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ESDS Software Solution Limited launches Swaraj Cloud, India’s AI-autonomous architect cloud platform built, and operated entirely on Indian soil. Designed for the enterprises, banks, government bodies ...

Smartglasses are a new consumer-tech arms race for the last and best real estate on our bodies. So what are we supposed to do with them? Jackie Jantos, Hinge chief executive, details how the dating ...

Your devices are changing your body in ways you might not realise. It's not too late to do something about it. Some tech leaders have a vision for a world where you spend a lot less time looking at ...

Interfacial electrochemical reaction kinetics are crucial to fast charging and low-temperature operation of batteries. We now reveal that solvent exchange dynamics of solvated ions are intrinsically ...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are challenging our understanding of plagiarism. How should we deal with plagiarism of ideas if this misbehaviour is increasingly common, and it is ...

Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.

Meta's WhatsApp is launching usernames for privacy, enabling users to interact without disclosing phone numbers. While this can protect user identity, experts warn of risks like impersonation and ...

June 30, 2026 • Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own prediction market app.

The model has been shut down for 2½ weeks due to security concerns, roiling the artificial-intelligence industry. The growing use of AI agents is set to increase corporate AI token spend, and some ...