Technology

Samsung is gearing up to unveil the Galaxy S26 series, but now rumour has it that the South Korean tech giant will be delaying the launch. According to a machine-translated report by ETNews, Samsung will be holding an unpacked event for the Galaxy S26 series on February 25 next year, but the official launch in … Read more

Tinder is turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to refresh its dating platform. During Tuesday’s earnings call, Match Group, the company behind various dating apps, informed investors that Tinder is trialling a feature called Chemistry that will use questions to understand users better and, with permission, access Camera Roll photographs on users’ phones to gain insights … Read more

WhatsApp has been working on bringing the ability to message people on other platforms without having to download multiple apps for quite some time now. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform has reportedly started testing the feature. According to a new report by WABetaInfo, it appears the feature is now live as several users in … Read more

Snap, the parent company of the Snapchat app, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Perplexity AI to integrate its AI “answer engine” into the social media app starting in early 2026. Under the agreement, the AI company will pay Snap $400 million over a year in a mix of cash and … Read more

SpaceX on Thursday (Indian Standard Time) launched another batch of 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit using its Falcon 9 rocket. The mission marked the fifth flight for the first-stage booster being used. The satellites are scheduled to deploy a little over an hour after liftoff. SpaceX launched the satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space … Read more

Apple plans to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet’s Google to help power a revamp of its Siri voice assistant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. After an evaluation, the companies are finalizing a deal that would have Apple pay about $1 billion a year for access to Google’s technology, the report … Read more

Astronomers have identified the largest and most distant flare from a black hole, which originated from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) J2245+3743, located 10 billion light-years from Earth. The black hole was first observed in 2018 by the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) … Read more

Google is preparing to remove Google Assistant, the voice-enabled digital assistant, in favour of AI-powered Gemini. For more than a year, Google allowed users who preferred the older virtual assistant via a simple toggle. But now, those days are numbered as Google is actively working on removing the “Digital assistants from Google” option from the … Read more

Amazon has sent a cease and desist letter to Perplexity, seeking to block the startup’s agentic AI-powered browser, Comet, from accessing its online marketplace. The e-commerce giant has accused Perplexity of violating its terms of service after Comet, which can be used as an AI-powered shopping assistant, failed to identify itself as an AI agent … Read more

As of November 2, the International Space Station (ISS) has continually supported human habitation for 25 years, making it a significant accomplishment in space exploration. However, the station is nearing the end of its useful life due to outdated infrastructure and ongoing problems like air leaks. By the end of 2030, plans are in place … Read more