As Luckin expands globally, can China’s coffee brand succeed where its soft power has struggled?China’s coffee boom is helping Luckin overtake Starbucks, with its low prices, app-based convenience and local flavours driving rapid growt...
20 Aug, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Cognition CEO denies SpaceX acquisitionBloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that SpaceX had explored a deal to acquire Cognition as it looks to...
20 Aug, 2026, 09.54 PM IST
These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsHere’s one thing to watch for in the next few weeks: How does the street treat disappointments in the mid-cap segment? If the reaction is l...
20 Aug, 2026, 05.28 AM IST
India startup aims to compete with OpenAI in crowded voice arenaMurf AI has launched Falcon 2, a text-to-speech model designed to deliver human-like voices at lower costs and faster speeds. Priced at $0....
19 Aug, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
Chip designer Velaura AI valued at more than $1 billion in funding roundThe funding round was led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new investor Capricorn Investment Group. Existing investors Samsu...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
Flock camera tracking: How to check if your licence plate was capturedCommunity websites are emerging to track Flock camera installations across the United States. These platforms allow residents to monitor th...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.50 PM IST
Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companiesWorldClaw, founded earlier this year, offers customers access to a suite of AI models and accepts World Liberty's crypto tokens as payment....
18 Aug, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Independence Day sales surge up to 25%, lifting festive demandThis year's Independence Day sales have brought impressive growth for brands and retailers, with value sales soaring by up to 25% and volum...
17 Aug, 2026, 11.29 AM IST
AI could cut cost of running insurance by eliminating repetitive work: ReportThe report said AI is being embedded across underwriting, customer service, fraud detection, claims processing and internal operations. Ins...
16 Aug, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
Crypto exchanges are evolving into financial superapps; traditional assets emerge as key growth engine: BinanceCrypto exchanges are evolving into financial superapps, expanding into payments, tokenised assets, equities and investment products. Binanc...
14 Aug, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Apple wants publishers to help make Siri smarter, may pay hundreds of millions: ReportApple is reportedly discussing new multiyear deals with news publishers. These agreements would grant the iPhone maker access to their cont...
13 Aug, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
India must make AI labels durable and verifiableIn a landmark move, California and India have implemented legislation aimed at enhancing transparency in AI-generated content. These laws r...
12 Aug, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
You may be driving past Flock cameras without knowing it and now this searchable DeFlock map in US is raising fresh privacy concerns among citizensA searchable DeFlock map is drawing attention to the growing network of Flock Safety cameras across America, allowing citizens to see where...
12 Aug, 2026, 03.25 PM IST
8-foot Burmese python found hiding under New Jersey family’s shed after swallowing a large opossum: Snake’s swollen belly revealed shocking backyard discoveryAn approximately 8-foot Burmese python stunned a New Jersey family after it was discovered hiding beneath their backyard shed in Freehold T...
10 Aug, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Meta's stop-start strategy for its open source AI modelsGlimmer, a 30-billion-parameter model, is much smaller than leading AI models from rivals and is designed for agentic tasks. It can run on ...
10 Aug, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
Alibaba plans to charge big users of its next open-source AI modelLike last month's blockbuster model release from Chinese AI startup Moonshot, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max model is an open-source, open-weight mo...
07 Aug, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic are heading to the White HouseAI leaders will meet White House officials to discuss voluntary cybersecurity testing. The immediate trigger for the meeting is a series of...
04 Aug, 2026, 11.38 PM IST