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Overview of the National UBAI Pilot Initiative Presidential Secretariat directs Digital Economy Ministry on UBAI pilot: founder Free Sovereign Engram app to run up to 80% of everyday AI work on personal laptops MacBook launch first, Linux next, Windows within 2-3 months Solar-powered PicoDC edge nodes to handle heavier workloads, local assembly planned The Presidential Secretariat has directed the Digital Economy Ministry to take forward the world’s first national pilot for universal basic AI (UBAI), an initiative to be run in Sri Lanka and Australia to secure digital sovereignty and retain capital onshore, Anthosa and Sovereign Stack Founder Chamara Somaratne…

Overview of the Sri Lanka CERT Infrastructure Assessment Sri Lanka CERT, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), held a session to discuss the findings of the Identification and Assessment of Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) in Sri Lanka last Tuesday (15) at the Ruby Hall, BMICH, Colombo, said an SLCERT release. It said: The assessment was conducted under the Advancing Digital Transformation Project, with the support of the Asian Development Bank, and aims to contribute to strengthening the protection, cybersecurity, and resilience of Sri Lanka’s Critical National Information Infrastructure. The assessment was conducted by TNK2, an Australian cybersecurity…

Overview of GovTech Sri Lanka and Digital Capacity Building Techie.Lk recently reached out to Chadika Yahampath at GovTech Sri Lanka, who leads initiatives focused on citizen capacity building, education transformation, and strengthening digital capabilities across the government sector, as the organization’s Head of Digital Capacity Building. She worked previously at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and spearheaded the National Digital Strategy for Women’s Development (Suhuruliya 2.0), developed the District Digital Readiness Index (DDRI), and contributed to education and workforce transformation. She was also a UN Women Cyber Fellow from 2022 to 2025 and contributed to…

From hardware breakthroughs to more intuitive software and AI experiences, Samsung has helped shape that evolution – with the latest Galaxy Z8 series representing the next step in making foldables more useful, adaptable and effortless. As foldable smartphones move from niche innovation to an increasingly established category, there is an interesting story to be told about what it actually takes to build a phone that folds — and what years of developing the technology have taught Samsung about the future of mobile. Samsung has been at the center of that evolution, from the first Galaxy Fold in 2019 to the…

Why Global AI Stocks Drop Following Industry Warnings Leaders of top AI companies say the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet.  Artificial-intelligence (AI) stocks dropped worldwide Monday after leaders of the industry warned a slowdown is needed for the safety of humanity. Another jump in oil prices, meanwhile, briefly sent the yield of the 10-year Treasury to 5% for…

Overview of the Rural High-Speed Broadband Rollout Thousands of people in rural areas have been connected to faster broadband through a government-backed rollout. More than 11,500 premises in Dorset and south Somerset can now access gigabit-capable broadband under Project Gigabit, a scheme to improve connectivity in areas that would otherwise miss out. The project has connected hard-to-reach premises across Dorset and south Somerset. The first communities to benefit with provider Wessex Internet include Beaminster South and Salwayash in Dorset, as well as Aller and Dinnington in Somerset. The project is backed by up to £39m of government funding and is…

Rising AI Use Transforms Workplace Roles in Singapore AI use across businesses in Singapore is accelerating as organizations deploy autonomous digital agents to streamline core operations. Rather than replacing human employees entirely, workforce roles are shifting toward managing, directing, and evaluating AI-generated outputs. As companies turn to AI agents to boost productivity, workers are increasingly taking on the role of managing them – raising questions about how jobs and on-the-job learning will change. Workers may increasingly find themselves managing a new kind of colleague – one that can analyze documents, crunch data and complete tasks in minutes, but still needs…

Optimus Robot Rivalry: Humanoids vs. Embedded Architectural Robotics The company is betting that its vision of a robotic future will be more popular than what Musk is building. To get the trillion dollars Tesla shareholders approved as part of his most recent pay package, Elon Musk must deliver on a bunch of benchmarks for the company, including the Optimus Robot. One of those benchmarks is delivering 1 million Optimus humanoid robots by 2035, and Musk is willing to spend to get there. At the start of the year, Tesla revealed that it was raising its capital expenditure guidance for the…

Big screen folder with slick software and advanced AI is just like a regular Android when closed. Google’s latest folding phone, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, sticks with its tried and tested design of a traditional phone shape when closed and almost square when open, in the face of new competition from Apple’s squat iPhone fold. The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is Google’s fourth-generation folder and is still one of the only models with a full water and dust resistance rating similar to standard slab phones. It costs from £1,799 (€1,999/$1,899/A$2,799), which is £50 (€100/$100/A$100) more than last year as…

We already know the Honor Magic 9 series is landing in Beijing on September 28, at the same Magic Grand Ceremony where Honor confirmed the ARRI partnership and the September launch window. Now, insider Digital Chat Station has gone further and laid out what look like the near-final specs for both the Magic 9 and the Magic 9 Pro Max. Honor Magic 9 The regular Magic 9 is a compact handheld with a 6.37-inch panel running 2664 x 1236 resolution on an LTPS panel at 120Hz, paired with Android’s first 55MP, f/2.0 square-format selfie camera. The device retains IP68/69/69K ingress…