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November 5, 2026 9:54 PM

Culture Ministry signs MoU with Google Arts & Culture to digitise India’s heritage

The Ministry of Culture on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google Arts & Culture to digitise India’s cultural heritage and make it accessible to audiences in India and abroad. The agreement was signed at a virtual ceremony in the presence of Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal and Google Arts & Culture Vice President and Founder Amit Sood. The partnership will cover monuments and archaeological sites protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), nationa...

October 28, 2026 8:59 AM

Jio to make trading debut after record $3.2 billion IPO

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's telecom and digital services arm, Jio Platforms, is set to make its stock market debut in Mumbai on Wednesday after its $3.2 billion initial public offering (IPO) attracted bids worth $77 billion, making it India's most-subscribed offering, according to the supplied report. Valued at up to $108.3 billion, Jio Platforms serves more than 530 million customers and could become one of India's largest companies by market capitalisation following its listi...

September 29, 2026 8:19 PM

Anthropic eyes USD 518 billion AI buildout; backed by about 80% non-cancellable deals

Anthropic expects to spend at least USD 518 billion over the next decade to secure AI computing infrastructure from six partners, with about 80 per cent of the commitments either non-cancellable or payable regardless of usage, according to a Reuters report. The AI startup said it plans to spend at least USD 111.1 billion with Google, USD 110 billion with Amazon and USD 31.4 billion with Microsoft under long-term infrastructure service obligations over the next seven to 10 years “regardless of...

September 25, 2026 11:47 AM

“Compute in space will round up to 100%”: Elon Musk backs future of AI compute as Google announces Project Suncatcher test launch

Space X and Tesla boss Elon Musk has made a futuristic prediction about compute claiming that most of it will move into outer space. The prediction came as Google announced Project Suncatcher its ‘moonshot’ to put AI in space. Sharing a video featuring Google’s Senior Director, Paradigms of Intelligence Travis Beals, Musk said, “The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute.” Earlier in a post on X dated September 13, Musk said, “I am highly confiden...

September 25, 2026 11:20 AM

“One small step for TPUs”: Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Project Suncatcher to test AI compute in Space

Google on Thursday announced that its Project Suncatcher is scheduled to embark on its first test in orbit, launching a prototype satellite to evaluate how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) perform in space. Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed by Google Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a post on X said, “Can our TPUs survive and operate in space? Well, we’...

July 24, 2026 11:36 AM

Google introduces selfie video sign-in feature for secure account recovery

Google has introduced a new selfie video verification feature that enables users to securely recover access to their accounts if they are locked out, forget their password, or lose access to their usual device or two-factor authentication methods. According to The Verge, the new feature allows users to record a short video of their face using a mobile device or computer. Google then compares the new recording with a previously stored reference video to verify that the person attempting to sign ...

July 22, 2026 12:52 PM

Google updates lightweight Gemini models, but flagship still delayed

Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday released a trio of cheaper versions of its Gemini AI model, but shared no timing updates for the flagship Pro model that has already seen its launch delayed by several weeks. The new model lineup includes Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, updated versions of its lightweight offerings, designed for use cases that do not require the most cutting-edge technology. Google also unveiled a new lightweight variant, Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, which is tailored tow...

July 2, 2026 3:16 PM

Google loses fight against record €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine

Alphabet's Google on Thursday lost its fight against a record fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators eight years ago for using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a court ruling likely to boost Europe's crackdown on Big Tech. The European Commission had originally handed out a €4.34 billion fine to Google in 2018 for its agreements which forced phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search, the Chrome browser and the Google Play app store on their Android devices and prev...

June 17, 2026 4:21 PM

UK regulator sets out new rules on Google Search to boost competition

Britain's competition watchdog ordered Google to provide greater transparency on how its search rankings work, part of ‌new requirements aimed at securing "a fairer deal" for businesses and improving the U.S. tech giant's services in the country. The first requires Google to improve transparency and fairness in how search results ⁠are ranked, while the second requires Google to allow users to move their search data to authorised third parties, the Competition and Markets Auth...

April 24, 2026 4:51 PM

DeepSeek previews new AI model adapted to run on Huawei chips

DeepSeek, the Chinese startup whose low-cost AI model stunned the world last year, on Friday launched a preview of a highly awaited new model adapted for Huawei chip technology, underlining China's growing self-sufficiency in the sector. The Pro version of the new model outperforms other open-source models in world-knowledge benchmarks, trailing only Google's closed-source Gemini-Pro-3.1, DeepSeek said. The close collaboration with Huawei on the new model, the V4, contrasts with DeepSeek's pas...