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Tech Wrap Mar 4: Google Pixel Drop, VSCO Galleries, Android Desktop mode

Google releases March Pixel Drop. VSCO launches standalone Galleries app. Google rolls out desktop mode. MacBook Air M5 vs M4. MacBook Neo. Apple's M5 Pro, Max vs M4 Pro, Max

Google rolls out desktop mode for eligible Pixel smartphones: How it works

As part of its March Pixel Drop, Google is enabling a desktop-style multi-window experience on Pixel 8 and newer devices via USB-C external display support

Tech Wrap Mar 3: OPPO Find X9 Ultra, Xiaomi Watch 5, Nothing Phone 4a

Strap: OPPO Find X9 Ultra to launch this year globally. Xiaomi Watch 5 unveiled. Nothing Phone 4a at MWC. Apple releases iOS 26.4 dev beta 3. Claude Memory rolled out to all users. Google Now Playing

Google releases update for its Home app, improves Gemini-powered commands

Google has updated the Home app with new automation triggers, expanded Nest x Yale Lock controls and improved Gemini-powered voice commands. Here's what's new

RIL, Adani among others pledge $240 bn investment in India at AI Summit

Reliance Industries, Adani, Google, Lightspeed Ventures and Tata are among the top investors that cumulatively made commitment of USD 240 billion investment in India during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, an official statement said on Monday. The number released by the government shows that the India AI Impact Summit 2026, held from Feb 16-21, was the biggest AI event held till date, with approximately 6 lakh attendees in person, delegations from more than 100 countries and 20 international organisations participated in the proceedings. Over USD 200 billion in AI-related investments are expected across infrastructure, foundation models, hardware and applications. The India AI Impact Summit Declaration was endorsed by 92 countries and international organisations. The New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments were announced by 13 leading global and Indian frontier model developers to promote trustworthy and inclusive AI deployment. According to the statement, Reliance Industries pled

Bharti Airtel, Google partner to check spam in messages

Bharti Airtel will deploy its AI-enabled spam protection tool on text messages sent via Google's messaging platform to protect its customers from potential digital fraud, as part of the collaboration between the two firms, the telecom operator said on Sunday. Following the partnership, Bharti Airtel has called out other internet-based apps to work with it to fight against spam messages. "By combining Airtel's network intelligence with Google's Rich Communications Services (RCS) platform and spam filtering, users get to experience RCS messaging with high-quality photo/video and interactive elements like message reactions, all while benefiting from enhanced protections that significantly reduce mobile spam and digital fraud," the statement said. Airtel claims to have blocked a staggering 7,100 crore spam calls and 290 crore spam SMSes that has led to a huge 68.7 per cent decrease in the value of financial losses on its network through its AI enabled tools in the last 1.5 years. Sever

India's AI power is in democratising expertise: Google DeepMind official

India's biggest AI 'opportunity unlock' is in democratising expertise at scale and advancing scientific frontiers, Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President of Research at Google DeepMind said, citing its transformative potential for 1.4 billion people, from expanding healthcare access to accelerating drug discovery. Kohli told PTI that India has exceptional talent and a strong education system that has produced outstanding researchers and engineers, many of whom are contributing to core AI development. He noted that Google DeepMind's Bengaluru lab has made fundamental contributions to foundational models and their applications of AI across critical sectors. Indian talent, he said, will play a vital role not only in advancing core machine learning and AI technologies but also in applying them to areas such as agriculture, healthcare and social systems. Describing the current moment in AI as "amazing", he said the focus has now shifted firmly to impact. Kohli, a distinguished scientist and sen

Google rolls out live location sharing in Messages app: Here's how it works

Google has introduced live location sharing in Messages, enabling users to send their real-time whereabouts in chats with flexible time limits and manual stop controls

Google rolls out Android 17 beta 2 update: What's new and eligible devices

Google has released Android 17 beta 2 for eligible Pixel devices, introducing UI tweaks, a limited-access contacts picker, EyeDropper API and multiple stability fixes

Trump summons Amazon, Google, Meta executives to sign power-cost pledge

Representatives of firms including Amazon.com Inc, Meta Platforms Inc, Microsoft Corp and Google parent Alphabet Inc. are expected to attend a March 4 event

Google releases critical security patch for Chrome: Here's what it does

Google has pushed a high-priority Chrome update fixing three serious security flaws, urging users on Windows, macOS and Linux to install the patch immediately

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro AI model for complex tasks: Details

Google said that its latest Gemini 3.1 Pro model brings stronger reasoning, improved coding skills and higher usage limits to select Gemini app and NotebookLM users

US-India partnership critical for future of AI: Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that AI is on the cusp of an era of hyper progress and new discoveries, and the US-India partnership has a critical role to play in it

Google testing Gemini-powered Ask button on YouTube for TV users: Details

Google is piloting its Gemini-powered "Ask" button on YouTube for TV users, bringing conversational AI and voice-based video queries to select smart TV viewers

Former Google engineers charged with stealing Pixel Phone processor secrets

The three, all Iranian nationals, were charged in a US indictment unsealed Thursday on 14 felony counts of conspiracy and theft of trade secrets and destroying evidence

AGI among most momentous periods, requires navigation: Google DeepMind CEO

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Thursday termed AI as an ultimate tool for accelerating scientific discovery, and a force multiplier for human ingenuity. Speaking at the India AI Summit, he described artificial intelligence as one of the most transformative technologies in human history and emphasised that the world is approaching a decisive moment in its development. With the advent of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI now, the moment has to be navigated very carefully, and thoughtfully, Hassabis said adding "and if we do so, I'm very optimistic that we'll usher in a great new era". He advocated that a scientific method be adopted to understand the AGI's full capabilities, build good guardrails and monitoring systems -- an approach he believes will help unlock the full potential of technology for the benefit of humans. Hassabis also called for a "bold" approach to grasp new opportunities for advancing science and medicine, improve human health and the living condition tha

Google details UI design of Android XR-based AI glasses with display

Google explains how it redesigned its UI for display AI glasses, fixing issues like glare, legibility and focus, ahead of Google I/O 2026

Watch Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote address at the India AI Impact summit 2026

Speaking before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and global leaders, Pichai said AI represents the biggest platform shift of our lifetimes — but its promise is neither automatic nor guaranteed. Watch the

AI must not widen inequality gaps, says Google CEO Pichai at India Summit

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Sundar Pichai said the world must prevent a digital divide from becoming an AI divide, stressing investment in infrastructure and equal access to AI benefits

Google's India AI plans: Of classrooms and Cloud with training push

Sundar Pichai announced the India America Connect Initiative, bringing new sub-sea cable routes and AI-focused investments to deepen India-US digital and scientific cooperation