Technology

Samsung on Wednesday launched a mixed-reality headset priced at $1,800, half the cost of Apple’s Vision Pro, igniting a price war in the high-end XR headset market. The Galaxy XR, which debuts this week in the US and South Korea, is being co-developed with Google and Qualcomm. Google is providing the Android XR operating system, … Read more

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed at tech … Read more

OpenAI, on Tuesday, October 21, introduced ChatGPT Atlas – its new browser designed around conversational AI. The browser integrates ChatGPT as its core interface for navigating and interacting with the web. The company described Atlas as a “browser for the next era of the web,” offering a cleaner, more interactive experience where users can chat … Read more

OpenAI on Tuesday launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser built around its chatbot.0 The browser is now available globally on Apple’s macOS. It will soon be made available on Windows, iOS and Android. Reuters had in July reported the AI startup, backed by Microsoft, was close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will … Read more

Social media giant Meta, on Tuesday, October 21, announced a new set of anti-scam features and awareness initiatives to protect older users from online fraud.  The latest development builds on the company’s ongoing efforts across WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram to fortify user safety along with promoting digital literacy among senior users.  On WhatsApp, users … Read more

Apple shares surged to an all-time high on Monday, with the iPhone maker close to becoming the third company to hit a $4 trillion market valuation as data showed strong momentum for the latest iPhone. Data from research firm Counterpoint showed the iPhone 17 series outperformed its predecessor in early sales in China and the … Read more

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud storage and computing provider that hosts many of the world’s most-used online services including Netflix, WhatsApp, ChatGPT, Fortnite, Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Reddit, Canva, and even multiple government websites. It has cornered 30 per cent of the global cloud computing market with much of that traffic running through several … Read more

OpenAI, on Monday, October 20, released a joint statement with Hollywood actor Bryan Cranston, major Hollywood agencies, and the SAG-AFTRA union. In the statement, the AI giant headed by Sam Altman said that it has strengthened the guardrails on Sora 2 over replication of celebrity likenesses and voices.  OpenAI’s recently launched video generation model, Sora2, … Read more

India’s smartphone market witnessed an uptick in the third quarter of 2025 with a three per cent year-on-year hike with 48.4 million units shipped. The latest figures were revealed from research by Omdia. According to the report, the new uptick comes at a time when brands stock up ahead of the festive season, along with … Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it has opened a preliminary investigation into about 2,000 Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports that the company’s robotaxis may have failed to follow traffic safety laws around a stopped school bus. The probe of the Alphabet unit is the latest scrutiny of self-driving systems by regulators … Read more