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ChatGPT users can now switch to voice mode within chat

Previously, users would have to go to the Voice Mode option under Settings and select Separate mode, to use the voice option

27 Nov 2025 3:30 pm
Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race

Prices will start from 1,899 yuan ($268.25) for the headset that will be powered by Alibabas Qwen AI model and app

27 Nov 2025 2:44 pm
Chinese regulators block ByteDance from using Nvidia chips: Report

ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm in 2025 as it raced to secure computing power for its billion-plus users amid concerns Washington could curb supply, according to the report

27 Nov 2025 2:38 pm
Intel denies TSMC allegations that executive leaked trade secrets

Intel said the company maintains rigorous policies and controls that strictly prohibit the use or transfer of any third-party confidential information or intellectual property

27 Nov 2025 2:31 pm
OpenAI defends ChatGPT in lawsuit over U.S. teens death

16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide in April, with his family alleging that ChatGPT acted as his suicide coach instead of pushing him to seek emergency help when he wanted to harm himself

27 Nov 2025 1:28 pm
Sites allowing AI-generated child abuse images taken offline in Australia

Canberra's eSafety said the sites had received over 100,000 visits from Australia and had been linked to a number of high-profile cases of AI-generated child sexual exploitation material of students at local schools

27 Nov 2025 11:06 am
Apple contests India's antitrust penalty law with risk of $38 billion fine, filing shows

Apple denied all wrongdoing, and the CCI is yet to make a final decision in the case, including about any penalty

27 Nov 2025 9:51 am
Reliance JV to invest $11 billion in AI centre in Andhra Pradesh

The five-year investment is for a one-gigawatt AI data centre in Visakhapatnam

27 Nov 2025 9:39 am
iQOO 15 vs OnePlus 15 vs Realme GT 8 Pro compared: Which one suits you?

Lets see how iQOO 15, OnePlus 15 and Realme GT 8 Pro compare against each other

27 Nov 2025 8:50 am
Hong Kong blaze: Why buildings have disastrous fires and how they can be prevented

Many large fires since 2000 have started off as localised blazes that the structures geometry and construction materials fanned into building-scale disasters

27 Nov 2025 8:37 am
How groundbreaking new brain atlases capture development in motion

New brain atlases combine several advanced mapping methods to trace how neurons and glia form, migrate, and diversify across time and species, turning static brain charts into a dynamic developmental reference

27 Nov 2025 6:00 am
The INO that wasnt and the JUNO that is

India had the wherewithal in the previous decade to help crack an important scientific mystery, but now China has surged ahead

27 Nov 2025 1:37 am
Google Meet outage hits users in India

For many organisations and millions of end users, Cloudflare effectively acts as the front door of their online presence, providing caching, security, routing, DDoS protection, and global distribution.

26 Nov 2025 5:50 pm
OnePlus 15R to run Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor, launches on Dec 17 along with OnePlus Pad Go 2

OnePlus 15R will sell in Charcoal Black and Mint Breeze shades. It will be an IP66, IP68, IP69 and IP69K rated smartphone

26 Nov 2025 12:47 pm
HP to cut thousands of jobs due to AI adoption

According to its latest earnings report, the tech giant expects to reduce its global headcount by between 4,000 and 6,000 employees

26 Nov 2025 10:28 am
TSMC files lawsuit against former executive on security concerns

In an emailed statement, TSMC said the lawsuit is based on the terms of the employment contract between TSMC and Lo, the non-compete agreement signed by Lo, and regulations such as the Trade Secrets Act

26 Nov 2025 10:25 am
As Spotify Wrapped and YouTube Music Recap gear up, music lovers await their stats

As the year comes to an end, both Spotify and YouTube are preparing to share music lovers annual stats with them

25 Nov 2025 2:26 pm
Amazon to invest $15 billion in Indiana to boost data center infrastructure

The new data center project, which comes on top of an $11 billion outlay announced last year, will add 2.4 gigawatts of capacity in the region, Amazon said on Monday

25 Nov 2025 10:54 am
Google, Accel partner to back Indian AI startups

The move comes as several U.S. tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon and OpenAI make a beeline for the world's most populous nation, seen as a critical growth market where nearly a billion users access the internet

25 Nov 2025 10:48 am
Anthropic bolsters AI model Claude's coding, agentic abilities with Opus 4.5

The new model comes as Amazon and Alphabet-backed Anthropic races against OpenAI and other rivals to develop cutting-edge large language models aimed at achieving capabilities that could surpass human intelligence

25 Nov 2025 10:39 am
Apple cuts jobs across sales team

An Apple spokesperson told Reuters that the company is continuing to hire and the affected employees can apply for new roles

25 Nov 2025 10:32 am
Amazon pushes in-house AI codingtool Kiro over competitors', memo shows

In the memo, posted to Amazon's internal news site, the company said, While we continue to support existing tools in use today, we do not plan to support additional third party, AI development tools

25 Nov 2025 10:28 am
How are passengers able to access the Internet on aeroplanes?

In-flight Internet has become a standard service on commercial flights, utilising air-to-ground and satellite systems to meet growing passenger demand for connectivity while navigating technical and regulatory challenges

25 Nov 2025 8:30 am
What are cookies (on the internet)?

Cookies are a big part of our lives, both in food and in our daily internet habits. The edible ones are easy to love, but what about the cookies we cant eat, the ones that pop up on our screens whenever we visit a website? Do they really affect us? Should we accept them, or is it no big deal? Lets find out!

