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After years of staying quiet on artificial intelligence, Apple is now making bold internal moves to catch up — and eventually lead — in what CEO Tim Cook is calling a revolution “as big or bigger” than the internet or the iPhone. In a rare all-hands meeting held after the company’s August earnings, Cook told employees that “Apple must do this. Apple will do this. This is sort of ours to grab,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

While Apple has taken heat for arriving late to the generative AI wave, Cook argued the company’s…

Before TikTok, before Instagram Reels, and definitely before AI could spin up a video from a single prompt, there was Vine. The six-second video app turned bedroom comedians into internet celebrities, birthed endless memes, and helped define the chaotic humour of a generation. It was TikTok before TikTok — and then, abruptly, it was gone.

Now, in true Elon Musk fashion, Vine might be making a comeback — kind of.

Over the weekend, Musk announced a new beta feature for X’s in-house chatbot, Grok, called Grok Imagine. “Grok Imagine is AI Vine!”…

Xtelify, Bharti Airtel’s digital technology arm, on Monday launched Airtel Cloud, a sovereign, telco-grade cloud platform tailored for high-scale performance and mission-critical workloads.

Built to handle up to 140 crore transactions per minute for Airtel’s own use in India, the cloud platform is now being offered to businesses across the country, marking a significant play in India’s growing enterprise tech ecosystem.

Hosted on next-generation sustainable data centres with GenAI-powered provisioning and run by over 300 certified cloud experts,…

At Snapdragon Auto Day in New Delhi, Storyboard18’s Shibani Gharat caught up with Don McGuire, Chief Marketing Officer at Qualcomm, and global music icon and tech entrepreneur will.i.am. The two discussed how culture, creativity, and AI are converging to redefine the in-car experience.

Don McGuire explained how artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming the new user interface across devices, with the car being a natural fit. “You’re sitting in your car—commuting, waiting, or spending time with family. It’s a captive space where AI-driven…

India was inundated with mid-tier and premium smart devices in the last week of July, ranging from affordable phones to tablets and foldables, while worldwide developments included the extension of satellite SMS technology and next-generation AI tools aimed at developers and enterprises. From Moto G86 Power 5G to Vivo X Fold 5, here’s a look at tech product launches and announcements this week:

Moto G86 Power 5G

Powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 CPU and has a 6,720mAh battery, the Moto G86 Power 5G launched in India on July 30. With a…

The world’s biggest tech firms are pouring money into artificial intelligence at a scale never seen before — nearly $400 billion in capital expenditures this year alone, largely focused on building AI infrastructure. That’s more than the European Union spent on defence last year, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Companies like Microsoft, Alphabet (Google’s parent), Amazon, and Meta are aggressively investing in data centres, servers, advanced chips, and cloud computing infrastructure to power the next generation of AI tools. And while…

McDonald’s plans to “double down” on its artificial intelligence investments by 2027 and is betting on India to be a key hub for data governance, engineering and platform architecture, a senior executive said on Friday.

The fast-food giant, which entered India in 1996, operates hundreds of restaurants across the country and recently set up a global office in the southern city of Hyderabad, with an aim to make it the largest outside the United States.

“We’re still in the early stages, so it’s hard to pin down the exact investment,” McDonald’s head of…

More than 90 state and local governments have been targeted using the recently revealed vulnerability in Microsoft server software, according to a US group devoted to helping local authorities collaborate against hacking threats.

The nonprofit Center for Internet Security, which houses an information-sharing group for state, local, tribal, and territorial government entities, provided no further details about the targets, but said it did not have evidence that the hackers had broken through.

“None have resulted in confirmed…

Smartphone maker vivo, on Friday, announced that it will launch its latest premium mid-range smartphone, the vivo V60 5G, on August 12 at noon in India.

Under the hood, the device runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset and is backed by a 6,500mAh battery with support for 90W wired fast charging.

The phone will reportedly feature a 6.67-inch AMOLED quad-curved display with 1.5K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR+ support, and up to 1,600 nits peak brightness, offering a vibrant and immersive viewing experience.

It is also said to run on…

Apple’s AI push is faltering. Siri’s revamp is delayed, rivals are spending over $100 billion on AI, and Apple has lost four top researchers to Meta in a month — including one reportedly poached with a $200 million offer.