Technology

On Chhath Puja this year, in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, Naina (name changed) saw a new notification light up her phone screen. An ‘Instagram user’ was seeking ‘friendship’. She dismissed the message, preferring festivities over digital introductions. But, later in the evening, she received a message from the same profile. The man was … Read more

WhatsApp is rolling out a refreshed version of About, one of the features the instant messaging service had in its earliest days. Before the platform became encrypted, the previous About served as a simple way for people to share a brief snapshot of what they were up to. Now, WhatsApp is bringing the feature back … Read more

Indian engineering is at the heart of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite and Extreme chips, which will power next-generation Windows PCs in the coming months. And Qualcomm’s Kedar Kondap, Senior Vice President and General Manager for compute and gaming, didn’t forget to highlight the contribution of local teams in India in bringing the second-generation X-series … Read more

Google on Thursday unveiled Nano Banana Pro, a new image-creation and editing engine that marks the company’s latest leap in AI tools. The rollout comes just days after Google introduced its upgraded Gemini artificial intelligence model, which helped drive a surge in the company’s stock earlier in the week. Built on the Gemini 3 Pro … Read more

Samsung recently announced that the Galaxy Tab A11+ will be released in India later this month. The tablet will be available in two configurations: 6GB RAM with 128GB storage and 8GB RAM with 256GB storage, providing users with various performance and storage choices. Introduced in specific global markets in September, the tablet operates on One … Read more

A stride towards machines that sense and react to the world like humans has been made with the creation of a single artificial neuron that can replicate activity from various brain areas. Scientists have built a “transneuron”, which alternates between functions related to movement, planning, and vision. Additionally, it uses electrical pulses to process information, … Read more

PlayStation India has officially revealed its Black Friday sale deals, offering discounts of up to Rs 10,000 on PS5 consoles, accessories, and a selection of PlayStation games. Players can benefit from substantial price reductions on hardware and software during the sale, scheduled from November 21 to December 4, on online platforms and at authorised retail … Read more

The Realme GT 8 Pro, the latest flagship smartphone from the brand, has been introduced in India. The gadget has a camera system created in collaboration with the Japanese company Ricoh and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. The Realme GT 8 Pro, which starts at Rs 72,999, has a modular … Read more

The implementation of the Digital Personal Deata Protection (DPDP) Act will be delivered through privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as federated learning, homomorphic encryption, and differential privacy, according to a senior IT Ministry official. Likening the journey of India’s data protection legislation to purchasing a car, Vikash Chourasia, Scientist D of the Cyber Laws and Data … Read more

LAVA launched its flagship smartphone, the LAVA AGNI 4, on November 20. The AGNI 4 is priced at an introductory rate of Rs 22,999, and the device features a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 chipset and boasts a 50MP camera on both front and rear cameras. This device will be exclusively available on Amazon, with sales commencing at … Read more