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New Delhi: Mozilla is changing how artificial intelligence works inside its browser. Beginning with Firefox 148 on February 24, users will be able to block all current and future AI features from a single setting. The move follows growing feedback from people who want tighter control over how AI appears in their daily browsing. The company says the update is about choice. Some users want powerful AI tools. Others want none at all. With the new controls, Firefox will let both groups decide for themselves. Once preferences are set, they stay in place across updates, and can be changed at any time. One dashboard to manage every AI feature The new “AI controls” section lives inside Firefox’s desktop settings. From there, users can switch individual features on or off or disable AI entirely with a single toggle. Turning on “Block AI enhancements” removes prompts and reminders about existing or upcoming AI tools. At launch, the controls cover translations, AI-generated alt text in...
New Delhi: Elon Musk has merged SpaceX with xAI, forming a combined company valued at a staggering $1.25 trillion. The deal assigns a $1 trillion valuation to SpaceX and $250 billion to xAI, according to people familiar with the matter. The all-stock transaction brings together rockets, satellites, artificial intelligence, and real-time digital platforms under one roof. In a statement, Musk said the goal is to build a vertically integrated innovation engine spanning AI, spaceflight, satellite internet, and direct-to-device communications. Employees were informed of the valuation in an internal memo, and the company is still expected to pursue an initial public offering later this year. One company, many frontiers Musk said the merger is designed to accelerate breakthroughs by tightly linking computing power with space infrastructure. He believes that within a few years, running large AI workloads in orbit could become cheaper than on Earth, opening the door to faster model training...
New Delhi: The India unit of Meta Platforms has recorded a healthy combination of figures in FY25, with net profits increasing by 28.3 per cent annually to Rs 647.5 crore, mainly due to a growth in digital advertising. Operation revenue increased by 25 per cent to reach Rs 3,792.9 crore due to the increased online activities and increased advertiser demand in the various platforms of the company. The total income during the year was Rs 3,833.62 crore, 25% higher than in FY24. The growth in gross advertising revenue was even higher, increasing by 29 per cent to Rs 29,392 crore, showing how the Indian economy is becoming increasingly digital and how Meta is penetrating both consumers and businesses. Advertising remains Meta India’s biggest engine Meta India makes its major revenues through selling advertisements on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and partner websites and apps. Depending on the structure of campaigns, the company records the revenue of impression-based adverts and...
New Delhi: Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered fresh evidence that the early universe behaved like a near-perfect liquid. New experiments show energetic quarks creating wake-like ripples as they travel through quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the universe moments after the Big Bang. The findings offer the clearest proof yet that this primordial ‘soup’ flowed collectively, with almost no friction. Instead of particles scattering randomly, the plasma responds as a single fluid, splashing and swirling around fast-moving quarks, much like water reacting to a speeding duck. Recreating the first moments of the cosmos The universe in its first microseconds was an amalgam of gluons and quarks in a trillion-degree mixture. When space cooled, these particles merged to create protons and neutrons, forming the base of all matter today. Physicists collide heavy ions at nearly light speed in the LHC to study this extreme state. These...
New Delhi: Amazon is in preliminary discussions to invest tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI, with the potential deal reaching as high as $50 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. If completed, the investment would make Amazon the largest contributor to OpenAI’s current fundraising round. The negotiations are still in their initial stages, and critical conditions are yet to be agreed upon. The move underscores more and more rivalry between Big Tech companies and international investors to establish a closer relationship with OpenAI, as the need for infrastructure for AI products is increasing, and firms are scrambling to acquire an advantage in the rapidly expanding AI industry. Amazon could become OpenAI’s biggest backer Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is allegedly negotiating with the OpenAI chief and founder, Sam Altman. An investment of $50 billion would put Amazon at the forefront of other prospective investors in the current capital raise of OpenAI. Amazon is...
New Delhi: Snap has shifted its augmented reality glasses project into a new subsidiary as it intensifies efforts to penetrate the consumer smart glasses market. On Wednesday, the company declared that its AR hardware division has taken over a wholly owned establishment which it has named Specs Inc. Snap claimed that the new organisation will assist it in becoming more focused before it rolls out Specs AR glasses later in the year. It is an indicator of increased competition in wearable technology, with competitors such as Meta and Alphabet taking a more aggressive step into AI-enhanced eyewear. Specs Inc. to drive AR strategy Snap claimed that with the subsidiary, its glasses business will have a higher level of operational focus and alignment. Specs Inc. will also provide Snap greater freedom to seek out partners and raise capital, as well as minor investments. Although Snap did not specify the number of employees that would be transferred to the new unit, it affirmed that Specs is...
New Delhi: Google is deploying an AI-powered auto-browse feature on its Chrome platform, which uses Gemini, and this is a significant move towards web automation. The tool enables Gemini to accomplish multi-step activities like researching the travel options, booking appointments, filling online forms, managing subscriptions and even shopping within a given budget. The feature has been introduced to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US. It extends the previous Chrome technology of Gemini that was based on question-answering and summarising web pages. Auto browse places Google in a new realm of being a helper and more of an agent, which makes Chrome a complete AI service. Gemini now completes tasks across the web Gemini is able to take care of the complex workflow on behalf of its users with auto browse on. According to Google, the AI is able to scan photographs with items that need to be bought, find related products online, place them in carts, and redeem a discount code...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked social media and digital companies to send their feedback on accelerating the implementation of the key provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and Rules in India. The ministry has provided the stakeholders with time up to February 4 in order to respond. This action comes after consultations took place on January 22, during which the officials discussed plans to reduce compliance timelines and promote the implementation of select rules. Some of the major recommendations include shortening the transition time of the data fiduciaries, which currently is 18 months, to 12 months. Proposal to cut compliance window to 12 months MeitY in an email issued following the meeting stated that it is contemplating three significant changes and requested industry feedback. One of the proposals aims to reduce the compliance date of the data fiduciaries by 12 months as compared to 18 months and years....
New Delhi: Apple has unveiled a refreshed AirTag with a stronger focus on findability, range, and everyday convenience. The new tracker brings a more powerful Ultra Wideband chip, a much louder speaker, and, for the first time, Precision Finding support on Apple Watch, while keeping the same familiar design. The update is aimed at making lost items easier to recover, whether they’re buried inside a bag or left behind at a café. Apple says the new AirTag also continues its privacy-first approach, with built-in anti-stalking safeguards and encrypted location sharing across the Find My network. India price and availability The new AirTag is priced the same as the previous model in India. A single unit costs Rs 3,790, while a four-pack is available for Rs 12,900. Buyers can still opt for free personalised engraving when ordering online. Apple’s FineWoven Key Ring accessory is sold separately for Rs 3,900. The tracker works with iPhones running iOS 26 or later and iPads on iPadOS 26...
New Delhi: Meta is temporarily stopping teenagers from chatting with its AI characters as it works on a redesigned version of the feature. The company says the pause is meant to ensure a safer and more controlled experience for younger users once the updated characters are released. The decision was disclosed through an update to a previous blog post on teen safety. According to Meta, the restriction will begin “in the coming weeks” and applies only to the current version of its AI characters. Teen access will return once the new iteration is ready and equipped with stronger parental controls. Teen access paused during AI redesign Meta said it began developing a new version of its AI characters for both adults and teens after announcing plans for parental controls in October. Instead of building safety features twice, the company chose to pause teen access to the existing characters while focusing on the overhaul. Sophie Vogel, a Meta spokesperson, said the upcoming version will...
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