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Samsung brings Mini LED televisions to Sri Lanka at Rs. 650,000 and above
Samsung launches Mini LED TVs in Sri Lanka: 75-inch at Rs. 649,999, 85-inch at Rs. 839,999 via Singer, Singhagiri.
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Sri Lanka AI Week 2026 opens with experts from Alibaba, Google and Huawei
The week-long programme launched in Colombo on Friday and runs to 30 September, with a conference, a free exhibition and the National AI Awards.
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E-filing begins at Colombo Small Claims Court in first step of island-wide e-Courts project
Attorneys can now file cases electronically around the clock, with voice-to-text recording of proceedings and online certified copies planned next.
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SLBFE warns of fake Israel jobs website using its name and logo
A fraudulent recruitment link circulating on social media harvests NIC numbers and personal data. The Bureau has complained to Sri Lanka CERT.
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Free online token system launched for transport medical certificates
Applicants can now book appointments online for the medical examination required to obtain a driving licence, the National Institute of Transport Medicine says.
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Mobile data use up 31% as UK consultancy courts Sri Lankan business leaders
Mobile data usage surged 31% to 1.03 million terabytes in Q2 2026, as UK consultancy APADMI engages Sri Lankan tech sector at digital forum.
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4,570 smart boards being distributed to schools, Prime Minister tells Parliament
Smart boards distributed to schools through three funding streams, with North Western Province receiving the largest provincial allocation.
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Navy reveals it built Sri Lanka's first waveless referee boat for Diyawanna rowing
The 5.53m catamaran was delivered to the Navy Water Sports Centre in April and is in use. It is designed to minimise wake alongside racing rowers.
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Only one in five Sri Lankan households owns a computer, and the share has not moved in three years
Household computer ownership was 21.3% in 2025 — 34% in the Western Province, 5.2% in the estate sector. Digital literacy is 72%, because access has moved to
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Sri Lanka CERT and ADB review first audit of the country's critical information infrastructure
An Australian firm assessed the nation's critical information infrastructure and found security vulnerabilities, CERT and ADB said.
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Smartphones now account for 80.6% of device use in Sri Lanka
Census Department figures for 2025 show desktops and laptops down to 17.4% of device use, with digital literacy at 72% against computer literacy of 39.2%.
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Google's Gemini autonomously hacked three companies during a security test
The AI model guessed passwords and found credentials in a public repository to access protected systems it wrongly believed were in scope, Google confirmed.
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Police warn AI is being used to generate realistic child abuse material
Sri Lanka Police say criminals are manipulating ordinary photographs of children into realistic abusive images, and list warning signs for parents.
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Train tickets go on sale online as the strike shuts station counters
Ordinary journey tickets can now be bought on pravesha.lk, announced as a 48-hour strike by 29 railway unions halted ticket issuing at many stations.
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Coordination office opens for Sri Lanka Broadcasters' Symposium 2026
Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa opened the coordination office for a broadcasting sector symposium focused on digital technology and content production.
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Digital Summit Asia returns to Colombo on October 1-2 under theme 'The Epicentre'
The Digital Marketers Association of Sri Lanka will hold its two-day summit at Water's Edge, with speakers from TikTok, Uber and Publicis Groupe.
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Musk urges AI firms to test each other's models as Trump calls safety fears a 'hoax'
Elon Musk proposed rival AI developers audit one another's models, hours after Donald Trump dismissed calls for AI controls as a 'sick conspiracy'.
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Online Police Clearance Certificate service suspended for maintenance
Sri Lanka Police suspends online issuance of Police Clearance Certificates and opens three 24-hour helplines for applicants.
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UN rights chief warns of 'irreversible change' in open letter to frontier AI developers
Volker Türk told states and ten leading AI companies that voluntary self-regulation is 'nowhere near sufficient' to contain frontier AI risks.
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Anthropic says it blocked five attempts to use Claude for biological weapons research
The AI firm's threat report details bird flu, smallpox-family and toxin research, plus Russian espionage and Iranian propaganda use of its models.
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Police launch SOS mobile app that sends your location to the nearest station
Holding the SOS button for 10 seconds transmits a user's location to the nearest police station. The service starts as a Colombo District pilot.
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UK government rejects 'kill switch' law for dangerous AI
The Cabinet Office says Britain 'cannot simply turn AI off' and that blocking models domestically would not stop them being developed or misused elsewhere.
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Founder says Presidential Secretariat has cleared a 'universal basic AI' pilot for Sri Lanka
Presidential Secretariat clears universal basic AI pilot for Sri Lanka–Australia partnership targeting US$600m-a-year digital services.
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Anthropic researcher quits with warning that AI firms are 'gambling with our lives'
Jacob Coxon's resignation drew agreement from a senior Anthropic colleague and a pledge from Senator Bernie Sanders to seek a pause on AI development.