Multiple AI-generated images have surfaced online showing Elon Musk smoking a cigar with multiple tech leaders, including Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman. "$1 trillion squad assembled," a user wrote while sharing one of the pictures. Another showed Bezos smoking the cigar with Huang, Nadella, Zuckerberg and Musk holding drinks.

A group of customers created a ruckus outside a shop in UP's Saharanpur on Saturday after over 100 phones bought from the same shop suddenly turned off, reports said. Some of them alleged that the shopkeeper sold old or refurbished iPhones as new and demanded more money after they complained. Police are investigating whether the phones were, in fact, iPhones.

Meta techie Arnav Gupta posted a cab driver's message, claiming he said, "I'm facing threat of murder," after he asked him to wait for two minutes. Gupta said after noticing the message was translated by Google, he realised the driver had texted, "Murder deri ke samne hun (I'm in front of Mother Dairy)." "Guy was using voice-to-text," a user joked.

A US court has ordered TCS to pay $194-million in damages to DXC Technology for allegedly using its trade secrets to win a lucrative contract and develop its own software platform, BaNCS. The ruling comes after a legal battle between TCS and CSC, now part of DXC. CSC claimed that TCS gained unauthorised access after Transamerica employees moved to TCS.

Twitter (now X) Co-Founder Jack Dorsey praised billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck, calling it the "best robot out there". "Thanks Jack," Musk replied to the post, with a heart emoji. Several users reacted to Dorsey's remark, with one saying, "Best robot? Bro can’t even fit in a normal parking spot." "It’s literally a roaming robot with seats," another said.

The CERT-In has issued a high-severity alert to Google Chrome users advising immediate updates across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The warning comes after multiple high-risk vulnerabilities were discovered in the browser, raising concerns about potential remote attacks. The government had earlier issued a warning for a wide range of Apple products, and Microsoft Office and Windows products.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an internal meeting that 2026 will be "intense" with "ups and downs" as the AI competition escalates. "It's a very competitive moment, so you can't rest on your laurels," he said. "We have a lot of hard work ahead, but again, I think we are well-positioned through this moment," he added.

At the G20 Summit in South Africa, PM Narendra Modi pushed for stringent regulations on AI's use in deepfakes, crime, and terror activities. He emphasised the need for global compact to prevent misuse of AI, based on principles like human oversight, safety by design, and transparency. PM also discussed about disaster preparedness, calling natural disasters a major challenge to humanity.

An X user claimed that Google's Nano Banana Pro helped him solve a mathematics question by replying with an image that showed the answer written in the user's own handwriting. "Students are going to love this," the user wrote. "Students are going to learn nothing and just have AI do their homework," a user replied, while another called it "amazing".

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told employees that "the whole world would've fallen apart" if the company had "delivered a bad quarter". The chipmaker posted stronger-than-expected sales and profits for the quarter ended October 26. However, Huang said the Wall Street "didn't appreciate" NVIDIA's "incredible" quarter due to the growing fears of an AI bubble.

AI-generated pictures featuring tech leaders Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos gathered together are being shared widely online. These pictures have been dubbed the '$1 trillion squad' considering their combined net worth. As per reports, they "tap" the cultural mood of 2025 amid the race to build AI infrastructure.

Billionaire Elon Musk's 2018 pay package, proposed before approval of $1-trillion package which is still in court over its validity, could eat up years of Tesla's profits, Reuters reported. If the 2018 plan isn't approved, the replacement stock-compensation package could result in $26-billion hit to Tesla. Easiest goals in Tesla's $1-trillion plan could also trigger tens of billions in payouts.

Google has developed a way for its latest Pixel 10 smartphones to transfer images and files with iPhones using Apple’s AirDrop protocol. To send file from Pixel 10 over AirDrop, an iPhone user needs to change phone's settings to make it discoverable to anyone, which has automatic 10-minute time limit. The feature named 'Quick Share', has broken Apple's green-walled ecosystem.

Chinese researchers have conducted a simulation study to explore ways to jam the signals of Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink, SCMP reported. The findings suggest jamming Starlink across an area matching Taiwan would require 1,000 to 2,000 electronic warfare drones. Under the study, researchers simulated the positioning of Starlink satellites over 12 hours above eastern China.

Only six of the 46 EV models sold in India are eligible for rewards under Centre's Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, TOI reported. This indicates that only 13% of India's EV lineup satisfies localisation requirements, making 87% of them ineligible for subsidies due to their excessive reliance on imported parts. Automakers must attain minimum 50% domestic value addition under PLI scheme.

Client data of JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Morgan Stanley and other major US banks may have been accessed in a hack of a technology vendor, New York Times reported. New York-based vendor for real estate lenders SitusAMC said certain information from their systems was compromised in a cyberattack. FBI Director Kash Patel said no operational impact to banking services was identified.

India’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are rapidly adopting AI, especially Agentic and Generative AI, a new report stated. This has led to a 17-18% hiring surge for these centres, although total hiring in the IT sector dropped in the quarter ending September. Around 58% of GCCs are already investing in Agentic AI, while 29% may scale it up in 2026.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the work on the company's advanced AI chip AI5 is nearing completion and development is already underway on AI6. "Our goal is to bring a new AI chip design to volume production every 12 months," he said. "We expect to build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined," he added.

Tesla CEO and the world's richest person Elon Musk posted, replied to or shared content 1,716 times on his X account during a month, according to an NBC News analysis. On average, he posted around 55 times per day. Nearly half of his posts (49%) were about politically charged topics, while 41% were about his companies, including xAI and SpaceX.

Apple will launch its new iPad Air in March-April 2026, and the device will be offered in the same 11-inch and 13-inch size options as its predecessor, reports stated. The device will be thicker and heavier than the iPad Pro, featuring LED display. It'll be powered by the M4 chip, whose CPU is up to 30% faster than its predecessor.

Microblogging platform X has maintained a strong presence in US, with 21% of American adults using the platform despite emergence of new platforms like Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social, a new study reported. These new platforms have been used by less than 10% of US adults. Additionally, YouTube and Facebook are used by 84% and 71% of US adults, respectively.

Google VP Amin Vahdat told employees that the company needs to deliver "1,000 times more capability, compute and storage networking" to meet demand for AI services, CNBC reported. To reach the target, Vahdat said, the company will have to double its serving capacity every six months. "The competition in AI infrastructure is the most critical," he added.

Google considers India one of the most intense markets for AI-driven scams, with industrial-scale deepfake fraud and "digital arrest" scams. To combat these frauds, the tech giant planned to set up on-device scam detection for Pixel 9 devices in India and new screen-sharing alerts for financial apps. India lost $789-million due to online scams in first five months of 2025.

Meta is asking for federal approval to get into business of trading electricity to power its AI data centres. According to Meta, this will allow it to make long-term commitments to buy electricity from new plants. It will also give Meta the ability to resell some of that power on wholesale power markets. Apple has already received a similar approval.

Around 26 major Indian e-commerce platforms submitted self-declaration letters to the government, confirming compliance with the dark-pattern guidelines. Zepto, Zomato, Myntra, Netmeds, Meesho, Jiomart, Swiggy and Flipkart are among these e-commerce platforms. Dark patterns included false urgency, basket sneaking, confirm shaming, subscription traps, interface interference and disguised ads.