Harsh Shivam

Fake ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini apps now used as bait for malware attacks

Kaspersky researchers found 92,000 malicious attacks disguised as AI services in 2026, with fake ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini apps accounting for most of the attacks

How costlier phones, longer use make case for smartphone protection plans

As smartphone prices rise and replacement cycles stretch to about 40 months, consumers are increasingly opting for protection plans, with adoption stronger for premium and refurbished devices

ChatGPT can now access iMessage, SMS, RCS on Apple Silicon Macs: What's new

ChatGPT's Apple Messages plugin can read, search, analyse and send iMessage, SMS and RCS conversations on Apple Silicon Macs

iPhone 18 Pro series: Apple could raise prices, but would it hurt demand?

Apple could face nearly $300 higher BoM costs on the top iPhone 18 Pro Max, but tiered pricing, financing, services and its premium positioning could let it limit the price increase on entry-level

Amazon bundles free Alexa+ with Fire TV devices in select regions: Details

Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ on Fire TV at no additional cost in the US, while the AI assistant is yet to launch in India

Google offers students in India one-year of free AI Plus plan: How to claim

Google is offering eligible college students in India a free Google AI Plus plan for 12 months, alongside discounted AI Pro plans and new Gemini study tools

India is opening its satellite market, but wants room for local players

India is considering a single-window system to speed up satellite approvals while preparing rules to prevent global NGSO operators from making it harder for local constellations to enter the market

Google now lets users remove visible watermarks from Gemini creations

Google has made visible watermarks optional for images, videos and music created with Gemini, while keeping invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata embedded in the content

No screen, more tracking: Why screenless fitness bands are making comeback

From Fitbit Air to Garmin's Cirqa, screen-free fitness bands are growing even as the wider wearable market shrinks - and Apple may be watching closely

Can text-native web fonts protect websites from AI companies scraping data?

Open-source project ShieldFont changes the text that basic AI scrapers extract while preserving what people see, offering websites another defence against unauthorised data collection

Attackers are hijacking company AI, using stolen access to run up bills

Hackers are hijacking corporate AI access to run up usage costs. In one case, nearly 200,000 API requests were made in just two minutes, CrowdStrike's 2026 Threat Hunting Report finds

Google Pixel 11, Watch 5 launched in India: Pricing, offers, specs and more

Google's Pixel 11 series brings Tensor G6, Gemini Intelligence, new camera features and HiLight, alongside the Pixel Watch 5 with health tracking and Pixel Tag

Made by Google 2026: Pixel 11, Watch 5 launched with Gemini Intelligence

Google has launched the Pixel 11 series with Tensor G6, Gemini Intelligence and HiLight. It also unveiled the Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Tag and new Pixel Buds features

From Apple to Netflix: Why Big Tech is pushing deeper into gaming ecosystem

Samsung, Apple, Meta and Netflix are pushing deeper into gaming, using games to strengthen hardware, subscriptions and ecosystems as the industry expands beyond consoles

After Meta, Nvidia releases 30B open-weight AI model for agentic tasks

Nvidia has introduced Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30-billion-parameter open model for agentic workloads, as Nvidia, Meta and others back a broader industry push for open-weight AI

Over 50% of phone purchases in smaller cities use EMI as price hikes bite

EMI penetration in Tier 2 smartphone purchases rose to 57.5% in Q2 2026 as brands extended financing tenures and higher prices pushed affordability to the centre of demand, according to Counterpoint

OpenAI expands Daybreak with GPT-5.6-Cyber model as AI cyber breaches surge

OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber targets advanced cybersecurity tasks, including vulnerability research, exploit validation and security testing

Anthropic's Claude will invisibly watermark AI-generated text: How it works

Anthropic says new Claude models will embed machine-readable watermarks in generated text that can survive copy-pasting and some editing

Why AI giants split over open-model restrictions amid distillation claims

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 escaping a cybersecurity testing sandbox has renewed scrutiny of open-weight AI models, while allegations of model distillation add a wider debate over AI safety

Google Assistant to shut down on Android devices from September 4: Details

Google will begin retiring Assistant on Android phones from September 4, moving users to Gemini as its default mobile AI assistant