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Android's new chapter, Oakter's tidy charger, & AI isn't to blame for job losses

India, Dec. 11 -- Opening thoughts. Google calls the December update for Android, rolling out now with the Pixel phones as first receivers, a "new chapter for Android". The intention is to shift from ... Read More


Microsoft to skill 2 million Indians for AI: Nadella

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday, praised India's ability to successfully lock into what he called a virtuous cycle of policy, programmes, a technology stack and the broa... Read More


Adobe putting apps inside ChatGPT marks its biggest Agentic AI integration yet

India, Dec. 10 -- A few weeks after Adobe first announced its intention to build agentic artificial intelligence (AI) features that would link its creative apps with OpenAI's ChatGPT alongside Project... Read More


Neural Dispatch: AI conversations with DeepMind's Pushmeet Kohli and OpenAI's Srinivas Narayanan

India, Dec. 10 -- This week, we have substantial AI conversations emerging from the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025. At the summit, Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President of Science and Strategic Initi... Read More


Tech Tonic | Netflix sent an email

India, Dec. 9 -- Netflix sent an email. You may have received it too. It simply says Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. That basically means... Read More


Truecaller bets on unique Family Protection mode as next growth engine

India, Dec. 9 -- In what may prove to be a feature that strengthens the arsenal in a broader war against scam calls, Truecaller is adding a Family Protection feature to its caller identification appli... Read More


We don't adopt move fast, break things mentality to AI: DeepMind's Kohli at HTLS

India, Dec. 6 -- The mission of DeepMind continues to be to build artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly to the benefit of humanity, said Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President of Science and Strategic Init... Read More


Appreciating Oppo & Hasselblad, Stuffcool's nifty Zeno 30 and noting Windows' mess

India, Dec. 4 -- Opening thoughts. We chatted last week about SaveSage, a fintech that is trying to use AI to help you save money and make the best redemptions with credit card transactions and loyalt... Read More


Neural Dispatch: Stressful times for Nvidia's world view, and AI refuses to take responsibility

India, Dec. 3 -- Cognitive warmup. RAM prices are going up, and this will not be pretty. Mark my words. The fact that a 96GB DDR5 RAM costs as much as $900 (around Rs.89,000) means it is more expensiv... Read More


Tech Tonic | Can China's 14nm chips really rival Nvidia and AMD's AI silicon?

India, Dec. 1 -- There's a fascinating game of technological chess playing out in the semiconductor world. First it was the TPU vs GPU conversation, as it came to light that Meta will be spending a si... Read More