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Cellecor aims for Rs 2K crore revenue in FY27, says co-founder Ravi Agarwal

The company is expanding its home and kitchen appliances business and plans to begin production at its Liberia plant by December before widening exports across Africa

Google announces new undersea cables linking Panama, Chile, Florida

Google's new Alisios cable will connect Chile, Panama and the Dominican Republic, while Canoa and OlaLuz will extend links to Bermuda and Florida.

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

AI, entertainment push app revenue to record $345 mn in Q2: Sensor Tower

India's app market crossed $345 million in Q2 revenue as AI, entertainment and digital services pushed non-gaming apps ahead, extending a trend seen in the first quarter

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

Made by Google 2026: How to watch Pixel 11 series launch and what to expect

Google will unveil the Pixel 11 series at its Made by Google event, alongside the Pixel Watch 5, while the rumoured Pixel Tag could also make its debut.

Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 bn for AI buildout

Big Tech companies have signaled that spending on AI would not slow down, with combined outlays set to surpass $730 billion this year

Nvidia building 1-trillion-parameter Nemotron 4 to rival leading AI models

The company has not set a release date for Nemotron 4 and has ‌yet to complete final training

French press body asks competition watchdog to take action over Google AI

The Alliance of General Information Press, which represents French newspapers and ​magazines, opposes the recent rollout of AI-generated article summaries by ‌Google without consultation

Spotify to add 'AI Persona' badges on AI-generated artist profiles from Sep

Spotify will display the ​badge on banners and About sections in artist profiles, as well as in Search and on track rows across playlists

IBM, Together AI ink $240 million multi-year agreement for AI cluster

IBM and Together AI will build a $240-million AI cluster using Nvidia's latest systems, reflecting rising demand for computing capacity to run open-source AI models

Spotify to ask artists to disclose whether they're humans or AI from Aug 11

Starting Aug. 11, Spotify will allow artists to identify themselves as AI-generated. The labels will begin appearing on artist profiles starting in mid-September.

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

YouTube updates channel monetisation rules after 8 years: What's changing

YouTube will raise the bar for new creators joining its Partner Program from February 2027, requiring 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views to qualify for ad and Premium revenue sharing

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

Apple, Samsung hold ground as India's phone shipments fall 11.1% in Q2: IDC

Several leading Chinese brands recorded double-digit shipment declines during the quarter as demand shifted towards companies with greater scale and more stable supply chains, noted IDC

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

US House Democrats seek answers from OpenAI, Anthropic over rogue AI agents

Twenty-nine ​lawmakers, led by Representatives Greg Casar and Doris Matsui, pressed OpenAI to explain how ​its AI agents are monitored during testing

Apple's glass-centric 20th-anniversary iPhone remains on track for 2027

The company expects to launch iPhone Pro models next year that will make use of a new glassy look

Microsoft plans to ramp up AI chip output, targets 300,000 units in 2027

Microsoft is in talks with TSMC to secure capacity for more than 300,000 next-generation Maia AI chips for delivery in 2027, as cloud giants seek alternatives to Nvidia.