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Google Gemini now makes studying even more engaging than before: Here’s how

August 7, 2025

Google is integrating features called Guided Learning to help students learn beyond the classroom.

August 8, 2025

Google rejects claims of AI in Search hurting web traffic, says quality clicks on the rise

August 7, 2025

New Google Search features have sparked concerns among publishers, who fear that AI-generated summaries of search results could lead to a collapse in web traffic.

August 8, 2025

What is Genie 3, Google’s latest interactive 3D AI model?

August 7, 2025

Genie 3 can build realistic virtual worlds that last several minutes, offering users an immersive and dynamic experience.

August 8, 2025

No jobs for young workers due to AI? Here’s what Goldman Sachs data shows about unemployment trends

August 7, 2025

Artifical Intelligence is affecting jobs in the US, and young tech workers are most impacted.

August 9, 2025

Snapchat captures 2X more attention from Gen Z users in India with AR ads, report finds

August 7, 2025

Despite their low tolerance for ads that are not engaging, India’s Gen Z users hold massive sway with their collective spending power estimated to hit $2 trillion by 2035, as per the report.

August 7, 2025

Anthropic rolls out Claude Opus 4.1, its most advanced model for coding

August 6, 2025

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.1, a major upgrade to its flagship coding model, promising sharper reasoning, better real-world coding, and improved benchmark performance.

August 7, 2025

Google Gemini can now illustrate storybooks based on your prompts and images

August 6, 2025

Gemini can now generate storybooks to help kids with bedtime stories and complex topics.

August 7, 2025

Microsoft continues layoff spree with dozens of job cuts in Washington

August 6, 2025

Microsoft, which has so far sacked over 15,000 of its employees, said that it will continue to prioritise and invest in strategic growth areas.

August 7, 2025

WhatsApp launches ‘Safety Overview’ tool, bans 6.8 million scam centre-linked accounts

August 6, 2025

WhatsApp and Meta's security teams are actively working to take down large-scale criminal scam centres,

August 7, 2025

ASUS now delivers laptops via Swiggy Instamart: Is your city on the list?

August 5, 2025

ASUS has introduced three laptops that will be available on Swiggy Instamart starting from Rs 33,990.

August 5, 2025

Best Airtel plans with free JioHotstar, Netflix, Prime Video, Zee5, and more OTTs

August 5, 2025

A look at five Airtel data plans that offer free OTT subscriptions.

August 6, 2025

OpenAI looks to promote ‘healthy use’ of ChatGPT with mental health updates, reminders

August 5, 2025

OpenAI’s new efforts come amid a rapidly emerging trend of users turning to AI chatbots for therapy and professional advice.

August 5, 2025

iPhone 17 Air: Everything we know about Apple’s thinnest phone ever

August 5, 2025

The new iPhone 17 Air is expected to sport a new design and is rumoured to be lighter, efficient, and smarter.

August 6, 2025

Brilliant Labs unveils Halo: Are these the world’s thinnest AI-powered smart glasses?

August 5, 2025

Singapore-based Brilliant Labs has unveiled an AI-powered smart glass that can not only remember things but also build apps on the go.

August 6, 2025

OpenAI’s Sam Altman teases GPT-5 as ChatGPT platform nears 700 million weekly active users

August 5, 2025

The upcoming GPT-5 model is said to have a larger context window than its predecessors, and is widely rumoured to be adept at coding.

August 6, 2025

Bharti Airtel enters cloud services market with launch of ‘Airtel Cloud’ for businesses in India

August 5, 2025

Airtel has forayed into the enterprise cloud services market amid efforts by the Centre to make India a global hub for data centres.

August 6, 2025

Developers are now relying on AI tools more than ever, but confidence in them is dropping: Study

August 4, 2025

AI coding tools are everywhere but small errors and hidden bugs are making developers rethink how they use them.

August 4, 2025

Chrome now has iPhone-style swipe animations: Try it out now

August 4, 2025

Want iPhone-style swipe animations on Chrome for Android? Here's how you can enable them in under a minute.

August 5, 2025

5 free apps to help you stay calm: No yoga mat needed

August 4, 2025

Feeling overwhelmed? These free apps (including a chatbot friend!) are like having a tiny therapist in your pocket- minus the heavy talk.

August 5, 2025

Samsung Galaxy S25 FE leak roundup: Specs, launch timeline, expected price and more

August 4, 2025

The Galaxy S25 FE will most likely be powered by the Exynos 2400 chipset and get 7 years of OS updates like its Galaxy S series counterparts.

August 5, 2025

Can’t afford ChatGPT Plus? OpenAI may launch a cheaper Go plan

August 4, 2025

The affordable ChatGPT Go plan might be announced alongside GPT-5, OpenAI's fastest and most capable large language model.

August 4, 2025

Apple could be working on a ChatGPT-like product as it tries to catch up with rivals in AI

August 4, 2025

Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app as it plans to rival competition in the AI search space.

August 5, 2025

What is Wide Research, Manus’ new multi-agent AI tool to take on OpenAI and Google?

August 3, 2025

Manus has positioned Wide Research as a more advanced alternative to other research-focused AI tools such as OpenAI’s Deep Research and Google’s Deep Think.

August 3, 2025

Anthropic blocks OpenAI’s API access to Claude ahead of GPT-5 launch: Report

August 3, 2025

Anthropic has claimed that members of OpenAI’s technical staff interacted with Claude Code in ways that violated its terms of service, as per reports.

August 4, 2025