Soumyadeep Sarkar

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Soumyadeep Sarkar is a part of The Tech Portal's editorial team, with focus on authoring news stories around A.I., business of tech and startups.
Anthropic New Series G Funding values the company at $380Bn

Anthropic raises $30bn in Series G funding, catapulting valuation to $380 billion

Anthropic has closed a $30 Billion funding round that more than doubles…
Russia blocks WhatsApp, pushes state app

Russia blocks WhatsApp in major digital crackdown

In its latest instance of digital strangulation, Russia has moved to effectively…
YouTube Music locks lyrics behind Premium

YouTube Music hides lyrics behind paywall, rolls out AI Playlist

YouTube is rolling out an AI-powered playlist generator called “AI Playlist,” available…
OpenAI launches ChatGPT ads test

OpenAI begins rolling out ChatGPT ads in US for Free and Go users

OpenAI is now officially bringing ads to its popular chatbot – starting…
A flag of the European Union

Europe unveils €2.5 billion NanoIC chip pilot line in Belgium

Europe has announced a sizeable investment as it looks to stay relevant…
Starship explodes on test stand, setbacks continue

SpaceX has shifted focus to building a city on Moon over Mars, says Musk

Elon Musk has always had lofty ambitions for space, but this seems…
Claude AI model from Anthropic

Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6, its ‘smartest model’ to date

Anthropic has now released Claude Opus 4.6, describing it as its “smartest…

Substack confirms Oct’25 data breach that resulted in personal information for users

Content publishing platform Substack has notified several of its users that their…
Alphabet beats Q4 estimates, hits $400B revenue

Alphabet surpasses $400 billion annual revenue in 2025, Q4 revenue up by 18%

Google parent Alphabet has revealed its finances for the winter quarter of…
Russia blocks WhatsApp, pushes state app

India’s apex court slams Meta, issues take-it or leave-it ultimatum to WhatsApp on privacy

WhatsApp, which is all but a household name today for Indians, could…

Musk merges SpaceX and xAI, valuing the combined entity at $1.25 Trillion

Elon Musk is making good on rumors that he’s bringing several of…
SoftBank completes landmark OpenAI investment

SoftBank reportedly eyes additional $30Bn investment in OpenAI

SoftBank is engaged in discussions to commit as much as $30 billion…
Meta eyes facial recognition for smart glasses

Meta tests premium subscriptions for its family of apps, including on WhatsApp

Social media giant Meta is now gearing up to test new subscription…
TikTok US outage ends and service restored

Oracle-led group to take control of TikTok US operations

The US-TikTok saga seems to have finally reached its conclusion, as the…
Xbox Cloud Gaming free ad tier incoming

Microsoft reportedly readies new free ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming tier

Users of Xbox Cloud Gaming have recently begun encountering an unexpected message…
Anthropic launches new Claude 4 AI models

Sequoia looks to join Anthropic’s multi-billion dollar capital infusion

The race to dominate AI infrastructure has pushed global tech spending sharply…
Wikipedia formalizes paid partnerships with AI

Wikimedia celebrates 25 years of Wikipedia with major Big Tech revenue partnerships

Wikipedia turned 25 today, and now, the Wikimedia Foundation is celebrating the…
X curbs Grok after deepfake backlash

X restricts Grok’s image generation after global deepfake outcry

Social media platform X is finally doing something to deal with the…