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Tablet shipments worldwide grew by 20.4 percent year-over-year in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, with shipments totalling 39.6 million units, according to a report by a market research firm. The report notes that the “dismal 2023 market” makes for an easy YoY comparison but the supply growth is nevertheless a good thing for the tablet…
Amazon.com pumped another $4 billion into OpenAI competitor Anthropic, as the e-commerce giant goes up against Big Tech rivals in a race to capitalize on generative artificial intelligence technology. This doubles Amazon’s investment in the firm known for its GenAI chatbot Claude, but it remains a minority investor, the startup said on Friday. Similar to…
OnePlus Open was launched in India in 2023 as the company’s first-ever foldable smartphone. While its launch price was North of Rs. 1 lakh, Amazon India has rolled out exciting offers on the handset, enabling buyers to purchase it at a price below the aforementioned amount. With its offer, the e-commerce giant offers customers an…
Satellite startup OneWeb’s past decade has resembled a space opera. Founded by a US entrepreneur and headquartered in London, it has partnered with Google and Elon Musk, supplied Arianespace, attracted investment from Hughes Network Systems and SoftBank Group and fallen into bankruptcy. It was then rescued by the UK government and India’s Bharti Global. The…
The world’s largest tech companies are promising across the board to spend less, new territory for an industry that thrives on perks. Already last year, Facebook parent Meta Platforms shut down its laundry service for staff, and in January of this year, Alphabet’s Google included more than 30 massage therapists in its first big round…
Amazon Prime Video is revising the number of devices which can be connected to one account in India, the video streaming platform has announced. It previously allowed Prime users to connect up to 10 devices to a single account but is cutting down the limit exactly in half. The video streaming platform is also reducing…
Google has asked the US government to break up Microsoft’s exclusive agreement to host OpenAI’s technology on its cloud servers, the Information reported on Tuesday. The conversation happened after the US Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft’s business practices as part of a broader investigation, the report said, citing a person directly involved in…
Of the dozens of listed companies talking up the potential of ChatGPT-like technologies, Chegg is among the first to publicly state just how deleterious the trend could be for its business. It needn’t be, though management seems ready to ride the wave of this new innovation rather than swim against the current. Chegg describes itself…
Google has asked the US government to break up Microsoft’s exclusive agreement to host OpenAI’s technology on its cloud servers, the Information reported on Tuesday. The conversation happened after the US Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft’s business practices as part of a broader investigation, the report said, citing a person directly involved in…
