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Opinion | Why Some Indian States Are Fiscally Fit As Others Struggle
The historical precedent of Mississippi's default underscores the importance of addressing structural imbalances to prevent fiscal peril. Indian states still have time to course-correct, but the window is closing rapidly.
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Signal’s New Update Prohibits Microsoft’s AI-Powered Recall Feature From Taking Screenshots
Signal, the popular privacy-focused messaging platform, rolled out a security feature on Wednesday to counteract Microsoft’s Recall feature. The new feature, dubbed Screen Security, will prevent devices from capturing screenshots of the application’s window. The San Francisco-based company said it was forced to take such drastic measures as Mic...
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Google Translate Can Now Be Set as the Default Translation App on iPhone
Google Translate app for iOS has been updated with a new feature. Following the update, it can be set as the default app for all translation requests on compatible iPhone models. Apple first introduced the ability to set default apps for media playback, navigation, and translation on iPhone with the iOS 18.4 update. Although the company’s proprie...
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Airtel Introduces AI-Powered Fraud Detection Solution for Emails, WhatsApp and More
Bharti Airtel on Thursday introduced a new fraud detection solution which aims to safeguard consumers against rising risk of online fraud. It is said to work across OTT apps and communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, shielding them any potential threats. When a customer tries to access a website that has been flagged as ...
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Google Is Expanding Gemini AI to Smartwatches, Android Auto and Smart TVs
Google announced the expansion of Gemini to more Android devices on Tuesday. The announcement was part of The Android Show: I/O Edition, the company’s buildup to the Google I/O 2025 next week. The Mountain View-based tech giant stated that its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot will be equipped in smartwatches (via Wear OS), smart TVs ...
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Apple Reportedly Considering AI-Powered Search Options for Safari Browser
Apple is reportedly considering bringing artificial intelligence (AI) search options to the Safari browser. As per the report, the information was shared by an Apple executive during a testimony in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive highlighted that the Cupertino-based tech giant had held discussions with se...
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Samsung Partners With GSMA to Enable VoLTE by Default on Galaxy Phones With One UI 7
Samsung and GSMA have entered into a collaborative endeavour to improve connectivity on Samsung Galaxy-branded handsets. The phones running on Android 15 with One UI 7 skin on top will now come with VoLTE support by default. Currently, users are required to manually enable VoLTE connectivity on supported devices. VoLTE support for smartphones is s...
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LG Smartphone Update Servers to Be Permanently Shut Down on June 30
LG revealed its decision to exit the mobile phone market back in 2021. At the time, the South Korean brand promised its existing customers that it would continue delivering updates for eligible models over a three-year period. Now, LG is gearing up to shut down its smartphone update servers in just over two months. Post this, LG smartphones will no...
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Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company’s Browser Chief Tells Judge
Google Chrome's general manager Parisa Tabriz testified before a Washington federal court on Friday as part of the Justice Department’s antitrust case that accuses Google of monopolising the web search market. Tabriz told the court that Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web b...
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OpenAI Updates GPT-4o to Boost Intelligence and Personality, Faces Unexpected Side Effects
OpenAI updated the GPT-4o artificial intelligence (AI) model on Saturday. The update was aimed at improving the intelligence and personality aspects of the large language model (LLM), which powers the default experience for those on the free tier of ChatGPT. However, on Sunday, the company found that the update had unexpected results, and the AI mo...
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IMF Reaches Agreement With Sri Lanka On $344 Million Loan Payout
The International Monetary Fund announced Friday it had reached agreement on a loan program review with Sri Lanka which will make around $344 million available to support the country's economic reforms.
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Google's 'Monopoly' Ends For Android TVs In India. Consumers Now Have To...
Google will no longer power the Operating System on Android TVs in India as a default and neither will it be the default App store on such smart TVs. This comes after a significant ruling passed by India's competition regulator.
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Google Brings Multimodal AI Mode Search to Google Lens, Expanding to More Users
Google announced that it is expanding its recently released AI Mode feature to more apps and users on Monday. The feature is now available in Google Lens and comes with multimodal capability. The company also said that the free subscribers of Google Labs will also get access to it. The tech giant introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) tool in ...
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Midjourney Releases V7 Image Generation Model in Alpha, Comes With a Faster and Cheaper Draft Mode
Midjourney released its latest image-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, V7, on Friday. The V7 AI model is currently available in an alpha version, and the company is currently letting its user base test the model’s capability. Arriving nearly a year after its predecessor V6, the V7 Alpha model is also the first in the AI firm’s line...
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Apple Updates Keynote and Other iWork Apps to Support Apple Intelligence Features
Apple has updated its suite of iWork apps to support the new Apple Intelligence features it introduced with the iOS 18.4 update on Monday. Users can now take advantage of the artificial intelligence (AI) features across apps such as Keynote, Numbers, and Pages to make edits and rewrite text, courtesy of Writing Tools.
