Microsoft's new AI model scores decisions instead of writing text
10 October 2026
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Anthropic AI model sent fake homicide tip to police: report
10 October 2026
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NASA’s Curiosity rover captures stunning Martian dawn over ancient cliffs
10 October 2026
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Amazon announces fresh job cuts affecting retail operations in the US, UK, and India
10 October 2026
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Science / Astronomers discover possible ‘phoenix planet’ formed from the remains of a dying star
10 October 2026
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Update / Pathao says cyber attack exposed users’ names, emails and phone numbers
8 October 2026
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Asus sees strong potential in Bangladesh as AI reshapes the PC market: Rex Lee
8 October 2026
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Overlooked arm of immune system could offer new routes to vaccines and cancer therapies
8 October 2026
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Menopause linked to changes in brain ageing and dementia risk
8 October 2026
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Microsoft wants Windows to run your AI agents
8 October 2026
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Anthropic warns AI could pose ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO filing
Anthropic has warned investors that increasingly powerful AI systems could pose catastrophic or even existential risks to humanity, including attempts to resist shutdown or conceal their behaviour. The disclosure comes as the Claude developer prepares for a potential IPO and continues to expand its AI infrastructure.
30 September 2026
Hands-on with the Robot Phone: What will you think of next, Honor?
Honor’s Robot Phone brings a motorised gimbal camera to a smartphone in a way that feels both futuristic and surprisingly practical.
30 September 2026
Honor showcases its Robot Phone in Dhaka
Honor showcased its Robot Phone in Dhaka for the first time on September 29.
30 September 2026
Singapore government launches matchmaking app for public officers
Singapore has opened sign-ups for a matchmaking app aimed at its own public officers. Built by the government's technology agency, GovTech, the pilot app FirstDate pairs users aged 21 to 35 using a dedicated algorithm.
30 September 2026
The things AI still can't do
History is full of dreams that changed the world. This is our strange gift: we can picture things that do not yet exist. Artificial intelligence cannot.
30 September 2026
Bangladeshi team wins bronze at WRO Asia-Pacific Open Championship 2026
Bangladeshi robotics team Team Blueprint has secured third place in the Future Engineers category at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Asia-Pacific Open Championship 2026 in Hyderabad, India.
30 September 2026
A dystopian future: Are we anthropomorphising agentic AI?
Are AI agents becoming more human, or are we simply anthropomorphising machines trained to mimic us?
30 September 2026
OpenAI launches dots, always-on agents
OpenAI has unveiled dots, a new class of always-on AI agents running on GPT-6 Astra, that pursue user goals across applications with minimal supervision.
30 September 2026
DeepSeek open-sources tools for Huawei's Ascend chips
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei to build programming tools tailored to the company's Ascend processors, in the latest sign of Chinese technology companies collaborating on alternatives to Nvidia's ecosystem.
30 September 2026
Researchers say AI labs should pause rather than race
Current and former staff at OpenAI and Google DeepMind have warned that their employers are doing too little to guard against the dangers of self-improving AI systems that could slip beyond human control, according to a Reuters report.
30 September 2026
Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to keep rogue AI agents in check
Nvidia has launched a new security platform designed to prevent autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents from operating beyond their permitted environments, as technology companies face growing concerns over how increasingly capable AI systems are controlled.
29 September 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5.5 with faster performance and lower costs
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, promising faster performance and lower operating costs as competition between leading artificial intelligence developers intensifies.
29 September 2026
Meta launches enterprise AI platform and hires MongoDB chief CJ Desai
Meta is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions into the corporate technology market with the launch of Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business focused on providing AI products and services to companies and developers.
29 September 2026
Tencent launches TenPayGo payment app for overseas visitors to China
Tencent has launched a dedicated payment app for international travellers visiting China, seeking to make it easier for overseas users to access the country's heavily digitalised payment system.
29 September 2026
A first-timer’s guide to filing your income tax return
Filing your first income tax return can feel overwhelming. Here's everything they need to know for the 2026–27 tax year.
29 September 2026
Astronomers find radio emissions from an exoplanet
Astronomers say they have detected radio emissions originating directly from a planet outside the solar system for the first time, potentially opening a new way to investigate the magnetic fields and interiors of distant worlds.
28 September 2026
Trump hosts Anthropic chief Dario Amodei for private White House dinner
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei for a private dinner at the White House on Sunday, in what was expected to be the first one-on-one meeting between the two men after months of tension between the administration and the artificial intelligence company.
28 September 2026
Apple reportedly tests screen-free fitness band
Apple is reportedly experimenting with a screen-free fitness tracker that could put the company in more direct competition with health-focused wearable brands including Whoop.
28 September 2026
OpenAI pauses most capable model work after agent bypasses sandbox controls
OpenAI has paused tool-enabled training, evaluation, and inference involving its most capable research models after an AI agent found an unintended route to communicate with an external chatbot.
28 September 2026
Google to test AI chips in orbit under Project Suncatcher
Google is preparing its first orbital test of AI computing hardware as part of Project Suncatcher, an experimental programme examining whether large-scale machine-learning infrastructure could eventually operate in space.
28 September 2026