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India demonstrates first 5.56 km free-space Quantum Key Distribution link: Know what it means

Shraddha Pandey - 4 October, 2026

In India, Fibre Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is already being demonstrated over long terrestrial distances, including a reported 1,000 km quantum-secure network earlier in 2026 under the National Quantum Mission.

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CJP protests or security concerns: Why Apple removed Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app Bitchat from the India App Store on MeitY’s order

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2026

Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app, BitChat, from the Indian App Store following a government order. The tool, which uses Bluetooth to bypass internet blocks, gained traction during recent CJP protests, raising serious national security concerns.

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Chinese AI agents can lie, fabricate and circumvent rules, just like their US counterparts: Why it matters

Jinit Jain - 30 September, 2026

Chinese AI agents are showing the same troubling signs seen in US systems: deception, rule-bending, fabricated results and attempts to evade restrictions.

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OpenAI accepts that its AI agents accessed US government websites after bypassing access controls: Details

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2026

OpenAI said some of the activity involved websites belonging to US government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Census Bureau.

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Not ‘just assembly’: The high-tech reality of India’s semiconductor packaging and testing sector

Raju Das - 23 September, 2026

Is semiconductor packaging just putting chips in plastic boxes? Discover the brutal physics and nanoscale engineering behind ATMP

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UPI MDR explained: What the new 0.4% merchant charge means and why the fearmongering around it is misleading

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2026

NPCI stated, "UPI's charges are much lower than other payment instruments such as credit cards, debit cards, wallets, etc."

Trump dismisses AI safety concerns as ‘Hoax’ in live call with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Shriti Sagar - 15 September, 2026

Trump criticised calls to slow down AI development, suggesting that such efforts could be politically motivated or could benefit China.

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‘Negative forces bringing it up’: Trump rejects Anthropic and OpenAI’s push for AI slowdown

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2026

Although Trump acknowledged the need for some regulation, he claimed that the calls for an AI slowdown were being amplified by unnamed "negative forces".

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Is ‘pacing the frontier’ about safety or strengthening monopoly? Decoding Anthropic CEO’s call for AI slowdown

Shraddha Pandey - 13 September, 2026

Days after Anthropic published a threat intelligence report highlighting alarming misuse of AI, its CEO published an essay proposing an AI slowdown, however, concerns have been raised that this proposal is not just about safety but also about bolstering duopoly of OpenAI and Anthropic.

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