Author: Malavika Madgula

When it comes to the unpredictable nature of the real world, even the most advanced of technologies can struggle… For instance, in Texas’ San Antonio, a Waymo robotaxi drove into a flooded street during severe weather in April 2026, prompting the brand to recall nearly 4,000 vehicles for a software fix. While no one was injured, it did expose a graver challenge: intelligence isn’t simply about processing data. It’s about how to use previous experience when conditions change and about what to notice after knowing where to look. And when it comes to shaping AI design for the future, scientists…

Imagine finding out that that supposedly harmless chat you were having with a chatbot was used to hack your own account… That’s what happened in the first week of June 2026, when attackers successfully hijacked a number of high-profile Instagram accounts by working – get this – Meta AI, the company’s very own AI-powered support chatbot. If this isn’t the future, we don’t know what is. What did they do? They coaxed and successfully manipulated into bypassing identity verification protocols and resetting passwords. These bad actors were able to completely lock out legitimate users not with traditional credentials but by…

If there was a sliver of doubt that necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then the battle to power AI (artificial intelligence) has all but confirmed it. By now, we know that AI programmes, and the data centres that propel them, are huge energy guzzlers. In fact, according to IEA (International Energy Agency) projections, the sector’s energy consumption is projected to grow a whopping 30% a year until 2030 – at which point AI will account for 3% of the global energy use. It’s this insatiable appetite for space, power, and energy that’s pushed investment for AI into uncharted…

There’s no denying the fact that we live in privileged tech bubbles where our PCs sporting 64GB of DDR5 RAM (fifth-gen Double Data Rate 5 random-access memory) cost as much as our domestic vacations They weren’t cheap earlier either, but buying them in 2026 might very well need you to break the bank. Clearly, the RAM crisis is not just a PC nerd problem anymore. Unofficially dubbed the “RAMpocalypse” – or “RAMageddon” – it’s sadly become the new norm of the tech world since late 2025, with the memory shortage expected to stretch throughout 2026, and maybe even beyond. What’s…

When you open Twitter (X) today, almost every tweet has this comment somewhere in the thread: “@Grok, is this true?” Now, if the tweet spoke about factual data, like petrol prices going up, then it even makes sense. However, when you see people asking tagging Grok, the SpaceXAI-developed GenAI (generative artificial intelligence) chatbot by Elon Musk, and asking it to fact-check a tweet that claimed that aliens had landed atop the Burj Khalifa or the Empire State Building, you know we’re doomed as a civilisation. While the convenience of using an app to make a decision for you or asking…

COVID-19 proved that remote teams could succeed, no matter how far-flung they were and where they worked So, it was but natural for employees to develop a taste of the freedom of being able to respond to email and collaborate with colleagues on any device, from anywhere — whether they’re waiting for the kids to finish school, in the lounge at the airport, or working at their kitchen table. In this era of distributed teams and remote work, end-user computing via DaaS (desktop-as-a-service) is extremely relevant for enterprises that require scaling compute resources at the lowest cost and quickly. DaaS…

Are you a fan of chatbots like Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT? Chances are, you’ve asked them to generate passwords for you… After all, they’ve handled complex tasks for you, so it makes sense that something so accessible yet seemingly high-tech could produce secure passwords for your accounts. Turns out, the case is the exact opposite. Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) are apparently more predictable than humans when it comes to patterns, as the AI cybersecurity firm Irregular found out. When it tested Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT, it found that the passwords they generated weren’t truly random, but…

When Sify asked its LinkedIn community what was holding their networks back from being truly AI-ready, the answers were less about technology and more about the hard realities of running it Last week, Sify ran a poll asking the question: What is holding your network back from being truly AI (artificial intelligence) ready? While managing performance and cost came out on top (42%), scaling for AI/ML (machine learning) workloads was close behind (31%) – and it isn’t surprising. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, performance has become anything but straightforward, and network infrastructure has transformed into the backbone of scalability, security,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been unlocking new possibilities at breakneck speeds… With teams eager to explore how these tools can speed up innovation and work by testing and experimenting with ideas, this energy without structure is a risky proposition. When people “go rogue” with AI tools, knowingly or unknowingly, they introduce everything from reputational harm to data leaks and compliance gaps. The idea isn’t to stifle creativity, but rather, the challenge is how to channel it. That’s where “sandboxing” comes in. Teams require sandboxes: places to execute code that are isolated from their applications and the rest of the world,…

We’re in that era of gambling where gamblers aren’t restricting their bets to horses and sports teams; they’re also betting on election results, the possibility of a country launching strikes against another, and even the possible resurrection of someone who’s long been dead. Welcome to the world of prediction markets, where people bet on a wide range of future events, allowing them to speculate on an array of real-world events — the weather, sports, the Oscars, Taylor Swift’s wedding, gold prices, and even political outcomes and military incidents.Two of the largest and most popular prediction market platforms are Kalshi and…