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PM Modi Meets Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Discusses Tech, AI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness at Microsoft's ambitious expansion and investment plans in India following his meeting with the company's chairman and CEO Satya Nadella.
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Nvidia Supplier Ibiden Weighs Faster Expansion for AI Demand
Ibiden is building a new substrate factory in Gifu prefecture, central Japan, expected to go online at 25 percent production capacity around the last quarter of 2025 before reaching 50 percent by March 2026. The company is in talks about when to get the remaining 50 percent capacity online.
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Sony Looking to Revive Past IPs and Classic Franchises, Says PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst
Sony is open to exploring PlayStation’s past IPs and classic game franchises, co-CEO Hermen Hulst has said in a new interview. Hulst, the CEO of Studio Business Group at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), talked about the PlayStation portfolio, IP expansion and broadening the range of games available on the platform in a wide-ranging conversat...
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Poco Aims to Expand Offline Presence in India, Achieve Double-Digit Growth in 2025: Report
Poco — Xiaomi's sub-brand — is planning a strategic expansion of its offline channel in India, the company head reportedly revealed in an interview. As per the conversation, Poco India has ambitions to capture the offline market and achieve double-digit growth in 2025, aiming to take on the top five players in the Indian smartphone market in th...
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OpenAI Reportedly Considering Building Humanoid Robots, Could Be Integrated With Its AI Models
OpenAI is reportedly considering building humanoid robots, likely as an expansion of its existing intelligence software stack. As per the report, the AI firm has held discussions about entering the robotics space and making human-like robots in particular. The company’s interest in robotics is not new, as it used to have an active robotics divisi...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Google Expands AI-Based Flood Forecasting Coverage to 100 Countries, Improves Forecasting Model
Google announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) flood forecasting system on Monday. With this expansion, the Mountain View-based tech giant will now cover 100 countries and offer riverine flood forecasting to a global population of 700 million people. The company is also offering researchers and partners a new application program...
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Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B Exits Firm, to Remain as Independent Strategic Advisor
Xiaomi India's Muralikrishnan B has stepped down as president of the company. He joined the firm in 2018 and was elevated president in 2022. He has since been instrumental in the expansion of the Chinese smartphone giant's Indian subsidiary, despite a brief setback when the company was investigated by government bodies for purported unlawful remitt...
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‘Simple’ Snapchat App to Launch in Q1 2025, Says CEO; Announces Expansion of Spectacles to More Countries
Snap Inc. is planning to introduce a “Simple” Snapchat app next year, the company CEO announced at the quarterly investors call on Tuesday. The multimedia instant messaging app revealed that it added 37 million users daily active users globally in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, taking the total to 443 million.
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Google AI Overviews Rolling Out to More Than 100 Countries in a Major Expansion Drive
Google announced the expansion of AI Overviews to more than 100 countries on Monday. The feature, which offers a brief overview of the searched query using artificial intelligence (AI) was earlier limited to a few territories. However, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now pushing to a wider user base with this update. The company highlighted t...
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EU-China EV Tariff Dispute: Beijing Requests Automakers To Stop Expanding in Europe
China is putting demand on its automakers to halt expansion in the European union (EU) due to the increasing conflicts over Electric Vehicles (EV). A hold on active searches is demanded by China. This tension rose when customs taxes levied by the European Union increased significantly
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Samsung Galaxy AI to Get Support for Four New Languages and Two New Dialects
Samsung announced the expansion of Galaxy AI to support four new languages and two new dialects. The company’s native artificial intelligence (AI) suite of features for smartphones and other devices will soon support Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, and Romanian languages. Additionally, the South Korean tech giant's AI hub will support two new dialects...
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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.
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Meta AI Expanded to the UK and Five Other Countries; to Be Available Within Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta announced the expansion of Meta AI, the company’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, to six new countries on Wednesday. The UK has been included in the list of countries which are getting access to the AI chatbot now. The social media giant also highlighted that the AI platform will be expanded to 15 more countries soon, taking t...
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Apple Adds Support for Wired Xbox Controllers on iPhone, iPad and Mac With Latest Update: Report
iPhone, iPad and Mac will now officially support connection with a wired Xbox controller following Apple’s latest update, according to a report. This improves upon previous functionality which only allowed the pairing of game controllers via Bluetooth. Apple’s expansion of support for gaming accessories comes at a time when the company is launc...
