Technology

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced changes to the Tatkal ticket booking system. Going forward, Tatkal tickets can only be booked through the IRCTC website by users who have linked their Aadhaar card with their account. Additionally, agents are now banned from making any bookings during the first 30 minutes of the Advance Reservation Period … Read more

Two weeks ago, a man from Kerala’s Nedumbassery received a message on his phone. It appeared to be from his bank, a routine SMS with a link for a mobile banking update. He had recently withdrawn Rs 4 lakh from his Provident Fund to cover two major expenses: his wife’s upcoming delivery and the construction … Read more

Samsung’s foldable phones, with their large screens and artificial intelligence features, put the South Korean company in an advantageous position over competitors that do not offer foldable devices. “Our focus is on display, so your AI must be visualised,” said J B Park, President and CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia, during a roundtable with select Indian … Read more

In 2020, Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Google over its monopoly of the app store marketplace. Three years later, it won the case with a US jury deciding that Google’s Play Store practices were indeed illegal, after which Epic Games said that it wanted the tech giant to open up its app store to more … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building more data centers or buying a larger player in the segment, a departure from a long practice of fiscal frugality. Apple has struggled to keep pace with rivals such as … Read more

ChatGPT users may have unintentionally shared their private conversations with millions of others, as Google and other search engines were recently found indexing chats that were shared with others. From understanding astrophysics to asking for advice to improve mental health, conversations with ChatGPT were showing up on Google if you added the term “site: chatgpt.com/share” … Read more

The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday. The issue pits Deutsche Telekom, Orange , Telefonica and Telecom Italia against Alphabet’s Google, … Read more

Big Tech is spending more than ever on artificial intelligence – but the returns are rising too, and investors are buying in. AI played a bigger role in driving demand across internet search, digital advertising and cloud computing in the April-June quarter, powering revenue growth at technology giants Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet . Betting … Read more

Microsoft forecast on Wednesday a record $30 billion in capital spending for the current fiscal first quarter, after booming sales in its Azure cloud computing business showcased the growing returns on its massive bets on artificial intelligence. Shares of the software company rose 9% in extended trading after it said Azure sales surpassed $75 billion … Read more

More than a million people in Italy live in areas at high or very high risk of landslides and climate change is likely to lead to more of them, a public research body said on Wednesday, announcing a new AI assistant to help them assess the risk. Climate change is increasing the frequency of stronger … Read more