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OTT releases this week have something for every genre lover, whether you’re looking for laugh-out-loud chaos or a romantic family drama. This upcoming lineup will sort out your watchlist.

Tom Holland and Zendaya's Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its dominance at the US box office. The superhero film has brought in more than $2 billion globally since its July 31 release.

NTA has ordered a UGC-NET June 2026 re-exam for English, Commerce and Sociology after candidates flagged factual, spelling, translation and repeated-question errors. English and Commerce exams will be held on September 9, while Sociology will be conducted on September 10.

Viral footage and sailor messages have raised concerns over poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, including allegedly dirty bathrooms and food shortages. New images purportedly also shows similar conditions aboard the USS George Washington

USS Abraham Lincoln is returning to San Diego after more than 260 days in the West Asia. CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper defended crew welfare amid reports of poor conditions and mental health issues

Trump has ordered a substantial reduction in joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the high costs of the drills.

While the industry argues about chatbots, Nvidia's research organisation is building neural rendering, world models and simulation — presented at SIGGRAPH by its Cosmos Lab and deep learning leaders, targeting robotics and autonomous systems rather than text.

Marvell will invest $250 million in India over three years and double its headcount, expanding in Bangalore and Hyderabad. India is already its second-largest R&D organisation worldwide, with teams working on 2nm process technology and end-to-end silicon design.

Google's Gemini app crossed one billion monthly active users, its fastest-growing product ever. But the figure counts the app only, excluding Gemini in Search and Gmail, and it is monthly where ChatGPT's billion is weekly.

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said the Islamic Republic had survived foreign aggression and remained resilient but argued that continued conflict would create serious challenges for the country and its people. He urged for diplomacy amid the risk of military escalation.

In Bartz v Anthropic a court held training on copyrighted books is fair use but storing pirated copies is not — settled for $1.5 billion, about $3,000 per work. In NYT v OpenAI the court refused dismissal, finding ChatGPT's outputs may compete with the Times.

OpenAI made both Daybreak tiers available through Amazon Bedrock, including GPT-5.6-Cyber, trained with reduced safeguards for exploit development. Distributing gated offensive-security capability through a mainstream cloud marketplace changes who can reach it.

The students demand CBI probe and the findings to be made public and action to be taken against those found responsible for alleged irregularities. They are also demanding revocation of the suspension of the whistleblower finance department section officer Santosh Kumar Mastana.

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected in September 2026 with a 2nm A20 Pro chip, larger battery, 48MP cameras and a possible variable-aperture main camera. Leaks also point to a smaller Dynamic Island and a potentially higher India price.

Meta released Muse Glimmer and Nvidia followed with Nemotron 3.5 Lightning a day later, both open-weight catch-up moves in a field led by Chinese labs. Box CEO Aaron Levie called it planting 'a very firm flag' that America will have near-frontier open-source models.

Anthropic's bankers are scheduling pre-IPO investor meetings for a fall Nasdaq debut, October the leading date. Valued at $965 billion, it is pitching a $47 billion revenue run rate, 130% growth and its first operating profit — against OpenAI's negative 122% margin.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes powerful AI could dramatically accelerate biological research, potentially compressing decades of medical progress into just a few years. But the prediction is a long-term vision, not a promise that AI will cure diseases on a fixed timeline.

Reaching a target 100 kilometres away takes an S-400 missile approximately one minute. Factoring in a 10-second system reaction time, the heavy 48N6E3 interceptor travels at 2,000 metres per second to cover the exact distance in just 50 seconds.

A space rocket generates a continuous 195-decibel roar that requires water suppression to prevent structural damage. In contrast, the S-400 uses a cold launch gas ejection followed by a brief, violent solid-rocket crack that accelerates it to Mach 14.