Centre Moves to Tighten IT Rules, Seeks Industry Feedback on Online Content Regulation
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued draft amendments to the 2021 IT Rules, seeking to tighten regulation of online news and current‑affairs content. The proposals introduce clearer definitions, data‑retention mandates, and a shared oversight model with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while extending the regime to non‑registered digital creators. Officials assert the changes do not broaden governmental power or suppress dissent. A public consultation runs until April 14, with industry stakeholders flagging concerns over intermediary treatment and advertising impacts.
OnePlus Nord 6 Launch Highlights: OnePlus Nord 6 Launched - Check India Price, Launch Offers and Specifications
OnePlus launched the Nord 6 in India, a mid‑range flagship featuring a 6.78‑inch 1.5K AMOLED panel, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor, and a massive 9,000 mAh battery with 80 W SUPERVOOC charging. The phone offers up to 12 GB RAM, 256 GB UFS 4.1 storage, IP69K water‑dust protection and...
Infinix Note 60 Pro with ‘Active Matrix Display’ Confirmed to Launch in India: Pre-Book Benefits, Specs and Features
Infinix will launch its Note 60 Pro mid‑range smartphone in India on April 13, offering pre‑booking incentives worth up to ₹7,000 (about $84) such as a free MagSafe speaker (≈$48), a ₹3,000 ($36) bank discount, extra warranty and flexible EMI. The device sports...
Mint Explainer | India Finds a Space Surveillance Market. Why Regulations May Pose a Challenge
Since India liberalized its space sector in 2020, private startups have begun offering satellite‑based surveillance services, a capability now in high demand due to conflicts such as the West Asia war. Indian firms see a lucrative market serving defense and...
Apple 50th Anniversary Sale: IPhone 17 Drops Below ₹50,000, iPhone 17 Pro Max Available at ₹1,02,900
Apple is marking its 50th anniversary with a series of discounts on iPhones, MacBooks and other devices in India. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is now priced at ₹1,02,900 (about $1,240), while the base iPhone 17 falls to ₹37,900 (≈$457)...
Claude AI Can Now Search Your Outlook Emails and Teams Chats for Free: Here's How It Works
Anthropic has opened its Microsoft 365 connector to all Claude users, extending the feature beyond Team and Enterprise tiers to free accounts. The connector lets Claude read data from Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and Calendar without manual file uploads. Access...
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Builds New AI Hardware Divison, Hires Hires Veteran Engineer for Mysterious AI Gadget: Report
Meta is establishing a dedicated hardware division inside its Superintelligence Labs, hiring veteran engineer Rui Xu from Dreamer to spearhead the effort. The move signals Meta’s ambition to create AI‑powered gadgets that go beyond its existing smart‑glasses and VR headsets. Xu’s...
AI Porn Startup Sues Apple over App Store Takedowns, Claims $500,000 in Lost Revenue
AI startup Ex-Human has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the removal of its Botify AI and Photify AI apps from the App Store caused $500,000 in lost revenue. Apple cited “dishonest or fraudulent activity” after an MIT Technology...
What Is OpenAI’s ‘Spud’? Greg Brockman Teases New ChatGPT Model Built on Years of Research
OpenAI President Greg Brockman announced the upcoming ChatGPT model named “Spud,” a new foundational base model built on roughly two years of research. Brockman described Spud as a “big model” that will deliver noticeably better instruction following, context understanding, and...
Redmi Note 15 SE 5G with 6.77-inch AMOLED Display and 5,800 mAH Battery Launched in India, Price Starts At…
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 15 SE 5G in India, pricing the base 6 GB/128 GB model at ₹19,999 (≈$240) with higher‑spec variants up to ₹22,999 (≈$276). The phone features a 6.77‑inch 120 Hz AMOLED panel, Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor, 5,800 mAh battery with 45 W fast...
Android Auto Left Behind as OpenAI Brings ChatGPT to Apple CarPlay: Here's How It Works
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now available on Apple CarPlay, enabled by the iOS 26.4 update that permits third‑party voice‑based conversational apps. The integration is voice‑only, offering spoken answers without displaying text or images on the dashboard. Users must tap the ChatGPT icon...
Perplexity AI Accused of Embedding ‘Undetectable’ Trackers for Secretly Routing Sensitive User Data to Meta and Google
Perplexity AI is confronting a proposed class‑action lawsuit that alleges the startup embedded undetectable trackers in its search engine, routing user conversations—including those entered in Incognito mode—to Meta and Google. The complaint, filed by a Utah resident, claims the data...
