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OpenAI confirms GPT-4o will replace GPT-4 from April 30 as AI race heats up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OpenAI is set to replace its GPT-4 model from ChatGPT with GPT-4o on April 30, 2025 – marking an...
Musk’s Tesla halts new orders for Model S and X in China amid ongoing tariff war
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk-owned Tesla has reportedly suspended new orders for its US-manufactured Model S and Model X vehicles in China....
Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, and chips from reciprocal tariffs amid supply chain concerns
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0US President Donald Trump’s administration has now announced that smartphones, laptops, semiconductor chips, and various other electronics would be...
Kompact AI, developed by Ziroh Labs and IIT Madras, can run AI models without heavy computing chips
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ziroh Labs, the homegrown AI startup, has developed a new computing platform that claims to reduce reliance on costly...
ChatGPT will now remember past conversations
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems that going forward, ChatGPT will have a better memory than most of us after two cups of...
Apple chartered nearly 1.5Mn iPhones from India to US before tariffs kicked in
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple has been working to diversify its manufacturing base and mitigate the impact of rising US tariffs on Chinese...
Microsoft confirms pausing some AI data center projects despite increasing demand
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Microsoft has announced a slowdown or pause in certain artificial intelligence (AI) data center projects, including a $1Bn development...
OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over harassment and “bad-faith tactics”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The conflict between OpenAI and its co-founder Elon Musk has entered a new phase, with the AI firm now...
Instagram test ‘locked Reels’ that can be accessed via secret code: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that allows users to create ‘locked’ Reels, accessible only through secret codes....
Musk-led DOGE using AI to monitor federal employees critical of Musk or Trump: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk-led controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor communications of US...
Instagram could finally give us an ‘iPad app’ after 15 years
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Considering how iPad has continued to be a device of relevance in this era of smaller computing, it is...
Andreessen Horowitz plans $20Bn AI fund
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is now reportedly gearing up to raise what would be the largest...
Apple says it will increase iPhone imports from India to mitigate China tariff risks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple is taking steps to mitigate the fallout from the recent escalation of US tariffs on Chinese imports. The...
Indian electronics upstart boAt files for IPO again, targeting $1.5Bn valuation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Indian consumer electronics brand boAt’s parent firm – Imagine Marketing, has reportedly filed draft papers for an initial public...
Meta brings Teen accounts to Facebook and Messenger
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Social media giant Meta is now expanding its “Teen Accounts” feature to Facebook and Messenger. Originally launched on Instagram...
SoftBank set to raise $4.1Bn through record retail bond offering: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amid the global trade turmoil wrecking havoc in markets across the planet, Japanese technology investment conglomerate SoftBank has reportedly...
Trump responds to Chinese tariff retaliation with an additional 50% tariff threat
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The tech world — or easy to say the entire global trade order — is set for another jolt,...
Microsoft adds ‘Actions’ to Copilot for automated web tasks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Microsoft has now enhanced its AI assistant – Copilot with a new feature called ‘Actions,’ which enables it to...
Delhi High Court orders Wikimedia to remove defamatory content about ANI
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Delhi High Court has ordered the Wikimedia Foundation (which operates a popular yet controversial online encyclopedia – Wikipedia)...
Trump delays TikTok deadline, granting a 75-day extension
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0President Donald Trump announced an extension — again — of the deadline for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance to divest...
Trump’s tariffs delay US preorders for Nintendo’s Switch 2
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The consequences of the sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration are already beginning to show up, hightenedly in...
College students get free ChatGPT Plus access in the US and Canada
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OpenAI will now make its premium ChatGPT Plus subscription available at no cost to college students in the US...
EU prepares $1Bn fine for Musk’s X
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0European Union regulators are reportedly finalizing plans to issue a fine against social media platform X, formerly Twitter, for...
Midjourney’s V7 image model to offer Draft, Relax and Turbo Modes, and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0AI firm Midjourney is now starting the “alpha-test phase” of V7, its new AI image-generation model. The V7 model...
Automattic to lay off 16% of workforce amid AI’s impact on software makers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Automattic — parent of WordPress, Tumblr, and WooCommerce — has announced a reduction of around 16% of its workforce....
Digital storytelling platform Pratilipi gets $20Mn to fund expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Indian digital storytelling platform Pratilipi has now announced a fresh infusion of $20 million in a Series E funding...
Trump’s tariff announcement sends tech stocks plunging
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0US President Donald Trump has announced a new series of tariffs targeting imports from a broad range of countries,...
