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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Tesla CEO and founder of AI firm xAI, Elon Musk, on Tuesday sharply criticised Apple’s decision to adopt Google’s Gemini models for next‑generation Siri and Apple Foundation Models, calling it “an unreasonable concentration of power” for Google.Musk posted his criticism on the social media platform X after Google confirmed the multi‑year deal would supply Gemini models and cloud infrastructure to power Apple Intelligence features.“This seems like an unreaso…

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The government has refuted a report by an international news organisation that it is proposing to force smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures, prompting opposition from giants like Apple and Samsung.According to IT Ministry, these news reports have not quoted any statement from these smartphone manufacturers or the industry associations which represent them.“Instead, they have…

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Elon Musk-run X Corp has acknowledged the presence of obscene imagery on its platform, mostly created by its Grok AI, stating that it will comply with Indian laws and remove such content.According to government sources on Sunday, the platform has blocked around 3,500 pieces of content and deleted more than 600 accounts in question. Sources further said that from now on, “X will not allow obscene imagery.”Earlier, X Corp, which runs the social media platform X, submitted …

Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The PARAM Rudra supercomputing facility has been inaugurated at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.The 3 Peta FLOPS high-performance computing (HPC) system has been developed and deployed under the Build Approach of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).PARAM Rudra is based on indigenously designed Rudra servers developed by the C-DAC and manufactured in India, reinforcing the government’s Make in…

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The industry on Friday welcomed the approval of 22 new proposals under the third tranche of the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) by the government, saying that it marks a decisive inflection point in India’s journey towards deep manufacturing and the creation of globally competitive Indian champions in electronics components.With this tranche, the total number of ECMS-approved projects rises to 46, taking cumulative approved investments to over Rs 54,5…