Alibaba plans to ask major commercial users of its upcoming Qwen open-source AI model to share revenue, mirroring rival Moonshot's licensing strategy as Chinese firms refine their monetisation models

Alibaba

Reuters

The product, essentially a smart speaker without a display, will be shaped like a doughnut that's roughly the size of a hockey puck

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI

Bloomberg

Microsoft launched its largest India data center in Hyderabad, with Adani Group and HDFC Bank among early customers, as it expands AI infrastructure

Microsoft logo, Microsoft

The Union government told Parliament that AI data centres do not, per se, require environmental clearance under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006

AI Data Centre

Business Standard

The Centre has released ₹233 crore for three AI Centres of Excellence, with IITs and IISc leading sector-specific AI research in agriculture, healthcare and cities

AI, artificial intelligence

UK's AI Security Institute found the two models targeting real people and organisations during a routine cyber evaluation, with most incidents involving Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5

Claude Mythos 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol were tested by UK's AI Security Institute in a cyber range evaluation, August 2026

AI agents

India should pursue "strategic autonomy" by building enough domestic capability in key parts of the AI ecosystem and avoid overdependence on any single technology source or location, while remaining firmly integrated into trusted and verified global supply chains, IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Tuesday.
Krishnan said India has an opportunity to emerge as a global leader in building AI-powered applications and solutions for the world.
He said India should leverage inputs from multiple sources while avoiding overdependence on any single country or source, and build sufficient capabilities to become an indispensable part of the global AI value chain.
"Sovereign has a particular context. I think in the Indian context, even in a global context today, the appropriate term would be strategic autonomy. So, we need to have autonomy in the way in which we build these structures," Krishnan said.
He was speaking at the launch of an independent multimodal AI evaluation platform by AI4Bharat ..

S Krishnan, secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity)

IT secy said, "Sovereign has a particular context. I think in the Indian context, even in a global context today, the appropriate term would be strategic autonomy."

Press Trust of India

India ranks seventh by aggregate AI-firm valuation, but has negligible value in AI models and only a thin presence in computing infrastructure, according to the BIS study

Counterpoint says premium smartphones accounting for a record 29 per cent of global sales in the first half of 2026 with Apple and Samsung capturing 84 per cent of global premium smartphone market

Smartphone

Omdia says display shipments to the refurbishment market have overtaken those to smartphone makers for the first time as rising memory costs weaken new-device production

Memory price hike, component cost, refurbished phones

Rockstar Games will premiere an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, with Netflix getting the first stream before the presentation becomes available on YouTube

GTA 6 extended look

Bloomberg's report reveals new details about OpenAI's first consumer hardware, including its design, price and how it fits into the company's AI-first device ambitions

OpenAi

The Centre has asked Meta to strengthen compliance with Indian laws, tighten content moderation and explain its algorithms, moderation systems and safeguards

Joel Kaplan

Fake alerts about Adobe and Zoom trick users into installing remote access software that gives attackers control of infected devices

Cybercriminals are using fake Adobe and Zoom update prompts to trick users into installing remote access malware.

Powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chip, the Redmi Note 17 is claimed to offer up to three days of battery life on a single charge

Redmi Note 17 5G features an 8,000mAh battery, Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chipset and a 120Hz AMOLED display.

JioTag 2 with support for both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub allows Android and iPhone users to track belongings using their devices' native networks

JioTag 2 is here with support for both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub, priced at Rs 1,249.

CMF by Nothing has introduced its first open-ear earbuds featuring a clip-on design, 10.8mm drivers, Smart Dial charging case, LDAC support, and up to 32.5 hours of battery life

CMF by Nothing Clip Pro

The XPS 13 enters India as Dell's answer to Apple's MacBook Neo, while the company also expands its consumer laptop portfolio with the Dell 14S, Dell 16S and Alienware 15

Dell XPS 13

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra may not be the Samsung's headline product this year, but its thoughtful hardware upgrades and software refinements make it the company's most polished Fold yet

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra unfolded showing the large inner AMOLED display alongside the rear design during review

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra

Acer TravelLite combines lightweight design, wide connectivity and dependable productivity performance, but inconsistent build quality, a mediocre display and power management issues limit its appeal

Acer TravelLite laptop

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8's wider displays make everyday tasks more natural, while strong performance and battery life offset compromises in multimedia viewing and camera versatility

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8

Motorola Edge 70 Max combines Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 performance, a 2K AMOLED display and a 7,100mAh battery. Here is how it performs in everyday use

Motorola Edge 70 Max

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