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Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter Microsoft has forecast an increase in spending on AI this quarter and warned of slower growth in its cloud business Azure, even as the company beat Wall Street's estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit.. The Redmond company has signalled that big AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints at its data centres.

YouTube Reportedly Testing New Homepage With No View Count, Upload Date; Company Responds YouTube is reportedly testing a new homepage without view count and upload date information. When the claim surfaced online, users expressed their dissatisfaction with the alleged update. Some appreciated the removal of the view count alongside the thumbnails but most people claimed that removing the upload date information would be a disservice, especially in terms o...

OpenAI Rolling Out Chat History Search Feature on ChatGPT Web OpenAI announced a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT on Tuesday. The new capability will allow users to search through their chat history to quickly find relevant information from past conversations. This is a significant improvement from the current workaround which requires users to scroll through the entire history to find the desired...

GitHub Copilot Gets Upgraded With Multi-Model Support, New GitHub Spark AI Tool Announced GitHub announced a major update to Copilot, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant service, on Tuesday. The announcement was made at the GitHub Universe 2024 event, which is being held in San Francisco. The update introduces multi-model support for Copilot, allowing developers to pick between various AI models by Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.

Mysterious AI Image Generator ‘Red Panda’ Emerges on Top of Benchmark Leaderboard A mysterious artificial intelligence (AI) model is currently ranking on top of a benchmarking platform’s leaderboard, but nobody can find any information about it. The mysterious model in question is dubbed Red Panda and it has ranked at the top position on the Artificial Analysis benchmark’s text-to-image generation leaderboard. The AI model has outranked major A...

Intel Set for Big Drop in Quarterly Revenue as Chipmaker Struggles to Bounce Back Intel is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue drop in five quarters on Thursday, potentially signaling more erosion of data center and personal computer market share for the once iconic American chipmaker.

Jio Payment Solutions Gets RBI Nod to Operate as Online Payment Aggregator India's Jio Payment Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group firm Jio Financial Services, has received the central bank's approval to operate as an online payment aggregator, Jio Financial said on Tuesday.

Meta Reportedly Developing an AI-Powered Search Engine to Take on Google and Microsoft’s Bing Meta is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine. According to a report, the social media giant wants to compete with existing players such as Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and DuckDuckGo. The company reportedly plans to use AI for the search engine, likely giving it a Perplexity-like avatar. Key details about the platform’s implementation a...

Elon Musk’s xAI Introduces Image Understanding Feature to Grok AI Elon Musk, the founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI, announced a new feature for Grok on Monday. The in-house AI chatbot is now getting image understanding capability that allows it to process and analyse the content in an image. Users can now upload an image and ask the AI questions based on it.

Government Issues Advisory to Curb Hoax Bomb Threats on Social Media The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released an advisory outlining the duties of social media platforms, also known as intermediaries, in preventing the spread of hoax bomb threats by various airlines operating in India. The necessity for these intermediaries to adhere to the IT Act, the IT Rules of 2021, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ...

Meta NotebookLlama AI Podcast Generator Released as ‘Open Source Tool' to Take on Google's NotebookLM Meta released a new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) tool on Sunday that will take on the Google NotebookLM. Dubbed NotebookLlama, the tool is an AI-powered podcast generator where users can upload a PDF file and the tool will turn it into an audio podcast with two AI characters. The tool uses three different Llama 3.1 AI models to complete the entire process.

Indian Court Tells Star Health to Share Details of Leak so Telegram Can Delete Chatbots Star Health has been directed by the court to help Telegram identify data leaked via its messaging app so the chatbots can be deleted. Telegram said it was unable to search for leaks on its own but agreed to delete the data if the insurer helped.

Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Top Deals on Home Security Gear Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale is here with offers on products that can be used to upgrade your home security equipment. The ongoing Great Indian Festival Diwali Special sale will also let you maximise your savings, using eligible bank cards, for an additional instant discount during the sale.

Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Deals on Premium Big-Screen Smart TVs Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale is here with several deals, discounts and offers on various consumer electronics devices, including smart TVs from brands such as Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Xiaomi, Vu, and TCL. You can also make a purchase with an eligible bank card can help you lower your final purchase price during the ongoing Great Indian Festiva...

Nvidia AI Summit India Fireside Chat: Jensen Huang, Mukesh Ambani Join Hands to Build AI Infrastructure in India Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and the Chairman and the Managing Director of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani sat together for a fireside chat on Thursday. The fireside chat was hosted as a part of the Nvidia AI Summit India event and was focused on the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in India. During the conversation, Huang announced that Reliance and Nvi...

Canva Dream Lab AI Image Generator Launched; Visual Suite Updated With New Features Canva announced a new text-to-image artificial intelligence (AI) generation tool and added several new features to its Visual Suite on Wednesday. The Sydney-based visual communications platform introduced AI image generator Dream Lab, a platform that was built on the tech stack of Leonardo.Ai, just three months after it was acquired. Additionally, it also added new to...

Microsoft, OpenAI Are Spending Millions on News Outlets to Let Them Try Out AI Tools Microsoft and OpenAI, in collaboration with the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, announced an AI Collaborative and Fellowship programme on Tuesday. With this programme, the two tech giants will spend upwards of $10 million (roughly Rs. 84.07 crores) in direct funding as well as enterprise credits to use proprietary software. The companies highlighted that the program...

WhatsApp Working on Ability to Create and Share Custom Sticker Packs: Report WhatsApp is developing a custom sticker pack creation feature that will enable users to make their own packs, that can also be shared with other users on the platform. Here's everything you need to know about WhatsApp's custom sticker pack feature and how it works.

Runway Act-One With AI-Powered Facial Expression Capture Capability Added to Gen-3 Alpha Model Runway AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm focusing on video generation models, announced a new feature on Tuesday. Dubbed Act-One, the new capability is available within the company’s latest Gen-3 Alpha large language model (LLM) and is said to accurately capture facial expressions from a source video and then reproduce them on an AI-generated character in a v...

Elon Musk's xAI Launches New API With Function Calling Capability, Available With Grok-Beta AI Model Elon Musk's xAI launched an application programming interface (API) for Grok on Monday. The billionaire entrepreneur promised to turn the native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by xAI into an API in August, and now, users can access and use it. The API key can be generated using the xAI console and users can further customise how to use it. Notably, the...

Perplexity AI Introduces Internal Knowledge Search Capabilities and Spaces Collaboration Hub Perplexity AI is rolling out two new features to enable newer ways of using the artificial intelligence (AI) search platform’s capabilities. Announced last week, the AI firm has introduced Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces capabilities. The former allows users to search prompts and get responses based on an internal knowledge base while the latter is a collaborat...

Indian Retail Group Seeks Antitrust Probe on Quick Commerce Brands Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF) has asked the antitrust authority to investigate Zomato's Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy. The AICPDF has alleged that quick commerce firms were practising predatory pricing while also sidelining the traditional salespeople.

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Said to Be Raising Capital for New AI Startup Mira Murati is said to be raising funds from venture capitalists for a new AI startup. The former OpenAI CTO, who spent over six years spearheading transformative projects like ChatGPT and DALL-E, is looking to build AI products based on proprietary models. It is not clear if Murati will assume the CEO role at the new venture.

Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale Offers Revealed: Best Deals on iPhone, Samsung, Motorola and Nothing Phones Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale starts on Sunday (October 20) for Flipkart Plus and VIP customers and a day later for all other customers. It will run alongside the ongoing Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale. Here are some of the top discounts on several smartphones during the upcoming Flipkart sale event.

The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh Review: Prime Video's Indian Immigrant Comedy Plays on Familiar Stereotypes  The show is based on creator Vijal Patel’s own experiences of living in America as an Indian immigrant.

Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale Date Announced With Early Access for Plus, VIP Users: See Top Deals, Bank Offers Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 sale is set to kick off soon, bringing with it an array of deals and discounts on smartphones and other consumer electronics products. Meanwhile, Flipkart Plus and VIP users will be able to access Big Diwali 2024 sale deals a day before other customers. Buyers can also avail of additional discounts using select bank cards during the Flipkart B...

Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act Apple says developers in the European Union (EU) must now provide the company with their contact details, in order to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act. This contact information will appear under individual app listings, and developers who miss the deadline will have their apps unlisted from the App Store in the EU.

Apple Business Connect Updated to Display Brand Information on Caller ID, Mail and Apple Pay Apple Business Connect has been updated with Business Caller ID, Branded Mail, and the ability to see brand information while using Tap to Pay on iPhone. These features will be available to all businesses even if they do not have a physical presence, according to Apple.

OTT Releases This Week: 1000 Babies, The Office (Australia), Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives and More Rachel Bloom’s Death, Let Me Do My Special on Netflix is the only stand-up comedy special releasing this week

Lionsgate Play Offers Free Access to Its Entire Content Library in India for a Week From October 18 Lionsgate Play can be accessed directly via its Website and application, or as a top-up subscription on Prime Video. 

Amazon Prime Video to Introduce Ads for Subscribers in India Starting in 2025 Amazon Prime Video will introduce advertisements to its subscribers in India, starting in 2025. Subscribers in India will begin to see ads while streaming Prime Video shows and movies on the platform. Amazon Prime members who want to avoid advertisements will be able to opt for a costlier subscription option, which will be introduced in the future, according to Amazon...

Google Shopping Page Redesigned With Infinite Scroll, Video Google Shopping has been redesigned as the company seeks to distinguish its platform from e-commerce sites such as Amazon. The updated Google Shopping webpage includes infinite scrolling and a new home page that shows a personalised feed of products, reviews and auto-playing video shorts from YouTube.

Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision The government has announced that it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband through administrative means, hours after Elon Musk labelled the auction approach sought by billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented." Musk's Starlink has argued that the administrative allocation of licenses aligns with global practices, whereas Reliance argues that an auction is n...

NYT Sends AI Startup Perplexity 'Cease and Desist' Notice Over Content Use The New York Times has sent Perplexity a cease and desist notice demanding the company stop using the newspaper's content for generative AI purposes. The New York Times states that the way Perplexity was using its content, including to create summaries and other types of output, violates copyright law.

YouTube Update Brings Sleep Timer, Resizable Miniplayer And More Features YouTube is being updated with a sleep timer, a resizable miniplayer, and the ability to fine-tune playback speed. These updates will arrive on the web interface, the YouTube mobile and TV apps, and YouTube Music. Other features expected to arrive later this year include the ability to vote on videos in playlists, creator badges, and an updated interface for Shorts o...

IMC 2024: Over 950 Million Internet Users in India; 5G Coverage Expanded to All Districts, PM Modi Says India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA) 2024. The Prime Minister highlighted several achievements in mobile network connectivity, broadband adoption, and the expansion of optical fibre networks in the country.

FIDO Alliance Seeks to Increase Passkeys Adoption With Draft Secure Credential Exchange Specifications Passkeys could soon become easier to use across various platforms, thanks to new draft specifications published by the FIDO Alliance. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and password management apps like Dashlane and Bitwarden could allow users to export and import passkeys and passwords securely.

Google Wants US Judge's App Store Ruling Put on Hold In a court filing on Friday night, Google said US District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, which goes into effect on November 1, would harm the company and introduce "serious safety, security, and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem."

Star Health Says It Received $68,000 Ransom Demand After Data Leak Star Health said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a hacker following a data breach of customers' medical records in September. The country's biggest health insurer has launched internal probes and taken legal action against Telegram and the hacker, whose website continues to share samples of customer data.

Bestselling Smartphone Deals During Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale now offers discounts for HDFC Bank, HSBC, Bobcard, and IndusInd Bank debit card and credit card holders and we've handpicked a list of some of the bestelling deals on smartphones during the ongoing Amazon Great Indian Festival sale event.