Mamdani Puts New York City Government Back on TikTok
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the reversal of the 2023 TikTok ban, permitting city agencies to post on the platform under strict security protocols. The policy change follows TikTok's agreement to spin off its U.S. operations, addressing federal...
Cardi B and Steph Curry Earn Webby Award Nominations, Along with Sydney Sweeneys Bathwater
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the 30th‑anniversary Webby Award nominees, drawing more than 13,000 entries from over 70 countries. High‑profile names such as Cardi B, Steph Curry, Dwayne Johnson and Justin Bieber earned nods alongside unconventional entries like Sydney Sweeney’s bath‑water...
CCTNS 2.0 to Be AI Powered; Crime Prediction, Criminal Profiling Tools to Be Part of Software: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that the upcoming CCTNS 2.0 platform will embed artificial‑intelligence capabilities across India’s police network. The AI suite will enable entity resolution, criminal profiling, predictive hotspot mapping, and automated number‑plate and facial‑recognition linked to CCTV feeds....
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Grok Imagine After OpenAI's Sora Shutdown: ‘Future of AI Is…’
Elon Musk defended xAI's video generation tool Grok Imagine after OpenAI shut down its Sora service. He argued that video understanding is essential for achieving artificial general intelligence and highlighted that Grok Imagine operates at a positive gross margin, unlike...
OnePlus Nord 6 Key Specifications Revealed Ahead of Launch: 50MP Sony Camera, 9,000mAh Battery Confirmed
OnePlus will debut the Nord 6 in India on 7 April at 7 PM, with sales routed through Amazon. The mid‑range flagship packs a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, a 1.5K 165 Hz AMOLED screen, IP66‑IP69K water‑dust protection, a 50 MP Sony camera, and a massive 9,000 mAh...
Apple Releases iOS 26.5 Beta 1 Update: Check Top New Features, How to Download and More
Apple has rolled out the iOS 26.5 beta 1 update, introducing new emojis, keyboard enhancements, and early hints of upcoming features. The beta adds a "Suggested Places" section in Apple Maps that will later host ads, and finally enables RCS end‑to‑end encryption for cross‑platform...
Apple Cracks Down on AI Generated Apps, Removes Vibe Coding App 'Anything' From App Store
Apple removed the AI‑driven app "Anything" from the App Store, citing violations of the self‑containment rule in its App Review Guidelines. The removal follows months of blocked updates, which began in December for "Anything" and other vibe‑coding platforms like Replit...
FASTag Annual Pass Price to Go up From 1 April: Check NHAI's New Fees and Benefits
India’s National Highways Authority (NHAI) will raise the FASTag annual pass fee from ₹3,000 (≈ $36) to ₹3,075 (≈ $37) starting 1 April 2026. The increase of ₹75 applies to private non‑commercial vehicles equipped with a valid FASTag and covers access to roughly...
Government Likely to Extend SIM-Binding Deadline for WhatsApp, Telegram and Other Messaging Platforms: Report
India's Department of Telecommunications will push the SIM‑binding compliance deadline for messaging apps to the end of December 2026, after companies cited technical hurdles. The rule, introduced in November 2025, requires apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to link accounts...
Google Employees Are Flocking to ‘Agent Smith’ AI Tool to Automate Coding Tasks From Their Phones: Report
Google employees are rapidly adopting a new internal AI assistant called Agent Smith, which automates coding and other routine tasks from their phones. The tool, built on Google’s Antigravity platform, integrates with the company’s chat system and pulls employee‑specific data automatically....
Meet Claude Mythos: Anthropic Accidentally Leaks Unreleased AI Model with Severe Cybersecurity Risks
Anthropic unintentionally exposed details of its upcoming AI model, Claude Mythus, after a draft blog post was left in an unsecured public data lake. The leak, reported by Fortune, also revealed a new top‑tier model class called Capybara that could...
Vivo V70 FE Confirmed to Launched in India: Launch Date, Expected Specs and All You Need to Know
Vivo has confirmed that its V70 FE mid‑range smartphone will debut in India on April 2, 2026, at noon. The device will run OriginOS 6 based on Android 16 and feature a 200 MP primary camera using Samsung’s HP5 sensor. Leaked specs show a...
X Down for Thousands of Users, Global Outage Disrupts Timeline and Mobile App
Elon Musk’s X platform suffered a global outage, with Downdetector logging over 30,000 complaints worldwide. The disruption peaked at 2:15 am EST, hitting the feed/timeline for half of reporters and the mobile app for 41%. Users in the United States, India, the...
