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Here are the hottest new games launched at the biggest gaming show on earth Gamescom

The gaming world is embracing a new era of evolution, with portable Xbox, limited-edition graphic cards and iconic video games

22 Aug 2025 7:51 pm
IIT Madras-incubated Kochadai Technologies launches MakeGPT to build IoT systems with prompts

MakeGPT was officially unveiled by Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan, Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, during the ZeroToOne: GenAI Product Day event

22 Aug 2025 2:51 pm
Microsoft re-joins handheld gaming fight against Nintendo's Switch

Selling itself as the option for discerning, hardcore gamers, Microsoft's Xbox ROG Ally console is available to try for the hundreds of thousands of visitors at the Gamescom trade show in Cologne

22 Aug 2025 11:44 am
OpenAI's chief people officerto depart, company says

Julia Villagra joined the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence maker in February 2024 as the head of human resources, according to her LinkedIn profile

22 Aug 2025 9:56 am
Trump administration is not eyeing equity in TSMC, Micron, official says

The official confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that the administration does not intend to seek equity stakes in semiconductor companies, such as Micron and TSMC , that plan to step up investment

22 Aug 2025 9:44 am
Elon Musks X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit

The parties disclosed the deal in a Wednesday court filing asking for a scheduled September 17 hearing in the case to be postponed

22 Aug 2025 9:38 am
Meta makes huge cloud computing deal with Google, says source

Meta is locked in a bitter rivalry with other tech behemoths as they invest heavily in AI

22 Aug 2025 8:37 am
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bats for more personal GPT-6 after mixed reactions to GPT-5: Report

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last week stressed on the importance of memory and personalisation when it came to user interactions with the upcoming GPT-6

21 Aug 2025 1:55 pm
MIT study:95% GenAI projects fail to show returns

A new MIT study, titled The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, which surveyed 300 AI deployments and spoke to 350 employees, found that95% of AI projects showed no returns on investment for the companies

21 Aug 2025 12:17 pm
The U.S. Navy is building a drone fleet to take on China. It's not going well

The U.S., meanwhile, is aiming to build an autonomous naval fleet that can move in swarms and without human command

21 Aug 2025 11:20 am
FBI warns of Russian hacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure

Hackers working within the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 are extracting device configuration information en masse, which can later be leveraged as needed, per experts

21 Aug 2025 10:56 am
U.S. tech-stock stumble shows vulnerability in AI trade

Investors are looking to de-risk portfolios or lock in profits during a seasonally difficult period for stocks

21 Aug 2025 10:20 am
Intel in talks with large investors for equity boost at discount: Report

The report, which cited people familiar with the matter, did not name the potential investors

21 Aug 2025 10:01 am
Why India needs a national space law urgently | Explained

What does the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 stipulate? Is it self-executing? Why is it important that countries enact their own national space legislations? What has been Indias approach to space legislation? Why is creating affordable insurance frameworks for space startups crucial?

21 Aug 2025 8:30 am
How charge-coupled devices revolutionised digital imaging

At the time it was invented in 1969, the charge-coupled device (CCD) was a pioneering technology that converted light into electrical signals using an array of capacitors that transferred electric charges in a sequence

21 Aug 2025 8:30 am
A bistable gene in a deadly bacterium offers a clue to beating it

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a deadly opportunistic pathogen. Most burn victims succumb to secondary infections and it infects urinary catheters. Hospital infections are notoriously resistant to antibiotics. Medical researchers and doctors are keen to understand what makes it so deadly and a new study opens a door towards this goal

21 Aug 2025 5:30 am
Aadhaar to be used for Starlink KYC, says UIDAI

The SpaceX-owned satellite internet firm completed the formalities to validate users under KYC rules for telecom subscribers with Aadhaar.

20 Aug 2025 10:30 pm
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold launched in India: Price, features and availability

Pixel 10 Pro Fold gets the Gemini Nano on-device for gen AI capabilities and competes with Samsung and Vivos foldbale phones in India

20 Aug 2025 9:35 pm
Google launches Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL with Tensor G5: Details

Entire Pixel 10 series operates on Android 16 out of the box and each phone in the lineup will get seven years of OS and seven years of security updates

20 Aug 2025 9:30 pm
India successfully test-fires Agni-5 ballistic missile from Odisha

Ministry of Defence said the launch validated all operational and technical parameters and was conducted under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command

20 Aug 2025 8:42 pm
Adobe launches Acrobat Studio that combines Adobe Express features with agentic AI

Adobe announced its new Acrobat Studio offering that combines Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Express, and AI agents

20 Aug 2025 2:43 pm
OpenAIs $6 billion stock sale can make ChatGPT maker more valuable than SpaceX

A report has said that this would make it the most valuable private company in the world edging past Elon Musks SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance

20 Aug 2025 2:40 pm
Meta cant be held liable for gun makers Instagram posts in Uvalde families lawsuit, lawyer argues

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

20 Aug 2025 1:33 pm
Indias smartphone retailers expect 20% volume growth

Steady flow of new launches from brands have refreshed the line-up across entry, middle and premium categories to cater to festive seasons demand

20 Aug 2025 1:20 pm
Microsoft AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, says firms should stop calling AI conscious

Mr. Suleyman expressed concern over the growing instances of unhealthy attachments that humans were forming with AI systems leading to psychosis risk

