Nano Banana 2: Google’s next AI model promises smarter image understanding | Technology News

Google has unveiled its Gemini 2.5 Flash model, known as Nano Banana, which has recently attracted attention for its sophisticated image-editing and natural language image-generating features. Social media users have begun posting samples of its enhanced features. Sources claim that the next Nano Banana 2 model will excel in text rendering, infographics, charts, and user instruction compliance. It … Read more

India’s smartphone market hits 5-year high as Apple leads premium segment | Technology News

India’s smartphone market seems to be at an all-time high. According to the latest report by International Data Corporation (IDC), the smartphone market has reached a five-year high in the third quarter of 2025 with a 4.3 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth to 48 million units. As per IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the … Read more

Meta’s new speech-to-text AI models cover 1,600 languages, including rare Indian dialects

Meta on Monday, November 10, unveiled a suite of open-weight AI models with automatic speech recognition (ASR) capabilities that support more than 1,600 languages worldwide, including 500 “low-resource languages” that have been transcribed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the first time. The Omnilingual ASR models have been developed by Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team. … Read more

SoftBank has sold all its shares in Nvidia for $5.8 billion, turning focus to OpenAI | Technology News

Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments. It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of this fiscal year from a year earlier. Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. said it sold the stake in Silicon Valley-based Nvidia in October, … Read more

Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to exit to launch startup: Report | Technology News

Meta’s chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media company to set up his own startup, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Deep-learning pioneer LeCun is also in early talks to raise funds for a new venture, according to the report. The owner of … Read more