Author: Kavish

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses” engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies’ practices directly affected his own business by scaring away users from installing Epic’s Games Store software and preventing Epic from attracting developers to its offerings. Notably, Epic Games has played a big role in the fight against big tech monopolies over the past several years. The company sued both Apple and Google for…

Japanese electronics maker JVC re-entered the Indian market earlier this year via a licensing agreement with Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SPPL) and has since introduced a series of smart TVs in partnership with Amazon. I have been using the recently launched JVC 55-inch QLED TV for a couple of months, and here’s my two bits on how the Japanese company performed with its new offering.Also Read | Samsung Galaxy A56 5G review: Look and feel will win you over, but is it enough?Unboxing:Inside the box of the JVC TV, you are greeted by a 55-inch QLED panel, a metallic stand,…

Lava Bold 5G was announced in India on Wednesday as the latest 5G smartphone from domestic smartphone brand Lava. The new handset runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset and has a 6.67-inch display. The Lava Bold 5G has an IP64-rated build, and it sports a 64-megapixel rear camera unit. It houses a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support. The Lava Bold 5G will go on sale next week via Amazon.Lava Bold 5G Price in IndiaThe Lava Bold 5G comes at an introductory starting price tag of Rs. 10,499. It is confirmed to be available in 4GB + 128GB…

NEW DELHI, 2nd April 2025 Government of India’s key policymakers lobbying with the Trump Administration have almost made up their mind to allow EVs from the United States at a low tariff rate, especially with Elon Musk’s Tesla supporting the US Government to drive such a move to get a large slice of India’s EV industry. According to a Reuters report, key policymakers in India are actively engaging with the Trump administration and appear willing to allow the import of EVs from the United States at reduced rates, particularly with Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s support. According to a report citing…

Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will help creators with the labor-intensive process of tagging as well as to help detect potential intellectual property (IP) violations. Loci, which uses computer vision models to understand 3D content, automatically tags 3D assets, making content easier to search, share, and discover. Due to the large number of assets that creators often need to manage, the new integration is likely to be very helpful, as the process can be very time-consuming.  Not only will Loci’s technology address the challenges associated with…

Nintendo has officially announced the release of its highly anticipated Switch 2 console, set to launch on 5 June. The new system, which builds upon the success of the original Switch introduced in 2017, will debut at a starting price of $450 (nearly 38,435) in the United States, marking a significant increase from the $300 (25,623) price tag of its predecessor.During an hour-long livestream on Wednesday, the Japanese gaming giant unveiled details about the console, along with an array of upcoming titles. Among them isMario Kart World, the latest instalment in the beloved racing series, which will be available alongside…

Samsung, at its last Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event, made it clear that it does have plans to launch a multi-fold device in the near future. With Huawei already in the lead, everyone expects Samsung, the only smartphone brand to mass-produce foldable smartphones globally, to launch something similar or better. Post the announcement there have been reports that such a device will launch alongside the next Galaxy Z Fold series of devices. Currently rumoured to be called the Galaxy G Fold, there’s now new details about its model number and more importantly, market availability.According to SmartPrix, who unearthed the model numbers…

NEW DELHI, 2nd April, 2025 The Government of India’s PM E Drive scheme, which has a total budget of Rs 10,000 crores, has distributed nearly Rs 422 crores in subsidies to electric two-wheelers across the country. According to information provided by the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the scheme received a total of Rs 423.23 crores from April 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025. The ongoing PM E-Drive scheme, which received cabinet approval in September 2024, has set aside Rs 4,391 crore to promote the purchase of electric buses in nine major metropolitan areas: New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune,…

Nintendo unveiled new details on Wednesday about its hugely anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, which will be the company’s first new console since the Nintendo Switch was introduced in 2017. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released on June 5 and cost $450. At launch, the console will arrive both on its own and as part of a bundle with Mario Kart World, a new game for the Switch 2. What will the Nintendo Switch 2 look like? As its name suggests, the Switch 2 is an upgrade on the Nintendo Switch. It builds upon the existing design of…

After the viral Japanese Ghibli-style art, OpenAI is on a roll and trying something new every day. The San Francisco-based company rolled out a new unhinged voice mode in ChatGPT on 1 April 2025.OpenAI introduced the new voice mode on its official X account, saying, “No joke, there’s a new voice in ChatGPT.” As the name suggests, ‘Monday’ is exactly what it sounds like—a personification of laziness and that dreaded Monday blues feeling. It has a totally sluggish vibe and responds to users in the same laid-back, can-not-be-bothered way.Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, also introduced Monday in a careless…