New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training
John Carreyrou, along with five other writers, filed a lawsuit in California federal court, accusing AI firms of using their books without permission to train LLM powering chatbots
AI spending spree drives global tech debt issuance to record high
Global tech companies issued $428.3 billion in bonds in 2025; U.S. firms lead with $341.8 billion, followed by Europe ($49.1 billion) and Asia ($33 billion), says Dealogic
Govt forms national committee to strengthen information and communication security framework
NCICS to assess cyber vulnerabilities across ministries, critical sectors, and foreign missions; Cabinet Division to serve as secretariat
Pakistan’s IT exports rise 14% in November to $356 million, five-month total hits $1.8 billion
SBP’s higher retention limit and overseas equity investment facility support inflows; government targets $5bn IT exports in FY26
OpenAI warns upcoming AI models may pose “high” cybersecurity risk
Company says future models could generate zero-day remote exploits against well-defended systems or aid sophisticated intrusions targeting critical systems
Cloudflare restores services after minor outage disrupts Coinbase and Claude AI
Company blames firewall change for disruption, shares drop 4.5% amid growing concerns over tech outages
Cloudflare outage disrupts access to popular websites like LinkedIn and Canva
Users report issues with major platforms as Cloudflare faces connectivity problems
Apple appoints Indian-origin Amar Subramanya as new vice president of AI
Subramanya will lead critical areas, including Apple Foundation Models, ML research and will report to software chief Craig Federighi
Samsung unveils first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up
New TriFold enters a competitive foldable market, though analysts expect the category to stay niche due to high prices and production hurdles
OpenAI projects 220 million weekly paying ChatGPT users by 2030, report
As of July, ChatGPT has about 35 million subscribers, around 5% of its weekly active users, placing the AI firm on track to rank among the world’s largest subscription businesses
Alphabet on pace to hit $4 trillion market value as AI gains momentum
Shares rise 4.1% to $331.7 in premarket trade, putting the company on track to cross the milestone at the open
Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search engine immediately
CEO Pichai describes Gemini 3 as 'our most intelligent model'
Meta defeats antitrust case over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
Judge cites competition from TikTok, YouTube; Ruling is first decisive win for Big Tech in US antitrust crackdown
Cloudflare restores services after outage impacts thousands of internet users
Outage hits X and ChatGPT as spike in unusual traffic disrupts Cloudflare network, with company reporting no malicious activity and shares falling 2.3% in morning trading
Oracle’s $300bn OpenAI deal sparks investor unease as stock sheds $315bn
Despite OpenAI partnership, Oracle faces rising debt and negative cash flow as market value drops
