Global News Apple eyes Chinese AI market, in talks with Tencent and ByteDance for tie-ups China has traditionally been a tough tech market to crack, especially for… Ashutosh SinghDecember 19, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News YouTube announces plans to curb clickbait videos, starts with India The increasing commonness of clickbait titles, especially in video formats, is raising… Ashutosh SinghDecember 19, 20242 minute read
A.I. Global News OpenAI makes ChatGPT accessible through phone calls for users in the US OpenAI is now bringing ChatGPT to landlines. As surprising as this sounds,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 19, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Startups SoftBank-backed Perplexity AI valued at $9Bn in new $500Mn fundraise Perplexity AI, which has seen a large chunk of the venture capital… Ashutosh SinghDecember 19, 20242 minute read
News Startups Ola launches 10 minute food delivery service ‘Dash’, expands ‘Ola Food’ via ONDC platform Indian ride-hailing giant, Ola – which saw its valuation cut to $2… Ashutosh SinghDecember 18, 20242 minute read
Business News Startups MobiKwik’s $67Mn IPO, oversubscribed 120 times, sees bumper debut as stock climbs 85% India’s tech IPO boom continues with another overwhelming debut of One MobiKwik… Ashutosh SinghDecember 18, 20242 minute read
A.I. News OpenAI releases o1 reasoning AI model to developers OpenAI is now bringing its “reasoning” model, o1, to select developers through… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 18, 20243 minute read
Culture & Policy News TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention amid final attempts to avert US ban The immensely popular short-form video app TikTok, released in 2018 in the… Ashutosh SinghDecember 17, 20242 minute read
China News Shein’s India re-entry subject to data and operations control being handed over to Reliance Retail Shein’s comeback to the Indian market (with a partnership with Reliance Retail)… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 17, 20242 minute read
Business News Google-backed MSME lender Aye Finance files DRHP for $171Mn IPO Aye Finance, backed by Google parent Alphabet’s investment arm – Capital G,… Ashutosh SinghDecember 17, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Google takes on OpenAI’s Sora with its ‘Veo 2’ AI video generation model Google is now taking on OpenAI’s Sora with Veo 2, a next-gen… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 17, 20242 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Google appoints Preeti Lobana as new India head Google, recently facing a new probe by the Indian competition watchdog, has… Ashutosh SinghDecember 16, 20242 minute read
Business News LG aims for $15Bn valuation in upcoming India unit IPO: Report The Indian IPO market has consistently made headlines in the last few… Ashutosh SinghDecember 16, 20242 minute read
A.I. News xAI’s latest version of the Grok chatbot is free for all X users Grok – the AI chatbot by Elon Musk’s xAI – is now… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 16, 20242 minute read
Ireland’s 5G Issues Threaten to Derail Technological Advancements While the Republic of Ireland has developed a reputation as a thriving… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 13, 20243 minute read
News Startups MobiKwik IPO oversubscribed by 119 times on Day 3 India’s tech IPO season is here to stay, as yet another tech… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 13, 20242 minute read
News Startups Zetwerk secures $70Mn from Khosla Ventures, others at $3Bn valuation Zetwerk, which is reportedly looking to make its IPO debut soon, has… Ashutosh SinghDecember 13, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Meta unveils ‘Meta Motivo’ AI model and watermarking tool for AI videos Meta, the social media behemoth, has announced several new artificial intelligence upgrades.… Ashutosh SinghDecember 13, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Microsoft announces Phi-4, a small yet powerful new generative AI model, in research preview Microsoft has today officially unveiled Phi-4, the latest iteration in its Phi… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 13, 20242 minute read
Internet News Apple rolls out iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 with Apple Intelligence Apple has now rolled out the latest software updates for iPhones and… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 13, 20242 minute read
Business News Samsung alleges Indian competition watchdog of detaining employees, Seizing Data Illegally Korean giant Samsung, the largest smartphone maker in India, has accused the… Ashutosh SinghDecember 13, 20242 minute read
