The Humanoid Robot Future Has Arrived at a South Korean Park. Sort of.

New York Times - Oct 5, 2026

I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.

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Your student ID can get you free Gemini AI, Photoshop and more: How to claim

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Students in India can use their student ID to access free or discounted services from companies such as Google, Spotify, Apple, IndiGo, Adobe, Samsung and GitHub. Here are seven student offers across AI, entertainment, travel, software and gadgets.

Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places

Oct 5, 2026

Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places

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Is AI secretly conscious? Scientist demands urgent tests - and warns switching it off could be unethical if it is

Oct 5, 2026

Is AI secretly conscious? Scientist demands urgent tests - and warns switching it off could be unethical if it is

What if the world's smartest chatbot really did wake up one day? While it may sound like science fiction, a consciousness scientist says we urgently need to start thinking about the possibility.

New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline

Oct 5, 2026

New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline

Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that has been exploited as part of targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 out of 10.0. "CVE-2026-88779 is a memory overflow vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that can lead to

Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy

Oct 5, 2026

Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy

The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.

Huawei, Qualcomm strike multi-year patent agreement across 5G, AI

Oct 5, 2026

Huawei, Qualcomm strike multi-year patent agreement across 5G, AI

US chip giant Qualcomm has agreed to pay to licence and acquire patents from China’s Huawei Technologies for the first time as part of a “multi-year, broad patent licence agreement” covering 5G, computing and artificial intelligence. The deal involved cross-licensing between both firms’ patent portfolios, the Shenzhen-based firm said in a statement on Monday, adding that it included Qualcomm’s purchase of specific Huawei US patents across compute, AI, networking and other technologies. The...

Environmental groups critical of housing levy idea

Oct 5, 2026

Environmental groups critical of housing levy idea

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Temu took the world by storm – but has the shopping app lost its thunder?

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Temu took the world by storm – but has the shopping app lost its thunder?

In February 2023, the budget shopping platform Temu announced itself on the world stage in the brashest way possible: becoming one of the youngest ever brands to buy a Super Bowl advertising spot. “Download the Temu app and shop like a billionaire,” a voice proclaimed in the 30-second commercial, as a woman danced on screen and ordered a series of outlandishly cheap items: from a US$8.99 dress to a US$4.99 wig. The commercial – which aired twice during the game, costing Temu an estimated US$14...

OpenAIs Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

Oct 4, 2026

OpenAIs Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

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Dario Amodei’s American AI imperialism

Oct 4, 2026

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei seems to believe that he, the American artificial intelligence (AI) industry and the United States are the only ones who should have the right to determine the fate of humanity. While he pays lip service to involving other democracies in AI development, which ones remotely approach the technological capacities of the US and China? Do other non-democratic developing countries not count? His self-belief is far more dangerous than mere commercial greed. Like Peter Thiel,...

Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

Oct 4, 2026

Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.

Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison

Oct 4, 2026

Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison

Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.

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