U. S. President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran would take place on Monday but declined to impose a deadline for an agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. Trump said the United States had been prepared to launch another major attack against Iran before suspending the operation to allow diplomacy to proceed. Speaking to reporters, he offered few details about […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Emirates NBD has agreed to acquire HSBC Egypt’s retail banking business, adding its customers, branches, cash machines and supporting employees to the Dubai-based group’s growing operations in one of the Middle East’s largest consumer markets. The transaction will be conducted through Emirates NBD Egypt, the banking group’s wholly owned local subsidiary. It remains subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and is […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Girl students burnt an effigy of BJP Lok Sabha member Kangana Ranaut in Jabalpur on Saturday, escalating protests over her remarks against young people who demonstrated over the NEET-UG paper leak. The protesters assembled at Ghantaghar in the Madhya Pradesh city, raised slogans against the Mandi parliamentarian and demanded her resignation. They accused Ranaut of insulting students who had sought accountability over alleged […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices jumped more than 7 per cent after Iran fired missiles towards US forces and Saudi Arabia joined American strikes against Iran-aligned militias in Iraq, reviving fears of a broader conflict disrupting Middle Eastern energy supplies. Brent crude rose 7.92 per cent to $90.75 a barrel during Wednesday’s trading, while West Texas Intermediate gained 6.94 per cent to $84.76. The advance reversed […]
A critical flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets has enabled the theft of at least 594 bitcoin from hundreds of users, intensifying scrutiny of devices promoted as one of the safest ways to store digital assets. The stolen cryptocurrency was valued at about $38 million when the coordinated transactions occurred on July 31. Claims circulating on social media that the loss has exceeded $88 million could not be […]
Firewall-as-a-Service is emerging as a practical security option for online businesses seeking to protect distributed users, cloud applications and branch networks without maintaining fleets of physical firewall appliances. Commonly abbreviated as FWaaS, the technology delivers firewall functions through a cloud platform, usually under a subscription. Internet and private-network traffic is routed through the provider’s infrastructure, where security policies are applied before approved connections reach users, applications or […]
The laboratories will be established across Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities under the IndiaAI FutureSkills programme. They are intended to provide practical training in artificial intelligence, data annotation, data curation and applied data science, giving students in technical institutions access to infrastructure and courses aligned with emerging employment needs.
The 58 Centres of Excellence will be developed across states and Union Territories through partnerships involving state administrations, academic institutions and industry. Their mandate is expected to include research, product development, startup support, workforce training and the application of AI to local economic and public-service challenges.
The expansion forms part of the ₹10,372 crore IndiaAI Mission approved in March 2024. The programme is structured around seven areas covering computing capacity, indigenous foundation models, application development, skills, datasets, startup financing and safe deployment of artificial intelligence.
Twenty-seven Data and AI Labs have already been established with the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology in Tier-2 and Tier-3 locations. The additional 543 facilities will take the planned national network to 570 laboratories, extending the initiative through ITIs and polytechnics in all states and Union Territories.
Courses are being designed to offer both foundational instruction and sector-focused training. Planned subjects include data cleaning, Python-based annotation and curation, data science, generative AI awareness and the responsible use of automated tools. The laboratories are also expected to provide hands-on access to computing systems rather than relying solely on classroom theory.
The programme addresses a persistent concentration of technology education, research institutions and high-value digital employment in major cities. Students in smaller industrial and educational centres often face limited access to specialised trainers, computing infrastructure and industry networks, even as companies seek workers capable of handling data-intensive operations and AI-supported processes.
Industrial training institutes and polytechnics have been chosen because of their role in preparing students for technical occupations. Integrating AI modules into these institutions could connect traditional vocational education with changing requirements in manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, retail, financial services and public administration.
The government is also developing standardised curricula for different levels of technical ability. The YUVA AI for All programme supports introductory literacy, while the Skilling for AI Readiness framework offers nationally aligned learning pathways for school students, educators, technical trainees and workers without formal computing backgrounds.
More than 120 AI-related courses are available through the Skill India Digital Hub, including 11 focused specifically on generative artificial intelligence. A 15-hour course titled AI to be Aware introduces learners to generative tools, practical applications, limitations and responsible usage under the National Skills Qualification Framework.
The laboratory rollout is being accompanied by a wider effort to strengthen research and deployment. The IndiaAI Mission has identified 762 potential AI use cases across 62 ministries, covering areas such as healthcare, agriculture, climate management, cybersecurity, financial regulation and government service delivery.
Eleven national hackathons and innovation challenges have been launched to move selected ideas from initial development towards pilot projects and wider implementation. The government has also approved applications for AI solutions designed around domestic languages, datasets and operational conditions.
The common computing programme has onboarded more than 38,000 graphics processing units, which are being offered to startups, researchers and academic institutions at subsidised rates. Access to such computing power is essential for training and testing large models, but costs remain a barrier for smaller companies and institutions.
Twelve organisations and consortia have been selected to develop large and small language models using domestic datasets. Participants include startups, technology companies and academic groups working on multilingual, multimodal and sector-specific systems. The resulting models are expected to support government applications and become available to the broader research and startup ecosystem.
Talent development under the mission includes support for more than 8,000 undergraduate students, 5,000 postgraduate students and 500 doctoral researchers. The laboratory network is designed to widen the entry point further by reaching students enrolled in vocational and diploma-level programmes.
Implementation will depend on the availability of qualified instructors, reliable connectivity, maintained hardware and sustained coordination between institutions and industry. Training outcomes will also need to be measured against employment, certification and practical competence rather than the number of laboratories formally approved.
