Intel on Wednesday named former board member and chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO and signaled the struggling but storied chipmaker was unlikely to split up its chip-design and manufacturing operations. The appointment, effective March 18, comes three months after Intel ousted CEO and company veteran Pat Gelsinger, whose costly and ambitious plan…
Britain’s antitrust regulator said its inquiry group had found the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and businesses, supporting its decision to launch an investigation into the sector in January. A final report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) independent inquiry group said most of its…
Apple has long been rumoured to be developing a new smart home hub as the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of smart home products. The purported product’s launch was recently reported to face delays due to struggles faced by the Cupertino-based technology giant in developing a more advanced version of Siri, whose capabilities it…
Snapchat introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature on Thursday that uses its in-house foundational video models. Dubbed AI video Lenses, the new Lens format combines Augmented Reality (AR) and generative AI elements to create unique and immersive video effects. Currently, these features are only available on the platform’s premium subscription tier. Users will see…
Pixel 9a is expected to be announced at some point this month. The official launch date is still under wraps, but ahead of it, case and accessory maker Spigen has allegedly listed its Pixel 9a case online, hinting at the phone’s design and colour options. The alleged listing suggests four colour options for the phone. The…
Google DeepMind unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday, which can control robots to make them perform a wide range of tasks in real-world environments. Dubbed Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER (embodied reasoning), these are advanced vision language models capable of displaying spatial intelligence and performing actions. The Mountain View-based tech giant also…
Poco F7 series is expected to be unveiled in select global markets soon. The company has been tipped to hold a global launch event later this month, where it is expected to introduce the lineup. The launch is said to include Poco F7 Pro and F7 Ultra variants, which are said to share similar features as…
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 17 series in the second half of this year. The lineup is expected to include the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max models. The iPhone 17 Air aka iPhone 17 Slim is believed to debut as the company’s thinnest phone to date,…
Google is rolling out a new feature for the Play Store which makes it easier to sideload apps on Android devices, as per a new report. It lets users disable Play Protect, its cloud-based app-verification service, temporarily for a day instead of turning it off permanently, making sure that the devices don’t stay unprotected. The…
OnePlus Pad 2 Pro could launch soon as a successor to the OnePlus Pad Pro, which was unveiled in China in June 2024. A tipster has shared several key expected features of the purported tablet. It is tipped to arrive with several upgrades over the preceding variant, including improved chipset, a bigger display, and a larger…