WhatsApp turns admin, puts fee on business chats powered by AI modelsBeginning October 1, AI conversations on WhatsApp powered by third-party models could cost businesses nearly twice as much as those handled...
03 Jul, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
PE-VCs push structural reboot; Cred backers’ Meta gainsHappy Friday! India’s PE-VC lobby is seeking a structural overhaul to woo foreign capital and fund managers. This and more in today’s ETtec...
03 Jul, 2026, 07.47 AM IST
Username row: After WhatsApp, IT Ministry sends notice to Telegram, SignalSources said that in the notice to Telegram, the government has asked the platform why it should be allowed to retain the username feature....
03 Jul, 2026, 07.10 AM IST
Daily Habits Of Successful People: American investor Ray Dalio follows two routines every day, and credits them for transforming his lifeLegendary investor Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, attributes his immense success not to luck or secret formulas, but to two ...
02 Jul, 2026, 09.03 PM IST
Samsung to invest $90 billion in South Korea's Chungcheong provinceSamsung Group is set to inject a massive 140 trillion won ($90 billion) into South Korea's central Chungcheong province. This significant i...
02 Jul, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Worries arise over gaming of WhatsApp usernamesThe feature, expected to roll out later this year, will allow users to connect using usernames instead of sharing their phone numbers. Whil...
01 Jul, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
WhatsApp will allow users to go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a privacy blind spotThe app said it has started allowing users to reserve unique usernames, which can be used to contact WhatsApp users when the feature is lau...
29 Jun, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
Australia to give regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 banPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said there were still too many children on social media and tech firms were not doing enough to comply with...
29 Jun, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
For sale on Facebook: monkeys, rhino horn and dead pangolinsThe ghostly white creature curled up on a weighing scale is almost unrecognisable in the Facebook post offering it for sale. Some of the co...
29 Jun, 2026, 09.31 AM IST
Ambient intelligence: How AI is becoming omnipresent in our lives and the implicationsAmbient intelligence, once a futuristic concept, is now a consumer reality with AI embedded in everyday devices like smart glasses and ring...
28 Jun, 2026, 09.45 AM IST
'Humans behave better when watched': Xprice founder, tech leaders make the case for surveillanceTech leaders like Peter Diamandis and Larry Ellison are championing a future of 'radical transparency' enabled by a vast network of sensors...
27 Jun, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Einstein Probe discovers mysterious cosmic explosion unlike anything astronomers have seen beforeA peculiar cosmic event, dubbed EP240305a, has baffled astronomers with its rapid X-ray fade and lingering radio signals. Detected by China...
24 Jun, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
Meta expands its smart glasses portfolio with new Meta Glasses Line starting at $299Meta and EssilorLuxottica have launched new AI-powered smart glasses, Meta Glasses, starting at $299. These glasses feature updated designs...
24 Jun, 2026, 07.10 AM IST
Meta announces new range of smart glasses starting at $299Meta Platforms on Tuesday announced a new range of AI smart glasses in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, starting at $299. Although bu...
23 Jun, 2026, 11.53 PM IST
Meta AI glasses pilot faces privacy scrutinyPrivacy experts are flagging significant risks with Meta's AI glasses pilot for visually impaired citizens in Gujarat. Concerns centre on p...
20 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Everything you need to know about Specs, Snap’s latest venture into augmented realitySnap has positioned the glasses as a standalone AR device that overlays 3D digital content onto the real world, aiming to bridge the gap be...
17 Jun, 2026, 07.35 PM IST
Snap bets on AR glasses in post-smartphone raceSnap, the parent company of social network Snapchat, on Tuesday launched its Specs augmented reality glasses, a major bet by a struggling c...
16 Jun, 2026, 10.27 PM IST