24 Nov 2025 10:30 am
23 Nov 2025 2:15 pm
What 123456 reveals about human behaviour in the digital age

Younger cohorts, who are often presumed to be digital natives, prove just as culpable as older ones. Human behaviour, it seems, is far more consistent than technology

22 Nov 2025 1:43 pm
Jio ups AI appeal with Google Gemini 3 as part of free Jio Gemini Pro Plan for unlimited 5G users

The Gemini Pro Plan (valued at 35,100) will be free for 18 months for every eligible Jio Unlimited 5G customer

19 Nov 2025 1:21 pm
The myth of the normal: what does your lab report really mean?

Every lab report for continuous variables includes a reference range, which is often mistaken to be the normal range. Laboratories use the term reference because the range is statistical, not absolute. This is why falling outside the reference range doesnt always indicate disease

19 Nov 2025 8:30 am
Tiger Global slashes Meta stake by 63%

During the quarter ended September 30, Tiger Global reduced its holdings in Meta by 62.6% to 2.8 million of the company's shares, valuing the stake at about $2.1 billion

17 Nov 2025 9:43 am
Berkshire reveals new $4.3 billion Alphabet stake, sells more Apple

In a filing on Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Berkshire said it owned 17.85 million Alphabet shares as of September 30

15 Nov 2025 11:19 am
Elon Musk says report of xAI's $15 billion fundraise is 'false'

The latest CNBC report said the capital raise added another $5 billion to the $10 billion round that valued xAI at $200 billion

14 Nov 2025 9:59 am
Whats the status of the rare earth hypothesis? | Explained

Findings from the Kepler and James Webb Space Telescope suggest that while earth-sized planets in habitable zones are not as rare as once thought, the conditions necessary for complex life may still be uncommon

12 Nov 2025 8:30 am
Why do astronauts wear pressurised suits? | Explained

Why is it mandatory to wear IVA suits during ascent and descent of the spacecraft?

12 Nov 2025 8:30 am
Going beyond the Earth and to the moon

More than half a century after it came into being, the Saturn V rocket remains the largest and most powerful rocket that has ever been brought into operational status. Its first flight, for the mission known as Apollo 4, took place on November 9, 1967. A.S.Ganesh hands you details about the maiden voyage of a rocket that went on to launch human beings to the moon

9 Nov 2025 1:53 am
How is AI going to be regulated in India? | Explained

What are the governments India AI Governance Guidelines? Why have guidelines become necessary? What is the key thrust? How do the guidelines look at AI models for Indian circumstances? What are the concerns it raises about AI usage and intellectual property rights?

9 Nov 2025 1:32 am
Google Maps gets 10 new updates in India

Google said that Maps will further alert users about accident-prone area and speed limit alerts in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

6 Nov 2025 1:25 pm
Online porn showing strangulation to be banned in UK

Tech platforms will be legally required to take proactive steps to prevent users from seeing such content, such as through moderation tools or stricter controls, the government said

5 Nov 2025 9:25 am
2 Nov 2025 5:02 pm
The great AI buildout shows no sign of slowing

Microsoft and OpenAI inked a deal enhancing the ChatGPT makers fundraising ability and OpenAI promptly started laying groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at $1 trillion

1 Nov 2025 11:19 am
Nvidia to invest up to $1 billion in AI startup Poolside: Report

Poolside is in discussions to raise $2 billion at a pre-money $12 billion valuation, adding that Nvidia's investment in the round would start at $500 million, with the potential to reach $1 billion if the startup meets its fundraising targets

31 Oct 2025 10:07 am
Nanometre tank of helium reveals weird waves never seen before

When cooled to just a few degrees above absolute zero, helium becomes a superfluid: it can flow without any friction or viscosity. This means an ultra-shallow film of superfluid helium just a few nanometres thick can move freely without getting stuck. This is impossible for any normal fluid

29 Oct 2025 3:02 pm
Stanford/Elsevier rank list: why all that glitters is not gold

Scientists work is often evaluated by the number of citations their papers have garnered. However, there has been a nave assumption that scientists always only cite good-quality papers, which in turn has fed the notion that a papers citation number is indicative of its impact. But this neednt always be true

27 Oct 2025 3:05 pm
What is Googles quantum advantage leap? | Explained

How does quantum information become hidden in complex systems? How can a quantum computer retrieve it? What real-world applications does this ability have? What are the challenges of establishing quantum advantage?

26 Oct 2025 12:43 am
Do you need an AI detox? Heres how.

Only after youve completed a comprehensive human draft should you invite the tool to critique, summarize, or polish your work

24 Oct 2025 8:27 am
Tinkering towards a brighter future

12-year-old tech prodigy Manishka Dubey has been tinkering since the age of five! As the founder of the startup known as Tinker Techie, she seeks to use her innovations to help solve real-world problems.

17 Oct 2025 5:24 pm
The dopamine overdose: how modern lifestyles are rewiring our brains

Contemporary life has made dopamine a double-edged sword that both stimulates productivity and feeds addiction. Bringing back balance is key: breaks from devices, regular movement and meaningful social connections can all help stabilise dopamine levels and enhance mental well-being

15 Oct 2025 7:00 pm