Apple Accused of Restricting Workers' Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board Apple has been accused by the US National Labor Relations board of interfering with workers' rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of Slack. The NLRB complaint also alleges that the iPhone maker illegally fired an employee who advocated for workplace changes on Slack, and made another worker delete a social media post.

Star Health Probes Alleged Role of Security Chief in Data Leak Star Health has confirmed that it is probing a hacker's allegations that its Chief Information Security Officer was involved in a data breach that saw the use of Telegram chatbots and websites to distribute customers' medical records and personal data.

Amazon Great Indian Festival: Top Deals on Premium Smart TVs Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale has been going on for a few weeks now. The special discount sale kicked off on September 27 for all shoppers, after providing 24 hours of early access to Prime members. The sale is focused towards the Indian festive season and offers lucrative discounts on a wide range of products. Individuals can find offers on smartphones, lapt...

Zindaginama Review: An Earnest Take on Mental Health That Misses the Mark The anthology series stars Sumeet Vyas, Shreyas Talpade, Shruti Seth and Lillete Dubey in disparate stories about mental health.

Amazon Targets Faster Deliveries With Vision Assisted Package Retrieval Amazon has developed new systems to shave seconds off each package delivery and to help customers make faster buying choices. The technology, which Amazon is calling Vision Assisted Package Retrieval, works by shining a green light on packages so that the deliverer does not have to waste precious seconds reading labels.

Star Health Insurance Reportedly Confirms Being Target of a Cyberattack Last Month, Claims Lost Data Star Health, one of the biggest health insurance companies in India, has reportedly confirmed that it was the target of a malicious cyberattack that led to bad actors getting access to “certain data” illegally. The incident was first reported last month, but the insurer refused to make any comments before an internal investigation. The company is said to have file...

US Weighs Google Breakup as Remedy in Historic Antitrust Case The US DOJ is weighing a breakup to mitigate the Alphabet business’s dominance in search, the agency said in a court filing on Tuesday. Judge Amit Mehta could also order Google to provide access to the underlying data it uses to build its search results and artificial intelligence products.

Adobe Content Authenticity Web App Introduced; Will Let Creators Add AI Label to Content Adobe Content Authenticity, a free web app that allows users to easily add content credentials as well as artificial intelligence (AI) labels, was introduced on Tuesday. The platform is aimed at helping creators with their attribution needs. It works on images, videos, and audio files and is integrated with all of the Adobe Creative Cloud apps. Alongside adding attrib...

Amazon Great Indian Festival: Top Smartphone Offers During the Sale You Shouldn’t Miss Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 kicked off in India on September 27, offering exciting deals to all users. Shoppers can find a wide range of electronics, from personal gadgets to home entertainment systems and large appliances, at attractive discounted prices. Additionally, many products can be purchased at even lower effective prices thanks to extra savings like ba...

Top Laptop Offers During Amazon Great Indian Festival Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024 has entered its second week in India. The festival special sale started on September 27 for all shoppers after providing early access to Prime members. A wide range of products across categories such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, home appliances and apparel are available at slashed rates in the ongoing sale.

Flipkart Big Shopping Utsav Sale 2024 to Start on October 9; Deals and Offers Teased Flipkart Big Shopping Utsav 2024 sale will start in India soon. An official microsite has confirmed the dates of the sale, where a wide range of products like personal gadgets, home entertainment items and large appliances will be offered with lucrative discounts. With additional benefits like exchange offers or coupon discounts over the already discounted rates, the ...

Google Docs Gets New ‘Document Tabs’ Feature to Help You Organise Your Doc Files Better First announced at its Cloud Next 2024 event, Google is now bringing its document tabs feature for Google Docs users. The feature basically lets Google Docs users add tabs to their word or doc files being edited on the online web app, that lets them better organise their docs files into several parts just like the tabs feature in Google Sheets.

Foxconn Building Nvidia Superchip Facility in Mexico, Executives Say Foxconn is building in Mexico the world's largest manufacturing facility for bundling Nvidia's GB200 superchips. Foxconn has invested more than $500 million (roughly Rs. 4,197 crore) to date in the state of Chihuahua.

