Category: Internet

Amazon has revealed key laptop deals ahead of the Great Republic Day Sale 2026. The sale will start on January 16. Regular laptops will get up to 40 percent off, while gaming laptops will see up to 45 percent discounts. The landing page confirms several model-specific offers, though final prices are yet to be revealed. […]

Google has launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). This open system will soon power a new checkout feature on eligible Google product listings in AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app. This will allow shoppers to check out from eligible US retailers right as they’re researching on Google. Google built the UCP with companies […]

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026 will commence in India on January 16, the e-commerce giant announced on Friday. This comes soon after the US-based company teased that the upcoming sale event will start soon. The company is celebrating India’s 77th Republic Day, which is scheduled to take place on January 26. However, the e-commerce […]

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026 will kick off soon in India, the US-based e-commerce platform announced on Friday. The upcoming sale event will offer an instant discount of 10 percent on SBI Credit Card and EMI transactions to customers. During the sale event, the company will list its daily “8 pm Deals”, “Trending Deals”, […]

Spotify has introduced two new Messages features, Listening activity and Request to Jam, to make music sharing more social. Listening activity lets users share what they are playing in real time with connected contacts, while Request to Jam allows Premium users to invite others into shared listening sessions. Free users can join Jams when invited. […]

In a post on X, Similarweb shared the “generative AI website worldwide traffic share” data. The web traffic analytics platform revealed how the footfall for various AI websites changed over the course of the last 12 months, or the entirety of 2025. One of the biggest takeaways was the decline of ChatGPT’s traffic share, which […]

Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, has sparked a major controversy following an update to its image editing capability. The chatbot received a feature that allowed it to edit any public image posted on the social media platform. Soon after, several users began exploiting the feature by asking the AI […]

Flipkart Republic Day Sale 2026 will be kicked off by the e-commerce platform on January 17, the company announced on Thursday.

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health, a dedicated health and wellness experience that allows users to connect their personal medical records and fitness apps to ChatGPT for context-aware responses on lab results, appointments, diet, and exercise advice. Data in the Health space is isolated and encrypted with enhanced privacy protections, and OpenAI said it does not use […]

AI photo editing tools have improved significantly, but results still depend on how instructions are written. This feature explains how to structure effective prompts for Nano Banana and ChatGPT, covering sharpening, low-light fixes, object removal, face retouching, and text editing. Each prompt is designed to preserve realism while improving consistency.

At CES 2026, Nvidia revealed the Vera Rubin AI platform, a six-chip supercomputing architecture in full production, along with open AI models and tooling to accelerate reasoning-based applications. It also launched the Alpamayo family of open reasoning models and simulation datasets for autonomous vehicles, aimed at improving safety and interpretability in AI decision…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is reportedly handling a surge in healthcare queries, with over 40 million users asking medical questions, many from rural communities and often outside clinic hours. A common theme is health insurance help, including plan comparisons, claims and billing. It shows AI filling gaps in access to medical information, though accuracy and hallucinations r…

Amazon is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered version of its Alexa assistant, Alexa+, to the web. On Monday, the Seattle-based tech giant announced that Alexa+, which was previously available only via the company’s Echo and Fire TV devices, and the redesigned Alexa app, will now also be accessible on the browser.

Ahead of CES 2026, Qualcomm detailed announcements across automotive, IoT, and robotics. The company highlighted wider adoption of Snapdragon Digital Chassis in vehicles, new Dragonwing processors for edge AI and vision systems, and a general-purpose robotics architecture built on the Dragonwing IQ10 Series. The chipmaker will also host an exhibition where some of the…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s address is set for Monday, January 5, ahead of the official CES exhibition kick-off. The session, titled “Nvidia Live at CES 2026 with Founder and CEO Jensen Huang,” begins at 1pm PT (2:30am IST on January 6) at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas venue, in the BleauLive Theatre.

Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas said AI packed into local device chips that handle inference could pose the biggest threat to traditional data centres, signalling a shift from server-centric processing. He also discussed autonomous AI agents, the role of browsers in AI infrastructure, and the contrast between human curiosity and artificial systems’ limitations.

DeepSeek’s latest paper introduces Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (mHC), a method designed to make large AI model training more stable and efficient by constraining residual signal flow. The architecture was tested on models up to 27 billion parameters and showed improved training stability without excessive overhead. Research focuses on reducing costly trai…

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the nationwide rollout of the Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) service on Thursday, for all telecom circles in India. With this move, the state-owned telecom service provider (TSP) has caught up with private players like Airtel and Jio, which have long offered access to VoWiFi. This technology allows subscribers to […]

India’s CNAP (Calling Name Presentation) uses operator-verified SIM records to display caller names at the network level, while Truecaller runs as an app using community data for caller ID, spam detection and insights. CNAP works without Internet, and a broader rollout is expected by early 2026.

Cybercriminals are once again exploiting the festive mood, as we head into the new year, to target unsuspecting smartphone users in India. A new scam is said to be doing the rounds which claims to let users create personalised New Year greeting cards. But instead, it delivers a malicious APK file which can comprise smartphones […]

For all its promise of a billion-people market, the discretionary spending boom in the world’s most populous nation has been powered by “India 1,” only about 150 million affluent, English-speaking Indians in a handful of major cities. Now, with India’s economy headed toward becoming the world’s fourth largest, a new race is on to court […]

Major hotel groups have had a longstanding rivalry with online travel agencies (OTAs) over customer bookings, but a new competitor has now entered the arena. With more and more companies offering agentic artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can book a hotel online, hoteliers are reportedly intensifying efforts to win over customers.

Misplacing your credit card, having it stolen, or noticing unusual transactions on your account calls for immediate action, with the most important step being blocking it to prevent any fraudulent or unauthorised transactions. ICICI Bank provides multiple online options to block your credit card instantly. Here’s how to block your ICICI Credit Card online.

Adobe has added ChatGPT app support for Photoshop, Express and Acrobat, allowing users to edit images, create designs and work with PDFs directly inside the chatbot. Available on web, desktop and iOS for all tiers. The integration uses secure connectors and authentication. Users can make Photoshop edits via text prompts, generate or modify Express designs, […]

Google AI Plus plan was rolled out in India on Tuesday, marking the company’s introduction of an entry-level artificial intelligence (AI) subscription in the country. The plan directly competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Go plan, which was first introduced in India, considering the country’s price-sensitive nature. Both plans have their own benefits and extra perks. …

WhatsApp started rolling out ads in WhatsApp Status and Channels. Several users have spotted the ads on WhatsApp, but these ads do not appear in private chats. The company is displaying a pop-up message on the platform informing users that they will begin seeing ads on the app. Personal messages, calls, and statuses are claimed […]

Apple’s newest retail store in India is all set to open its doors tomorrow, December 11. It is the Cupertino-based tech giant’s fifth retail store in the country, following Apple BKC in Mumbai, Apple Saket in Delhi, Apple Hebbal in Bengaluru, and Apple Koregaon Park in Pune. The store, simply named Apple Noida, is located […]

Instagram has added new features for the Edits app. The video editing app gets new Templates, Storyboards, along new customisation options. It also gets new iOS lock screen widgets. The new Templates on Edits are currently available in select countries. The video editing app now also allows users to add public reels to their videos. […]

The European Commission’s second investigation into Google in less than a month underscores growing unease over Big Tech’s dominance in new technologies that could shut out rivals, but could escalate tensions with the United States as EU laws adopted in the last few years have become a sore point in relations with Washington.

Axis Bank offers multiple quick ways to block your credit card if it is lost, stolen, or misused. You can block your card using the mobile app, internet banking, the Axis Bank support website, or the Axis Aha! chatbot, SMS, or by calling customer care. These methods help stop unauthorised transactions instantly and allow you […]