Culture & Policy Global News Apple denies using Siri data for targeted ads or marketing profiles Apple has now responded to recent allegations around Siri and its usage… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
Business News Billionaire Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty eyes TikTok US acquisition, makes formal bid As TikTok inches closer to a ban in the US, billionaire Frank… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
A.I. News xAI hints at an ‘unhinged mode’ for Grok, designed to be boldly offensive Elon Musk-owned xAI hints at an unhinged mode for its Grok AI,… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
A.I. News Microsoft rolls back Bing Image Creator model update after complaints about unrealistic image output Microsoft has started rolling back the latest DALL-E 3 PR16 model update… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Zuckerberg says all of Meta’s platforms will “get rid of factcheckers” With Donald Trump returning to the White House, tech companies are taking… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 7, 20252 minute read
A.I. Futurism Gadgetry News Nvidia unveils RTX 50 Series GPUs with Blackwell architecture at CES 2025 CES 2025 is officially here, and with it comes a slew of… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 7, 20252 minute read
A.I. Global News ChatGPT Pro usage more than what OpenAI expected, Altman admits financial setback OpenAI’s gamble with ChatGPT Pro – the premium subscription service – has… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 6, 20252 minute read
Futurism News Space SpaceX to deploy ‘payload’ for the first time in upcoming Starship test flight Under its ongoing efforts to redefine space exploration, SpaceX is preparing to… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 4, 20252 minute read
A.I. News Grok can now do image analysis Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, will now come… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Several VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s, removed from app stores through Indian govt order: Report India, which starting banning several apps starting 2020 — particularly Chinese —… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 3, 20252 minute read
Global News Transportation Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, 1 killed, several injured A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 2, 20252 minute read
News Startups Accel raises $650Mn for its eighth India focused fund After announcing its $650Mn eighth European fund in May 2024 – Accel,… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 1, 20252 minute read
News Science Space ISRO successfully launches ‘SpaDeX’ space docking experiment, key to India’s space station ambitions After successfully inserting Aditya-L1 into a halo orbit at Lagrange Point 1… Ashutosh SinghDecember 30, 20242 minute read
Business News Security AT&T and Verizon hit by cyberattack, confirm their networks are now clear AT&T and Verizon, two of the biggest telecommunications companies globally, recently suffered… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 30, 20242 minute read
A.I. Global News OpenAI lays out transition plan for switching to a public benefit corporation OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, may change its corporate structure – a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 27, 20243 minute read
A.I. News ChatGPT and Sora go down for hours before being restored OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora were briefly down for users on Thursday, December… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 27, 20242 minute read
A.I. Business News Microsoft exploring alternatives to OpenAI model for 365 Copilot: Report Despite investing $13.75 billion in OpenAI since 2019, Microsoft is reportedly exploring… Ashutosh SinghDecember 26, 20242 minute read
A.I. News Elon Musk’s xAI secures $6Bn in Series C fundraise xAI, Elon Musk’s AI venture, has now secured $6 billion in a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 26, 20242 minute read
Gadgetry News Apple working on a ‘Doorbell’ that unlocks with Face ID: Report Apple now seems to be aggressively pushing into the smart home market… Ashutosh SinghDecember 26, 20242 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Global Internet News Russia threatens WhatsApp ban amid legal compliance deadlock Just as Iranian authorities voted to lift the ban on Meta’s WhatsApp,… Ashutosh SinghDecember 25, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Trump could ‘maybe’ allow TikTok to function in the US Tiktok may not be banned from the US after all. This time,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 23, 20242 minute read