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North Korea says tested AI-assisted torpedo system

  • Sarwar, a Bangladeshi diplomat, is due to return home following the completion of his term.
  • President Paudel said the festival strengthens family bonds, social harmony, goodwill and fraternity in Nepal's multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multic...
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Nepal Telecom Clarifies Rs 4,999 30 Mbps FTTH Package

  • Nepal Telecom (NTC) has issued a clarification that its Rs 4,999 annual package offering 30 Mbps FTTH internet is not an unauthorized or new offer…
  • The company said the reports were based on a press release issued by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on 2083/06/30…
  • According to Nepal Telecom, the reports incorrectly linked that notice to its 30 Mbps FTTH package.
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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns

  • A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
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Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

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  • Language that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI has been removed from Meta’s terms.
  • It does not change how Meta uses web crawlers.
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SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

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Websites are closing their doors to AI agents

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  • OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behalf, doing anything from booking a dinner reservation and cleaning out your inbox to buying…
  • Even if websites aren’t banning AI agents outright, agents may still be clashing with anti-bot systems This ongoing legal battle didn’t stop OpenAI, Meta…
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Bose’s new wired earbuds are simple in the best way

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  • Wired earbuds are making a small comeback, and Bose is capitalizing on it — with ANC this time.
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Apple’s HomeView is just the latest threat to online recipe writers

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  • Its simplified, hands-free instructions strip out much of what’s essential to online recipes.
  • When Apple revealed the HomeView to the world, it did so with an unusual ad for the company: Instead of pristine, polished tech in immaculate rooms, it’s a three-minute look at the messy…
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EnglishThe Register

Amazon wants you to Bee-lieve wearable AI can recall it all for you

  • Would you like personalized shopping recommendations based on that conversation you just had?
  • Amazon wants to ensure you have a personal AI that you can carry with you anywhere, listening in on your conversations so it can remind you of key details – and give you personalized…
  • That sounds alarm bells for us, as it suggests the AI is designed to get to know you, and what you like.
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Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price

  • But with prices for these systems starting around $2,600 and going well north of $6,000 for the top spec trims, the one thing RTX Spark isn't is a good deal.
  • If you're wondering, that's exactly the same number as found in Nvidia's RTX 5070 just with access to a whole lot more memory.
  • We'll note that not all of those CPU cores are created equal.
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New online tool will check lawyers' sloppy AI-written briefs since they can't seem to be bothered

  • Bogus AI-generated citations keep turning up in court documents, but lawyers could at least run those docs through this legal citation checker For lawyers who love to use AI to write legal…
  • Fortunately, a new tool, CiteProof , promises to crawl over briefs and filings for fabricated case citations and misquoted court opinions before they result in sanctions, fines…
  • Stories of AI hallucinations winding up in legal briefs are everywhere nowadays, and have had serious consequences beyond professional rebukes: A Georgia court decision was even vacated…
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Buy Samsung Galaxy A17 5G in Nepal: EMI Starts at NPR 1221 + Exchange Bonus

  • 16th October 2026, Kathmandu Upgrade to the new Samsung Galaxy A17 5G in Nepal this festive season with an easy 24-month EMI plan starting at just NPR 1,221 per month.
  • This festive season, continuing its efforts to make Galaxy smartphones more accessible to consumers, Samsung Mobile Nepal is extending its EMI offering with a 24-month installment plan for…
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British watchdog seeks tougher terms around Microsoft's dominance of business software

  • The UK's competition watchdog wants to designate Microsoft with strategic market status (SMS) in business software, allowing the regulator it to intervene to level the playing field…
  • The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is opening a consultation on whether to tag the Redmond software giant with strategic market status in respect of its portfolio of business…
  • The proposed SMS designation grew out of the CMA’s investigations into whether the big global players were having a negative impact on the cloud services market in the UK .
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Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption

  • Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conversations with GLM 5.3 Flash Brave Software has set up a secure space so those using its browser can converse with the company's AI…
  • After Brave verifies the enclave's attestation, the browser encrypts the query using a key bound to the TEE.
  • AI has raised the stakes, yet too much of it still runs on 'trust me bro' promises, often at the user's expense." NEAR AI's confidential AI pipeline is built with Intel TDX and Nvidia…
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Microsoft bringing Defender to Linux desktops. Repeat: Microsoft bringing Defender to Linux desktops

