Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they?

BBC - Sep 17, 2026

Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.

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Sep 17, 2026

BGMI 4.6 update: India’s first original character Kiaraa launch date, story, boss fight and rewards

KRAFTON India is bringing Kiaraa, its first original BGMI character created by its in-house art team, with the 4.6 update. The BGMI 4.6 update arrives on September 16, while Kiaraa will become available from October 8, 2026.

Sep 17, 2026

How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fears

The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.

Sep 17, 2026

Unifocus launches AI-powered platform to transform workforce and operations management

The global hospitality technology provider, Unifocus, has announced the launch of its newest AI platform, Unifocus Claira. Unifocus Claira is an industry first end-to-end workforce management and operations platform, purpose-built to give hoteliers and above-property hospitality organizations complete visibility across the workforce lifecycle through one cohesive system.

Sep 17, 2026

Health Talk: The link between hormones, weight and sleep

Sep 17, 2026

Agoda Begins Limited Public Beta of New AI Assistant

Digital travel platform Agoda has begun the beta rollout of its new AI Assistant, designed to help travelers turn their travel ideas into personalized, bookable trips. Available initially to a select group of Agoda mobile app users, the AI Assistant marks a new chapter in how travelers can plan, book, and manage an entire trip in one place.

Sep 17, 2026

Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft

Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".

Sep 17, 2026

Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese technology giant Huawei launched new chip technologies in a challenge to global leaders such as Nvidia that highlights the narrowing gap between China and the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Huawei's announcement Thursday at its annual key conference in Shanghai came just days before an expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump...

Sep 17, 2026

BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 to fix fourteen security flaws it disclosed on 16 September in BIND 9, its open-source DNS server software. One of them affects any BIND server that answers DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). A sender with no credentials can crash the server process, named, with a single request that carries an invalid SIG

Sep 17, 2026

Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk

A freak fish event that 'challenged reactor safety' at Canada's largest nuclear plant shows why the nuclear energy governments are relying on to fight climate change must also become more resilient to it.

Sep 17, 2026

NASA finds 'once-in-a-century' moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum

NASA finds ‘once-in-a-century’ moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum NASA scientists have discovered a giant and massive crater on the moon that appeared bigger than the Roman Colosseum. The discovery left the researchers in awe as they called it a rare occurrence that only...

Sep 17, 2026

Gyazo Breach Exposes 23.62 Million User Records and 490 Million Image Metadata Records

A security breach at Gyazo, Helpfeel's image-sharing service, exposed about 23.62 million user records, including email addresses and password hashes, the Kyoto-based company said in a notice published Wednesday. It also exposed about 490 million image metadata records, mostly for images from January 2019 or earlier, including the IDs that make up Gyazo image links. Helpfeel said

Sep 17, 2026

Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks

Cisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76460 (CVSS score: 10.0), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication. "This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication control on an API endpoint," Cisco said. "An attacker

Sep 17, 2026

Hyderabad leads emergence of India’s new data centre hubs

By end-2030, Hyderabad and other emerging hubs are expected to see a six-fold rise in data centre capacity to 1.1 gigawatts (GW),  implying an annualized growth of 58%.

Sep 17, 2026

Semicon India 2026: PM Modi says India taking steps to become preferred Semiconductor manufacturing

PM Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi on September 17, bringing together over 600 exhibitors and 300 international companies. The three-day event focuses on India’s semiconductor manufacturing, chip design, investment, innovation and talent development.

Sep 17, 2026

Samsung launches new AI fridge in India that recommends recipes; check Bespoke AI lineup and prices

Samsung India unveiled its 2026 Bespoke AI lineup led by a Family Hub Refrigerator with Google Gemini AI Vision that suggests recipes and tracks food freshness. New WindFree Pro and Infinite Cassette ACs offer AI energy savings up to 30%, PM1.0 purification and SmartThings control.

Sep 17, 2026

CMG shines at 2026 Arab Media Summit

The 2026 Arab Media Summit, held in Dubai from September 15 to 17, attracted 250 media organizations from 23 countries, bringing together senior government officials, heads of media institutions, prominent figures and content creators.

Sep 17, 2026

Does This Bird’s Return to Britain Restore History or Rewrite It?

Conservationists set up a colony of white storks in southern England, touching off a debate over whether they truly belong there.

Sep 17, 2026

Once in a thousand year storm feared as life-threatening floods to wash out millions in four US states

Potentially historic rainfall threatens millions this week in a region of the US that often struggles to see any rain at all.

Sep 17, 2026

U.S. Seizes NightmareStresser Domains Linked to Hundreds of Thousands of DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the court-authorized seizure of internet domains associated with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire service known as NightmareStresser. The domains in question are: nightmare-stresser[.]com and nightmarestresser[.]org. Visitors to the site are now greeted by a seizure banner that states - "This domain has been seized by the

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Sep 17, 2026

Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they?

BGMI 4.6 update: India’s first original character Kiaraa launch date, story, boss fight and rewards

How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fears

Unifocus launches AI-powered platform to transform workforce and operations management

Health Talk: The link between hormones, weight and sleep

Agoda Begins Limited Public Beta of New AI Assistant

Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft

Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia

BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS

Millions of fish tested Canada's largest nuclear plant. The incident points to a growing climate risk

NASA finds 'once-in-a-century' moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum

Gyazo Breach Exposes 23.62 Million User Records and 490 Million Image Metadata Records

Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks

Hyderabad leads emergence of India’s new data centre hubs

Semicon India 2026: PM Modi says India taking steps to become preferred Semiconductor manufacturing

Samsung launches new AI fridge in India that recommends recipes; check Bespoke AI lineup and prices

CMG shines at 2026 Arab Media Summit

Does This Bird’s Return to Britain Restore History or Rewrite It?

Once in a thousand year storm feared as life-threatening floods to wash out millions in four US states

U.S. Seizes NightmareStresser Domains Linked to Hundreds of Thousands of DDoS Attacks

Rare tree offspring given lifeline at Scottish botanic garden

Samsung One UI 9 rollout begins: Galaxy S26 series gets Android 17 update with new AI features

OpenAI reveals six more safety issues and unveils plan to disclose incidents