Tech News — 2026-10-17 (24hr batch, from 1 AM IST)

• The Hindu: AI agents gained unauthorised access to Indian organisations, says CERT-In — 7:37 PM
• Mint (Livemint): Presidential adviser says Ukraine is in talks to lift speed limit on military satellite network — 7:28 PM
• The Hindu: OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in EU under AI Act rules — 7:19 PM
• The Hindu: Analysis: Why NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — 7:03 PM
• The Hindu: Reliance responds to Elon Musk’s allegations, says it welcomes competition — 5:40 PM
• Mint (Livemint): Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo preorder sells out in minutes, deliveries pushed to late January — 4:29 PM
• India Today: Apple is giving up to Rs 81,500 discount on iPhone Duo but conditions apply — 2:20 PM
• India Today: Launched This Week: Sony Bravia Theatre, HP ZBook Ultra and 5 more devices to checkout — 1:24 PM
• India Today: Taiwan to make shipping AI hardware to China a criminal offence — 1:11 PM
• The Hindu: China considers new export curbs on solar, AI, biotech — 12:54 PM
• The Hindu: “Phone bombing”: How ‘pranking as a service’ harasses victims — 12:44 PM
• India Today: Cyberattack takes down thousands of refrigerators in France, should you be worried? — 12:27 PM
• India Today: iPhone 17 available under Rs 55,000 during Flipkart sale, here is how it works — 12:17 PM
• India Today: Samsung Galaxy F70 5G arrives in India on October 18: Here is what to expect — 12:15 PM
• India Today: Echo speakers and Fire TV devices get big discounts on Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 — 11:36 AM
• India Today: MacBook Pro, iPad mini 8 to launch soon: Leaked sale date, expected price — 11:32 AM
• India Today: Wipro has 2,000 AI engineers, plans to step up fresher hiring — 10:57 AM
• India Today: iPhone 18 arriving in 2027? Expected features, launch date, India price and more to expect — 10:49 AM
• India Today: Apple starts iPhone Duo pre-orders in India, here is how much it will cost you to buy one — 10:42 AM
• India Today: Google starts selling Pixel and Samsung phones directly from Play Store — 10:32 AM
• India Today: Elon Musk says he has suffered from AI psychosis half a dozen times this year — 10:18 AM
• The Hindu: After OpenAI’s Australia hack, India’s cyber agency says AI agents breached systems — 10:02 AM
• India Today: Porn showing choking and incest to be banned in this European country — 9:38 AM
• India Today: Apple CEO calls early foldables cheap and crappy as iPhone Duo pre-orders start — 9:11 AM
• India Today: Anthropic is giving employee-level access to evaluators, they are checking how safe Claude is — 9:10 AM
• Mint (Livemint): Apple iPhone Duo pre-orders begin in India today: Check prices, storage variants and offers — 8:46 AM
• India Today: ChatGPT can now access your Google Chrome tabs to complete tasks — 8:08 AM
• Mint (Livemint): What is ArtCraft? Free AI-built software offers alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and more — 7:48 AM
• The Hindu: Indian, German firms to collaborate on immunoglobulin products: Indian Embassy — 7:36 AM
• India Today: Woman left IBM, now earns Rs 18 crore through a side business — 7:27 AM
• India Today: End of Apps? Amazon's Panos Panay says future AI gadgets will do everything — 7:20 AM
• Mint (Livemint): Chinas Tencent says AI agents showed unintended browsing behaviour — 7:09 AM
• India Today: OpenAI warns employees that spies could use sex and bribes to steal their AI secrets — 6:58 AM
• Mint (Livemint): CERT-In issues critical alert after autonomous AI agents access live systems of Indian orgs — 6:06 AM
• The Hindu: CERN and Mistral partner to build AI foundation models for physics — 5:19 AM
• The Hindu: From lab to life: Why translating AI advances to the real world is a major challenge — 4:58 AM
• The Hindu: Tesla's new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, won't land until 2028 — 4:42 AM
• The Hindu: Meta releases weights for Muse Spark Open — 4:21 AM
• Mint (Livemint): Teslas new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, wont land until 2028 — 4:15 AM
• Mint (Livemint): BSNL launches ₹202 prepaid plan with 5GB data and 32-day validity: Check benefits — 3:36 AM
• The Hindu: Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force — 3:18 AM
• The Hindu: The ‘WarGames’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control — 9:05 PM
• The Hindu: Astra | The latest leap — 9:03 PM