Meta to Turn Employees Into ‘AI Builders’, Reorganize Teams Into Smaller Pods Amid Reality Labs Layoffs: Report
Meta is piloting a reorganization within its Reality Labs division, rebranding about 1,000 engineers as “AI builders” and grouping them into small, AI‑native pods. The new structure introduces three titles—AI Builder, AI Pod Lead, and AI Org Lead—to encourage cross‑disciplinary...
WWDC 26: Apple to Unveil Dedicated Siri Chatbot and Systemwide AI Agent in iOS 27, Says Report
Apple will debut a standalone Siri app and a new "Ask Siri" chatbot experience at WWDC 26 on June 8, bundled with iOS 27. Codenamed Campo, the AI‑driven assistant leverages Google‑partnered Gemini models to deliver deeper, system‑wide integration across iPhone, iPad and Mac....
Elon Musk Overrules Product Chief Nikita Bier, Pauses X's Controversial Region-Based Payout Strategy
Elon Musk has put a hold on X’s newly announced revenue‑sharing policy that would give creators more weight for impressions from their home region. The plan, unveiled by head of product Nikita Bier, sparked immediate backlash from creators who said most...
Czech Police Arrest 3 over Arson at Drone Warehouse Supplying Ukraine
Czech police arrested three suspects, including Czech and U.S. nationals, after a fire destroyed LPP Holding's warehouse that supplied autonomous drones to Ukraine. The blaze, deemed suspected arson and linked to terrorism, caused no injuries but razed the facility in...
OnePlus 15T to Be Unveiled Soon: Launch Date, Specifications, Expected Price in India — All You Need to Know
OnePlus will unveil its flagship OnePlus 15T in China on 24 March 2026 at 7 pm local time, with pre‑orders already live. The device is powered by a 3 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, packs a massive 7,500 mAh battery, a 6.32‑inch 165 Hz display, and a dual‑50 MP camera...
Apple Stalls Launch of Two New Smart Home Devices as It Waits for Gemini Powered Siri AI: Report
Apple is holding back refreshed versions of its HomePod mini speaker and Apple TV set‑top box until its next‑generation Siri, powered by Google’s Gemini model, is ready. The delay follows a series of setbacks to the Siri AI project first...
Is iPhone Fold Launch Delayed? New Leak Reveals Apple's ‘Ultra’ iPhone May Mirror iPhone X Strategy
Apple’s rumored Ultra iPhone Fold may not debut with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, with Barclays analysts suggesting a December 2026 shipment window. The device is expected to feature a near‑crease‑free 7.8‑inch OLED display, titanium‑aluminum chassis, and liquid‑metal hinges. Powered by an...
GTA 6 Release Date, Price in India, Map, Characters, Storyline and All You Need to Know
Rockstar Games confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI will launch worldwide on November 19 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a PC release likely in 2027. The open‑world title revisits a modernized Vice City and introduces the new fictional state of Leonida, expanding...
WhatsApp Could Soon Add a Feature that Auto-Deletes Messages Within 15 Minutes: Here's How It Works
WhatsApp is testing a new "After reading" timer that erases messages 15 minutes after they are opened, extending its disappearing‑messages suite. The feature works even when recipients turn off read receipts, and unread messages still vanish after 24 hours. Users...
Samsung Galaxy A37, A57 Confirmed to Launch in India on 25 March: Expected Price, Specs and More
Samsung confirmed the Galaxy A37 and A57 will debut in India on 25 March, extending its A‑series lineup. Both phones feature 6.7‑inch Super AMOLED panels with 120 Hz refresh rates, Exynos 1480 or 1680 processors, up to 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage,...
Eid-Ul-Fitr 2026: 50 AI Prompts to Create Your Viral Festive Look via Gemini- Check Step-by-Step Guide
Google’s Gemini app now includes a detailed guide for creating AI‑generated Eid‑ul‑Fitr 2026 images, offering step‑by‑step instructions and a library of 50 themed prompts. The guide emphasizes a “Face‑Lock” prompt that preserves the user’s facial features exactly, preventing unwanted alterations....
OnePlus Nord Buds 4 Pro with 55dB ANC, up to 54-Hour Battery Launched in India at ₹3,999
OnePlus has introduced the Nord Buds 4 Pro in India, priced at ₹3,999 (₹3,799 launch offer). The true‑wireless earbuds feature 12 mm dynamic drivers, Bluetooth 6.0, and active noise cancellation that can suppress up to 55 dB of sound across four ANC modes....
