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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

Starlink knocks on India's door again for Gen 2 satellite network

Starlink is seeking a fresh regulatory nod for its next-generation satellite network as India works on rules for direct-to-device services that could bring satellite connectivity to phones

Instagram took a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach on kids: Ex-Meta engineer

Former Meta engineering director Arturo Bejar testified that the company prioritised user engagement and profits over child safety and mental wellbeing

Paradigm shift in cybersecurity seen as defender, attacker are AI-enabled

There is a paradigm shift happening in the cybersecurity domain as entry barriers for attacks have reduced because of artificial intelligence, says 63SATS Cybertech's joint MD & joint CEO

Google's India Pixel shift remains slow; Vietnam, China dominate production

The US tech giant, which sells roughly 12 million smartphones globally, continues to bet heavily on Vietnam

Within 6 months, ChatGPT could watch your screen, record calls: Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says a future ChatGPT could watch screens, meetings, and calls, while connecting to emails, texts and documents to provide real-time context and assistance

OnePlus, OPPO, Samsung raise smartphone prices as India's market slows down

OnePlus has raised prices for the fifth time in nine months, while Samsung has made its ninth price revision in eight months. OPPO has also increased prices across new models

Apple sets 5% commission for apps outside App Store in European Union

The company last year changed App Store rules and fees in the EU after the bloc's antitrust regulators ordered it to remove commercial barriers ‌

Cerebras launches new server chip, system designed to speed AI chatbots

Cerebras makes AI hardware and chips that compete with Nvidia and targets the portion of AI called inference, the computing process of generating an answer in a chatbot such as Anthropic's ‌Claude

Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram

4 lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users

OpenAI slows model training to bolster security after Hugging Face hack

The AI research lab behind ChatGPT said ‌it paused its model testing for two weeks and is ​adding other AI systems to monitor the activities ​of AI agents in testing

Meta 'more cautious' on child abuse matters after strong govt message

Government pressure prompts Meta to tighten safeguards on CSAM, while scrutiny of WhatsApp usernames, algorithmic bias and AI-generated content continues

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for teens with added safety, parental controls

ChatGPT for Teens will automatically activate for users estimated to be under 18, offering stronger safeguards, parental controls and reminders to take breaks

Audiences and platforms push back on AI slop as AI reshapes creator economy

AI is making content creation faster and cheaper, but the rise of synthetic influencers and mass-produced posts is pushing platforms, creators and brands to focus on originality, disclosure and trust

Apple software hints at foldable iPhone, camera-equipped AirPods, and more

References in Apple's latest macOS software point to several unreleased devices, including camera-equipped AirPods and the foldable iPhone, ahead of the company's expected September launch event

Isro set to end seven-month launch freeze with GISAT-1A in September

Isro is preparing to launch GISAT-1A in September, ending a nearly seven-month gap in launches after its first mission of 2026 failed

Nvidia to invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data center deal

Leading tech firms are increasingly ​tying together chips, power and data center development ‌as they race to secure the infrastructure needed for ​increasingly power-hungry AI models.

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

Astronomers discover cosmic monster that is neither star nor black hole

James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal a mysterious object from the early universe that may be a black hole wrapped in a vast, star-like envelope of gas

CERT-In warns Chrome users of critical flaws that risk remote attacks

CERT-In has warned Google Chrome users about critical security flaws that could enable remote code execution and data theft, urging users to update their browsers