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Why smartphone price inflation is hitting India harder than other markets

Smartphone brands have raised prices multiple times in the first half of 2026. Market tracker Counterpoint Research has now put a number to the increase, confirming that India has been the worst hit

OpenAI promises faster, more precise photo editing with ChatGPT Images 2.5

OpenAI said the ChatGPT Images 2.5 improves image quality, reference-photo fidelity, and editing consistency, while cutting generation latency by up to 50 per cent

Meta's Muse AI agent can book, buy, and browse for you: Here's how it works

Meta's Muse is a personal AI agent that can browse the web, book travel, send emails, make purchases and continue working on tasks in the background, while asking users to approve sensitive actions

HCLTech launches ₹185 crore advanced semiconductor lab in Bengaluru

The 40,000-square-foot facility will offer post-silicon engineering, advanced testing and failure analysis, supporting HCLTech's semiconductor solutions for global customers

Centre pushing Delhi land records digitisation for development: D Thara

Delhi needs a virtual database to consolidate land records, while transit-oriented development norms under MPD 2047 aim to simplify development near transport corridors

Explainer: What is 5G network slicing and why telcos oppose Trai's proposal

5G slicing rules have exposed a split over how network congestion should be measured, with Trai pushing safeguards and operators warning that its 80 per cent PRB threshold could constrain networks

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