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Google brings experimental Dreambeans app to India

Built by Google Labs, the app assembles a personalised daily collection of stories for each user.

Google India office towers in Gurugram

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Binance reopens withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack as North Korea denies role

Outflows are stabilising, but who was behind the largest crypto theft on record is still disputed.

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Cyberattack knocks out supermarket refrigeration across nine European countries

The EU called it a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food supply chain.

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Apple beats expectations but warns memory costs will squeeze holiday-quarter margins

New CEO John Ternus faced his first earnings test as rising memory-chip prices bite.

The Apple Store glass cube on Fifth Avenue, New York

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Anthropic says revenue surged 1,100% as it heads towards an IPO

The filing also shows the AI company has committed to spend about $895 billion, mostly on computing power.

Racks of servers in a data centre

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AI agent startup Instinct blames configuration issue for WhatsApp disruption

Separate user ban reports raise questions about how Meta treats third-party AI agents on WhatsApp.

A person using WhatsApp on a smartphone

India

Nothing OS 5.0, based on Android 17, expands its stable rollout

The update reaches the Phone (4a) Pro, (4a), (3a) Pro and (3a), with new AI tools and personalisation options.

Nothing staff presenting phones at a launch event

India

Vivo Y32 5G launches with an 8,000mAh battery and 120Hz display

The budget handset also supports 44W charging, reverse charging and microSD cards up to 2TB.

A Vivo and Oppo phone shop in India at night

India

Why social media posts show “Unavailable in India”: how content blocking works

MeitY advisories, shorter takedown deadlines and platform policies are under fresh scrutiny.

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Meta reportedly built a humanoid household robot with Chinese startup Fourier

The robot, called Max, is designed to help people with chores, according to a report.

Humanoid robots on display at a science museum