Realme P4 Lite 5G with 6.8-inch 144Hz Display and 7,000mAh Battery Launched in India, Price Starts at ₹12,999
Realme has introduced the P4 Lite 5G in India, featuring a 6.8‑inch 144 Hz HD+ display, a 7,000 mAh battery and a 6 nm MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor. The phone ships with MIL‑STD‑810H military‑grade durability and an IP64 rating, and is priced from ₹12,999,...
Decision on 6G Spectrum to Be Taken by ITU & 3GPP Post Standard Setting
India's communications minister announced that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) will decide on 6G spectrum allocation after the technology's standards are finalized. The Bharat 6G Alliance will represent India across 3GPP's seven working groups to...
Elon Musk’s X Restores Services Following Outage that Blocked Feeds for Thousands
Elon Musk’s X restored services in India after a widespread outage that prevented thousands of users from loading their feeds. Downdetector logged more than 2,533 reports around 8:19 pm IST, with notifications still arriving while timelines failed. The disruption was also...
OpenAI VP Hints ChatGPT ‘Unlimited’ Era May Be Coming to an End: ‘Just Doesn't Make Sense…’
OpenAI’s VP of Product Nick Turley warned that the era of flat‑rate ChatGPT subscriptions could end as AI models become more resource‑intensive. He likened unlimited plans to an "unlimited electricity" service, suggesting a shift toward usage‑based pricing. CEO Sam Altman...
Apple Releases Its First-Ever Background Security Improvements Update: What Is It, How to Download and More
Apple has launched its first Background Security Improvement (BSI) update, a lightweight patching system for the latest iOS, iPadOS, and macOS releases. The initial rollout on March 17 addressed a critical WebKit vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑20643) affecting Safari’s navigation API. BSI updates...
How Nvidia’s Newer, Pricier Chips Will Shape India’s Data Centre Ambition
Nvidia unveiled its Vera Rubin and Groq 3 chips, promising ten‑times higher energy efficiency for AI workloads. Indian data‑centre operators now face a trade‑off: invest in costly, power‑saving GPUs or scale capacity with older, cheaper models. Analysts expect the sector’s power...
OnePlus Nord 6 Tipped to Launch in India Soon: Expected Price, Specs and Everything Expected
OnePlus is poised to launch the Nord 6 in India, a rebranded version of the China‑only Turbo 6. The device is expected to ship with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor, up to 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 6.78‑inch 1.5K LTPS OLED panel refreshed...
Techie Shrinks Dog's Tumor by Half After Using ChatGPT to Design ‘First Personalized Cancer Vaccine’
Australian tech enthusiast Paul Conyngham used ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a personalized mRNA vaccine for his dog Rose, whose tumor was genetically sequenced at UNSW. The AI‑assisted workflow identified mutations and suggested therapeutic targets, enabling a custom vaccine administered...
Will AI Change How Computer Science Is Taught? Perplexity CEO Thinks So
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas echoed a viral claim that AI is pulling computer science away from routine coding toward deeper mathematical and systems-level reasoning. He, along with Anthropic and Replit CEOs, warned that AI could soon handle most software engineering...
What if Thousands of AIs Could Predict the Next Market Crash? MiroFish Is Trying to Find Out
Open‑source AI platform MiroFish has entered GitHub’s global trending list, drawing attention for its multi‑agent prediction engine. The system ingests real‑world data, builds a knowledge graph, and runs autonomous AI agents in a virtual sandbox that mimics reality. Users receive...
'Reflexively Reaching for AI': Shopify CEO Reveals How He Used Claude AI to Replace Traditional Windows Software
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke used Anthropic’s Claude AI to generate a web‑based viewer for his annual MRI data stored on a USB stick, sidestepping the need for commercial Windows software. By prompting Claude directly on the drive, he created an HTML...
Elon Musk Says Tesla’s ‘Terafab’ AI Chip Manufacturing Project to Launch Next Week
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company’s "Terafab" AI‑chip fab could go live within the next week, marking a rapid shift toward in‑house semiconductor production. The gigafactory is designed to churn out more than 100,000 wafer starts per month,...
India's NavIC Satellite System Faces Challenge as IRNSS-1F Failed After Atomic Clock Malfunction: What We Know
India’s NavIC system lost satellite IRNSS‑1F after its atomic clock failed on 13 March 2026, leaving only three operational satellites—IRNSS‑1B, IRNSS‑1L and NVS‑01. NavIC needs a minimum of four satellites for full regional coverage, so the constellation now falls short of its...