Amazon bids for TikTok US as Trump’s deadline nears: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0E-commerce giant Amazon, is among those who have reportedly submitted a last-minute bid to acquire TikTok’s US ops, the...
Nintendo announces ‘Switch 2’ launches June 5, priced at $450
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Nintendo has officially announced that the Switch 2 will be released on June 5, 2025, with a retail price of...
Tesla deliveries drop 13% in Q1 2025
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The first quarter of the year has not been kind to EV maker Tesla – the company reported a...
Court rules against Arkansas’ 18 yrs. social media age verification law, terms it ‘unconstitutional’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A federal judge has ruled that Arkansas’ law (aka Act 689), requiring social media companies to verify users’ ages...
Visa offers Apple $100Mn for Apple Card business: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Visa, Mastercard, and American Express seem to be engaged in an intense competition to secure a partnership with Apple...
Qualcomm acquires VinAI’s ‘MovianAI’ amid heated global AI race
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Californian semiconductor giant Qualcomm has acquired ‘MovianAI Artificial Intelligence (AI) Application and Research JSC’ (MovianAI) – the generative AI...
GPT-4o’s image generator now available to all ChatGPT users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OpenAI has officially extended its GPT-4o-powered image-generation capabilities to free-tier users, allowing wider access to its AI creative tools....
SoftBank in talks to secure $16.5Bn in loan for AI investments in the US: Bloomberg
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Hours after it pumped in part of the $40Bn fundraise for OpenAI, SoftBank Group is now reportedly in talks...
OpenAI secures $40Bn in fresh funding, valuation at $300Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OpenAI has closed a record-breaking $40 billion private funding round, marking the largest capital raise by a private firm...
India approves government-backed $4.3Bn bailout of Vodafone Idea, to acquire 49% stake
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Vodafone Idea, the long struggling yet third largest Indian telecom player, has gotten a major relief from the government...
Blackstone eyes small stake in TikTok’s US operations: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0New York-headquartered private equity major Blackstone is reportedly considering acquiring a minority stake in TikTok’s US operations. According to...
Apple doubles down on AI-powered healthcare, aims to roll out AI health coach, more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple is making a strong AI push into the healthcare industry, with plans to introduce an AI-powered health coaching...
Musk’s ‘xAI’ buys ‘X’ in $45Bn all-stock deal, valuing social media platform at $33Bn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has acquired Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) in an...
CoreWeave makes muted Nasdaq debut, raised $1.5Bn valued at $23 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0CoreWeave, a cloud services provider that recently partnered with OpenAI, made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange today...
India’s NCLAT upholds antitrust ruling against Google
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has faced another regulatory setback in India after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) upheld key findings...
Krafton acquires majority stake in India mobile gaming startup Nautilus Mobile for $14Mn
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0South Korean gaming giant Krafton, known for its popular titles like PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has...
Ubisoft forms a new €4Bn subsidiary with China’s Tencent amid financial struggles
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ubisoft has announced the formation of a new subsidiary that will consolidate its major game franchises, including Assassin’s Creed,...
Meta is launching a new Friends tab on Facebook to bring back some ‘OG’ vibes
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Meta has unveiled a new ‘Friends’ tab on Facebook — rather counterintuitive statement considering what the platform was originally...
India’s quick commerce drives ‘two-thirds’ of e-grocery orders in 2024: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0India’s quick commerce sector is witnessing rapid growth. And a new report just stamped that statement. QCom platforms like...
Google adds AI-powered travel planning tools
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0As the summer travel season approaches, Google is introducing AI-enhanced tools across Maps, Search, and Hotels to streamline the...
JioHotstar now has over 100 million paid subscribers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0JioHotstar, the newly launched streaming giant formed by the merger of Disney’s Hotstar and Reliance owned JioCinema, has announced...
OpenAI nears $40 billion SoftBank-led funding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OpenAI is now on the verge of securing a record-breaking $40 billion funding round, with SoftBank Group Corp. as...
- Alphabet and Nvidia join investors in backing OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s SSI: Report April 14, 2025
- OpenAI confirms GPT-4o will replace GPT-4 from April 30 as AI race heats up April 13, 2025
- Musk’s Tesla halts new orders for Model S and X in China amid ongoing tariff war April 13, 2025
- Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, and chips from reciprocal tariffs amid supply chain concerns April 12, 2025
- Kompact AI, developed by Ziroh Labs and IIT Madras, can run AI models without heavy computing chips April 11, 2025