Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity termed the lawsuit brought by Amazon against its agentic shopping tool a “threat to all internet users.” The online retail giant has approached the US District Court for the northern district of California to prohibit…
As part of the programme, Lenskart will make its AI and camera technology available to consumer apps and platforms such as Zomato, Swiggy, and BookMyShow, along with Indian developers, to enable integration across categories. Lenskart’s smartglasses allow users to capture…
The AI features are also supposed to enable Google Maps to be more precise by calling out landmarks to denote the place to make a turn instead of relying on distance notifications.
A robot searching for workers trapped in a partially collapsed mine shaft must rapidly generate a map of the scene and identify its location within that scene as it navigates the treacherous terrain. Researchers have recently started building powerful machine-learning…
Modular furniture maker Spacewood Furnishers has secured Rs 300 crore in funding from A91 Partners, valuing the company at Rs 1,200 crore. The investment will fuel expansion, brand building, and operational enhancements, including technology upgrades and manufacturing capabilities. Spacewood aims…
Logistics provider Delhivery has launched Freight Index One, a new service offering historical, current, and forward full truckload (FTL) pricing estimates for the Indian trucking industry. This platform aims to address the lack of freight indices in India, providing crucial…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for science and public trust —David Keith is the…
This year, we’ve seen a real-time experiment playing out across the technology industry, one in which AI’s software engineering capabilities have been put to the test against human technologists. And although 2025 may have started with AI looking strong, the…
French judicial authorities said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks of its algorithms pushing young people into suicide. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the probe was in response to a…
Meta Platforms on Tuesday rejected a ruling by the French rights watchdog against its algorithm after allegations of discriminatory job advertisements on its social network Facebook.