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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on 14 July 2026 that GPT-5.6 Sol is half the price and roughly twice as token-efficient as the Fable model, and signalled willingness to cut costs further to…
A Chinese scientist who spent a decade on what many called an impossible materials problem has won China's top youth science…
India commands nearly 18% of global Android game downloads — but that scale hasn't translated into matching revenue. With eCPMs…
Alibaba and Honor will announce a joint AI agentic operating system at WAIC in Shanghai on 18 July 2026, built around Honor's…
China exported 179.44 billion integrated circuits worth US$177.28 billion in H1 2026 — a staggering 96% year-on-year surge —…
One of India's most decorated scientists has put his weight behind the country's ethanol programme — and gone further, calling…
A 30-month study of 26,000 Chinese students found AI homework tools boost short-term scores by 18% but slash exam results by up…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman engaged publicly on 14 July 2026 with a sharp critique alleging the company silently downgrades…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on 14 July 2026 publicly joked that a post from Anthropic's Claude account seemed so…