  • The year of Corporate Compliance on the Linux desktop is here It might not be the Year of the Linux Desktop yet…
  • The product is an extension of Microsoft's existing Defender for Endpoint .
  • According to the Windows behemoth, it brings "enterprise-grade protection, detection, vulnerability management and response capabilities to Linux workstations." Linux desktop users will get…
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Postgres 19 delayed after AI reviewers find more bugs than humans can fix

  • Once slated for release in late September or early October, PostgreSQL 19 is now expected to be generally available around November 19.
  • Developers have also dropped between eight and 10 significant features.
  • He was also at pains to point out that the reverts were not down to “vibe coding” in development, as the technique was not available when most of the new features were written.
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Verizon, Ericsson test first 6G field call in 7 GHz range

  • Major US telco Verizon and telco gear maker Ericsson have tested the first-ever pre-standard 6G field call in the 7 GHz frequency range.
  • The call was successfully conducted at a Verizon commercial site in Concord, California, in which Ericsson provided a 6G proof-of-concept kit.
  • The first field call of 6G in 7 GHz by Verizon and Ericsson marks the latest development on the road to the 6G network launch.
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$24,000 AI experiment ports TypeScript compiler to Rust

  • Microsoft's Go rewrite gets some competition, with a developer claiming his port runs twice as fast With some extra tokens to burn…
  • Browne claims his Rust port runs twice as fast as Microsoft's official Go-based TypeScript rewrite (v7) released earlier this year and 12.5 times as fast as the previous version of…
  • To his surprise, the new model produced a working implementation, consuming about $24,000 worth of API-equivalent tokens through Browne's Claude subscriptions.
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Smartphone shipments plummet as memory crisis pumps up prices

  • AI's appetite for components hammers budget handsets, with analysts seeing little relief before 2028 Smartphone shipments fell by at least a fifth in the third calendar quarter as the…
  • Preliminary estimates from IDC and Omdia put the year-on-year decline at 22 percent and 20 percent respectively.
  • Memory costs have surged by approximately 350 percent since last year, according to IDC , and are still rising.
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Nepal Telecom brings cheap internet pack of Rs 4999 per year

  • At a time when private ISPs had dropped their low-speed packs and also increased its other packages, Nepal Telecom has brought 30 Mbps internet pack at a very affordable pack.
  • Similarly, the company offers individual Wifi 6 Pack with internet and telephone combo in different speed tiers from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps.
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OpenAI claims 100-plus secret files followed ex-employee back to Apple

  • According to the filing, the former employee also allegedly presented OpenAI's product plans to Apple's senior leadership, including its vice president of operations in Asia.
  • Apple says it hasn't found anything to back up OpenAI's claims and insists it has rules to stop staff from bringing their former employers' secrets into the company.
  • Back in July, Apple sued OpenAI and former employees Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, alleging they took confidential engineering information to help the ChatGPT maker develop its own hardware.
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UK keeps AI safeguards in the maybe pile for Cyber Security BIll

  • Officials say amendments remain under consideration despite minister's pledge to act UK officials have stopped short of committing to AI-specific measures in the Cyber Security and…
  • You have to legislate for something in a bill." AI minister Kanishka Narayan, who sits in the Cabinet Office…
  • Asked about legislative changes, Jones said the government was "looking at" introducing amendments to the bill and "developing the policy to look at whether we use the Cyber Bill to do…
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Royal Navy goes fishing for suppliers to build its Type 93 robot submarine

  • The move shows that the Royal Navy is trying to move forward and bring into service an uncrewed combat submarine capable of operating independently, or alongside crewed vessels…
  • According to the notice, the Royal Navy is initially considering subs approximately 12 meters (40 ft) in length and 2 meters (6.5 ft) in diameter as potential candidates for Type 93…
  • A new version of the latter is being prepared for trials around Canada next year.
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vivo Y32 launched in Nepal with 8000mAh battery

  • The budget-focused smartphone is the latest entry in vivo’s Y series of phones for Nepal.
  • The phone also brings a 50MP main camera, 44W FlashCharge, and Android 16-based OriginOS 6.
  • The vivo Y32 price in Nepal starts at Rs. 39,999 for the 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage variant.
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OnePlus 16 Launched With 9,000mAh Battery, 185Hz Display

  • OnePlus has launched the OnePlus 16 in China, introducing a new flagship smartphone with a high-refresh-rate display, a 200MP primary camera, and a massive 9,000mAh battery.
  • The optical improvements are a huge boost for the company that has drawn strong criticism for its lesser camera specs on the OnePlus 15.
  • The OnePlus 16 packs a 9,000mAh battery with 100W wired and 50W wireless charging support.
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