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  Google Announces Rollout of Ads in AI Overviews in India, AI-Powered Ad Solutions

  Google is planning to introduce ads in AI Overviews in India later this year. The Mountain View-based tech giant made the announcement at its Google Marketing Live (GML) India event on Thursday. Alongside, the company also introduced a slew of new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ad tools for brands and enterprises.

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  Microsoft Outlook Email Access Restored After Global Outage Affects Thousands [Updated]

  Microsoft Outlook is down globally, impacting thousands of users who are unable to access emails on various platforms. The company has confirmed the outage, attributing it to issues within its mailbox infrastructure. Microsoft is actively working on a fix to resolve the widespread disruption, aiming to restore full email service for affected users.

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  Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh With Upgraded NPU to Bring Microsoft Copilot+ Features to Desktop PCs: Report

  Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake processor refresh could finally enable Microsoft Copilot+ features on desktop PCs in the coming months, according to a report. These AI features are currently limited to Copilot+ certified laptops, while the updated Arrow Lake CPUs are expected arrive with an upgraded neural processing unit (NPU) that will finally bridge...

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  Google Rolls Out AI Mode in Search to All Users in India, Removes Search Labs Sign Up Requirement

  Google announced the rollout of AI Mode in Search to all users in India on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) search functionality was so far only available to Indian users registered on Search Labs, but now it is being provided to everyone. The Mountain View-based tech giant has made the feature available across the desktop interface and vi...

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  Amazon India Is Bringing Rufus AI Assistant to Desktop, to Help Users During Prime Day Sale 2025

  Amazon India announced the release of its Rufus artificial intelligence (AI) assistant in the desktop-based web interface on Monday. The e-commerce giant highlighted that the AI-powered shopping assistant will help users during the Prime Day sale between July 12-14 in making informed decisions. Notably, Rufus was first introduced in India in August...

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  Alienware Area-51, Alienware Aurora Desktops With Latest Intel Core Ultra CPUs Launched in India

  The latest Alienware Area-51 desktop features a redesigned chassis, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, up to 32GB DDR5 RAM, and up to 2TB Gen5 SSD. It is said to boast an advanced cooling system and connectivity options, including Thunderbolt 4 and Ethernet. The 2025 Alienware Aurora offers similar specs with up to a Ge...

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  Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 GPU for Desktops, Gaming Laptops Launched: Price, Specifications

  Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 was launched on Tuesday, and the successor to the RTX 3050 features Nvidia's Blackwell CUDA cores and 8GB of video memory. It is positioned below the RTX 5060, and supports ray tracing, Nvidia Reflex, and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation (MFG), according to the company.

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  Apple's Mac Mini With M4 Chip Price in India Drops to Rs. 49,999 With Discounts on Amazon

  Apple's Mac Mini with M4 chip is now available at a discounted price in India, when purchased with eligible credit card purchases. This promotion slashes nearly Rs. 10,000 off its launch price. The latest compact desktop features Apple's newest Silicon processor and along with 16GB of RAM, a significant improvement over the M2 model that arrived in...

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  Android 16 With Support for Live Activities, Advanced Protection Rolling Out for Pixel Devices

  Google on Tuesday released the first stable version of Android 16, beginning with supported Pixel devices. The company says it is the earliest release of a major Android operating system (OS) update in the last few years and brings several new features. It adds live updates for real-time notifications and enhanced security measures courtesy of Adva...

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  Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 Update With Support for Connected Displays, Flexible Window Tiling Released

  Google's new Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 update brings an enhanced Android desktop experience with support for connected displays. Users can choose to set up different desktops across external screens when a desktop windowing enabled device is connected. It also brings improvements related to window tiling, multi-instance management, and more.

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  Microsoft Introduces Copilot Shopping With Native Checkout Capability in App

  Microsoft introduced Copilot Shopping, an in-app product discovery and purchasing experience, for users on Wednesday. The Redmond-based tech giant’s new artificial intelligence (AI) feature will be available on the Copilot app for mobile and desktop, and it could be added to the web client as well. This AI-driven e-commerce experience will offer ...

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  Adobe Photoshop for Android App With Firefly-Powered Generative Fill Released in Beta

  Adobe Photoshop app was launched for Android users on Wednesday, nearly four months after its iOS counterpart was released. The app takes the array of editing features provided by the US-based company in its desktop application and packages it for the Android platform. The Photoshop app for Android (beta) lets users take advantage of artificial int...

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  Asus ROG G700, TUF Gaming T500 Gaming Desktops Launched in India Alongside V400 AIO PCs

  Asus on Monday launched several gaming desktops and all-in-one (AIO) PCs. The Asus TUF Gaming T500 and ROG G700 desktops cater to gamers, equipped with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 processors and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Prime GPU. Meanwhile, the new Asus V440VA and V470VA AIO PCs, part of the V400 AIO PC lineup, offer 27-inch screens and up to In...

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  Google Confirms Android 16 Will Offer Desktop Experience Inspired by Samsung DeX

  Google is developing a new desktop experience for Android, the company announced at its I/O 2025 developer conference on Tuesday. It is collaborating with Samsung to build upon the foundations laid by Samsung DeX — short for Desktop eXperience, to improve the desktop windowing capabilities not just phones and tablets powered by Android, but also ...

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  Google Chrome Security Flaws Could Grant Hackers Unauthorised System Access: CERT-In

  CERT-In has warned of multiple high-severity security flaws in Google Chrome for Desktop, potentially exposing numerous users. Google has since released patches to address the vulnerabilities. The Indian cybersecurity agency has urged all individuals and organisations using Chrome on Windows, Mac, and Linux to update to the newest version to safegu...