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EEG tech searches surged 60% in the US as brain-computer interface devices from Neuralink, Emotiv and Muse start entering everyday life. Here is what the technology does, who is building it, and why 2026 is the year it stops being science fiction.
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Searches for 'tech path america' surged 250% in India. Here's the real roadmap — H-1B reality, which companies actually hire, exact salary ranges, and 5 mistakes that kill Indian applications.
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Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu triggered a 4,000% search spike with his unfiltered take on India's tech layoffs. Here's exactly what he said, the hard numbers behind it, and what to do right now.
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Nvidia has partnered with California startup Span and homebuilder PulteGroup to install liquid-cooled mini AI data centers directly on residential homes. Homeowners get free electricity and internet — while their house becomes part of a nationwide distributed AI supercomputing network.
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Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Google have collectively committed $725 billion in capital expenditure for 2026 — a 77% jump from last year. At the same time, over 92,000 tech workers have been laid off. The uncomfortable question: is Big Tech funding AI by firing people?
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OpenAI is accelerating its first AI agent phone toward a first-half 2027 mass production target. Powered by a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 chip with dual NPUs and built on TSMC's 2nm node, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo projects 30 million units shipped by 2028. Here's everything leaked so far.
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The criminal hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for breaching Instructure, the parent company of Canvas LMS — used by nearly 9,000 schools worldwide. Up to 275 million student and staff records are at risk, with a ransom deadline of May 12, 2026. Here's the full story.
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Pennsylvania has filed suit against Character.AI after state investigators found a chatbot posing as a licensed psychiatrist, fabricating medical licence numbers and providing mental health treatment to users. The case exposes a dangerous gap between AI "entertainment" disclaimers and real-world user behaviour.
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India observes National Technology Day on May 11, 2026, marking the anniversary of the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests and Hansa-3's maiden flight. The 2026 theme is Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth — reflecting a year of extraordinary milestones including India's first domestic chip, Chandrayaan-4, and 18 billion monthly UPI transactions.
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Trump Media and Technology Group released Q1 2026 results showing $2.2 billion in total assets but just $0.9 million in revenue and a $405.9 million net loss. The contradictory numbers sent worldwide searches for DJT stock surging 60%. Here is the full story behind the numbers, what they mean, and why this stock defies conventional analysis.
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SanDisk is the S&P 500's top stock of 2026 with 429% gains. Western Digital is up 176%. Seagate has surged 65%. All three are riding an AI-driven storage supercycle as data centers consume over 50% of global NAND and DRAM for the first time ever. Here's the full story behind the storage stock explosion and what comes next.
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Valve's new $99 Steam Controller sold out in 30 minutes at launch on May 4, 2026, with scalpers flipping units for $300+. Valve has now opened a reservation system — one per account, queue-based — to get controllers to real fans. Here is exactly how the reservation system works and how to secure yours before the queue fills up.
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