Apple has reduced iPhone prices across all models by 3-4%, reported Economic Times. Customers buying Pro or Pro Max models stand to save between ₹5,100 and ₹6,000 after the price cut. Prices of iPhone 13, 14 and 15, which are made in India, have also been reduced. Recently, the government reduced basic customs duty on phones from 20% to 15%.

YouTuber MrBeast, addressing the grooming accusations against his transgender co-host Ava Kris Tyson, said, "I am disgusted and opposed to such unacceptable acts." "I've seen enough online and taken immediate action to remove Ava from the company, my channel and any association with MrBeast," he added. He further said a third party has been hired to conduct a thorough investigation.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, IIT-Kharagpur. Sharing the pictures, he wrote, "My parents always hoped I would get my doctorate, I think an honorary one still counts." His wife Anjali Pichai was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award at a ceremony held in San Francisco in the US, a statement revealed.

Several UK hospitals are facing an unprecedented shortage of blood supplies due to a cyberattack on Synnovis, a testing services provider, since June. Hospitals imposed limits and urged people to donate blood. "We urgently need more O group donors to come forward and help boost stocks...The need for O-negative blood...remains critical," NHS Blood and Transplant Chief Executive Jo Farrar said.

Netflix is facing boycott calls on social media X after its billionaire Chairman and Co-founder Reed Hastings donated $7 million to a PAC supporting US VP Kamala Harris' presidential election campaign. Most of the X users who shared '#CancelNetflix' posts identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump's MAGA movement. "Time to win," Hastings had said after Joe Biden endorsed Harris.

Amidst the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics, some features of the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr, has been disabled within the Olympic village. Users from the area revealed that they were unable to change their location on the app. Grindr confirmed this stating that it has done so to protect the privacy of athletes from anyone "who may try to expose them".

The festive season in India, starting around Ganesh Chaturthi is a big season for sales. Indian online shopping habits are evolving, with a significant rise in demand for same-day and next-day deliveries, especially for non-essentials. And this is leading to a very busy season for logistics.

Apple has launched Apple Watch for children in India, allowing family members and children without iPhones to use its features. Available on Apple Watch SE and Series 4 models and up, it offers communication, health monitoring, emergency SOS, and location tracking. Parents can set up and control the watch via their iPhone.

CrowdStrike confirmed that faulty testing software allowed an update to go through to Microsoft devices, causing the massive outage that affected 8.5 million computers. The company said a Template Type passed validation despite containing problematic content data due to a bug in Content Validator. A template is a pattern that a compiler uses to generate a family of functions.

Avaya has reportedly announced layoffs affecting about 180 jobs, approximately three percent of its workforce, as part of its restructuring plans to streamline operations and improve efficiency. Despite the layoffs, Avaya intends to hire individuals with new skill sets to enhance its operations.

Apple will assemble the Pro and Pro Max models of its iPhones in India for the first time through its partner Foxconn after launch of iPhone 16, reports claimed citing sources. The sources added that Foxconn's facility in Tamil Nadu will enter mass production stage once iPhone 16 is launched. Last year, Apple produced base iPhone 15 models in India.

Devnagri, a Gen-AI startup that personalizes business communication for non-English speakers, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series A funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures, a Gurugram-based angel investment firm. The startup plans to use the raised capital for marketing, sales, technology scaling, R&D, infrastructure and administrative expenses.

The government informed the Rajya Sabha that its Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) shut down 91 phishing websites and 379 illegal loan apps hosting websites between October 2023 and May 2024. About 310 malicious domains were also made non-functional. Additionally, a cyber fraud reporting system under I4C saved ₹2,400 crore in over 7.6 lakh complaints.

India's top five IT companies will hire as many as 88,000 freshers in the current financial year. Tata Consultancy Services has announced plans to hire 40,000 employees, whereas HCLTech and Wipro said they will hire 10,000 and 10,000-12,000 freshers, respectively. Some IT companies hired fewer freshers last fiscal year and delayed fresher onboarding after their clients cut back on spending.

After billionaire Elon Musk claimed his estranged transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson was "killed by the woke-mind virus" after he was tricked into agreeing to gender-affirming care procedures, she said, "I disowned Musk, not the other way around." Wilson shared a screenshot of Musk's tweets claiming she was "born gay and slightly autistic". She said the remarks were "entirely fake".

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reignited a feud with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after telling a reporter, "I'll fight Zuckerberg any place, any time, any rules." Responding to Musk's statement, Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, "Are we really doing this again?" Musk's renewed challenge comes after speculation about a cage fight or a potential MMA match between the two tech giants.

Google Maps' new feature for Indian users will end their confusion over whether to take a flyover or stay on the service road. It will call out flyovers along the recommended route to help people anticipate upcoming flyovers and prepare to get onto the flyover. Starting this week, it'll be available in 40 cities on Android apps and Android Auto.

Meta's Oversight Board has urged the company to update its policies on AI-generated explicit content. Recommendations include changing "derogatory" to "non-consensual" & moving policies to "Sexual Exploitation Community Standards." This follows incidents where explicit, AI-gen images of public figures were posted on Meta's platforms, highlighting flaws in content moderation & appeal processes.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen assets worth ₹80.43 crore after conducting raids across four cities in an ongoing money laundering probe against OctaFX trading platform. OctaFX and other related entities allegedly earned a profit of over ₹1,000 crore by cheating investors in the guise of forex trading. A portion of these funds was remitted abroad, ED said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a "US-led global coalition can best ensure that AI stays democratic". "This is not a Republican or Democratic issue; it's an American issue," he stated. "AI will be a critical national security issue...The US needs to maintain its lead in developing AI, rather than leave a vacuum for authoritarian governments," he added.

US-based video-sharing app Cameo, valued over $1 billion in 2021, is struggling to pay a fine of $600,000, as per settlement documents signed between 30 US states and Cameo. Considering Cameo's financial status, the states agreed to reduce the fine, imposed as the app failed to comply with celebrity endorsement regulations, to $100,000. Cameo will implement features for future compliance.

OpenAI has launched SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new AI search features that rivals Google Search. The model, which will be launched to a small group of users and publishers for feedback, combines AI with information from web to give users timely answers with clear and relevant sources, OpenAI said. SearchGPT's best features will later be incorporated into ChatGPT.

The gold-coloured necklace that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been spotted wearing has 'Mi Shebeirach', a Jewish prayer for "health and courage", engraved on it, Zuckerberg said in a Bloomberg interview. "I've sung [the prayer] to [my daughters] basically every night of their lives," he said. Zuckerberg had earlier said the necklace had sentimental values attached to it.

US lawmaker Jennifer Wexton has become the first Congressperson to use an AI voice to address Congress. Wexton had lost her voice to a rare neurological disorder and used an AI program to create her voice's clone using old recordings of speeches. "It will never be 'me', but it's more 'me' than I ever thought I'd hear again," Wexton said.

The government said the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported a "possible intrusion and data breach at BSNL" in May. "It was found that one file transfer protocol server was having the data similar to the sample data shared by CERT-In," MoS Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said. A committee has been formed to conduct telecom networks' audit, he added.