20 Aug 2025 1:20 pm
Canva begins share sale at $42 billion valuation: Report

Company employees are able to sell shares to both new and existing investors, Bloomberg said, citing a statement from Canva

20 Aug 2025 11:50 am
Meta rolls out AI translation feature for dubbing on Reels

The free feature helps users dub in the sound and tone of their own voice in a way that feels and looks natural

20 Aug 2025 11:03 am
Americans fear AI permanently displacing workers: Report

While at present there are few signs of mass unemployment (the U.S. jobless rate was just 4.2% in July) artificial intelligence is stirring concerns as it reshapes jobs, industries and day-to-day life

20 Aug 2025 10:27 am
Google tweaks Google Play conditions following EU pressure

In a blog post, Google said that following discussions with the European Commission, developers, and other experts, Google is updating certain terms

20 Aug 2025 9:54 am
Databricks eyes over $100 billion valuation as investors back AI growth plans

The company said it has signed a term sheet for a Series K round, but did not disclose the amount it was raising

20 Aug 2025 9:53 am
Entangled clocks may reveal where quantum physics and gravity meet

A new experimental design has far-reaching implications including being able to probe the interface between quantum theory and general relativity, a frontier that has so far been largely theoretical. It also illustrates thatnot all fundamental questions about the universe need ever-larger machines to look for the answers

20 Aug 2025 5:30 am
Samsung announces Galaxy Buds 3 FE with ANC and AI features in India

Galaxy Buds 3 FE will be available from September 5 onwards in India. However, Samsung has not revealed the price of Buds 3 FE yet

19 Aug 2025 1:40 pm
OpenAI offers ChatGPT Go subscription in India for Rs. 399

Under the ChatGPT Go plan users will be able to get extended access to GPT-5, generate more images and analyse more documents and files

19 Aug 2025 10:53 am
Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Techs free speech, judges say

A federal appeals court has ruled that part of a first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising in Maryland aimed at Big Tech is unconstitutional

19 Aug 2025 10:17 am
U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard says UK agreed to drop 'back door' mandate for Apple

U.S. lawmakers said in May that the UK's order to Apple to create a backdoor to its encrypted user data could be exploited by cybercriminals and authoritarian governments

19 Aug 2025 9:49 am
Trump administration in talks to take 10% stake in Intel: Report

A 10% stake in the American chipmaker would be worth about $10 billion

19 Aug 2025 9:31 am
Nearly 90% of videogame developers use AI agents, Google study shows

Most of the respondents in the report, published on Monday, said AI was helping automate cumbersome and repetitive tasks

19 Aug 2025 8:58 am
On soaps and detergents: how they are made and manufactured

During World War I, there was a shortage of natural oils and fats to make soaps, which spurred some industrialists to look for alternatives that could be synthesised chemically. Thus, the first commercial soap-like detergents emerged in the mid-1930s

19 Aug 2025 8:30 am
Lok Sabha discusses Shubhanshu Shuklas space mission: Indian on moon will herald Viksit Bharat in 2040, says Jitendra Singh

After opening up the space sector for private players in 2020, Indias space economy has already reached $8 billion and would touch $45 billion in the next decade, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said

18 Aug 2025 4:13 pm
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

A space law expert explains why, what experts are concerned about, and what the law has to say about it

18 Aug 2025 11:06 am
Australian regulator sues Google over anti-competitive Search deals

Google has cooperated with the regulator, admitted liability and agreed to jointly submit to the Federal Court that it should pay a total penalty of $35.8 million, the ACCC said

18 Aug 2025 8:53 am
Apple rejects Elon Musks claim of App Store bias

Elon Musk has accused Apple of giving unfair preference to ChatGPT on its App Store and threatened legal action

18 Aug 2025 8:39 am
Ethanol fuel plan cuts imports, worries motorists. What does science say?

The governments ethanol push echoes global experiments in balancing energy security and sustainability. But unlike Brazils decades-long rollout, Indias rapid move leaves drivers grappling with practical issues of mileage, corrosion, and higher service costs

18 Aug 2025 7:09 am
Biodiversity everywhere is ordered by a common hidden pattern

A new study has found that biodiversity is organised like an onion: with dense, unique biodiversity at the centre and grading outward towards porous, mixed margins. The findings could reveal insights into the basic forces that assemble natures living mosaics and show conservationists where protection could have the biggest payoff

18 Aug 2025 5:30 am
Scientists find gene that keeps rice from breaking during milling

Identifying the gene gives scientists a handle to reduce chalkiness across rice varieties

17 Aug 2025 6:30 am
Connexin proteins rally arteries to nourish brain on demand

The brains energy efficiency depends on more than just responsive neurons: a new study has found that it also requires a hidden vascular network

17 Aug 2025 5:30 am
Science and nation-building

India has made great leaps in science and technology. The founding fathers have envisioned a nation that thinks rationally with scientific temper. Are we a people guided by this spirit in this era of technology?

15 Aug 2025 12:15 am
New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears

Some users have since been shocked to discover that their location was being shared, viral posts have shown

14 Aug 2025 2:26 pm
Google to spend $9 billion in Oklahoma to expand AI, cloud infrastructure

The company will build a new data center campus in Stillwater and expand its Pryor facility to bolster U.S. AI and cloud capacity, alongside education and workforce programs

14 Aug 2025 10:09 am