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  Google Hires Indian-Origin Varun Mohan To Double Down On AI Coding

  Tech giant Google has roped in Indian-origin Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of coding AI startup Windsurf, in a major move in the ongoing AI talent race.

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  Google Introduces 30 New AI Tools for Educators and Custom Gemini App for Students

  Google introduced several new offerings for students, educators, and schools on Monday. The announcements were made at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) edtech conference, where the Mountain View-based tech giant announced Gemini in Classroom, a suite of more than 30 new AI tools for educators. The company also released a...

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  Apple Reportedly Considering Powering Siri Using Anthropic or OpenAI’s AI Models

  Apple is reportedly ditching the idea of using in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models to power the new capabilities in Siri. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is now considering outsourcing the technology instead. The two main contenders for this are reportedly Anthropic and OpenAI, who have been asked to train a custom versio...

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  Baidu to Open-Source Ernie AI Model Starting Today, Could Make It China’s 2nd DeepSeek Moment

  Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, is making its Ernie artificial intelligence (AI) model open-source on Monday. The company announced the move in February, and has already made its chatbot free to use. This is being viewed as a watershed moment in China’s AI space, as this is the first time a major AI player has decided to release its proprietary te...

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  Apple Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Perplexity AI to Strengthen Its Artificial Intelligence Efforts

  Apple executives have reportedly discussed the possibility of purchasing Perplexity to alleviate its AI woes. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant has held internal discussions about the acquisition, and it has been weighed by the head of acquisitions and mergers, Adrian Perica. If such a deal goes ahead, the iPhone maker might use the...

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  Global Trading Giants Step Up India Presence, Fuelling Hiring Spree: Report

  India's top engineering schools have become the favoured hunting grounds for talent.

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  Amazon To Invest $233 Million In India To Expand Infrastructure, Improve Tech

  Amazon will invest more than 20 billion rupees ($233 million) in India in 2025 to expand and update its operations infrastructure, develop new technology for its fulfilment network and improve delivery safety, it said on Thursday.

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  This Low-Tech Solution Cut Ship Emissions By Up To 24%

  During the pandemic, as many as 100 giant container ships would idle off the Southern California coast, belching pollutants as they waited for a berth to unload cargo at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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  Google Unveils India-Focused Safety Charter, Shares How It Is Using AI to Combat Online Frauds and Scams

  Google unveiled its Safety Charter for India, highlighting how it is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify and prevent instances of cybercrimes across its products. The Mountain View-based tech giant highlighted that with the rise of India’s digital economy, the need for trust-based systems was high. The company is now using A...

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  Google, Scale AI's Largest Customer, Said to Plan Split After Meta Deal

  Google plans to sever ties with AI data-labeling startup Scale AI after rival Meta acquired a 49% stake. Reuters' sources reveal Google, Scale's largest customer, had projected $200 million in payments this year for crucial human-labeled training data, vital for developing models like Gemini. The search giant is reportedly already in discussions wi...

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  Google Faces DoJ Probe For Violating Antitrust Law In AI Tech Deal: Report

  The US Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet's Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI that allows the tech giant to use the AI startup's technology, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.

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  iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Added to Apple's Vintage and Obsolete Products List

  Apple has updated its list of vintage and obsolete devices to include two more iPhone models — iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8. These smartphones are now considered outdated and their service and repairs will be limited. The Cupertino-based tech giant usually discontinues hardware service for certain products that are technologically obsolete due to d...

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  Google Announces SynthID Detector That Can Identify Gemini-Generated Content at Google I/O 2025

  Google I/O 2025 keynote session on Tuesday was focused on new artificial intelligence (AI) updates and features. Alongside, the Mountain View-based tech giant also introduced a new tool to bring more transparency when it comes to AI-generated content. Dubbed SynthID Detector, it is an under-testing verification portal which can detect and identify ...

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  Xiaomi XRING 01 Chipset Teased by CEO Lei Jun Ahead of Launch

  Xiaomi XRING 01, the tech giant's first in-house smartphone chipset, is slated for launch this month, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced on Weibo. Debuting on a new Xiaomi handset, the high-performance processor aims to lessen Xiaomi's dependence on Qualcomm and MediaTek for smartphone chipsets.

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  Apple Reportedly Partnering With Synchron to Develop Brain-Computer Interfaces

  Apple is reportedly developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to let people use its devices without lifting a finger. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant has partnered with Synchron, a medtech startup specialising in developing implantable BCIs, to create a new standard for this technology. The startup’s first device to follow thi...