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Opinion | Why Some Indian States Are Fiscally Fit As Others Struggle
The historical precedent of Mississippi's default underscores the importance of addressing structural imbalances to prevent fiscal peril. Indian states still have time to course-correct, but the window is closing rapidly.
-
Signal’s New Update Prohibits Microsoft’s AI-Powered Recall Feature From Taking Screenshots
Signal, the popular privacy-focused messaging platform, rolled out a security feature on Wednesday to counteract Microsoft’s Recall feature. The new feature, dubbed Screen Security, will prevent devices from capturing screenshots of the application’s window. The San Francisco-based company said it was forced to take such drastic measures as Mic...
-
Google Translate Can Now Be Set as the Default Translation App on iPhone
Google Translate app for iOS has been updated with a new feature. Following the update, it can be set as the default app for all translation requests on compatible iPhone models. Apple first introduced the ability to set default apps for media playback, navigation, and translation on iPhone with the iOS 18.4 update. Although the company’s proprie...
-
Airtel Introduces AI-Powered Fraud Detection Solution for Emails, WhatsApp and More
Bharti Airtel on Thursday introduced a new fraud detection solution which aims to safeguard consumers against rising risk of online fraud. It is said to work across OTT apps and communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, shielding them any potential threats. When a customer tries to access a website that has been flagged as ...
-
Google Is Expanding Gemini AI to Smartwatches, Android Auto and Smart TVs
Google announced the expansion of Gemini to more Android devices on Tuesday. The announcement was part of The Android Show: I/O Edition, the company’s buildup to the Google I/O 2025 next week. The Mountain View-based tech giant stated that its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot will be equipped in smartwatches (via Wear OS), smart TVs ...
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Apple Reportedly Considering AI-Powered Search Options for Safari Browser
Apple is reportedly considering bringing artificial intelligence (AI) search options to the Safari browser. As per the report, the information was shared by an Apple executive during a testimony in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive highlighted that the Cupertino-based tech giant had held discussions with se...
-
Samsung Partners With GSMA to Enable VoLTE by Default on Galaxy Phones With One UI 7
Samsung and GSMA have entered into a collaborative endeavour to improve connectivity on Samsung Galaxy-branded handsets. The phones running on Android 15 with One UI 7 skin on top will now come with VoLTE support by default. Currently, users are required to manually enable VoLTE connectivity on supported devices. VoLTE support for smartphones is s...
-
LG Smartphone Update Servers to Be Permanently Shut Down on June 30
LG revealed its decision to exit the mobile phone market back in 2021. At the time, the South Korean brand promised its existing customers that it would continue delivering updates for eligible models over a three-year period. Now, LG is gearing up to shut down its smartphone update servers in just over two months. Post this, LG smartphones will no...
-
Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company’s Browser Chief Tells Judge
Google Chrome's general manager Parisa Tabriz testified before a Washington federal court on Friday as part of the Justice Department’s antitrust case that accuses Google of monopolising the web search market. Tabriz told the court that Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web b...
-
OpenAI Updates GPT-4o to Boost Intelligence and Personality, Faces Unexpected Side Effects
OpenAI updated the GPT-4o artificial intelligence (AI) model on Saturday. The update was aimed at improving the intelligence and personality aspects of the large language model (LLM), which powers the default experience for those on the free tier of ChatGPT. However, on Sunday, the company found that the update had unexpected results, and the AI mo...
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IMF Reaches Agreement With Sri Lanka On $344 Million Loan Payout
The International Monetary Fund announced Friday it had reached agreement on a loan program review with Sri Lanka which will make around $344 million available to support the country's economic reforms.
-
Google's 'Monopoly' Ends For Android TVs In India. Consumers Now Have To...
Google will no longer power the Operating System on Android TVs in India as a default and neither will it be the default App store on such smart TVs. This comes after a significant ruling passed by India's competition regulator.
-
Google Brings Multimodal AI Mode Search to Google Lens, Expanding to More Users
Google announced that it is expanding its recently released AI Mode feature to more apps and users on Monday. The feature is now available in Google Lens and comes with multimodal capability. The company also said that the free subscribers of Google Labs will also get access to it. The tech giant introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) tool in ...
-
Midjourney Releases V7 Image Generation Model in Alpha, Comes With a Faster and Cheaper Draft Mode
Midjourney released its latest image-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, V7, on Friday. The V7 AI model is currently available in an alpha version, and the company is currently letting its user base test the model’s capability. Arriving nearly a year after its predecessor V6, the V7 Alpha model is also the first in the AI firm’s line...
-
Apple Updates Keynote and Other iWork Apps to Support Apple Intelligence Features
Apple has updated its suite of iWork apps to support the new Apple Intelligence features it introduced with the iOS 18.4 update on Monday. Users can now take advantage of the artificial intelligence (AI) features across apps such as Keynote, Numbers, and Pages to make edits and rewrite text, courtesy of Writing Tools.
