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Meta to shut down standalone Messenger website from April: What changes

Meta will shut down its Messenger website (messenger.com) in April 2026, redirecting users to Facebook for web chats, marking another step in merging Messenger back into the main platform

Google now lets users split screen, edit PDFs directly inside Chrome on web

Google Chrome rolls out split view, built-in PDF annotations and a 'Save to Google Drive' option to cut tab switching, simplify edits and make file management easier inside the browser

WhatsApp allows users share group chat history with new members: Details

WhatsApp adds Group Message History feature that lets users share up to 100 recent group messages with newly added members, helping them catch up instantly

India AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 5: Key sessions, speakers to track today

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Some of the key speakers today include Sundar Pichai, Aadit Palicha, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Dario Amodei

Samsung Galaxy users can soon order medicines, book tests from Health app

Samsung introduces 'Find Care' feature inside the Health app, allowing medicine orders, lab test bookings and online doctor consultations through PharmEasy and Tata 1mg

Xiaomi launches QLED TV X Pro 75 with 4K, Dolby Vision display: Check price

Priced at Rs 69,999, Xiaomi's 75-inch QLED TV X Pro offers 4K resolution, Dolby support, Filmmaker Mode, and a dual 34W box speaker system

Snapseed brings in-app camera with 'PRO' controls to iPhone: What's new

Snapseed's new iPhone camera adds PRO manual controls, real-time retro film styles and in-app access, expanding the app beyond editing with a full editable stack

Audible now lets you switch to 'Read & Listen' mode for synced storytelling

Audible has launched Immersion Reading in its app, letting users read and listen at the same time with synced, highlighted text for better focus and comprehension

You can now use Gemini to turn prompts and photos into music: How it works

Google adds Lyria 3-powered music creation to Gemini, letting users generate 30-second songs from text, photos or videos, with AI watermarking and Dream Track support

Apple drops ESG performance metrics from executive pay packages

The retreat is a setback for a mechanism once viewed as a promising driver of corporate action on climate and water conservation, among other issues

Nvidia, Yotta partner to deploy APAC's largest DGX Cloud Cluster in India

DGX Cloud has been utilising Yotta's GPU infrastructure over the past year, and the expanded deployment reflects growing regional and global demand for AI compute

After Agentic AI, machine voice to be next shift in AI evolution: Report

The artificial intelligence landscape is rapidly evolving with Agentic AI as the latest frontier and machine voice will be the next, according to a report released here. Since 2024, Agentic AI has been a leading force in artificial intelligence. Agentic AI leverages GenAI through which systems respond to environments, including prompts, to then plan and auto-execute tasks. However, the next stop in the ever-evolving landscape will be machine voice. According to the report brought out by Prosus and BCG, in the current year and the next, audio input/output models -- using audio input and output speech to text and back -- "reduces latency and enhances emotional maturity". The report was released at the ongoing AI Impact Summit. Over the past three decades, the tech world has seen a transformation from machine learning in the 1990s to deep learning in 2015, followed by Generative AI in 2022. The year 2024 saw the advent of Agentic AI, the report, released on Tuesday, pointed out. Taki

Tech Wrap Feb 18: Google I/O 2026, Apple AI devices, Claude Sonnet 4.6

Google announced I/O 2026 date. Apple AI hardware device lineup. Anthropic announces Claude Sonnet 4.6. Snapchat creator subscription. iOS 26.4 public beta. Google expands Quick Share-AirDrop

Google expands Quick Share-AirDrop interoperability beyond Pixel 10 series

Google Pixel 9 series (except Pixel 9a) smartphone users can now send and receive files with iPhones, iPads and Macs using native AirDrop support via Quick Share

Apple's AI hardware line to include smart glasses, pendant, more: Report

Apple is reportedly working on smart glasses, a wearable AI pendant, and camera-enabled AirPods, all designed to work with Siri and expand its AI-powered hardware lineup

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 model, highlighting these improvements

Anthropic rolls out Claude Sonnet 4.6 across plans, highlighting gains in coding, spreadsheet navigation, long-term reasoning, and resistance to prompt injection attacks

Tech leaders hail AI Impact Summit, echo PM Modi's 'force multiplier' view

The tech leaders were echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the diffusion and deployment of AI in India

Snapchat brings Insta-style Creator Subscriptions for additional content

Snapchat begins alpha testing of Creator Subscriptions in the US, letting users pay for exclusive Stories and Snaps, priority replies, and an ad-free viewing experience

Samsung tweaks Galaxy camera features, set to be unveiled on February 25

Ahead of Galaxy Unpacked 2026, Samsung said Galaxy AI unifies advanced creative capabilities for capturing, editing and sharing in one intuitive platform

Apple releases iOS 26.4 public beta: Check features, how to upgrade, more

Apple has released the iOS 26.2 public beta for iPhones, adding a video podcast support, Prompted Playlist in Apple Music, stronger Stolen Device Protection and more refinements