Technology

A newly discovered celestial body, Comet C/2025 (SWAN), is set to make a close flyby of Earth later this month and might put on a spectacular show in the night sky, as it will be visible to the naked eye. First spotted by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly on September 10, the comet has significantly … Read more

Google’s DeepMind division has released a new AI model that has just made a major breakthrough in cancer research. Developed in collaboration with Yale University, the new 27 billion parameter foundation model named C2S-Scale 27B is built on Gemma open models and is “designed to understand the language of individual cells.” In a blog post, … Read more

On October 16, 2025, Spotify announced partnerships with major record labels—Sony, Universal, Warner, and Merlin—to create AI tools that prioritise artists and songwriters, ensuring equitable revenue and respect for their rights.  The platform is committed to developing “responsible AI” products that respect copyright and give artists the choice to opt into AI tool usage. While … Read more

Google One Diwali Offer: Google announced Diwali offers for their Google One subscriptions, letting users get extra cloud storage at discounted prices. These offers are valid only for users with Basic, Standard, Lite, and Premium plans, which provide access to 2TB of storage across Photos, Drive, and Gmail.  During the festive season, the price of … Read more

Canadian Nobel winner Peter Howitt believes that artificial intelligence (AI) symbolises the most dramatic shift in our times. “It has tremendous potential to benefit mankind but also tremendous potential to destroy the value of a lot of people’s human capital,” he said.  Howitt shares one half of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with … Read more

AI systems acting without human control could one day pose a security threat, the head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency said on Thursday, although he said he was not predicting doom scenarios as depicted in sci-fi movies. Tech leaders have warned about the dangers of unchecked AI, and that people should be concerned about a … Read more

The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of the short video app, would raise “serious concerns.” Representative John Moolenaar, a Republican, is waiting for a briefing to get more … Read more

Indian IT firms Infosys , Wipro and LTIMindtree beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday and pointed to improving demand in the back half of the year as clients show more willingness to fund AI projects. Their upbeat results follow a strong showing by market leader Tata Consultancy Services last week and bode well for … Read more

Diwali is almost here—the season of lights, celebrations, and togetherness. No celebration feels complete without exchanging gifts, which are the perfect expression of love and joy. Yet, deciding what to give has always been a challenge. This festive season also brings attractive deals across e-commerce platforms and retail stores. Gadgets, now an integral part of … Read more

ASUS’s Republic of Gamers (ROG) has officially launched the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming consoles in India, alongside a full range of gaming accessories. Developed in collaboration with Xbox, the new portable gaming devices are designed to deliver console-level performance in a compact, ergonomic form factor. Both ROG and Xbox … Read more