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Bharti Airtel, a leading global communications solutions provider, today, announced significant enhancements to its anti-spam measures. Building on the success of its AI-powered spam detection tool, which has already flagged over 27.5 billion spam calls, Airtel is now extending its capabilities to tackle the growing threat of international spam and cater to the linguistic diversity of its customer base.

Recognising the shift in spam tactics, with scammers increasingly leveraging foreign networks, Airtel’s AI-powered tool will now screen and alert…

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly more inclined to follow creators and influencers on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) than on Facebook, according to internal emails submitted as evidence in the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant.

The emails, exchanged between Zuckerberg and Meta’s Head of Facebook, Tom Alison, in April 2022, also shed light on the company’s growing concerns over Facebook’s waning cultural relevance.

As revealed in the correspondence, Zuckerberg has been concerned for…

The ASUS ExpertBook range has traditionally been aimed at business users, largely following a B2B (business-to-business) model. I previously reviewed an earlier model of ASUS ExpertBook P5, which was also geared towards corporate buyers. But that changes with the ASUS ExpertBook P1.

This model is now available for anyone to purchase on Flipkart, and it’s designed with practicality, portability, and performance in mind. With a 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and 32GB of DDR5 RAM under the bonnet — all for under ₹75,000 — it sounds like a solid…

Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has issued a stark warning about the future of India’s software and IT services sector, suggesting that the industry is facing a fundamental reckoning—one that goes far beyond a temporary slowdown or the rise of artificial intelligence. Instead, he believes the sector is undergoing a structural transformation that will shape the coming decades.

In a post on X, Vembu argued that the global software industry has long suffered from inefficiencies in both its products and services.

“My operating thesis: what we are…

As turbulence in the global economy continues, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a major move, said he is looking forward to visiting India later this year.

Musk To Visit India 

Musk made this remark on his own social media platform, X, on Saturday.

This visit from the South African-born billionaire comes at a time when his businesses, particularly Tesla’s EV business, have taken a hit.

Musk, as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, has come under immense scrutiny for his actions to trim the US Federal government.

Modi-Musk…

The world of technology is set to witness some major launches this week. While Xiaomi launches the Redmi A5 in India, Samsung is set to debut the Galaxy M56 5 G. Here’s a list of the major tech stories that headlined this week.

Samsung Galaxy M56 5G

Samsung is scheduled to introduce the Galaxy M56 5G smartphone in India on April 17. The gadget will have a high-end design and be the thinnest in its class, with an improved camera setup and AMOLED display as key highlights. Without providing further details, Samsung stated that the next Galaxy M56 5G…

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix Robotics came in all shapes and sizes, some shorter than 120 cm (3.9 ft), others as tall as 1.8 m (5.9 ft). One company boasted that its robot looked almost human, with feminine features and the ability to wink and smile.

Some firms tested their robots for weeks before the race. Beijing…

Recent reports have witnessed a resurgence of infectious diseases such as leprosy and tuberculosis (TB), while, Human Papilloma, Zika and Nipah viruses emerge as new threats to public health infrastructure. With over 8 million TB cases reported in 2023 alone, there is a wide scope for accessible and scalable diagnostic solutions in India. Moreover, outbreaks of Zika virus and Nipah virus in 2024 in Maharashtra and Kerala have further underlined the need for early diagnosis and swift containment strategies. 

In the ever-changing landscape of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday, April 18, with the two discussing opportunities for collaboration in technology and innovation. The interaction builds on their previous meeting in Washington DC earlier this year.

Sharing the update on X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi said the discussion touched upon a wide range of subjects. “Spoke to Elon Musk and talked about various issues, including the topics we covered during our meeting in Washington DC earlier this year. We discussed the immense potential for…

Google illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets, according to a federal judge, whose ruling marked the latest antitrust setback for the company and a challenge to its main source of revenue.

US District Judge Leonie Brinkema found on Thursday that the Alphabet Inc. unit violated antitrust law in the markets for advertising exchanges and tools used by websites to sell ad space, known as ad servers. But she said the company didn’t meet the definition of a monopoly for a third market of tools used by advertisers to buy display…