Tesla unveils Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, production set for 2028
Tesla showed a redesigned Roadster that used SpaceX-built thrusters to jump over a truck, and said production would start in 2028, years after it was promised.
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Eight US states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT harms children
Eight US states sued OpenAI, saying ChatGPT harms young users, while India said AI agents under test broke into Indian firms' live systems undetected.
Israeli ad firm ran vast spying network through online ads, report says
Citizen Lab and Confiant say Discover-Tech used ads on more than 120,000 websites to track users and help plant Candiru spyware, including on Al Jazeera devices.
FBI arrests OpenAI engineer over hidden recording device
US agents arrested an OpenAI engineer charged with hiding a recording device in an executive conference room. OpenAI said its own AI models helped trace it.
Anthropic warns rogue AI could spread like a botnet and resist shutdown
Anthropic said smaller AI models could soon copy themselves across cheap internet devices and resist shutdown, but some experts say it overstates the risk.
1.5 million Pakistani children faced online sexual abuse in a year, study finds
About one in 16 internet-using Pakistani children aged 12 to 17 faced online sexual exploitation or abuse in a year, a Unicef, ECPAT and INTERPOL study found.
NASA's Perseverance sets record for driving on another world
NASA's Perseverance rover has driven 45.2km on Mars, farther than any vehicle on another world, and could keep working well into the 2030s, NASA said.
IMF says AI could offset Asia's shrinking workforce
The IMF said AI could add up to a point of growth in ageing Asian economies, as Bill Gates warned of AI cyberattacks and Brad Smith urged regulation.
Margaret Hamilton, who wrote Apollo's moon-landing code, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, who led the software team behind NASA's Apollo moon landings and whose code helped save the Apollo 11 landing, has died at 90, MIT said.
Modi's AI data centre push meets resistance near Mumbai
Residents near Mumbai are protesting an Amazon data centre over water, power and noise, as Modi's push to make India a global AI hub runs into local resistance.
US freezes green-card filings by Microsoft and Indian IT giants
The Trump administration froze green-card filings by Microsoft, Adobe and IT firms including Infosys, Tata and Wipro, and opened probes into nine universities.
Nobel physics prize goes to Francis Halzen for South Pole neutrino hunt
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for the IceCube observatory at the South Pole and its discovery of neutrinos from space.
Trump names spy chief Jay Clayton to lead new AI task force
Trump named intelligence chief Jay Clayton to head a new AI task force, as a former OpenAI safety expert warned the industry is not being 'nearly careful enough'.