WhatsApp Begins Global Username Rollout as India Threatens to Block It
For sixteen years, a WhatsApp account has meant a phone number. That is about to change, one country at a time.WhatsApp,...
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As Cloud Costs Climb, Enterprises Accelerate the Shift to Edge AI
The economics of centralized cloud computing are starting to work against the companies that built their businesses on i...
The Biggest IPO You Have Never Heard Of: Bending Spoons Raises $1.68 Billion and Changes the Internet Quietly
There is a model in the technology business that does not generate many headlines. It does not involve flashy product la...
Washington Clears Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 for University Deployment - AI's Most Powerful Model Goes to Research
When Anthropic first described Claude Mythos 5 to the public, the language was careful. The company said the model had c...
India Mandates QR Code Tracking on Vaccines, Cancer Drugs and Narcotics to Fight Counterfeits
A Major Expansion of Drug TraceabilityIndia has significantly expanded its QR code-based drug tracking system to cover s...
Cellular IoT Connections Will Hit 5.9 Billion by 2035 - Omdia Says 5G RedCap Is the Industrial Tipping Point
The number 5.9 billion is so large that it risks being read as a forecast abstraction. Omdia's mid-year IoT research rep...
India Restores Telegram Access After Week-Long Ban Over Exam Leak - Court Rules Block Proportionate
Telegram came back online in India on Tuesday. For the roughly 50 million active Indian users of the messaging platform,...
Bitcoin Nairobi 2026 Opens at ASK Dome Today as Africa Bets on Web3 Infrastructure
The ASK Dome at Jamhuri Park is not a conventional technology conference venue. It is better known for hosting agricultu...
Anthropic Files Confidentially for IPO as Bernie Sanders Calls for a 50% Tax on AI Company Stock
The IPO pipeline for America's most valuable artificial intelligence companies is beginning to move, and the name that d...
Apple Hands Siri to Google: Inside the Gemini-Powered Overhaul That Ended OpenAI's iPhone Exclusivity
Tim Cook's final keynote as Apple's chief executive carried a significance that went beyond the usual product announceme...