Technology

Last year, WhatsApp integrated Meta AI, its AI-powered chatbot, directly into the messaging app. While the AI chatbot can answer questions, generate photos from text prompts, compared to the likes of ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, it falls short when it comes to research and thinking. As it turns out, Meta developers are now testing … Read more

Alphabet was targeted with an EU antitrust complaint from six human and digital rights groups on Thursday which urged EU regulators to investigate whether the tech giant complies with legislation requiring it to make it easier for users to uninstall software apps. The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which took effect two years ago, sets … Read more

With just around a month left before Apple unveils the iPhone 17 series alongside the highly anticipated and controversial iOS 26. Apple’s upcoming operating system for iPhones introduces a new design language called Liquid Glass, which, the company says, is a “new translucent material that reflects and refracts its surroundings”. The Cupertino-based tech giant has … Read more

Intel warned investors on Thursday that it may have to get out of the chip manufacturing business if it does not land external customers to make chips in its factories. New CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Thursday the company’s engineers were busy working with customers to jump-start its next-generation contract manufacturing process, or foundry, as … Read more

ISRO will launch three navigation satellites for its Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) by next year, according to a reply in Parliament by the Union MoS for Space Dr Jitendra Singh. The first of the three, NVS-03, is scheduled to be launched by year-end. The other two, NVS-04 and NVS-05, will be launched after … Read more

Britain on Wednesday told Apple and Google to be fairer in how they distribute apps on their mobile platforms, setting out possible interventions as it plans to designate the U.S. tech companies with strategic market status over their duopoly. The country’s competition regulator, which was given a wider remit this year to take on Big … Read more

Sony Group is exploring a sale of its unit that provides cellular chipsets for connected devices, as the group shifts its focus to the entertainment segment, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Japanese technology and entertainment conglomerate is working with investment bankers on the sale of Sony Semiconductor Israel, which is currently … Read more

Researchers at Meta’s Reality Labs division are working on a wristband that lets people interact with a computer using simple hand gestures. The company’s new product could someday replace the mouse and keyboard and enable users with reduced or limited motor abilities to interact with computers. What can Meta’s wristband do? In a blog post, … Read more

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company continues to attract top AI talent, brushing off concerns about the ongoing AI talent war in Silicon Valley, where top tech companies are poaching talent from each other to stay ahead in the intensifying AI race. During Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call, Pichai said Google has seen such moments … Read more

Archaeologists have discovered two unusual structures hidden beneath the ground near the renowned Pyramids of Giza. Using radar and other technologies, a team of Egyptian and Japanese scientists identified an L-shaped structure about 10 metres long, located approximately 2 metres below the surface. This finding led them to detect an even larger and deeper formation … Read more