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Alphabet climbs as AI bets drive ad strength, quelling market fears

Google's advertising revenue rose a better-than-expected 8.5% in the first quarter, in a welcome respite to investors who were worried that a decline in U.S. ad spending amid global trade tensions could significantly dent the digital ad market

26 Apr 2025 10:15 am
Apple moving to boost iPhone shipments from India to U.S. to ease tariff impact

Apple is holding urgent talks with contract manufacturers Foxconn and Tata to achieve that goal, said the person, who declined to be named as the planning process is confidential

26 Apr 2025 10:05 am
Intel shares fall as dour forecasts overshadow CEO's turnaround promises

Tan on Thursday gave glimpses of his plans to reanimate Intel's culture of innovation by focusing on core engineering, stripping away unnecessary administrative work and cutting workforce

26 Apr 2025 9:50 am
Elon Musk's xAI Holdings in talks to raise $20 billion from investors: Report

The transaction would value the company at more than $120 billion, the report said, citing one of the people

26 Apr 2025 9:36 am
Wipro announces GitHub Center of Excellence in Bengaluru to push AI advancement

Under the IT majors ai360 initiative, CoE will serve as a hub for all GitHub-related innovation in Wipro

25 Apr 2025 4:13 pm
Quantum secure communications are a must for India, officials say

At the 3rd International Quantum Communications Conclave, senior government officials said that emerging quantum decryption capabilities of secure data meant that resilient encryption protocols need to be developed in India.

25 Apr 2025 1:40 pm
Kriti Sanon roped in as Dreame Technologys first Indian brand ambassador

Dreame Technology, which manufactures a range of home and personal appliances, introduced Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon as its brand ambassador

25 Apr 2025 1:36 pm
Perplexity AI rolls out AI voice assistant on iOS

Even as Apple readies its revamped Apple Intelligence powered- Siri assistant, Perplexity offers a viable alternative

25 Apr 2025 1:09 pm
OpenAI may integrate Shopify into ChatGPT: Report

This means that when users search for product suggestions on ChatGPT, they will be directly shown items from Shopify. Currently, the chatbot displays links to third-party websites

25 Apr 2025 11:31 am
After years of failed AI deals, Intel plans homegrown challenge to Nvidia

Tan said he would comb through Intel's existing products to sharpen them for emerging trends in the AI market such as robotics and agents that can carry out tasks for human users

25 Apr 2025 10:07 am
Google says workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin

Britain could gain 400 billion pounds ($533 billion) from AI-driven growth if it trained its workforce, Google said

25 Apr 2025 10:03 am
Databricks to boost hiring, invest $250 million in India for AI expansion

The San Francisco-based company will increase its headcount by over 50% to more than 750 employees in India by the end of the fiscal year, it said in a statement

25 Apr 2025 9:51 am
Adobe adds AI models from OpenAI, Google to its Firefly app

Adobe said that Firefly users will be able to generate images with OpenAI's GPT image generation, Google Imagen 3, Google Veo 2 and Flux 1.1 Pro, in addition to a new version of its own proprietary Firefly image model

25 Apr 2025 9:43 am
White House slams EU fines on Apple, Meta as 'extortion'

Large EU fines on Meta and Apple for breaking competition rules amount to economic extortion, the White House said

25 Apr 2025 9:39 am
Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan vows to thin ranks at US chip maker

New Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan on Thursday announced upcoming layoffs at the struggling US chip maker

25 Apr 2025 9:27 am
OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by publisher Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis argues that OpenAI intentionally and relentlessly exploited copyrighted content for its AI systems, according to a copy of the lawsuit

25 Apr 2025 8:53 am
Meta cuts jobs at its Reality Labs division

Facebook owner Meta Platforms is laying off an unspecified number of employees from its Reality Labs division amid ongoing restructuring efforts, the company said

25 Apr 2025 8:31 am
Oppo A5 Pro 5G mid ranger phone launched in India

It runs on a 5,800 mAh battery supported by a 45 W charger inside the box

24 Apr 2025 3:55 pm
OpenAI makes new image generator available for developers via API

The new image generator went viral due to its ability to create realistic Ghibli-style photos

24 Apr 2025 12:48 pm
Apple removes Available Now from Apple Intelligence page on website

The move follows an inquiry made by the National Advertising Division or NAD, a nonprofit that monitors advertising campaigns for truth and accuracy

24 Apr 2025 11:30 am
Musk's X sues to block Minnesota 'deepfake' law over free speech concerns

This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary, X said in its complaint

24 Apr 2025 10:10 am
Musk's Neuralink could fetch $8.5 billion valuation: Report

The startup was estimated to be valued at $5 billion in 2023, based on privately executed stock trades described to Reuters

24 Apr 2025 10:01 am
Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU law

The EU fines could stoke tensions with U.S President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries that penalise U.S. companies

24 Apr 2025 9:50 am
TSMC shows off new tech for stitching togetherbigger, faster chips

It said its A14 manufacturing technology will arrive in 2028 and will be able to produce processors that are 15% faster at the same power consumption as its N2 chips due to enter production this year, or will use 30% less power at the same speed as the N2 chips

