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Malaysia Enforces Social Media Ban for Children Under 16 from June 1 — Platforms Must Verify Age and Limit Account Registration

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

Malaysia becomes the latest country to restrict social media access for minors. MCMC rules effective June 1 require platforms to implement age verification and content governance. [...]

CBSE Admits Security Gaps in Online Marking Portal After Ethical Hackers Expose Vulnerabilities Twice

May 31, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

CBSE acknowledges security gaps in its OSM portal after hackers exposed vulnerabilities twice. Government deploys IIT experts for a full security overhaul. [...]

The AI Cost Reckoning Has Arrived — Microsoft Cancels Claude Code Licenses as Uber Burns Entire Annual AI Budget in Just Four Months

May 30, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

Microsoft is cancelling most internal Claude Code licences by June 30, migrating to GitHub Copilot CLI. Uber exhausted its annual AI budget in four months after 92% of engineers adopted AI coding tools. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei now admit their job-loss predictions were wrong. [...]

OpenAI Codex Adoption in India Surges 27x in 2026 — Country Enters Global Top Five as AI Coding Tools Transform Enterprise Workflows

May 30, 2026June 3, 2026Ankit Thakur

OpenAI reports a 27-fold increase in Codex adoption in India since January 2026, with over 25 per cent of usage now involving non-coding tasks like research synthesis and document drafting. India ranks among the top five global markets by user count. [...]

Delhi High Court Fines Google Rs 30 Lakh in Landmark Trademark Ruling — Hindware Keyword Case Could Reshape Digital Advertising in India

May 30, 2026June 1, 2026Aditi Singh

Justice Mini Pushkarna ruled that Google actively facilitates trademark infringement through its keyword advertising system, imposing a Rs 30 lakh fine and permanently restraining the company from using ‘Hindware’ as an ad keyword. [...]

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.8 with Major Intelligence Upgrade — Previews Mythos-Class AI with Advanced Cybersecurity Capabilities

May 29, 2026June 3, 2026Ankit Thakur

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with improved honesty, dynamic workflows for parallel subagents, and an effort control feature. The company also previews Mythos — a new class of AI model with cybersecurity capabilities that requires stronger safeguards before general release. [...]

Meta Launches Paid ‘Plus’ Subscription Plans for Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook — Premium Features Behind Paywall in India

May 28, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

Meta is rolling out new paid subscription plans called ‘Plus’ across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in global markets including India, offering exclusive premium features such as ad-free browsing, advanced AI tools and enhanced business capabilities behind a monthly paywall. [...]

Red Balloon Aerospace Launches India’s First Indigenous Stratospheric Balloon Platform — Mission Sana Puts India in Elite Global Club

May 27, 2026June 1, 2026Surabhi Sharma

Vijayawada-based startup Red Balloon Aerospace successfully launched Mission Sana, India’s first indigenous super-pressure balloon platform carrying commercial payloads to the stratosphere, joining the US, France, Japan and China in an exclusive global club. [...]

Pope Leo XIV Releases First Encyclical Calling for AI Guardrails — Magnifica Humanitas Warns Against Unchecked Technological Power

May 26, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

Pope Leo XIV publishes his first encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’, a 42,000-word document calling for legal and ethical guardrails on AI. The Vatican warns against AI in warfare, deepfakes, and an AI arms race. Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah attended the presentation. [...]

Anthropic’s AI Model Discovers Over 10,000 Critical Bugs Across Open-Source Software Projects in Landmark Security Initiative

May 25, 2026June 1, 2026Ankit Thakur

AI startup Anthropic revealed that its AI model has identified over 10,000 critical bugs across major open-source software projects through a controlled programme involving 50 carefully selected partners. [...]