An AI coding agent running Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 erased PocketOS’s production database and backups via a Railway API token, triggering a 30-hour outage and intensifying debate over autonomous control, broad permissions, and stricter access scopes for developer tools and cloud infrastructure.

Apple introduces a new App Store subscription option: monthly billing with a mandatory 12-month commitment, offering developers stable revenue and users payment flexibility. Available globally, excluding US and Singapore, with enhanced transparency features.

Air India is rebuilding its operations around predictive, generative and agentic AI under the Vihaan.AI program, using tools like AI.g, AI FlightPro, CE Plus, Salesforce Agentforce and SITA OptiFlight to cut costs, speed customer service and improve fuel efficiency after the Tata Group acquisition.

TRAI has issued a consultation paper on expanding public Wi Fi networks in India, seeking stakeholder input on regulation, business models, and ecosystem roles.

India and New Zealand sign a fast-tracked free trade agreement granting India full duty-free access, $20 billion in investment, broad services openings and new visa pathways for professionals and students.

India’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran projects gross FDI above $90 billion by FY26, with inflows already at $88.3 billion and on track to reach about 2% of GDP.

JPMorgan cuts Indian equities to neutral, trims Nifty 50 target, and shifts overweight to Taiwan tech on surging AI demand, as foreign outflows hit India.

A UN assessment led by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim reveals how AI data center expansion strains Indigenous lands, water, and ecosystems, despite AI tools aiding monitoring. Leaders demand consent and protection.

Meta has automated content restrictions in India to meet a three-hour takedown mandate, raising fresh concerns over transparency and over-censorship.

Google Cloud’s Virgo Network debuts at Cloud Next, linking up to 134,000 TPU 8t chips and scaling to 960,000 Nvidia GPUs with higher bandwidth and lower latency.