Stability AI raises $76m as entertainment groups back generative AI company

Stability AI, the company behind the Stable Diffusion image-generation model, has raised $76 million in a Series B funding round backed by some of the world's largest entertainment companies.
27 August 2026

Apple launches M6 Mac Mini with $899 starting price

Apple has introduced a new generation of the Mac Mini powered by its M6 processor, with the entry-level model priced at $899 as the company places greater emphasis on local artificial intelligence workloads.
27 August 2026

Mobile internet slowest in Barishal, Ookla report finds

Barishal Division recorded the slowest median mobile download speed among Bangladesh’s divisions in the first half of 2026. The division posted a median mobile download speed of 22.57 megabits per second (Mbps) during the January-to-June period, according to Ookla’s Bangladesh Speedtest Connectivity Report H1 2026.
27 August 2026

Meta agrees settlement worth up to $18bn over alleged harms to children

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn to settle claims brought by 29 US states alleging that its social media platforms harmed children and were deliberately designed to encourage addictive use.
27 August 2026

Dutch regulator fines Uber $966 mln over automated driver suspensions

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825m, about $966m, over the use of automated systems to suspend or deactivate driver accounts without adequately informing those affected.
27 August 2026

AI agents force cyber insurers to rethink what counts as an attack: report

Cyber insurers are reviewing their policies as autonomous AI agents raise difficult questions about what should be covered, according to a recent report by Reuters.
27 August 2026

Apple unveils M5 Ultra and M6 chips with focus on artificial intelligence

Apple has unveiled two new processors, the M5 Ultra and M6, as it steps up the computing power available for artificial intelligence and other demanding workloads on its Mac computers.
27 August 2026

Alibaba launches Wan3.0 AI video generation model

Alibaba has launched Wan3.0, its latest artificial intelligence video-generation model, as the Chinese technology group increases investment in AI.
25 August 2026

Google expands Gemini AI for legal sector

Google has expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with tools designed specifically for lawyers and law firms.
25 August 2026

Brazil fines TikTok parent ByteDance over teen data handling

Brazil’s data protection authority, ANPD, has fined ByteDance 153.8 million reais ($29.81 million) for allegedly violating the country’s General Data Protection Law. According to a report by Reuters, the decision was published in the official gazette on Tuesday.
25 August 2026

Indian startup Airbound raises $37m for autonomous drone expansion

Bengaluru-based drone startup Airbound has raised $37m in a Series A funding round as it seeks to make aerial delivery more competitive with road transport.
25 August 2026

Spotify launches new feature to let users say why they picked that playlist

Spotify has launched Playlist Notes, a new feature that allows users and the streaming service’s editors to add explanations and context to items included in playlists.
25 August 2026

New Zealand plans to ban social media for under-16s

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday his party will introduce a bill in Parliament that would ban children under 16 from using social media.
25 August 2026

Xiaomi launches new AI chips made with TSMC

Xiaomi unveiled its in-house Xring O3, O100, and D100 processors manufactured by TSMC for smartphones, AI workloads, and autonomous driving.
25 August 2026

This website wants to make Bangladesh’s bribe economy visible

GhushSite is tracking what Bangladeshis say when they are asked to pay bribes.
24 August 2026

Nvidia in talks to invest in Perplexity in a funding round: report

Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Perplexity as part of an equity funding round that would value the AI startup at more than $30 billion, The Information recently reported.
24 August 2026

Hugging Face may be up for sale, valued at $13 billion: report

AI startup Hugging Face, which hosts open-source large language models and datasets, has been exploring a potential sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, according to a Business Insider report.
24 August 2026

India plans to launch its first tokenised corporate bond pilot: report

India is set to introduce tokenised corporate bonds next month, as it trials blockchain technology for instant settlement of bond trades, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said to Reuters on Monday.
24 August 2026

Mini human brains grown in labs could outperform AI, researchers say

Scientists at laboratories across the United States and Australia are growing miniature human brains from stem cells and training them to perform computing task.
24 August 2026

Hackers claim 6 million Bangladeshi CVs for sale on dark web

A hacker group identifying itself as "madarax" has advertised what it claims are the CVs of six million Bangladeshi jobseekers for sale on the dark web, saying the data came from recruitment platform Bdjobs.
23 August 2026