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OpenAI explores legal action against Apple over ChatGPT integration: Report

In 2024, Apple announced integration of its "Apple Intelligence" technology across its apps including Siri and bringing OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to its devices

Instagram 'Instants': Step-by-step guide to hide the feature, unsend photos

Instagram has rolled out a Snapchat-like Instants feature for disappearing photos, but users can also disable the feature or undo accidentally shared images. Here's a step-by-step guide

Google admits testing 5GB free storage for new accounts: What happened

Google has responded to reports around its free cloud storage policy, confirming limited testing of 5GB storage allocation for select newly created accounts

Apple spent years securing Mac, researchers broke it with Mythos in days

Researchers reportedly used Anthropic's Mythos and human expertise to bypass Apple Mac security protections that took nearly five years to develop

Netflix is developing AI animation studio for short-form content: Report

Netflix is reportedly building a generative AI animation studio called INKubator to create short-form animated content and explore AI-driven storytelling

Besides Intel, Qualcomm Snapdragon chips to power Googlebooks: Details

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series chips may soon power Googlebook laptops, marking the first major expansion of the processor lineup beyond Windows-based PCs

Spotify adopts Apple's tech for podcasts, cuts subscription prices in India

Spotify is adopting Apple's HLS streaming standard for video podcasts while also lowering Premium subscription prices and removing its Lite plan in India

Your Google account's free cloud storage may get reduced soon, here's why

Google may soon restrict the standard 15GB free cloud storage benefit to phone number verified accounts, potentially affecting users with multiple accounts

OpenAI brings Codex to ChatGPT on iOS and Android: Here's what it can do

OpenAI has started rolling out Codex inside the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to monitor, approve, and manage AI coding tasks remotely from iPhones and Android phones

Rising memory prices fuel India's smartphone affordability crunch: Lava

Lava's Sumit Singh says memory shortages and AI-led demand are reshaping smartphone pricing, while the company focuses on clean software, local manufacturing and AI features

WhatsApp tests 'After Reading' timer for disappearing messages: What's new

Reportedly, WhatsApp is testing a new 'After Reading' timer for disappearing messages, allowing chats to vanish after being opened instead of relying only on a fixed time-based expiry

Elon Musk's xAI unveils first coding agent in bid to rival Anthropic

The artificial intelligence model, which is in early testing and only available for paying subscribers, is the startup's initial push into professional coding

Anthropic's dispute with US govt emerges as risk factor for Figma, others

Design software maker Figma Inc. said it may harm its ability to sell to the government if Anthropic continues to be declared a 'supply chain risk'

Meta and Google fund US kids' groups, as critics warn of social media risk

Backed by tens of millions of dollars from the tech giants, these organizations delivered lessons about personal responsibility to hundreds of thousands of children and parents

AI-driven memory inflation pushes India's budget smartphones out of reach

Rising DRAM and NAND costs, driven by AI data centre demand, and supply disruptions are pushing smartphone prices higher and shrinking India's entry-level market, say industry executives and analysts

Microsoft Edge rolls out Copilot AI update on desktop, mobile: What's new

Microsoft Edge adds new AI tools such as tab comparison, podcast mode, Journeys, and Writing Assistant to desktop and mobile through deeper Copilot integration

After unveiling Googlebook, Google confirms long-term ChromeOS support

Google has clarified that Chromebook users will continue receiving long-term ChromeOS updates despite the company's new AI-focused Googlebook plans

Gemini Intelligence may debut first on upcoming Galaxy foldables: Details

Google's Gemini Intelligence could debut first on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 with One UI 9.0, before rolling out to Pixel phones and other Android devices later this summer

Apple sides with Google in opposing EU plans to open Android to AI rivals

Apple has reportedly criticised the EU's proposed Android AI interoperability rules, warning that the measures could create privacy, security, and device safety risks

Amazon combines Rufus, Alexa+ to bring agentic AI-led shopping experience

Amazon's new shopping assistant can answer product questions, compare items, track prices, and automate purchases across apps, website, and Echo devices