Google released a new experimental artificial intelligence (AI) feature via Search Lab on Thursday. Dubbed Ask for Me, the feature is available within Google Search and allows users to let an AI chatbot call businesses to make enquiries. The feature is currently available to select users in the US in the Android and iOS versions…

Reliance Jio recently unveiled voice-only plans for prepaid subscribers in India. Shortly after, the company revised the plans with lower prices and validity adjustments. The voice-only plans were launched to abide by a TRAI mandate to offer standalone special tariff vouchers (STVs) for voice calls and SMS. Now, the telecom operator has reintroduced an affordable prepaid plan…

Ola S1 Gen 3 electric scooters were launched in India on Friday. The company claims the new scooters deliver big improvements in terms of reliability, quality, and serviceability with its third-generation platform. As part of its latest portfolio, Ola has debuted four scooters — Ola S1 X, S1 X+, S1 Pro, and the S1 Pro+,…

Mistral, the Paris-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, released the Mistral Small 3 AI model on Thursday. The company, known for its open-source large language models (LLMs), has also made the latest AI model available on Hugging Face as well as several other platforms. Mistral claimed that the latest model was built with processing speed, efficiency,…

Samsung Electronics Co.’s pivotal chip division reported a smaller-than-expected profit as the company fights to close the gap on archrival SK Hynix Inc. in the artificial intelligence arena.  Samsung is ratcheting up its research and operating costs, with executives saying the spending on memory would stay at a similarly elevated level as last year. Total…

iQOO Z9x 5G with specifications including Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip and a 6,000mAh battery was unveiled in India in May last year. The Vivo sub-brand has not announced anything about a possible successor of iQOO Z9x 5G yet, but ahead of it, the iQOO Z10x 5G has reportedly been listed on the Bureau of Indian…

India’s smartphone market saw nine percent year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth in 2024 on a wholesale price basis to reach a record high, as per a report by a market research firm. Samsung, which secured the top spot in the global smartphone market, slipped below Vivo and Xiaomi to third place in India’s smartphone market. Apple had the…

WhatsApp will likely introduce its Events feature to personal chats soon. The Meta-owned messaging platform first brought this feature to WhatsApp Communities in May 2024. Reports now suggest that the company is testing the functionality in individual chats for both Android and iOS users. It may roll out to global users in the upcoming days. Previously,…

Apple’s foldable phone has been in the rumour mill for quite some time now. While leaks about the launch timeline of the first foldable iPhone are doing rounds on the Web, a new leak suggests that the company is finalising its supply chain’s main contractor for the foldable screen. The Cupertino-based company seems to be…

Google Pixel 9a has been spotted on another certification website, in a sign that its debut could be right around the corner. The company is said to be planning the launch of a midrange smartphone equipped with its Tensor G4 chip. We can also expect the Pixel 9a to run on Android 15 out-of-the-box —…