India led the way in global adoption of cryptocurrencies for the second straight year as investors braved the country’s tough regulatory stance and steep trading taxes, a report from blockchain analytics company Chainalysis showed on Wednesday. The report, which tracks adoption across four sub-categories in 151 countries, showed India ranked high on usage of centralised…
Samsung Galaxy M55s 5G is likely to launch soon as leaked renders and key features of the handset have surfaced online. The leaked images show the rear panel design of the purported smartphone. Expected features like chipset, RAM, display, camera, and battery details as well as launch and price details have been tipped in a…
OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5 billion (roughly Rs. 54,587 crore) from investors at a valuation of $150 billion (roughly Rs. 12,59,714 crore), according to people familiar with the situation. The new valuation, a figure that doesn’t include the money being raised, is significantly higher than the $86 billion (roughly Rs. 7,22,236 crore) valuation from the…
Google’s lead EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether the search engine giant adequately protected European Union users’ personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the lead EU regulator for most of the top US internet firms due to the location of…
Google Search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive – a US-based non-profit digital library that archives billions of web pages for future reference….
Adobe Firefly Video Model, the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of video generation, was previewed by the company on Wednesday. The software giant first announced the under-development video model in April and has now shared more details about it. The large language model (LLM) will be able to generate videos from text prompts as…
Videogame companies Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Roblox and four others were hit with an EU consumer complaint on Thursday accusing them of misleading gamers into spending money. The move came amid rising concerns about children turning into gaming addicts, with some parents claiming videogame makers intentionally designed products that caused them to become addicted to games….
India’s cabinet has approved a scheme to spend Rs. 109 billion ($1.3 billion) on incentives for the adoption of electric vehicles in its efforts to curb pollution and move towards cleaner fuels. The PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement, or PM E-DRIVE, scheme will give subsidies worth Rs. 36.79 billion on e-two wheelers,…
Google’s latest Pixel 9 lineup now consists of four phones instead of two, and there’s a size and shape for everyone. Do you want a compact phone? You have the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro. Do you like big screens and can’t lie? There’s the Pixel 9 Pro XL. And finally, there’s the Pixel…
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, and Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer, have achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first non-professional astronauts to perform a spacewalk. On September 12, 2024, Isaacman and Gillis emerged from the SpaceX Dragon capsule, floating 435 miles above Earth. This commercial mission, funded by Isaacman, marks a historic first since…