Technology

As I was about to board my flight from Hong Kong to Delhi a few days ago, I noticed a gentleman wearing two watches: an Omega Seamaster on his right wrist and an Apple Watch Ultra on the other. It wasn’t the first time I had seen someone wearing both an analogue and a smartwatch, … Read more

Meta’s high-stakes artificial superintelligence team may be off to a rocky start with a handful of employees, including some veterans and a few recent hires, already heading for the exit. While most of the employees who have jumped ship are long-time researchers and engineers involved in building Meta’s core AI infrastructure, the list also includes … Read more

Not one, not two, but seven new products may be launched during Apple’s “Awe Dropping” event on September 9. Of course, the highly anticipated iPhone 17 series is expected to take center stage, but the company is also likely to introduce new Apple Watch models and updated AirPods lineups, marking the biggest hardware refresh at … Read more

As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious. From predicting the potential destruction of humanity to a transhumanist apocalypse where people merge with AI, here’s what some of the key players are saying. “I think religion will be in trouble … Read more

Meta is adding new teenager safeguards to its artificial intelligence products by training systems to avoid flirty conversations and discussions of self-harm or suicide with minors, and by temporarily limiting their access to certain AI characters. A Reuters exclusive report earlier in August revealed how Meta allowed provocative chatbot behavior, including letting bots engage in … Read more

On August 29, WhatsApp announced that it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS and Mac apps that was being exploited to secretly access the devices of “specific targeted users.” The Meta-owned messaging platform said in its advisory that the flaw, identified as CVE-2025-55177, has been fixed. Apple had addressed a related issue last … Read more

For people living with chronic pain, long-term relief has often seemed out of reach. Now, researchers have developed a brain implant that can detect pain signals in real time and respond with targeted deep-brain stimulation (DBS), offering significant, lasting improvements. Chronic pain affects millions worldwide and often resists conventional treatments because it stems from subtle … Read more

Lenovo is getting ready to unveil its newest products at the Internationale FunkAusstellung (IFA) Berlin tech show next month.  Recent leaks gave some insight into what it might look like. Evan Blass, a known tipster, uploaded a picture of a prototype laptop design that Lenovo has purportedly named “Project Pivo” on X. It features a … Read more

Google is alerting its 2.5 billion Gmail users about a potential threat that could put their accounts at risk. A few weeks ago, the tech giant acknowledged a data breach involving a third-party Salesforce system, which puts almost all Gmail accounts at risk. The incident, which took place earlier this year in June, has also … Read more

Artificial intelligence tools are advancing rapidly. Today, there are tools for almost every task on the work front, from writing code to designing. Google introduced its Google AI Studio in 2023 alongside its Gemini Pro API. Google AI Studio is considered to be one of the most powerful AI platforms that can boost productivity for … Read more