24 Apr 2025 9:39 am
South Korea agency says DeepSeek transferred user info, prompts without consent

DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a request for comment

24 Apr 2025 9:29 am
WhatsApp rolls out new chat privacy feature to prevent unauthorised sharing of content

The new setting, available in both individual chats and group discussions, aims to prevent unauthorised sharing of content outside of WhatsApp

23 Apr 2025 8:30 pm
Tesla says India's 100% car tariffs make customers anxious

Even so, Tesla has in recent weeks finalised some showroom space in India and posted more than two dozen jobs, signalling it is getting closer to a launch

23 Apr 2025 4:18 pm
Instagram launches video editing app Edits

The app will help creators organise projects, track notes and ideas, shoot and edit videos and get insights on how the videos perform

23 Apr 2025 11:22 am
AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF

An IMF report released at its annual spring meeting in Washington nonetheless noted that those output gains would not be shared equally across the world, and called on policymakers and businesses to minimise costs to broader society

23 Apr 2025 10:16 am
Florida sues Snapchat owner for allegedly addicting children, deceiving parents

Florida called Snap's conduct particularly egregious because the Santa Monica, California-based company markets Snapchat as safe for 13-year-olds though it can be used to view pornography and buy drugs, among other harmful activities

23 Apr 2025 9:59 am
Trial testimony reveals OpenAI interest in Chrome: reports

OpenAI product manager Nick Turley revealed the startup's interest in the world's most popular internet browser while testifying in court in Washington DC

23 Apr 2025 9:51 am
Google opts out of standalone prompt for third-party cookies

The announcement comes as Alphabet faces legal pressure, after a U.S. judge recently ruled that Google maintains illegal monopolies in online advertising technology a decision that could potentially lead to a court-ordered breakup of its ad tech business

23 Apr 2025 9:32 am
BMW to integrate DeepSeek AI in its new vehicles in China later this year

We are strengthening AI partnerships for integration in our vehicles in China, he said

23 Apr 2025 9:14 am
Lenovo launches IdeaPad Slim 3 2025 in India with Intel and AMD processors

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 comes in three screen sizes of 14-inch, 15.3-inch and 16-inch sizes

22 Apr 2025 5:38 pm
Zoom expands AI agentic features across Zoom Workplace

The AI Companion helps users organise tasks and perform various tasks like taking notes during Zoom Meetings etc

22 Apr 2025 2:57 pm
Bluesky launches blue check verification to authenticate accounts

The social media platform says it will proactively verify accounts and assign them a checkmark within a blue circle, a la former Twitter

22 Apr 2025 11:39 am
Google could use AI to extend search monopoly, DOJ says as trial begins

The outcome of the trial could fundamentally reshape the internet by unseating Google as the go-to portal for information online

22 Apr 2025 9:55 am
Amazon has halted some data center leasing talks, analysts say

Wells Fargo analysts said the magnitude of Amazon's pause was unclear, but it was similar to Microsoft's recent pullback

22 Apr 2025 9:45 am
Reddit back up after outage affecting thousands of users worldwide

At its peak, over 112,400 users reported that the platform was down, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from various sources

22 Apr 2025 9:37 am
Bharti Airtel upgrades AI anti-spam tool to include international numbers, 10 Indian languages

The alert will now notify users in ten Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi and Urdu

21 Apr 2025 1:10 pm
From Lionel Messi to Donald Trump, AI action figures are the rage

While pervasive, and in most cases fun, the AI action figure trend raises questions about copyright, and potential risks in handing biometric data over to a generative-AI company

21 Apr 2025 9:06 am
Humanoid robots stride into the future with world's first half-marathon

Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half marathon showcasing China's tech drive

19 Apr 2025 8:31 am
Meta blocks Apple Intelligence features in its apps on iOS: Report

iOS apps including Facebook, WhatsApp and Threads do not have any Apple Intelligence available on them anymore, per a report

18 Apr 2025 12:18 pm
Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to mock Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg

Pedestrian crosswalks in California's Silicon Valley were emitting recordings over the weekend that mocked US President Donald Trump and tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk

18 Apr 2025 11:24 am
Netflixs first quarter builds on recent momentum as trade war drags down other tech companies

Netflix fared better than analysts anticipated during the first three months of the year, signaling the worlds largest video streaming service is still thriving

18 Apr 2025 8:35 am
Googles digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost profits

18 Apr 2025 8:21 am
OpenAI launches new AI reasoning models o3 and 04-mini; older models to be phased out

OpenAIs o3 and 04-mini models will also have multimodal understanding, the company said, and will be able to process images in their chain-of-thought process

17 Apr 2025 11:13 am
Zoom restored after outage affects thousands of users globally

Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, Zoom said on social media platform X

17 Apr 2025 10:04 am
U.S. mulls penalties to block DeepSeek from buying American technology: Report

The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China's DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology, the New York Times reported

17 Apr 2025 8:41 am
Anthropic unveils new Research tool, Google Workspace integration

Anthropic AI has announced that Claude will now be integrated with Google Workspace

16 Apr 2025 12:48 pm