Author: Punit Panchal

New Delhi: Deepinder Goyal has a talent for getting people to pay attention, and Temple is the latest proof. The device is a bean-shaped wearable that sits at the side of the forehead and it is actually built to track the body’s metabolic state in real time. It’s his first big shift since he stepped back from running Eternal, and he has put $20 million of his own money into this startup. So the main question arise will it beat the wearables already on Indian wrists? That’s probably the wrong question. Start with what Goyal is actually claiming. He says…

New Delhi: Vivo has unveiled V80, the latest phone in its V series in India. The headline spec is the battery, 7,200mAh, a whole lot of battery for a phone this large. Display is only 6.59-inches wide. The display is an AMOLED panel of up to 144Hz refresh rate and Full-HD+ resolution, according to Vivo. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset is located under the hood. The phone comes preloaded with – OriginOS 7 on Android 17, something that makes it one of the first handsets to ship with OriginOS 7. But Vivo is putting its marketing emphasis on the…

New Delhi: On Monday, Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi asserted that it was an “established fact” that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had filled ammunition of Form 6 illegally and unilaterally. On the social media platform, X, which was formerly known as Twitter, he has leveled allegations of abusing position against Kumar to benefit the BJP and said everyone involved will be held accountable. The post didn’t state what new evidence was found. New voters are registered on Form 6. Last week, Gandhi had requested the Election Commission how the online application was changed and by whom…

New Delhi: The touchscreen MacBook has been a running joke for about a decade, so treat this with some caution. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now says Apple will launch 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with touch-enabled OLED panels next month. His report also says they’ll be “significantly lighter” than today’s models, thanks to a reworked internal layout. Apple hasn’t confirmed any of it. Gurman’s newsletter is paywalled, and no exact weight has surfaced. M6 chips and macOS 27.2 are the expected pairing, based on the same coverage. Windows people will point out, fairly, that they’ve had this for years. Touchscreen laptops…

New Delhi: Huawei and Qualcomm said Monday they’ve signed a broad, multi-year patent license agreement. Two companies that have spent years on opposite sides of the geopolitical map are now trading rights to each other’s patents. The cross-license covers 5G, compute, AI and networking. There’s also a sale: Qualcomm is buying certain Huawei U.S. patents in compute, AI, networking and other areas. That part is closing later, once regulators sign off, and the announcement doesn’t say which agencies or how long that might take. It also doesn’t give a price, a royalty rate or a term length. “Multi-year” is as…

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Swiss President Guy Parmelin on Monday. The meeting took place during Parmelin’s State Visit to India. It shows how active the diplomatic schedule is in the capital these days. Jaishankar shared his thoughts on X, formerly known as Twitter. He said he appreciated Parmelin’s comments about strengthening ties, between India and Switzerland. He also highlighted the potential of the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement or TEPA. This agreement connects India with the European Free Trade Association and Switzerland is one of its member countries. Pleased to call on President Guy…

New Delhi: Sanjay Dutt didn’t plan to start a political argument on a Gandhi Jayanti special. Then again, he did put on the Munna Bhai voice. Dutt appeared on Shekhar Suman’s talk show, Shekhar Tonite, to mark Gandhi Jayanti, and said he no longer feels peace in the country. His wording was gentle. He praised Indians as warm, large-hearted hosts and said he prayed to Shivji that those days would return. He never said what had changed. That’s worth noticing, because the clip spread online as if he had. The part that got people talking came next. Suman asked him…

New Delhi: Apple’s fifth-generation AirPods have been out for about two weeks, and the early verdict is friendlier than you might expect for a product that looks identical to its predecessor. Start with what didn’t change. The design and fit match the AirPods 4, so comfort carries over. What did change is the noise cancellation, and almost every reviewer leads with it. Apple used to keep ANC for the pricier AirPods 4 model. Now it’s on everything, starting at $129. A $149 version adds a wireless charging case, swipe controls on the stem and one more hour of battery. Is…

New Delhi: The first public trace of One UI 9.5 isn’t a leaked build or a flashy feature. It’s an update to Nearby Device Scanning, a background Samsung app most people never open. The app has moved to version 11.1.24.8, and according to a post from tipster Kailash0729, the update adds support for One UI 9.5. It also adds a Quick Pair pop-up for new devices. When a compatible accessory is nearby, a prompt appears on the Galaxy phone so you can connect without digging through menus. Earbuds and watches are the obvious use case. The release notes also mention…

New Delhi: Deepinder Goyal’s Temple wearable is edging toward an actual launch. The Zomato founder posted images of six colour options on LinkedIn and said pre-orders could open “hopefully next week.” The wording matters here. He called them the colours for the “launch edition,” which suggests more could follow later, though nothing confirms that. There’s also the “hopefully.” Goyal said the team is still waiting on certainty for a couple of items before sales begin, and he didn’t say which ones. So next week is a target, not a date. Two things are still missing: a price and an exact…