Technology

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

Nvidia reported record sales and profits that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, bringing a sigh of relief to investors following concerns that the GPU maker was overvalued and that the tech market was increasingly headed toward an AI bubble. Nvidia’s sales grew 62 per cent year-over-year to $57 billion in the October quarter, beating Wall Street’s … Read more

Apple has introduced a new option that covers theft and loss of an iPhone in addition to expanding its AppleCare+ insurance plans in India. For the first time, Indian consumers are receiving such comprehensive protection straight from Apple. The plans are now more affordable thanks to the company’s introduction of monthly and annual payment choices. … Read more

Wobble, the popular Bengaluru-based electronics startup known for its Smart TV lineup, has announced its first-ever Android-powered smartphone. Powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7400 chipset, the Wobble One features a 120Hz 6.67-inch AMOLED display with Dolby Vision support and a Full HD+ resolution. Sporting a flat aluminium alloy frame and glass back, the Wobble One … Read more

Security researchers have said that they managed to scrape phone numbers linked to over 3.5 billion active WhatsApp accounts, including nearly 750 million (75 crore) users in India – the highest count globally. They were also able to extract publicly displayed WhatsApp profile photos of 62 per cent (or 46.5 crore) Indian users, along with … Read more

When Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, unveiled the company’s Superintelligence Lab in June, he named 11 artificial intelligence researchers who were joining his ambitious effort to build a machine more powerful than the human brain. All 11 were immigrants educated in other countries. Seven were born in China, according to a memo viewed by The New … Read more

YouTube outlined a new set of AI tools, partnerships, and learning initiatives at its annual Impact Summit in New Delhi on Monday. The platform’s executives said it would focus on strengthening India’s knowledge and creative sectors through AI-driven features and institutional collaborations. Government officials attending the summit said the new measures aligned with national goals … Read more

The Taiwan-based electronics giant introduced its high-end laptop Asus ProArt P16, in India on Tuesday, November 18. The Asus ProArt P16 is available in a single Nano Black hue through e-commerce websites and other retail channels. It has an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, and has … Read more

NASA’s Perseverance rover noticed an “unusually shaped rock” at Vernodden, located on Mars near the Jezero Crater, during a routine study of the ancient bedrock. In a blog titled A Stranger in Our Midst, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the rover captured the photograph of the “possible meteorite”, measuring about 80 centimetre across … Read more

Zoho One Upgrade, Revamped UX, AI Features: Zoho Corporation, the Chennai-based global enterprise software firm, has announced a slew of upgrades to its all-in-one business software platform, Zoho One, including the integration of its Zia AI assistant, a revamped user experience (UX), and a new unified portal to control multiple Zoho and third-party applications. The … Read more