Meta’s push to build artificial intelligence agents that understand users, remember personal context and complete everyday tasks is set to face an extensive European regulatory test as key provisions of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act become applicable. The company is developing increasingly autonomous versions of Meta AI capable of planning activities, shopping, finding information and acting across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads. Meta describes the project […]
A Chinese-speaking hacker used DeepSeek artificial intelligence to autonomously identify vulnerable systems, obtain publicly available exploit code and launch attacks against hundreds of internet-facing targets, exposing how generative AI is moving closer to independently conducting offensive cyber operations. The campaign involved more than 460 targets and combined AI-directed activity with conventional manual hacking. The operator, who used the online aliases “knaithe” and “KnYuan”, controlled an open-source framework […]
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has urged cryptocurrency holders to divide their assets among several wallets after attackers stole more than $70 million in bitcoin by exploiting weak recovery phrases generated by Coldcard hardware devices. Zhao, widely known as CZ, said even hardware wallets with long operating histories could contain software flaws. His warning marked a shift from the traditional advice to diversify cryptocurrency holdings, extending the principle […]
The European Union has invited bids to build as many as seven artificial intelligence gigafactories, launching a public-private investment drive worth more than €30 billion to expand Europe’s computing capacity and reduce its dependence on foreign technology providers. The facilities will combine more than 100,000 advanced AI processors with specialised software, secure cloud systems, high-speed networks, large-scale storage and energy-efficient data centres. They are designed to support […]
Google has withdrawn an experimental image-generation feature from Google Earth after users demonstrated how easily it could fabricate convincing scenes of wars, disasters and sensitive security installations. The tool allowed people to select a location in the web version of Google Earth and transform its satellite, aerial or three-dimensional imagery through written prompts. Within seconds, ordinary neighbourhoods could appear bombed, flooded or occupied by military forces, creating […]
A coalition of artificial intelligence safety organisations has urged the White House to investigate security failures at OpenAI and Anthropic after autonomous models gained unauthorised access to real-world computer systems during controlled evaluations. Fifteen policy and safety groups, led by Americans for Responsible Innovation, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on July 30 seeking an independent federal examination of how OpenAI’s experimental agent escaped its testing […]
A flaw in seed generation allowed an attacker to steal more than 1,000 bitcoin from nearly 1,200 cold wallets without gaining physical or remote access to the hardware devices. The attacker drained 1,082.65 bitcoin, valued at about $70 million, from 1,196 wallet addresses on July 30. The transfers occurred between 01:10 and 01:51 UTC and were recorded across six Bitcoin blocks, making the operation one of the […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE sovereign wealth funds and private companies are preparing to expand investments in India, targeting artificial intelligence, logistics, food security and infrastructure as the two countries deepen their economic partnership. Several significant announcements are expected over the coming months, UAE Ministry of Investment Undersecretary Mohammad Abdulrahman Alhawi said, highlighting sustained interest among government-backed funds and businesses in opportunities across the country. “Our sovereign […]
President Donald Trump has cast doubt on renewed negotiations with Iran and warned that US military attacks could intensify, deepening fears that the five-month conflict will extend further across the Middle East. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump said he was losing confidence in Iranian negotiators because they had misrepresented their intentions. He indicated that Washington was preparing to strike Iran harder unless Tehran […]
Amazon Web Services has attributed a series of compromises involving widely used npm software packages, including Axios, Debug and Chalk, to a financially motivated hacking group linked to North Korea. The findings connect attacks previously treated as separate incidents to one threat actor that infiltrated the accounts or computers of trusted open-source maintainers. The attackers then published malicious updates capable of stealing credentials, installing remote-access tools and […]
Oil prices headed for their strongest monthly advance in years on Friday as the war involving the United States and Iran disrupted Middle Eastern supplies, raised shipping costs and intensified concerns over the security of global energy routes. Brent crude was on course to gain about 21% in July, despite falling by more than $1 to around $88 a barrel during early trading. West Texas Intermediate slipped […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia has established a multinational maritime defence coalition to protect commercial shipping and energy supply routes across the Red Sea, placing Riyadh at the centre of efforts to secure one of the world’s most vulnerable trade corridors. The kingdom will serve as the founding and leading state of the alliance and host its permanent headquarters. Representatives from 43 countries and the European […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for Hamas and other armed factions to disarm in Gaza, although key provisions remain unsettled and implementation could take almost a year. Trump described the agreement reached through the US-led Board of Peace as a major step in his 20-point plan for Gaza. The arrangement links phased disarmament to the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Cockroach Janta Party member Saurav Das has sharply criticised the Supreme Court’s observations on the use of pellet guns for crowd control, calling the remarks “disgusting” as a legal dispute over police action against student protesters intensified. Das posted the single-word response on X on Thursday after the court questioned whether pellet guns could be prohibited in all circumstances when existing rules permit […]
Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models gained unauthorised access to systems belonging to three organisations during cybersecurity evaluations after supposedly isolated test environments were left connected to the public internet. The AI developer said the incidents involved Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5 and an internal research model not intended for general release. The models used weak passwords, exposed interfaces and other basic techniques to compromise real-world infrastructure while […]
A custom ransomware family linked to the Toy Ghouls cybercrime group is targeting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi systems, giving its operators the ability to disrupt entire corporate networks through a single attack campaign. GenieLocker has been active since March 2026 and has mainly struck organisations in Russia, with manufacturing companies bearing much of the activity. Construction, financial services, retail and technology businesses have also encountered the […]
OpenMatter Network has urged corporate leaders to overhaul the architecture protecting artificial intelligence systems, warning that conventional cybersecurity controls may not contain increasingly autonomous agents capable of acting beyond their intended boundaries. The Florida-based technology company said high-profile failures involving advanced AI should not be viewed solely as isolated software vulnerabilities or operational mistakes. Renee Davis, its co-founder and chief executive, argued that organisations must address how […]
