Vodafone Idea (Vi) Announces Increase in Prepaid, Postpaid Plan Prices From July 4 After Airtel, Jio Hike Tariffs

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Announces Increase in Prepaid, Postpaid Plan Prices From July 4 After Airtel, Jio Hike Tariffs

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Friday announced that it was hiking the prices of its mobile tariffs in India. The beleaguered telecom operator followed rivals Reliance Jio and Airtel, which both announced higher prices for their prepaid recharge plans and postpaid plans on Thursday and Friday, respectively. All three carriers are…

US, India Extend Digital Tax Truce to June 30 as Deadline Approaches

US, India Extend Digital Tax Truce to June 30 as Deadline Approaches

The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable companies, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. In a brief…

OpenAI Develops CriticGPT Model Capable of Spotting GPT-4 Code Generation Errors

OpenAI Develops CriticGPT Model Capable of Spotting GPT-4 Code Generation Errors

OpenAI published a study about a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday that can catch GPT-4’s mistakes in code generation. The AI firm stated that the new chatbot was trained using the reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) framework and was powered by one of the GPT-4 models. The…

Bolivia Reverses Bitcoin Ban, Legalises Crypto Transactions for Banks

Bolivia Reverses Bitcoin Ban, Legalises Crypto Transactions for Banks

The central bank of Bolivia has decided to lift a ban on payments using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies imposed in 2014. The country is aiming to balance its economy, while modernising its payment systems. Bolivia has become the latest Latin American country to take a pro-crypto stance, even though Bitcoin…

Character.AI Introduces Character Calls Feature That Lets Users ‘Call’ AI Chatbots

Character.AI Introduces Character Calls Feature That Lets Users ‘Call’ AI Chatbots

Character.AI on Thursday introduced a new feature that will let users “call” a chatbot. These AI chatbots, also known as Characters, can be programmed to behave as a real person or a fictional entity. With this feature, users can make phone calls over the app and have conversations that simulate…

CMF Phone 1 Specifications Revealed Ahead of Launch on July 8; to Feature MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Chipset

CMF Phone 1 Specifications Revealed Ahead of Launch on July 8; to Feature MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Chipset

CMF Phone 1 is set to make its debut on July 8 alongside the CMF Buds Pro 2 and CMF Watch Pro 2. The Nothing sub-brand is actively sharing teasers about the components used in its upcoming handset, which is expected to arrive in the competitive budget segment. Most recently,…

Oppo Reno 12F 5G With MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Unveiled: Specifications

Oppo Reno 12F 5G With MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Unveiled: Specifications

Oppo has introduced the Reno 12F 5G as a close sibling of the Oppo Reno 12 and Oppo Reno 12 Pro. The new Reno 12 series phone comes in two colourways and runs on MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC paired with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage onboard. It ships with several…

Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

Google Translate received a big upgrade on Thursday and will now support an additional 110 languages. The new languages were added with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant used its in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), and it was particularly effective in learning those languages that…

RBI Releases Financial Stability Report With Mention of DeFi, US Efforts to Regulate Crypto Sector

RBI Releases Financial Stability Report With Mention of DeFi, US Efforts to Regulate Crypto Sector

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published its latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) that outlines important events that have recently taken place in the national and international banking and fintech sector. The domain of decentralised finance (DeFi) earned a brief mention in RBI’s report wherein the central bank, discussed…