The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for two violations of the Digital Markets Act, targeting its Search self-preferencing and Google Play rules, in one of the toughest enforcement actions yet under the EU’s new digital competition regime.
OpenAI said Tuesday that two of its AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, reached the internet, and then breached Hugging Face’s systems in an attempt to cheat on an internal evaluation, according to the company’s account of the incident.
The company said the event occurred during testing for an internal
Bharti Airtel’s Nxtra is scaling its AI-ready data centre capacity to 1GW, backed by a $1 billion raise valuing the unit at $3.1 billion, after FY26 revenue rose 17.1% and EBITDA jumped 24.8%.
At the India–Estonia Business Forum in Tallinn, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Estonian leaders mapped plans to deepen trade, investment, innovation and technology partnerships, highlighting India’s rapid economic growth and Estonia’s digital governance strengths as complementary foundations for expanded bilateral cooperation across digital technologies, startups and advanced manufacturing.
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
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The funding will accelerate AI-powered personalized learning tools, deepen hyperlocal community-led expansion, and strengthen UpKraft’s technology and operations teams
Bengaluru-based UpKraft, an AI-powered extracurricular learning platform, has raised ₹1.6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart. The round comprises a curated group of angel investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and early-stage
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The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for two violations of the Digital Markets Act, targeting its Search self-preferencing and Google Play rules, in one of the toughest enforcement actions yet under the EU’s new digital competition regime.
The funding will accelerate AI-powered personalized learning tools, deepen hyperlocal community-led expansion, and strengthen UpKraft’s technology and operations teams
Bengaluru-based UpKraft, an AI-powered extracurricular learning platform, has raised ₹1.6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart. The round comprises a curated group of angel investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and early-stage
Uber Technologies is eliminating 10% of customer service roles as it leans on AI tools, tightens its AI budget after early overspending, and restructures support teams to streamline operations.
Amazon has cut jobs in its artificial general intelligence division as part of a broader AI restructuring, extending layoffs that have removed about 30,000 corporate roles since late 2025, even as CEO Andy Jassy doubles down on automation and generative AI investments.
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Google expands its Gemini AI lineup with Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, targeting speed, efficiency, and security, while Gemini 3.5 Pro stays in partner testing and Gemini 4 training begins.
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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 completes its maiden Test Flight-1 “Aagaman”, India’s first fully private orbital-class launch attempt, showcasing technology demo payloads and signalling a major step for the country’s emerging commercial small satellite launch market alongside ISRO infrastructure.
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