarat on July 4. He said India's youth will drive AI, robotics and next-generation technology using Made-in-India chips. The Rs 7,500 crore plant can produce up t