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PM Modi Meets Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Discusses Tech, AI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness at Microsoft's ambitious expansion and investment plans in India following his meeting with the company's chairman and CEO Satya Nadella.
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Nvidia Supplier Ibiden Weighs Faster Expansion for AI Demand
Ibiden is building a new substrate factory in Gifu prefecture, central Japan, expected to go online at 25 percent production capacity around the last quarter of 2025 before reaching 50 percent by March 2026. The company is in talks about when to get the remaining 50 percent capacity online.
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Sony Looking to Revive Past IPs and Classic Franchises, Says PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst
Sony is open to exploring PlayStation’s past IPs and classic game franchises, co-CEO Hermen Hulst has said in a new interview. Hulst, the CEO of Studio Business Group at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), talked about the PlayStation portfolio, IP expansion and broadening the range of games available on the platform in a wide-ranging conversat...
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Poco Aims to Expand Offline Presence in India, Achieve Double-Digit Growth in 2025: Report
Poco — Xiaomi's sub-brand — is planning a strategic expansion of its offline channel in India, the company head reportedly revealed in an interview. As per the conversation, Poco India has ambitions to capture the offline market and achieve double-digit growth in 2025, aiming to take on the top five players in the Indian smartphone market in th...
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OpenAI Reportedly Considering Building Humanoid Robots, Could Be Integrated With Its AI Models
OpenAI is reportedly considering building humanoid robots, likely as an expansion of its existing intelligence software stack. As per the report, the AI firm has held discussions about entering the robotics space and making human-like robots in particular. The company’s interest in robotics is not new, as it used to have an active robotics divisi...
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Amazon and Universal Music Group Expand Partnership to Address ‘Unlawful AI-Generated Content’
Amazon and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection. While both the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership e...
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Google Expands AI-Based Flood Forecasting Coverage to 100 Countries, Improves Forecasting Model
Google announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) flood forecasting system on Monday. With this expansion, the Mountain View-based tech giant will now cover 100 countries and offer riverine flood forecasting to a global population of 700 million people. The company is also offering researchers and partners a new application program...
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Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B Exits Firm, to Remain as Independent Strategic Advisor
Xiaomi India's Muralikrishnan B has stepped down as president of the company. He joined the firm in 2018 and was elevated president in 2022. He has since been instrumental in the expansion of the Chinese smartphone giant's Indian subsidiary, despite a brief setback when the company was investigated by government bodies for purported unlawful remitt...
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‘Simple’ Snapchat App to Launch in Q1 2025, Says CEO; Announces Expansion of Spectacles to More Countries
Snap Inc. is planning to introduce a “Simple” Snapchat app next year, the company CEO announced at the quarterly investors call on Tuesday. The multimedia instant messaging app revealed that it added 37 million users daily active users globally in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, taking the total to 443 million.
-
Google AI Overviews Rolling Out to More Than 100 Countries in a Major Expansion Drive
Google announced the expansion of AI Overviews to more than 100 countries on Monday. The feature, which offers a brief overview of the searched query using artificial intelligence (AI) was earlier limited to a few territories. However, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now pushing to a wider user base with this update. The company highlighted t...
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EU-China EV Tariff Dispute: Beijing Requests Automakers To Stop Expanding in Europe
China is putting demand on its automakers to halt expansion in the European union (EU) due to the increasing conflicts over Electric Vehicles (EV). A hold on active searches is demanded by China. This tension rose when customs taxes levied by the European Union increased significantly
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Samsung Galaxy AI to Get Support for Four New Languages and Two New Dialects
Samsung announced the expansion of Galaxy AI to support four new languages and two new dialects. The company’s native artificial intelligence (AI) suite of features for smartphones and other devices will soon support Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, and Romanian languages. Additionally, the South Korean tech giant's AI hub will support two new dialects...
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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.
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Meta AI Expanded to the UK and Five Other Countries; to Be Available Within Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta announced the expansion of Meta AI, the company’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, to six new countries on Wednesday. The UK has been included in the list of countries which are getting access to the AI chatbot now. The social media giant also highlighted that the AI platform will be expanded to 15 more countries soon, taking t...
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Apple Adds Support for Wired Xbox Controllers on iPhone, iPad and Mac With Latest Update: Report
iPhone, iPad and Mac will now officially support connection with a wired Xbox controller following Apple’s latest update, according to a report. This improves upon previous functionality which only allowed the pairing of game controllers via Bluetooth. Apple’s expansion of support for gaming accessories comes at a time when the company is launc...
