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Apple was hit with a EUR 150 million ($162.4 million or roughly Rs. 1,389 crore) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant position in mobile app advertising on its devices via a privacy control tool.The fine – the first by any antitrust regulator over Apple’s App Tracking Transparency tool – comes a year after the European Union hit the company with a EUR 1.8 billion (roughly Rs. 16,639 crore) antitrust fine for thwarting rival music streaming services on its App Store.The head of the French Competition Authority dismissed worries that the decision would prompt retaliation from…
Table of Contents Table of Contents Integrations with every third-party More accurate than your doctor Integration is the key Key features I’d like the Apple AI Doctor to have Apple has been one of the most transformative companies of our lifetime. Products like the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPod have established or transformed entire segments of the technology market, but the company’s biggest impact could be in health. Smartwatches and fitness trackers existed long before the first Apple Watch, but Apple’s foray into the health space transformed how we stay in shape. As the popularity of the Apple Watch…
Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired X in a deal that values the social media platform at $33 billion (roughly Rs. 2,82,447 crore) and allows the value of his artificial intelligence firm to be shared with his co-investors in the company formerly known as Twitter.The deal could also help xAI’s ability to train its chatbot known as Grok.”xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk, who also heads automaker Tesla and SpaceX, wrote in a post on X: “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent.”He said the combination values “xAI at $80 billion (roughly Rs. 6,84,643…
We’ve seen plenty of innovation when it comes to PC case fan aesthetics, but a company named Coolify seems to have raised the bar. Their latest ‘Holo Fans’ bring animated holograms to desktop setups, adding a striking visual element that goes far beyond simple LED effects. Unlike conventional RGB fans, which rely on LED lighting for aesthetic appeal, Coolify’s Holo Fans project dynamic 3D holograms at their center, creating a floating visual effect while the fans spin. The technology utilizes an array of 96 LEDs to generate the illusion of depth, allowing users to display logos, animations, and even customizable…
Vivo Y300 Pro+ was launched in China on Monday. The phone is equipped with a 7,300mAh battery with support for 90W fast charging and a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset paired with up to 12GB RAM. The company also unveiled the Vivo Y300t, which comes with a 6,500mAh battery with 44W fast charging support and a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC. Both smartphones carry 50-megapixel dual rear camera setups and run on Origin OS 5 based on Android 15.Vivo Y300 Pro+, Vivo Y300t Price, AvailabilityVivo Y300 Pro+ price in China starts at CNY 1,799 (roughly Rs. 21,200) for the 8GB + 128GB…
OpenAI is set to be the next open-source AI brand as CEO Sam Altman confirmed on X on Monday that the company will soon release an “open-weight’ model that users will be able to run independently. “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months,” Altman said on a post on X. The company is making this move to keep in step with the Chinese company DeepSeek, which took the AI industry by storm in January with its R1 reasoning model. Similarly, Meta’s Llama models have garnered attention among developer communities, Wired…
Google is expected to bring the Pixel 10 series to market in the second half of this year. Like the current Pixel 9 series, the upcoming lineup is expected to include four models — Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Most recently, the first set of renders purportedly depicting the upcoming Pixel 10 Pro Fold have leaked online. The foldable device appears to have a similar design as its predecessor.Pixel 10 Pro Fold Looks Similar to the Pixel 9 Pro FoldAndroid Headlines, in association with tipster Onleaks, has shared alleged…
SpaceX’s cupola is in orbit again. The company first used the dome-shaped window on its Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. And now a cupola-equipped Crew Dragon has just launched from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying four private astronauts to a polar orbit on the Fram2 mission. The glass dome — at 2,000 square inches the largest single window ever to have flown to space — offers Crew Dragon passengers panoramic views of Earth and beyond. However, as the window replaces the docking port, the cupola-equipped Crew Dragon can only be used for missions that don’t involve…
Apple released the visionOS 2.4 update for the Apple Vision Pro on Monday. It is considered a major update and introduces the first set of Apple Intelligence features for the mixed reality (MR) headset. According to the Cupertino-based technology giant, users can now leverage Writing Tools for summarising and editing text, Image Playground for reimagining photos, and natural language search in Photos to find the best memories quickly. Further, the update also bundles a new feature called Spatial Gallery which brings curations by Apple.visionOS 2.4 Update for the Apple Vision Pro: FeaturesApple detailed the new features part of the visionOS 2.4 update…
We have slowly grown accustomed to staring at screens in our bed, despite being well aware of the physical and mental harms. A study published earlier this month detailed a 33% higher prevalence of poor sleep quality for people who use electronic devices at bedtime. Now, another research notes that by viewing a screen in bed, the risks of insomnia go up by a stunning 59% in young people and adolescents. Moreover, it also eats up into our sleep time by 24 minutes. While that is worrying in itself, each hourly increase in screen activity raises the insomnia risks even…