Category: Tech

Google, which has been fined billions of euros in Europe for antitrust violations in recent years, is the subject of several European Union antitrust investigations. Alphabet unit Google risks another EU antitrust headache as regulators said they are concerned that the U.S. tech giant may be unfairly driving online advertising prices higher, a letter to advertisers […]

Elon Musk reignites his rivalry with Anthropic, slamming the AI firm’s $30 billion funding announcement as “misanthropic and evil” while reshaping his own AI venture, xAI. In the latest flashpoint of Silicon Valley’s escalating AI rivalry, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has lashed out at Anthropic, branding the company’s artificial intelligence “misanthropic and evil” after it announced […]

After his blunt warning about artificial intelligence’s rapid evolution went mega-viral with millions of views, CEO Matt Shumer admitted the public’s reaction to his essay was “much more extreme” than he anticipated. Schumer’s original essay warned that the world is entering a phase of disruption that could dwarf the pandemic’s impact. In a follow-up, he emphasised […]

Apple is set to open its sixth official retail store in India on February 26. The company has confirmed that the new outlet, called Apple Borivali, which is located in Mumbai. The facade of the Apple Borivali store. (Apple) This will be the second Apple Store in Mumbai after Apple BKC. Mumbai now joins Delhi NCR […]

As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit 2026, the MEA unveils seven focus areas that will define the global conversation on safe, inclusive and human-centred artificial intelligence. India is gearing up to host one of the most significant global gatherings on artificial intelligence, the AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi next week. Ahead […]

OpenAI’s new Codex Spark promises to make coding feel instantaneous, letting developers collaborate with AI in real time while cutting wait times down to milliseconds. In a major leap for AI-assisted programming, OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a next-generation model designed specifically for real-time coding. The system, now available as a research preview, delivers blazing-fast performance, up […]

While text-centric AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and DeepSeek’s R1 have become widely adopted, models specialised in generating videos and pictures represent the next frontier in the technology’s potential for disruption. ByteDance’s new video-generating artificial intelligence model has already impressed the likes of Elon Musk and gone viral in China, where it has been compared […]

In a bold move against the tide of AI-led job cuts, IBM is ramping up entry-level hiring across the US, signaling confidence in the human edge amid growing automation fears. As the global job market braces for the full force of artificial intelligence, one of tech’s oldest giants is swimming against the current. While companies across […]

Anthropic is donating to Public First Action, a political group that opposes federal efforts to quash state AI regulations. On the other hand, Leading the Future is backed by AI industry leaders such as OpenAI president Greg Brockman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Anthropic will spend $20 million to back US political candidates who support regulating […]

In a memo to the US House Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party, OpenAI said it found DeepSeek employees using hidden third-party routers to bypass its access restrictions. OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is targeting the ChatGPT maker and the nation’s leading AI companies to replicate models […]