Small Giant

Apple has released its new family of artificial intelligence (AI) models dubbed OpenELM. Short for Open-source Efficient Language Models, there are a total of eight AI models with four pre-trained variants and four instruct variants. All of them are small language models (SLMs) that specialise in text-related tasks, highlighting an alignment with t...

Mayank Yadav was bought for a small fee of INR 20 lakh in the IPL 2022 auction. He made his debut for LSG against PBKS in IPL 2024.

Microsoft Copilot Pro, the premium tier of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is now available in 222 countries, including India. The tech giant announced on Thursday that the chatbot-based AI suite is available to individuals as well as small and medium-sized organisations. Copilot Pro was first introduced in January 2024 in se...

Google might be testing two new features for its Phone app. Reportedly, the Google Phone app now shows WhatsApp call history integrated with normal calls. Some users have also seen a new video call shortcut on the call screen, which redirects the call to Google Meet. These new features appear to have been rolled out to a small batch of users who ha...

Amazon Rufus, a generative AI-powered shopping assistant, was unveiled last week. The tech giant has built its own large language model (LLM) to train the AI chatbot. Rufus can help users in answering queries, recommending what to buy, do product comparisons, and more. At present, Rufus is only available in beta to a small subset of Amazon mobile a...

Disney will soon let its fans collect digital versions of its popular pins based on Disney characters. To do so, the entertainment and media giant has partnered Flow blockchain and Dapper Labs. The initiative, however, has tried to keep away from the term ‘NFT’ — digital tokens infamous for their volatile nature in terms of value.

Guinness World Records shared a photo of the world's heaviest avocado which holds the world record since 2018.

Government-promoted Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is framing a mechanism to ensure compliance with its rules by entities involved in online retail trading, a senior official said on Thursday. The ONDC aims to promote an open platform for all aspects of e-commerce retail. It would help small retailers expand their business through e-comme...

Amazon’s SmartCommerce services will soon be integrated with India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) organisation to digitise micro, small, and medium businesses in the country. The e-commerce giant will also provide its logistics service to small and medium business owners who aim to expand the sale of their products around the world.

The e-commerce giant, Amazon, has announced that it is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighbourhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hubli.

The commerce and industry ministry on Friday said many more applications will join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in the coming weeks to expand both buyers and sellers who can participate in this platform. ONDC — the ministry's initiative to help small retailers and reduce the dominance of e-commerce giants — has opened to the pub...

A small Dutch town took Twitter to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s.

Solomon Islands said Thursday that it had secured a $66 million loan from China to fund tech giant Huawei building 161 telecommunications towers across the Pacific nation.

Amazon on Wednesday has questioned a US antitrust bill which barred tech giants from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. According to Amazon, it has been unfairly singled out by the bill, while its rivals Walmart, Target and CVS have not subjected to similar regulations.

India's biggest retailer Reliance will acquire dozens of small grocery and non-food brands as it targets building its own $6.5 billion consumer goods business to challenge foreign giants like Unilever.

Apple has released its new family of artificial intelligence (AI) models dubbed OpenELM. Short for Open-source Efficient Language Models, there are a total of eight AI models with four pre-trained variants and four instruct variants. All of them are small language models (SLMs) that specialise in text-related tasks, highlighting an alignment with t...

Mayank Yadav was bought for a small fee of INR 20 lakh in the IPL 2022 auction. He made his debut for LSG against PBKS in IPL 2024.

Microsoft Copilot Pro, the premium tier of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is now available in 222 countries, including India. The tech giant announced on Thursday that the chatbot-based AI suite is available to individuals as well as small and medium-sized organisations. Copilot Pro was first introduced in January 2024 in se...

Google might be testing two new features for its Phone app. Reportedly, the Google Phone app now shows WhatsApp call history integrated with normal calls. Some users have also seen a new video call shortcut on the call screen, which redirects the call to Google Meet. These new features appear to have been rolled out to a small batch of users who ha...

Amazon Rufus, a generative AI-powered shopping assistant, was unveiled last week. The tech giant has built its own large language model (LLM) to train the AI chatbot. Rufus can help users in answering queries, recommending what to buy, do product comparisons, and more. At present, Rufus is only available in beta to a small subset of Amazon mobile a...

Disney will soon let its fans collect digital versions of its popular pins based on Disney characters. To do so, the entertainment and media giant has partnered Flow blockchain and Dapper Labs. The initiative, however, has tried to keep away from the term ‘NFT’ — digital tokens infamous for their volatile nature in terms of value.

Guinness World Records shared a photo of the world's heaviest avocado which holds the world record since 2018.

Government-promoted Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is framing a mechanism to ensure compliance with its rules by entities involved in online retail trading, a senior official said on Thursday. The ONDC aims to promote an open platform for all aspects of e-commerce retail. It would help small retailers expand their business through e-comme...

Amazon’s SmartCommerce services will soon be integrated with India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) organisation to digitise micro, small, and medium businesses in the country. The e-commerce giant will also provide its logistics service to small and medium business owners who aim to expand the sale of their products around the world.

The e-commerce giant, Amazon, has announced that it is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighbourhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hubli.

The commerce and industry ministry on Friday said many more applications will join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in the coming weeks to expand both buyers and sellers who can participate in this platform. ONDC — the ministry's initiative to help small retailers and reduce the dominance of e-commerce giants — has opened to the pub...

A small Dutch town took Twitter to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s.

Solomon Islands said Thursday that it had secured a $66 million loan from China to fund tech giant Huawei building 161 telecommunications towers across the Pacific nation.

Amazon on Wednesday has questioned a US antitrust bill which barred tech giants from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. According to Amazon, it has been unfairly singled out by the bill, while its rivals Walmart, Target and CVS have not subjected to similar regulations.

India's biggest retailer Reliance will acquire dozens of small grocery and non-food brands as it targets building its own $6.5 billion consumer goods business to challenge foreign giants like Unilever.