Technology

OPPO India is one of the leading players in India’s smartphone market. Earlier this month, the brand unveiled the latest device in its K series – the OPPO K13 Turbo, a device aimed at gamers and young consumers in tier two and three cities. The latest device features innovative cooling technology coupled with a 7,000mAh … Read more

Ever since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, the AI race has intensified, with Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others rolling out their own chatbots such as Gemini, Meta AI, and Claude. But, in the last few months, researchers at Anthropic and other AI labs In a recently published blog post, Microsoft’s AI head, Mustafa Suleyman, says his primary … Read more

Today, numerous AI companies have introduced platforms to help users explore this new technology. From OpenAI to Google to Anthropic, their chatbots offer a wide range of features. While most advanced capabilities remain locked behind premium tiers, the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok still provide ample functionality for beginners and casual … Read more

OpenAI’s chief people officer, Julia Villagra, is leaving the company on Friday, the company confirmed to Reuters. Villagra joined the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence maker in February 2024 as the head of human resources, according to her LinkedIn profile. In March, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that she had been promoted to the chief people … Read more

OpenAI, the Sam Altman-led multi-billion-dollar AI startup, is officially establishing its presence in India by opening a new office in New Delhi. In a press release, the ChatGPT developer said opening an office in India reflects the company’s support for the country’s IndiaAI mission and is a sign of its commitment to “build AI for … Read more

Elon Musk and his social media company X Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay. Attorneys for X Corp and the former Twitter employees reported the deal in a Wednesday court filing, in which both sides asked … Read more

Not just Silicon Valley, but smartphone companies too believe the next big thing in tech is headsets and glasses. For Vivo, smartphones are still the core of its business, but this week the world’s fourth-largest phone maker unveiled a mixed-reality headset it envisions as the “everyday headset,” offering new experiences that weren’t possible on smartphones … Read more

Major IT firms like Microsoft, Google and others are laying off people left and right and replacing them with AI to maximise profit, but a new study suggests that nearly 95 per cent of companies which attempted to incorporate generative AI into their workflow are seeing zero returns. According to a study conducted by the … Read more

MIT researchers have created a portable chip-based laser device that can instantly identify chemicals with unprecedented accuracy –– a breakthrough that could transform environmental monitoring and industrial safety.  The technology, published in the Light: Science & Applications journal on August 19, uses an ultrabroadband infrared frequency comb –– sometimes called an ‘optical comb’ –– to … Read more

Apple has announced that it will open a new store in Bengaluru’s Hebbal on September 2, its third retail store in India and the first in South India. The store’s barricades were unveiled on August 21, just 12 days before launch. According to Apple, the outlet will showcase the complete product lineup, allow customers to … Read more