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Is era of affordable smartphones ending? HMD India CEO warns prices may stay high till 2027
Oct 6, 2026

Is era of affordable smartphones ending? HMD India CEO warns prices may stay high till 2027

HMD India CEO Ravi Kunwar said rising memory and component costs, partly driven by AI demand, could keep smartphone prices elevated through the end of 2027. The company expects price pressure to be particularly significant in India's sub- ₹20,000 segment.


Supreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change Case
Oct 6, 2026

Supreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change Case

The justices began their new term with a landmark dispute over whether local governments can hold oil companies liable for damages from climate change.


Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers
Oct 6, 2026

Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers

The person was sentenced to 28 months in prison after an investigation found the claims were made up, the insurance trade body, the ABI said.


Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers
Oct 6, 2026

Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers

The person was sentenced to 28 months in prison after an investigation found the claims were made up, the insurance trade body, the ABI said.


Nvidia-backed Reflection AI challenges Chinese dominance in open-weight models
Oct 6, 2026

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI challenges Chinese dominance in open-weight models

An Nvidia-backed US start-up has unveiled an open-weight model to challenge China’s dominance in freely available artificial intelligence, releasing a system that early third-party testing suggests could be one of the most token-efficient open models in its class. Reflection AI on Monday debuted Beam, its first open-weight model built for coding, reasoning and agentic tasks. The US firm said Beam was “competitive” with GLM-5.2 from Z.ai – also known as Zhipu AI – and was “approaching” Alibaba...


Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products
Oct 6, 2026

Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products

A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory holds. Atlassian disclosed the flaw, CVE-2026-21589, on October 5, rated it 9.3 out of 10, and


FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach
Oct 6, 2026

FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That's according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter. "To date, our review has determined that the incident occurred as the result of a security failure ​


OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough'
Oct 6, 2026

OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough'

Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.


Hollow-core fiber: A new highway for AI data transmission
Oct 6, 2026

Hollow-core fiber: A new highway for AI data transmission

Hollow-core fiber: A new highway for AI data transmission


Oct 6, 2026

Google Pixel 10a Gets Rs. 6,000 Price Hike in India, Gets Costlier Globally

Google has increased the price of the Pixel 10a in India and global markets. The handset was launched earlier this year as the latest affordable entry point into the Pixel 10 lineup. Its price has now been hiked by Rs. 6,000. The price revision is not limited to India; Google has also hiked the Pixel 10a's price in the US and other markets. The development comes amids...


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