Indian smartphone market up 11 pc to 34 mn units, Apple logs record Q1 shipments

Indian smartphone market up 11 pc to 34 mn units, Apple logs record Q1 shipments

New Delhi, May 14 - India’s smartphone market saw shipment of 34 million smartphones in the first quarter (Q1) this year, with 11.5 per cent growth (year-over-year), as Apple had a record first-quarter shipment, growing by 19 per cent YoY, a report showed

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Global VC firms eye controlling stake in popular food chain Haldiram

Global VC firms eye controlling stake in popular food chain Haldiram

New Delhi, May 14 - The popular food and snacks chain Haldiram is up for grabs as a global group of investors has reportedly submitted a non-binding bid to acquire a controlling stake worth $8.5 billion in the company that was founded in

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Nothing to integrate ChatGPT into all of its audio products

Nothing to integrate ChatGPT into all of its audio products

New Delhi, May 14 - London-based consumer tech brand, Nothing, on Tuesday announced that it will be integrating OpenAI's Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT into all of its audio products.

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SPACE India, American Center to launch astronomy & space science workshop series

SPACE India, American Center to launch astronomy & space science workshop series

New Delhi, May 14 - SPACE India, a space educational organisation, has joined hands with the American Center to launch an astronomy and space science workshop series, it said on Tuesday.

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Instagram is now 3rd most popular mobile app in South Korea

Instagram is now 3rd most popular mobile app in South Korea

Seoul, May 14 - Photo-sharing app Instagram overtook Naver, South Korea's leading internet portal, as the third most popular mobile app there in terms of usage time last month, industry data showed on Tuesday.

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OpenAI’s new demo made me cringe: Elon Musk

OpenAI’s new demo made me cringe: Elon Musk

New Delhi, May 14 - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Tuesday, took potshots at Sam Altman-run OpenAI, saying their latest event to announce new AI models made him "cringe."

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Kia unveils revamped EV6 electric vehicle

Kia unveils revamped EV6 electric vehicle

Seoul, May 14 - Kia, South Korea's second-largest automaker, on Tuesday announced the release of a redesigned and upgraded version of its EV6 electric vehicle, which was first introduced in 2021.

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OpenAI launches new ‘GPT-4o’ AI model for all ChatGPT users

OpenAI launches new ‘GPT-4o’ AI model for all ChatGPT users

New Delhi, May 13 - Sam Altman-run OpenAI on Monday launched 'GPT-4o' -- a new version of its GPT-4 model which can generate any combination of text, audio, and image outputs.

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TCS announces to create global AI centre of excellence in France

TCS announces to create global AI centre of excellence in France

New Delhi, May 13 - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday announced the creation of a Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence in Paris during the Choose France Summit.

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Smartphone sales in US expected to grow only 3 per cent by 2028: Report

Smartphone sales in US expected to grow only 3 per cent by 2028: Report

New Delhi, May 13 - With 2024 bringing another decline in smartphone sales in the US, a new report on Monday showed that it is expected to grow only 3 per cent by 2028 in the country.

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South Korea inks consumer safety pacts with China’s AliExpress, Temu

South Korea inks consumer safety pacts with China’s AliExpress, Temu

Seoul, May 13 - The South Korean antitrust regulator said on Monday it signed agreements with the Chinese retail platforms AliExpress and Temu meant to prevent them from selling harmful products and to better protect consumers.

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KP.2 Covid variant appears more transmissible, but not virulent: Doctors

KP.2 Covid variant appears more transmissible, but not virulent: Doctors

New Delhi, May 13 - The new KP.2 Covid-19 variant appears to be more transmissible, but is not virulent, said doctors on Monday, amid reports of 91 cases being detected in Maharashtra.

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Your memory may depend on how hard your brain had to work

Your memory may depend on how hard your brain had to work

New Delhi, May 13 - Ever wondered why your brain remembers some experiences among a deluge of information?

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Musk’s Tesla regains top position in battery EV sales despite YoY decline

Musk’s Tesla regains top position in battery EV sales despite YoY decline

New Delhi, May 13 - Elon Musk-run Tesla has regained the top position in BEV (battery electric vehicle) sales in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, despite a 9 per cent (year-on-year) decline, a new report showed on Monday.

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Hero MotoCorp becomes first auto firm to join government’s ONDC Network

Hero MotoCorp becomes first auto firm to join government’s ONDC Network

New Delhi, May 13 - Strengthening the Digital India mission, two-wheeler giant Hero MotoCorp on Monday said that it has joined the government-run Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) Network, becoming the first auto company in the country to join the network.

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MapmyIndia logs 35 pc PAT growth in FY24, new order bookings up 63 pc

MapmyIndia logs 35 pc PAT growth in FY24, new order bookings up 63 pc

New Delhi, May 13 - Homegrown geospatial software provider MapmyIndia on Monday reported operating revenue of Rs 379.4 crore in FY24, up 35 per cent (year-on-year).

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Zomato’s Blinkit turns adjusted EBITDA positive, aims 1,000 stores in FY25

Zomato’s Blinkit turns adjusted EBITDA positive, aims 1,000 stores in FY25

New Delhi, May 13 - Zomato on Monday said that its quick commerce business Blinkit turned adjusted EBITDA positive in March, as the online food delivery platform clocked Rs 194 crore in adjusted EBITDA for the January-March quarter of FY24.

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Picking China over India will rob Musk: Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa

Picking China over India will rob Musk: Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa

New Delhi, May 13 - Indian-American academic, entrepreneur and author Vivek Wadhwa on Monday said that he had warned the Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk not to pick China as they would "rob him blind" and instead asked him to consider moving

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Over 100 million Indians can get gigabit connectivity by 2030 with robust digital infrastructure

Over 100 million Indians can get gigabit connectivity by 2030 with robust digital infrastructure

New Delhi, May 13 - As India continues to build a robust and resilient core digital infrastructure, the country can achieve gigabit connectivity to all households or at least 100-110 million households by 2030, industry experts have said.

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Airtel, Google Cloud join hands to deploy GenAI solutions in India

Airtel, Google Cloud join hands to deploy GenAI solutions in India

New Delhi, May 13 - Bharti Airtel and Google Cloud on Monday entered into a long-term partnership to accelerate cloud adoption and deploy generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions in India.

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