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Apple's Surprise and Shine event on Sept 9: How to watch and what to expect

Apple's September 9 event will likely bring the iPhone 18 Pro series and first foldable iPhone, with new Apple Watch and AirPods models also expected

UN rights chief warns unchecked AI can pose 'existential risk' to humanity

UN rights chief Volker Turk has called for binding rules, independent oversight and safeguards for AI, warning that technological power is concentrated in the hands of a few

Why Apple's foldable entry could reshape a market still finding its footing

Despite seven years and steady improvements, foldable smartphones remain a tiny slice of the overall smartphone market. With Apple set to enter the segment this month, that could finally change

WhatsApp explores third-party AI agent chats on Android app: Details here

WhatsApp is reportedly testing third-party AI agents on Android, letting users access external services within the app, though these conversations are currently not end-to-end encrypted

Statsguru: Gaps in funding space despite India's growing startup ecosystem

India's space-tech ecosystem is expanding rapidly, but funding remains a key challenge despite a surge in startup formation

End-to-end AI solutions need of hour: Netweb's Swastik Chakraborty

AI customers are shifting from buying infrastructure to seeking business outcomes, boosting demand for end-to-end AI solutions in India

Dixon Technologies eyes foray into aerospace, defence, medical electronics

Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd is looking to enter high-value product segments in aerospace, defence, automotive, medical and industrial verticals as part of its next phase of growth, the company's Director and Chief Financial Officer Saurabh Gupta said in his message to shareholders in the annual report for FY26.

Bodhan AI releases open-weight Indian-language AI models for education

Open AI models and sovereign APIs enable ecosystem partners to build multilingual solutions, while TutorBot and Teacher Assistant Bot bring AI support to students and teachers

Nvidia's $12.9 billion Hugging Face bet is about more than AI models

Nvidia's $12.93-billion Hugging Face acquisition marks its latest move beyond chips, expanding its reach into open AI models, developer tools and the wider AI ecosystem

Lenovo, Acer to launch Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Windows PCs in October

Nvidia's RTX Spark platform will power Windows PCs from Lenovo and Acer in October, bringing local AI capabilities to developers, creators and enthusiasts, alongside AI agents and gaming

PAIR tool from Nvidia lets you run AI agents on a personal AI data centre

Nvidia's open-source Personal AI Router (PAIR) can connect compatible PCs on a local network and use their idle computing power to run AI workloads in parallel

Adobe names Anil Chakravarthy as CEO, Narayen to become executive chair

Adobe will name Anil Chakravarthy as chief executive on December 1, with longtime CEO Shantanu Narayen becoming executive chair as AI tools challenge its creative software business

Perplexity may have a way to run LLMs on consumer hardware: How it works

Perplexity's experiment with a 35-billion-parameter model shows how inference engines, quantisation and memory optimisation can unlock more performance from existing hardware

WhatsApp now lets you pay FASTag, water, other utility bills: How it works

WhatsApp's new Bill payments feature lets users pay electricity, gas, water, FASTag, insurance and other bills from within the app, with access to 22,722 billers across 30 categories

Uber, Wayve launch London's first robotaxi service with safety driver

Uber and Wayve are launching London's first self-driving taxi service with Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, though a safety driver will remain behind the wheel to oversee each trip

China 15 years behind in developing top chipmaking tools: ASML supplier

China could take about 15 years to develop extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, Zeiss semiconductor head Frank Rohmund said, as Beijing pushes for self-sufficiency amid US chip curbs

Cook hands Apple to Ternus: Bigger and richer, but catching up in AI race

Cook will become executive chairman on September 1, guiding Apple's dealings with ‌policymakers amid tense relations between its home market

Costlier new phones drive demand for refurbished devices in India: Report

India's refurbished smartphone market is growing as new devices get costlier, with Counterpoint Research reporting a 13 per cent rise in volumes in the first half of this year

Firefox on iOS gets Mozilla's built-in blocker for third-party ads: Details

Mozilla has added an optional built-in ad blocker to Firefox on iOS, allowing iPhone users to block many third-party ads and trackers while browsing

JioPC expands beyond JioHome: Check subscription plans and how it works

JioPC lets users access up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage through the cloud on an existing computer, with subscriptions starting at Rs 1,000 for two months