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Chinese tech firms join global race to reinvent smartphones for AI era

China's ZTE unveiled NaviX Ultra, which it calls the world's first agentic AI smartphone, highlighting an intensifying race among Chinese tech firms to redefine smartphones with built-in AI sevices

US considers creating Finra-like watchdog to vet advanced AI models

The proposed regulator, modelled on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, would review AI safety with industry participation as the Trump admin considers a more structured oversight framework

GCCs struggle to go beyond cost arbitrage in AI era, shows data

India's GCC sector faces a structural reset as AI and automation expose centres focused on routine work, forcing companies to shift towards innovation and strategic ownership

China's Moonshot launches world's largest open AI model, nears US rivals

The Chinese startup said its 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model delivers performance approaching Anthropic's frontier systems while supporting a 1 million-token context window

AI will not diminish role of IT services: Tech Mahindra's Anand Mahindra

The Tech Mahindra chairman said AI will transform rather than replace IT services and called for India to build sovereign AI capabilities through trusted innovation

How generative AI is weakening digital trust in financial services sector

Check Point Research warns that AI-generated faces, voices and identity documents are making remote identity verification less reliable, forcing banks to rethink digital trust and KYC security

Why India cannot screen 'The Odyssey' the way Christopher Nolan shot it

India has IMAX theatres. But not the kind needed to show 'The Odyssey' as Christopher Nolan shot it

OnePlus, Realme to replace OxygenOS and Realme UI with OPPO's ColorOS

OnePlus and Realme will transition eligible devices to OPPO's ColorOS 17 with Android 17, while continuing existing software support and warranty commitments for current users

India's first private orbital launch: Everything about Skyroot's Vikram-1

Vikram-1 launch: Mission Aagaman will test India's first privately developed orbital rocket and could open the door to a new era of commercial satellite launches by Indian private companies

EU orders Google to open services to AI, search rivals under Big Tech rules

EU regulators have told Google to give OpenAI, other AI developers and search competitors greater access to its services under the Digital Markets Act, despite the company's objections

Centre unlikely to give incentives for technology transfer under ISM 2.0

India's semiconductor mission shifts focus as government plans to exclude technology transfer and land incentives under ISM 2.0

Skyroot targets Saturday launch of country's first private orbital rocket

Vikram-1 will become the first privately designed and developed orbital-class rocket to attempt a launch from Indian soil, marking a milestone for India's space sector

Nasa's Curiosity rover finds mysterious honeycomb-like structures on Mars

Scientists are investigating how the unusual polygon-shaped ridges formed and whether nearby dark rocks are Martian debris or meteorites

Open models match closed AI, but deployment remains real hurdle: Mozilla

Mozilla says open-weight AI has nearly matched closed models in capability and costs less, but businesses still favour proprietary systems because deployment, support and governance remain harder

Explainer: What is Bonsai 27B, an AI model for phones with an Apple link

PrismML says Bonsai 27B compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.6 27B model enough to run locally on phones and laptops, highlighting how low-bit quantisation could expand on-device AI

6 of 7 cyber predictions came true in a year: Is India's BFSI sector ready?

Six of the seven cyber predictions made last year have come true, showing how quickly cyber threats are evolving and why India's BFSI sector must strengthen its defences

TCS, Google Cloud partner to launch Gemini experience centre in Kolkata

The Kolkata centre will enable enterprises in retail, consumer packaged goods, and travel, tourism and hospitality to co-create, test and scale AI-led solutions

Taiwan's TSMC to invest another $100 billion in US chip manufacturing

TSMC will invest an additional $100 billion in US manufacturing, taking its total commitment to $265 billion, while raising its revenue forecast and increasing annual caex to $60-64 billion

Apple Intelligence AI service cleared for use on iPhones in China

China's cyberspace regulator has approved Apple Intelligence for use on iPhones, with AI capabilities set to be powered by Alibaba's Qwen and Baidu's models for users in the country

Mira Murati's startup Thinking Machines launches an open-weight AI model

Named Inkling, the open-weight model allows developers to download, run and customise its underlying systems; the 975-bn-parameter model is the first general-purpose AI release from Thinking Machines