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Hawaii, USA — On September 25, 2025, OnePlus unveiled its next-generation flagship, the OnePlus 15, making it the world’s first commercial smartphone to ship with Qualcomm’s all-new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform. The announcement took place during Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit and signals OnePlus’s aggressive push into the performance-and-AI era of mobile devices. At […]

YouTube has officially rolled out YouTube Premium Lite in India, allowing subscribers to watch most videos ad-free for ₹ 89 per month. The announcement was made on September 29, 2025, via YouTube’s official blog, marking the streaming giant’s attempt to introduce a lower-cost ad-free tier in one of its most competitive markets. What’s included —

Meta’s newly appointed Chief AI Officer, Alexandr Wang, is making headlines—not just for his meteoric rise in the tech world, but for a bold call to the younger generation: immerse yourself entirely in “vibe-coding.” On a recent podcast, the 28-year-old billionaire co-founder of Scale AI encouraged teenagers to devote nearly all of their free hours

In the wake of the Trump administration’s sweeping imposition of a US $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney strongly signaled at a London press engagement that Canada intends to court affected technology and specialized professionals. “What is clear is that the opportunity to attract people who previously would’ve got

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made one of his boldest predictions yet: artificial general intelligence (AGI) could soon automate 40% of tasks currently performed by humans. Speaking in a recent interview, Altman stressed that the impact should be measured at the task level rather than whole jobs, clarifying that many professions will adapt rather than

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group will lift retail prices in the United States by about 5% to 15% after Washington slapped a 39% duty on most Swiss‐made goods on 1 August 2025. CEO outlines the plan Chief executive Nick Hayek told Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag that Swatch will balance the new duty with “transfer prices,

China has initiated two significant investigations targeting the United States semiconductor industry, launching both anti-dumping and anti-discrimination probes on September 13, 2025, just one day before high-stakes trade negotiations begin in Madrid, Spain. Dual Investigations Target US Chip Giants China’s Ministry of Commerce announced the launch of an anti-dumping investigation into certain American-made analog integrated

The United Kingdom and United States are preparing to finalize a major technology partnership agreement during President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to the UK, marking a significant milestone in trans-Atlantic tech cooperation. The British Embassy in Washington announced the landmark deal on Saturday, highlighting the growing collaboration between two of the world’s largest technology

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off approximately 500 workers from its data annotation team, marking a significant reduction in its largest employee group. The move, which affects about a third of the team responsible for training the company’s Grok chatbot, was announced via email on Friday night, according to reports from Business