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Tech wrap Sep 30: Vivo, Android 15, Apple HomePod, Pixel Buds web app, more

Vivo announced Android 15 rollout schedule. Apple may release HomePod with display in 2025. Google introduced the Pixel Buds web app for Windows and Macs

Vivo and iQOO release Android 15-based FunTouchOS 15 rollout schedule

Reportedly, the Vivo X Fold3 Pro and iQOO 12 smartphones have started receiving the Android 15-based FunTouchOS 15 update. Other eligible models listed below will receive in coming months

Meta launches 'most advanced' glasses. Will they replace smartphones?

Meta cites a range of reasons for why Orion are the world's most advanced glasses, such as their miniaturised technology with large fields of view and holographic displays

MacBook Pro 2024: More RAM, USB-C ports expected alongside Apple M4 chip

Apple is expected to launch the MacBook Pro M4 next month alongside a redesigned Mac mini, a new iMac, and new iPad models. Here is what you can expect from 2024 model

Vivo X Fold 3 Pro gets Android 15 ahead of Google, Samsung phones: Report

Reportedly, Vivo has begun rolling out the FunTouchOS 15 user interface, based on the Android 15 operating system, for the X Fold 3 Pro in India and Indonesia

Google simplifies Pixel Buds Pro 2 management across Android, Windows, Mac

On Android 15, Google has added support for noise control options within the volume menu for the Pixel Buds Pro 2. It has expanded web app support to Windows and Mac PCs

Apple HomePod with iPad-like display, AI features launching in 2025: Report

Reportedly, Apple is working on a range of smart home device with top-of-the-line model featuring an iPad-like screen connected to a robotic limb capable of movement and display repositioning

Spotify temporarily goes down; more than 40,000 people report outages

More than 40,000 people reported outages with the music platform on downdetector.com, a website that allows users to report problems with popular apps and services

OpenAI projects its revenue to increase to $11.6 billion next year

But it expects to lose roughly $5 billion this year after paying for costs related to running its services and other expenses like employee salaries and office rent

India's needs more supercomputers: For scientific research to industries

Computing power is as vital to the economy as highways and factories. The technology has to be affordable and accessible for private firms and the government

Sought and wooed: Technology skills employers want around the world

India is among countries making the greatest demand for data analytics from their workforces

AI at work for governance: How technology is helping various ministries

From ensuring regulatory compliance to tracking coal transport, the tech has various uses

Hope to break ground for chip plant by Q1 of next year: 3rdiTech CEO

What really worked for us, I think, is that none of us came from the industry but we did realise that we will be running into insurmountable problems, she said

PM Modi launches 3 Param Rudra supercomputers: Features explained

PM Modi launched 3 Param Rudra Super Computing Systems and an HPC system for weather research today. The supercomputers have been indigenously built under the National Supercomputing Mission

OpenAI's plan to make artificial intelligence flow like electricity

It was also a demonstration of the tech industry's determination to accelerate the development of a technology it claims could be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution

Arm Holdings rebuffed by Intel after inquiring about buying product unit

Intel, once the world's largest chipmaker, has become the target of takeover speculation since a rapid deterioration of its business this year

EU hits Meta with $102 mn privacy fine over 2019 password security lapse

The Irish Data Protection Commission said it slapped the US tech company with the 91 million euro (USD 101.6 million) penalty following an investigation

Tech wrap Sep 27: Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Tab S10 series, and more

Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 FE and Galaxy Tab S10 series. Xiaomi unveiled the 14T and Redmi Note 14 Pro series. Apple to announce festive offer on October 3. Google Pixel Watch 3 review

Xiaomi 14T series debuts with Google's Circle to Search, Gemini on-board

Besides AI tools and features, the two models in the Xiaomi 14 series boast an imaging system co-engineered with Leica. India launch of the series is expected towards the end of this year

WhatsApp explores replicating video call filters on native camera content

Reportedly, the feature was spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.20.20 update available on the Google Play Store and adds a new filter button to the camera interface