Author: Kavish
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…
HMD 130 Music and HMD 150 Music have been launched in India as the latest feature phones by Human Mobile Devices (HMD). The new feature phones come in multiple colour options and have a 2,500mAh battery. They are claimed to offer up to 50 hours of music playback on a single charge. They have UPI payment capabilities and sport 2.4-inch QVGA displays. The HMD 130 Music and HMD 150 Music were first announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025.HMD 130 Music, HMD 150 Music Price in IndiaThe HMD 130 Music is priced at Rs. 1,899 in India, whereas the…
Microsoft recently began testing a new tool designed to help Windows 11 PCs recover from boot failure. The new Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) feature that is rolling out to testers is designed to automatically attempt to repair boot-up problems on a Windows 11 PC, and could prevent a recurrence of last year’s catastrophic CrowdStrike incident. Microsoft says that it will be able to remotely issue fixes for PCs facing critical boot-up issues, via Windows Update, while IT administrators in an organisation will be able to do the same for managed computers.How Microsoft’s Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) Tool WorksThe Redmond company…
Democrats, Independents and Republicans broadly believe that the federal government should continue to support EVs, according to a new bipartisan poll. The vast majority of Republican voters who participated in the poll want EVs to become more affordable, EV jobs to remain in the U.S. and the charging infrastructure to become robust. Even then, a majority of Republicans don’t plan on buying an EV in the near term, but support EV-related investments anyway. A stunning new poll signals a broad shift in the perception of electric vehicles in the U.S. across party lines. President Trump is pulling back funding for EV…