Technology & AI · Oct 5, 2026
Fleuret AI, a Parisian startup building agentic AI tools for continuous penetration testing, closed a 4 million euro pre seed round led by RAISE Ventures. The funding will expand the product from one off audits to an always on offensive security layer designed for European regulatory and sovereignty constraints.

Social Media News · Oct 5, 2026
As Quebecers vote on October 5, social media platforms and local monitors have ramped up rules, monitoring and voter information efforts to limit misinformation, impersonation and AI-driven deception ahead of and during polling day.

Technology & AI · Oct 5, 2026
Huawei and Qualcomm announced a multiyear cross license and patent purchase agreement on October 5, 2026. The deal covers 5G, compute, networking and artificial intelligence technologies, and marks a notable commercial rapprochement with implications for Chinese AI infrastructure and chip ecosystems.

Social Media News · Oct 5, 2026
The eSafety Commissioner today announced a package of fresh enforcement guidance and grant funding aimed at stopping AI generated sexualised images and helping platforms and communities prevent image based abuse targeting children and young people.

Technology & AI · Oct 5, 2026
The Linux Foundation and Agentic AI Foundation open the MCP Dev Summit in Toronto on October 5, 2026, bringing maintainers, cloud vendors and Canadian operators together to debate standards, governance and production deployments of agentic AI.

World Politics News · Oct 4, 2026
In the week after Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, U.S. lawmakers from both parties are publicly parsing the summit’s outcomes, focusing on Taiwan, pending arms notifications, and the strategic balance with Beijing.

Hollywood · Oct 4, 2026
Luca Guadagnino’s drama Artificial, starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman, will receive a gala presentation at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, a high profile addition that sharpens the capital’s festival slate and underlines London’s pull for Hollywood premieres.

Technology & AI · Oct 4, 2026
Ofcom today published strengthened guidance for regulated online platforms on the use of artificial intelligence for content moderation, age assurance and transparency. The new guidance sets practical expectations for auditability, human oversight and reporting, and signals closer regulatory scrutiny as the UK pushes to balance online safety with innovation.

Technology & AI · Oct 3, 2026
Toshiba has brought new nearline hard disk drive lines online at its Laguna, Philippines campus and is investing roughly JPY 60 billion to nearly double its storage output by fiscal 2027, a move aimed at meeting rapid growth in AI and cloud data centre storage needs.

Press Release · Oct 3, 2026
The Election Commission of Pakistan has formally notified an AI Wing at its secretariat to support digitisation, staff training and a full E-Office rollout by December, the commission said in a notification dated October 1.

Social Media News · Oct 3, 2026
Malaysia regulators are scrutinising social media posts that appear to use artificial intelligence to alter video of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mourning his wife. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission says it has contacted platforms and may take action under existing communications law.

Technology & AI · Oct 3, 2026
Regional technical evaluations for the Alibaba Cloud AI Hackathon Pakistan 2026 opened in Karachi on October 3, spotlighting student and startup projects that apply AI to agriculture, health, education and finance, and underscoring Pakistan’s growing public private push to build sovereign AI capacity and workforce pathways.

Technology & AI · Oct 2, 2026
A new memorandum of understanding between Curtin University Malaysia and DriverAI aims to bring advanced computing, applied research and commercialisation pathways to Sarawak, aligning with state plans to build a high skilled digital workforce.

Technology & AI · Oct 2, 2026
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and AIST are convening the second AI Safety Symposium and publishing research outcomes as Tokyo accelerates efforts to create operational safety benchmarks, guidelines and evaluation tools for generative and physical AI.

Social Media News · Oct 2, 2026
At a Safer Internet Day event in Jakarta on October 2, 2026, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs joined Kemenko PMK, Google Indonesia and YouTube to launch community programs, MOOC courses and creator partnerships aimed at raising digital literacy and strengthening protections for users under 16 in the country’s evolving AI era.