Technology

ChatGPT maker OpenAI and company CEO Sam Altman may be preparing to back a brain implant startup that could someday compete against Elon Musk’s Neuralink. According to a report by the Financial Times, OpenAI’s new venture – called Merge Labs is in the process of raising new funds at an $850 million valuation. Citing three … Read more

The Ministry of Culture launched the fourth edition of its Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to mark India’s 79th Independence Day on August 15, 2025. The initiative encourages citizens to hoist the national flag, and share their participation through a government portal. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, runs from … Read more

YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the US that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos that they have been watching. The tests initially will only affect a sliver of YouTube’s audience in the US, but it will likely become more … Read more

“You don’t need a finance or fintech background to access Perplexity Finance, nor do you need a subscription. Our premium data is available to everyone for free,” Jeff Grimes, Head of Live Events Product at Perplexity AI, is clear about the value that Perplexity Finance, which now supports an “India-customised experience,” offers to users of … Read more

Artificial intelligence is not only eroding cognitive ability of causal users. A recent study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology has offered clinical evidence that regular use of AI tools can lead to loss of essential skills among healthcare professionals. This raises urgent concerns about the wide adoption of AI in the healthcare space.  … Read more

Smartphone startup Unplugged said on Tuesday it will start assembling its privacy-focused “UP Phone” in Nevada this fall, marking a strategic pivot toward onshore production as the Trump administration pushes to expand domestic manufacturing. The phones will be assembled in Nevada and the company aims to keep the device priced under $1,000, despite the high … Read more

A few days after OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, its fastest and most capable AI model to date, several users asked the company to bring back GPT-4o, with many paid users even cancelling their ChatGPT subscription. Following this, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that they will be bringing a wide range of upgrades to the AI chatbot. … Read more

Like smart cameras, modern earphones too have nothing natural about them these days, thanks to overprocessing and noise cancellation. An open design earphone takes you closer to a natural playback, and this is exactly what Sennheiser believes it will be able to impress users of its new Accentum Open with. The Sennheiser Accentum Open has … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of its next-generation advanced GPU chip in China, despite deep-seated fears in Washington that China could harness U.S. artificial intelligence capabilities to supercharge its military. The move could open the door to China securing more advanced computing power from … Read more

  Perplexity, the popular AI search engine that uses large language models from the likes of Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, is getting a new feature that lets users generate videos with accompanying audio. In a post on LinkedIn, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said that the new feature is currently exclusive for Perplexity Pro and Max … Read more