Apple Releases Depth Pro, an Open Source Monocular Depth Estimation AI Model Apple has released several open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models this year. These are mostly small language models designed for a specific task. Adding to the list, the Cupertino-based tech giant has now released a new AI model dubbed Depth Pro. It is a vision model that can generate monocular depth maps of any image. This technology is useful in the generat...

Best Deals on Air Conditioners During Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale has brought some of the best deals and discounts on air conditioners and other home appliances. Customers in the market for a new air conditioner or looking to upgrade from their existing model can avail of discounts on air conditioners from brands such as Carrier, LG, Samsung, Voltas, Panasonic, Daikin, Godrej, and Hitachi at re...

Top Smartwatches Under Rs. 5,000 During Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale is underway with discounts on smartwatch from brands like Noise, Boat, Amazfit, Fire-Boltt, Cult, and Redmi. Here are some of the best smartwatch deals ranging between Rs. 1,999 and Rs. 4,499 during the ongoing Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale.

Google Tests Verified Check Marks in Search Results to Help Users Identify Verified Sources Google is testing the use of check marks next to some companies in search results. The new feature is designed to help users identify verified sources and stay safe from fraudulent websites that mimic legitimate businesses or services and mislead users on the web.

WhatsApp Adds Private Mentions and Likes to Its Status Feature WhatsApp has introduced a new set of features for status updates. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform is rolling out new status likes and private mentions features for Android and iOS users. Likes on Status is a new way to acknowledge a contact's status update by tapping the heart emoji. With private mentions, users can now mention and tag contacts in their stat...

How World Mobile Plans to Globalise Web3 Wireless Networks The World Mobile Group is a London, UK-based company that has created a mobile network using blockchain as the foundational technology. It was launched in 2018 by Micky Watkins, who is the CEO of the company. The governance of this network is community driven.

Bestselling Deals of Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale started on September 26 for Prime users in India. It opened for all users in the country on September 27 at midnight and is currently live in the country. Here, we have compiled the bestselling deals on products like smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, smart TVs and more.

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024: Best Deals on Projectors This year's Amazon Great Indian Festival sale provides up to 60 percent discount on projectors. Different projectors from brands like E GATE, WZATCO, Portronics and Play are listed with discounted prices in the ongoing sale. 

Google Showcases India-Focused AI, Payment and Safety Features at Google for India 2024 Event Google for India 2024 event was held on Thursday and the company unveiled new features across its apps and services that are aimed at users in India. The search giant introduced enhancements to Google Pay, Google Maps, search and showcased health-related features created in collaboration with the healthcare industry.

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale: Best Discounts on Portable Speakers Under Rs. 10,000 Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale has brought numerous deals and discounts on various portable speakers. If you want to buy a new portable speaker without significantly impacting your savings, read on for the best deals on portable speakers from JBL, Marshall, Tribit, Sony, Ultimate Ears, Boat, and Portronics.

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale: Best Deals on PC Components Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale is currently underway. The sale focused towards the Indian festive season began on September 27 for all users of the platform. The e-commerce giant is offering discounts on a wide range of products including smartphones, tablets, laptops, earphones, smart TVs, and more. Apart from buying new gadgets, the sale is also a good oppor...

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024: Best Deals on Budget Laptops for Students If you're a student looking for portable laptops with top-notch performance and good value for money, this year's Amazon Great Indian Festival sale has plenty of options. Top brands including Dell, Acer, HP, and Lenovo are selling budget laptops with touchscreen, premium-looking chassis, backlit keyboard, or stylus support on Amazon. 

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale: Top Deals on Wi-Fi Routers Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale is offering discounts on several consumer electronics products including Wi-Fi routers. You can purchase a new Wi-Fi router from brands like D-Link, Asus, Tenda, and TP-Link at much lower prices during the ongoing Great Indian Festival Sale on Amazon.