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The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), located in Doha, has activated the ‘Digital Assets Lab’ that is aimed at enabling the development, testing, and commercialisation of Web3 services. As part of this initiative, leading Web3 firms such as Polygon, Partior, and ALT Realtech have been selected to develop blockchain-based solutions tailored to their...

Samsung is developing a smartphone with a large, rollable display that may be released next year, according to a South Korean news publication. The rollable smartphone is expected to feature a flexible screen that can "unroll" to create a much larger display area. Huawei recently pipped Samsung to launch the world's first tri-fold smartphone, but t...

Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart to exclusively launch products on the e-commerce firms' Indian websites in breach of antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Reuters.

EU antitrust authorities are said to be contemplating an order for Alphabet's Google to halt anti-competitive practices in its adtech operations, but they will not order a breakup as previously suggested. Regulators are expected to announce a decision related to the investigation into Google's adtech practices in the upcoming months, accompanied by...

OpenAI released the new o1 series artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday. The AI firm is calling these reasoning models for their advanced capabilities in solving mathematical and complex reasoning-based problems. There are two models — o1 which is available in preview, and o1-mini — in this iteration. The company said these AI models ...

Microsoft Windows will be updated with improvements that are aimed at enhancing its resilience against incidents triggered by security firm, such as the global outage caused by CrowdStrike in July. After its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, Microsoft announced its intention to help security vendors adapt their solutions to function outsi...

The fierce presidential debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump took social media by storm, generating responses of all kinds ranging from netizens to Taylor Swift and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government "fascists" over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL), the firm redeveloping Asia's largest slums, on Thursday, performed the groundbreaking ceremony (Bhoomi Poojan) of the Dharavi redevelopment project at the RPF grounds in Matunga.

Among the 30 Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, Adani Ports, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the biggest gainers.

Mistral released its first multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Pixtral 12B on Wednesday. The AI firm, known for its open-source large language models (LLMs), has also made the latest AI model available on GitHub and Hugging Face for users to download and test it out. Notably, despite being multimodal, Pixtral can only process image...

An EU consumer complaint on Thursday accused videogaming firms of misleading gamers into spending money. The move against Epic Games, Electronic Arts, and Roblox among others has come amid rising concerns about children turning into gaming addicts.

The Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance in Haryana has also gone south, the way it did in Punjab. On Monday, Aam Aadmi Party released its first list of 20 candidates, putting a firm stop to any possibility of a rethink.

She described a challenging work environment and reported difficulties with her manager and CEO, characterising their behaviour as hostile and toxic.

HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G were launched in India as the latest feature phones by Human Mobile Devices. They come in multiple colour options and offer YouTube access. The HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G have a preloaded UPI application that can be used for digital transactions without internet access. The HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G pack a 1,450mAh battery ...

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), located in Doha, has activated the ‘Digital Assets Lab’ that is aimed at enabling the development, testing, and commercialisation of Web3 services. As part of this initiative, leading Web3 firms such as Polygon, Partior, and ALT Realtech have been selected to develop blockchain-based solutions tailored to their...

Samsung is developing a smartphone with a large, rollable display that may be released next year, according to a South Korean news publication. The rollable smartphone is expected to feature a flexible screen that can "unroll" to create a much larger display area. Huawei recently pipped Samsung to launch the world's first tri-fold smartphone, but t...

Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart to exclusively launch products on the e-commerce firms' Indian websites in breach of antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Reuters.

EU antitrust authorities are said to be contemplating an order for Alphabet's Google to halt anti-competitive practices in its adtech operations, but they will not order a breakup as previously suggested. Regulators are expected to announce a decision related to the investigation into Google's adtech practices in the upcoming months, accompanied by...

OpenAI released the new o1 series artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday. The AI firm is calling these reasoning models for their advanced capabilities in solving mathematical and complex reasoning-based problems. There are two models — o1 which is available in preview, and o1-mini — in this iteration. The company said these AI models ...

Microsoft Windows will be updated with improvements that are aimed at enhancing its resilience against incidents triggered by security firm, such as the global outage caused by CrowdStrike in July. After its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, Microsoft announced its intention to help security vendors adapt their solutions to function outsi...

The fierce presidential debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump took social media by storm, generating responses of all kinds ranging from netizens to Taylor Swift and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government "fascists" over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL), the firm redeveloping Asia's largest slums, on Thursday, performed the groundbreaking ceremony (Bhoomi Poojan) of the Dharavi redevelopment project at the RPF grounds in Matunga.

Among the 30 Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, Adani Ports, State Bank of India, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the biggest gainers.

Mistral released its first multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Pixtral 12B on Wednesday. The AI firm, known for its open-source large language models (LLMs), has also made the latest AI model available on GitHub and Hugging Face for users to download and test it out. Notably, despite being multimodal, Pixtral can only process image...

An EU consumer complaint on Thursday accused videogaming firms of misleading gamers into spending money. The move against Epic Games, Electronic Arts, and Roblox among others has come amid rising concerns about children turning into gaming addicts.

The Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance in Haryana has also gone south, the way it did in Punjab. On Monday, Aam Aadmi Party released its first list of 20 candidates, putting a firm stop to any possibility of a rethink.

She described a challenging work environment and reported difficulties with her manager and CEO, characterising their behaviour as hostile and toxic.

HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G were launched in India as the latest feature phones by Human Mobile Devices. They come in multiple colour options and offer YouTube access. The HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G have a preloaded UPI application that can be used for digital transactions without internet access. The HMD 105 4G and HMD 110 4G pack a 1,450mAh battery ...