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AI and competition: Old wine in new bottles?

Big Tech's partnership with GenAI startups echoes a familiar playbook designed to stymie competition and monopolise markets. Regulators must act swiftly

OPPO F25 Pro 5G with AI features, IP65 protection launched: Details here

The OPPO F25 Pro 5G is now available for pre-order with open sale starting from March 5 on OPPO e-store, Amazon India, Flipkart, and select retail outlets

Call of Duty Warzone Mobile set to launch globally on Mar 21: Know details

Activision has started pre-registration for the mobile-focused video game. It is offering redeemable in-game rewards to registered players

OnePlus 12r Genshin Impact edition unveiled, arriving in India on March 19

The OnePlus 12r Genshin Impact edition has design elements inspired by the video game character Keqing and comes with a customised operating system

WhatsApp introduces search by date function: What it is and how it works

WhatsApp's search by date function is now rolling out to Android, and is already available on iOS, Mac, PCs, and WhatsApp Web client

Tower's foundry plan may get up thumbs up from Cabinet today: Report

Along with Tower, the Cabinet is also likely to approve the proposals of the Tata Group and the joint venture between HCL Group and Foxconn Group

CtrlS to invest Rs 4,000 crore in Chennai data center park, across phases

The company is expected to create about 500 direct jobs and over 9,000 indirect jobs

Google hit with $2.3 bn lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer

Google last year said it disagreed with EU antitrust charges against its ad tech business where it is involved in both the buy-side as well as the sell-side of the supply chain

iQOO Neo 9 Pro: Unboxing and hands-on | Fiery Red colour variant

Specifications Display: 6.78-inch AMOLED display, 3000 nits peak brightness Refresh rate: Up to 144Hz Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and iQOO Q1 Supercomputing RAM: 8GB and 12GB Storage: 128GB and 256

Vivo V30 series India launch on March 7: Check design, camera samples, more

The Vivo V30 series will be offered in Andaman Blue, Peacock Green, and Classic Black colours, according to a web page on Vivo official website

Try Galaxy app from Samsung lets you experience Galaxy AI on any smartphone

The Try Galaxy is a progressive web application that simulates Samsung OneUI 6.1 interface and provides users with tutorials and interactive features

National Science Day 2024: All you need to know about Raman Effect

National Science Day 2024 is celebrated on February 28 to honour Dr. CV Raman for his discovery of the Raman Effect. National Science Day is a great day for all researchers and science lovers

Abu Dhabi's $238 bn International Holding adds AI-powered observer to board

The virtual entity - Aiden Insight - will take an observer seat on the board of IHC, which is the largest listed firm in the United Arab Emirates

Nearly 86% internet users access OTT audio and video services in India

The growth of the internet user base is decelerating, according to the report titled "Internet in India 2023" published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Kantar

Microsoft's new deal with France's Mistral AI comes under EU lens

The European Union is looking into Microsoft's partnership with French startup Mistral AI as part of its broader review of the booming generative artificial intelligence sector to see if it raises any competition concerns. The 27-nation bloc's executive commission said Tuesday in a brief statement that it's analyzing the agreement between the two companies announced a day earlier. Microsoft declined to comment. Mistral did not respond to a request for comment. Microsoft said Monday it was teaming up with Mistral through a 15 million euro ($16 million) investment in the French company, which emerged less than a year ago. The agreement could cut the US software giant's reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products. The commission, the EU's top antitrust enforcer, said it's including the deal as part of its broader review of the generative AI market. It's examining agreements between digital tech giants and generative AI ...

Nothing Phone 2a virtual unboxing video shows design, Glyph lights: Details

The Nothing Phone 2a appears to retain the transparent design of the Phone 1 and Phone 2, but with a horizontal camera island and limited LEDs for Glyph interface

94% of Indian companies to reskill employees due to impact of AI: LinkedIn

The LinkedIn report also highlights that 48 per cent of India's hiring managers are providing career progression opportunities to their existing employees

Challenges remain, but India better equipped to move to Cloud: Experts

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, a panel discussed how Cloud and data centres have allowed banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) and fintechs

Google plans to relaunch Gemini AI image creation tool in few weeks

Bard was renamed Gemini earlier this month and Google rolled out paid subscription plans, which users could choose for better reasoning capabilities from the AI model

Microsoft signs multi-year deal with OpenAI's French rival Mistral

The multi-year deal signals Microsoft's efforts to offer a variety of AI models beyond its biggest bet in OpenAI as the tech giant seeks to attract more customers for its Azure cloud services