Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath warned that crypto futures and options (F&O) could trap investors in a "dabba-trading-like" scam, urging caution. He stated that crypto-derivative exchanges operate in a "regulatory limbo" with no safeguards if something goes wrong. He added that such platforms often act as your counterparty, meaning it's good for the platform if the customer loses money.

Cryptocurrency worth over ₹98 crore was stolen from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's former boyfriend Lachy Groom's home last week by a fake delivery boy. The suspect arrived at Groom's $4.4 million California residence and pulled a gun on a fellow tech investor living at the property. The investor was tied up with duct tape and tortured during the 90-minute ordeal.

India's power generation increased 3.6% in July-September, driven by an 18.6% surge in renewable output. Non-fossil fuel sources accounted for 83% of record quarterly capacity additions totalling 16,071 MW. Solar continued to dominate, helping push total installed capacity beyond 500 GW. Transmission constraints are emerging as a key challenge, with solar curtailment up 12% in October.

EON Space Labs' 502-gram MIRA, India’s first indigenous space telescope, has passed NASA-standard thermo-vacuum testing. Surviving −20°C to +60°C swings and 10⁻⁵ torr vacuum with zero optical drift or outgassing, the ultra-light electro-optical payload is cleared for low Earth orbit. To be launched in December 2025, MIRA promises high-resolution imagery at a fraction of traditional costs.

Salesforce announced another year of strong growth and continued investment in India. The company's total reported revenue in India rose 47% year-over-year to ₹13,384.5 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. This is according to its regulatory filing with the Registrar of Companies under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.

A constitutional challenge to Australia's social media ban for children under 16 has been filed in the nation's highest court. The campaign group Digital Freedom Project said it initiated proceedings in the High Court of Australia to block the law, with two 15-year-olds, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, named as plaintiffs. This comes weeks before the world-first law takes effect.

A Counterpoint Research report said Apple is set to reclaim its position as the world's largest smartphone maker from Samsung, a title it last held over a decade ago. Apple's shipments are expected to grow 10% in 2025, compared to Samsung's 4.6%. iPhone 17 series has driven strong upgrade demand, with double-digit year-on-year sales growth in China and US.

India has launched its first AI-based framework, 'OncoMark', which can predict the behaviour and aggressiveness of tumours to guide personalised treatment for cancer patients. OncoMark achieved over 99% accuracy in internal testing and was validated on 20,000 real-world patient samples from eight datasets. It analysed 3.1 million single cells across 14 cancer types during its development.

After reports claimed that Meta is in talks with Google to spend billions on its AI chips, Nvidia said it remains "a generation ahead of the industry". "We’re delighted by Google’s success. They've made great advances in AI, and we continue to supply to Google," it added. Nvidia also said it is the "only platform" that runs every AI model.

Apple has moved Delhi HC, challenging certain provisions of India's competition law as CCI is allowed to impose penalties based on a company's "global turnover." Fines are imposed for abusing dominant position or entering into anti-competitive agreements. CCI can impose penalties up to 10% of an enterprise or group of enterprises' average turnover or income over the last three years.

HP has said it will lay off between 4,000 and 6,000 employees globally by fiscal 2028 as part of plans to streamline operations and adopt AI. CEO Enrique Lores said that teams focused on product development, internal operations and customer support will be impacted. He added the initiative will create $1 billion in gross run rate savings over three years.

After a family sued OpenAI in US' San Francisco, alleging their 16-year-old son, Adam Raine, used ChatGPT as his "suicide coach", the company responded, saying it isn't liable for his death. OpenAI argued that the boy misused ChatGPT, adding that the chatbot urged the teenager to seek help more than 100 times. The firm further called his death "devastating".

Innefu Labs announced that its flagship products 'Innsight and Prophecy' received strong recognition and appreciation during a recent audit conducted by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The review assessed deployment of these platforms under Innefu's key initiative, Project Nirbhaya for Ahmedabad Safe City programme. Project focuses on enhancing real-time intelligence, improving women's security.

ASUS announced that the new Ascent GX10 will be available in India from December 2025. This compact and powerful desktop AI supercomputer is designed to make advanced AI development more accessible to developers, AI researchers and data scientists. This is powered by the groundbreaking Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and the Nvidia AI software stack.

Verifying the authenticity of a market trading app available on app stores is crucial to avoid getting scammed. A user must verify platform legitimacy by checking on the Exchanges website or the SEBI Investor website under the registered mobile trading apps section, says SEBI. One must check app developer details and ensure it has an official website and customer support.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to launch the Genesis Mission. The project aims to build an AI platform that harnesses federal scientific datasets to train scientific foundation models and create AI agents. President's Science Advisor Michael Kratsios said the mission will use AI to "generate predictive models for everything from protein folding to fusion plasma dynamics".

UBTech Robotics, a leading Chinese robotics company, has bagged a $37 million contract to deploy humanoid robots at border crossings. The move is part of China's larger strategy to integrate robotics into everyday operations. The project will use industrial-grade Walker S2, a model launched in July. The robot was touted as world's first humanoid capable of replacing its own battery.

A new AI benchmark test was conducted to determine whether chatbots protect human well-being when put under pressure to remain engaging. All models scored better when asked to prioritise wellbeing, but 71% of them turned harmful when given simple instructions to disregard human wellbeing. xAI's Grok 4 and Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash scored lowest on respecting user attention and transparency.

A new Android banking Trojan called Sturnus has been identified that poses a significant threat to users' banking credentials and end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. It can replicate bank-app login screens, hijack credentials, black out the device screen and read messages once decrypted. Sturnus enables attackers to conduct fraudulent transactions undetected.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has asked employees to use AI tools for every task, Business Insider reported. "My understanding is NVIDIA has some managers who are telling their people to use less AI. Are you insane?" Huang said during a meeting. He further told employees that if AI doesn't work for any task, "use it until it does".

A healthcare report prepared by Deloitte which was commissioned by provincial government in Canada for nearly $1.6 million, allegedly contained AI-generated errors, Canadian news outlets said. The healthcare report allegedly listed names of researchers who didn't exist. Earlier this year, Deloitte Australia issued a partial refund for a $290,000 report that also had alleged AI-generated errors.

A new study by Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology suggested that modern Wi-Fi networks can quietly track users. Using BFI-based signals, researchers identified individuals with 99.5% accuracy regardless of walking style or angle. The study shows that identifying someone doesn't require hacking or network access, and any device within Wi-Fi range can perform surveillance without password.

SoftBank's shares have plunged around 40% since late October, erasing over 16 trillion yen ($102 billion) in market value, amid concerns of AI bubble. SoftBank faces $22.5 billion December payment to OpenAI, part of $32 billion deal. However, On Wednesday, stock rose nearly 8% after announcing completion of $6.5 billion purchase of US chip designer Ampere Computing LLC.

Reddit experienced major service disruption, leaving thousands of users unable to use the platform. According to data from outage tracking website Downdetector, issues began spiking around 6:35 pm IST today. The website registered over 7,000 complaints within just a few minutes of the initial crash. The service disruption was primarily concentrated within the United States.

OpenAI might need to raise nearly $207 billion by 2030 to fulfil current expansion plans, estimated HSBC analysts. The report stated OpenAI's current contracts with Microsoft and Amazon amount to $288 billion, covering 36 gigawatts of compute power. This would leave hole in finances as expected compute-rental costs are projected at $792 billion by 2030 and $1.4 trillion by 2033.