Tech News · February 21, 2026 · 11:52

Android malware uses Gemini live & India AI summit and investments - Tech News (Feb 21, 2026)

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Today's Tech News Topics

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    Android malware uses Gemini live

    — ESET reports “PromptSpy,” the first known Android malware to use generative AI at runtime—querying Google Gemini with on-screen XML to automate persistence via Accessibility. Keywords: Android spyware, Gemini, PromptSpy, Accessibility Service, VNC remote access.
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    India AI summit and investments

    — At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, leaders pitched India as an AI bridge to the Global South while tech CEOs discussed multilingual and “inclusive” AI plus large data-center ambitions. Keywords: Modi, AI infrastructure, Global South, data centers, multilingual AI.
  3. 03

    US AI diplomacy volunteer corps

    — The U.S. is weighing a “Technology Prosperity Corps,” a Peace Corps-style AI diplomacy push that would send up to 5,000 tech volunteers abroad to promote U.S.-aligned tools and standards. Keywords: AI diplomacy, soft power, China competition, OSTP, Technology Prosperity Corps.
  4. 04

    Meta and TikTok lawsuits surge

    — Meta, TikTok, and other platforms face a widening wave of child-safety and mental-health lawsuits, with juries now hearing bellwether cases that could test Section 230 and product-design liability. Keywords: Meta, addictive design, youth harms, Section 230, bellwether trials.
  5. 05

    AI music and video copyright

    — Google’s Lyria 3 expands AI music generation while ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 raises alarms with cinema-like video-plus-audio—fueling fresh fights over voice likeness and copyright. Keywords: Lyria 3, Seedance 2.0, AI-generated music, deepfakes, licensing.
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    China’s humanoid robots and propaganda

    — China’s Lunar New Year gala showcased humanoid robots doing parkour and flips, highlighting rapid robotics progress—while experts caution staged demos can overstate real-world capability. Keywords: humanoid robots, Unitree, military use, supply chain, state propaganda.
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    Artemis II launch and Luna 9 hunt

    — NASA readies Artemis II for early March, while researchers using crowdsourcing and machine learning say they’re close to finding the Soviet Luna 9 landing site—possibly confirmable by Chandrayaan-2 imagery. Keywords: Artemis II, SLS, Orion heat shield, Luna 9, LRO.