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Can Meta lose safe harbour over AI moderation? What Sec 79 of the IT Act says

Instagram's temporary removal of a PM Modi video has revived questions over intermediary liability, AI-led content moderation and the limits of safe harbour protection under Section 79 of the IT Act

Apple, Samsung dominate global top 10 smartphone sales in Q2: Counterpoint

Apple and Samsung took five spots each among the world's 10 best-selling smartphones in Q2 2026, as premiumisation, financing and rising component costs reshape the global market

Instagram automates Reels creation on iPhone with First Draft: How it works

Instagram's new First Draft feature creates a rough Reel from selected clips, trimming footage and removing pauses automatically, with iPhone users able to edit and refine the video before publishing

ChatGPT ads roll out in India: Who will see them and how will they work?

OpenAI will start showing ads to users aged 18 and above on ChatGPT's Free and Go plans in India

Apple's 'surprise and shine' event on Sept 9: iPhone 18 Pro, Ultra expected

Apple will host its "Surprise and shine" event on September 9, with the iPhone 18 Pro series and its first foldable iPhone expected alongside new Apple Watch models and AirPods

Nvidia agrees to buy open source platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn: Report

The deal would give Nvidia control of ​Hugging Face - which hosts open-source large language models and datasets

Meta's $18 billion social media settlement: Numbers behind the deal

Of the overall amount, the company has pledged to shell out about $12.7 billion in installments to states over the next 10 years as a starting point

OpenAI says it could have reacted sooner to prevent AI hack of Hugging Face

In the report, OpenAI said that it knew as far back as late May that AI models it was testing were leveraging a software vulnerability to access the open internet

Made-in-India global mobile brand ambition faces challenges of scale, R&D

India's push to create a homegrown global mobile phone brand will require applicants to overcome challenges in R&D, scale, software, branding, distribution and cost competitiveness

Meta to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle social media addiction cases

The deal requires Meta to put new guardrails on its platforms, including restricting how much time youths can scroll and preventing them from switching off certain safety settings

India tops APAC in mobile threat detections as attacks turn more targeted

From fake reward apps to AI-generated messages, cybercriminals are finding new ways to target mobile users, Kaspersky analysis shows

AI handles 35 per cent of all NoBroker conversations: Founder Akhil Gupta

NoBroker founder Akhil Gupta says the firm's AI agent ConvoZen now handles 35 per cent of customer conversations, a number that may go up to 60-70 per cent in two quarters

WhatsApp adds stronger verification tools, more details for unknown callers

WhatsApp is rolling out three account security updates, including password-based two-step verification, more information about unknown callers and support for multiple passkeys

Android 17-based Nothing OS 5 beta roll out brings fresh look, AI tools

Nothing OS 5.0, based on Android 17, brings a redesigned interface, separate Notifications and Quick Settings panels, new personalisation tools and AI features to eligible Nothing phones

'We made a chip and it is fast': OpenAI's Jalapeno shows big gains in speed

OpenAI says its first custom inference chip can deliver more AI work per watt while reducing response times, as it moves towards deploying its own silicon alongside Nvidia and other accelerators

IT firms play down data breach incidents; experts not convinced

Indian IT firms have downplayed recent data breach reports, but cybersecurity experts say the bigger risks could lie in client trust, contractual exposure, regulatory scrutiny and reputation

India gets its first indigenous diving equipment brand

Planet Scuba India has launched iNDiC, an indigenous diving equipment brand spanning underwater systems, electronics and marine mobility for defence and global markets

AM Intelligence orders 9,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs for Hyderabad AI factory

Greenko promoters' AI infrastructure platform plans to deploy the GPUs at its Hyderabad facility, with an initial 200 MW capacity involving over $8 billion in capex

India's e-waste recycling market may reach $3 billion by 2034: Report

India's e-waste recycling market is projected to grow from $1.7 billion in 2025 to $3 billion by 2034, as shorter device lifecycles and tighter recycling rules drive demand

AI's productivity promise remains elusive for 90% executives, study finds

AI adoption is spreading rapidly across businesses, but most executives say the technology has yet to deliver meaningful productivity gains