YouTube replies to govt notice; says haven't detected child sexual abuse material on its platform

In recent years, Apple has been making more and more efforts to strengthen its foothold in the Indian smartphone market. It has also tapped into the ‘Make in India' initiative by establishing manufacturing of not only older iPhones but newer models such as iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 in the country. And now, the Cupertino-based tech giant is reportedly taking another giant step towards increasing its production capacity in India by kicking the new product introduction (NPI) of the iPhone 17 in the second half of 2025. Let us take a closer look.

Faulty shipments can either turn into a nightmare or a dream come true. Recently, a man purchased a Sony TV worth Rs. 1 lakh on an ecommerce platform, but found a cheaper TV inside, that too, without any accessories. But unlike that nightmare story, a TikTok user in the US had a windfall when he received three boxes to find 60 iPhone 15 Pro Max, each with a whopping 1TB of storage inside. The total cost of the shipment was calculated to be $96000 or Rs. 1.1 crore at the Indian selling price.

Apple has reached a new milestone, just days after its Scary Fast event where the company launched new Mac devices. Unsurprisingly, it was the iPhone that took Apple to this accomplishment. According to a report, Apple has recorded its highest-ever quarterly smartphone shipments during Q3 2023 (July-September). Even as Apple broke new ground, it was Samsung that led this quarter with the highest shipments. The Indian smartphone market also displayed signs of recovery when after a year of decline, it finally showed signs of gradual picking up.

In some great news for Google Pixel users in India and some other countries, the company has rolled out its crash detection feature. Google had rolled out the Car Crash Detection feature to Pixel smartphones way back in 2019. After the recent expansion of the feature, Pixel users will be able to see it in the Safety app on Pixel 3 and later versions. The feature was not recognized much until Apple launched it in the iPhone 14 series. However, Google's Car Crash Detection feature was limited to only a few regions. Now, Google has expanded the feature availability to more regions. Know what is the Google Pixel Crash Detection feature about and the list of newly added countries.

The government wants India's telecom service to remain the most affordable in the entire world, union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Last night, X (formerly Twitter) finally launched two more subscription tiers to the paid version of its platform, known as the X Premium subscription. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform now has a Basic, Premium, and Premium Plus tier for those who want to access features such as editing a post, posting longer posts, and background video playing. Every tier unlocks some tier-specific benefits, and the most expensive plan, Premium Plus, unlocks all the features, and on top of that removes all ads and gives the user the “largest boost for your replies”. Let us take a look at the tiers, their price, and what they offer.

Battlegrounds Mobile India has recently announced the new 2.8 update which celebrates the spooky month. As Halloween is around the corner, the game has introduced a new zombie edge theme which enables the player to experience new abilities, events, rewards, and more. One such event that has grabbed players' eye is the Haunted Havens Exchange Centre. Gamers can earn exciting prizes, such as character costumes and scrap vouchers, at the new exchange centre. Know how the event works.

 Jio has unleashed the fastest roll-out of 5G technology witnessed anywhere in the world and is deploying a 5G cell every 10 seconds, Reliance Jio Infocomm Chairman Akash Ambani said on Friday.

On Tuesday, more than 30 US States filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms over the allegations of using features on Instagram and Facebook to lure children to these platforms and get them hooked on harmful content. Following closely on the heels of that, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has reacted and said that social media platforms will have to be more accountable for the content that circulates there. He also highlighted that these platforms must ensure they do not cause harm to Indian citizens.

The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday.

India's online gaming industry has received show-cause notices amounting to Rs. 1 lakh crore say sources. The notices come even as the industry has raised concerns on the applicable GST Rates.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its Gaganyaan mission TV-D1 test flight on Saturday after an initial anomaly halted the launch. The Test Vehicle carrying payloads related to the Gaganyaan human space flight programme fired again at 10 am on Saturday after ISRO engineers were able to fix the glitch.