Jio users to get 18 months of free Google AI Pro access worth ₹35,100
Jio to bring free Google AI Pro access. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), through its subsidiary…
Generalist AI Releases GEN-1.5: A Robot Foundation Model That Learns New Tasks From One 3–12 Second Demo
Generalist AI has released GEN-1.5, a robot foundation model that learns a new physical task from a single demonstration. Drop 3–12 seconds of sensorimotor data into its 30-second context window, and the robot performs the task. No gradient updates, no fine-tuning, no task-specific programming. Across 10 diverse manipulation tasks, this one-shot in-context prompting averaged 59%…
LAVA Virat V1 Pro 5G launched in India at ₹13,999 with Android 16 no-bloatware
Add MobiGyaan as a preferred source on Google LAVA has launched the LAVA Virat V1 Pro 5G in India, expanding its online-first Virat smartphone lineup with a focus on long battery life, clean software, and everyday performance. The smartphone features a 6.74-inch 120Hz HD+ display, 6nm Unisoc T8200 SoC, 6 GB RAM, 50 MP AI…
Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger
Tesla is reportedly considering cleaving off its entire business in China to grease the wheels of a merger with SpaceX, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that “some Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the China business,” which could include a “spinoff, sale or closure,” citing unnamed…
Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3: A Multimodal Flow Model for Image, Video, Audio and Robot Action Prediction
Black Forest Labs (BFL) has released FLUX 3, a multimodal foundation model that learns from images, videos and audio inside a single architecture. It is also the first FLUX model to ship video, audio and action prediction from one set of weights. The Black Forest Labs (BFL) research team argues that no single modality gives…
OPPO rolls out ColorOS 16 July update with new fingerprint animations, camera filters, Contact Poster preview and smoother performance
OPPO India has announced the July monthly update for ColorOS 16, introducing new personalization features, camera enhancements, Contact Poster improvements, and system optimizations. The latest update focuses on making everyday interactions more customizable while improving overall system responsiveness and Face Unlock reliability. The ColorOS 16 July update will be rolled out in phases to eligible…
Meet EverOS: An Open Source Markdown-First Agent Memory Runtime With Hybrid BM25 + Vector Retrieval and Self-Evolving Skills
EverMind has released EverOS, an open-source memory runtime for AI agents. It ships under an Apache 2.0 license. It targets a problem agent builders hit early: large language models are stateless. The conversation ends, and the context is gone. EverOS proposes a different substrate. Instead of locking memory inside a vector database, it writes memory…
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
Jay Li doesn’t recommend getting sued by Tesla if you’re trying to get a startup off the ground. But he does think his company, Proception, might be better off for having endured the experience. “I think it’s kind of like a resilience test, or pressure test,” he told TechCrunch in an exclusive interview. “People say…
YouTube Shorts adds 2x playback, mute button, and new recommendation controls
YouTube has announced a new set of updates for YouTube Shorts, introducing new playback controls, a cleaner viewing experience, and more personalized content recommendations. The latest features are rolling out gradually based on user feedback gathered since Shorts debuted five years ago. The update focuses on reducing interface distractions, giving viewers greater control over playback,…
Parallax: A Parameterized Local Linear Attention That Keeps Softmax and Adds a Learned Covariance Correction Branch
The Transformer’s attention mechanism has barely changed since 2017. Most efficiency work has tried to replace softmax attention outright. A new paper takes a different route. It keeps softmax attention and bolts on a correction branch. A team of researchers from Northwestern University, Tilde Research, and University of Washington introduce a parameterized Local Linear Attention…
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra announced, featuring 15-inch mini-LED display, NVIDIA Blackwell RTX, 128GB unified memory, and more
Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful Surface device to date, aimed at developers, AI researchers, software engineers, and creative professionals. Developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, the new laptop is designed to handle demanding workloads, including large-scale AI models, software development, 3D rendering, and content creation, while maintaining the portability of a…