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Dr V Anantha Nageswaran says AI will reshape jobs, but new opportunities exist in sectors beyond coding and cognitive roles.

This week's top tech news, phone launches, and announcements. Anthropic's AI release caused a panic accross global markets. A potential three-way battle among tech heavyweights Apple, Google, and Samsung. Google confirmed the Pixel 10a will launch date, while rumours point to Apple unveiling the iPhone 17e the very next day.

The breach exposed private direct messages exchanged between AI agents, email addresses of more than 6,000 human owners, and over one million login credentials.

The X300 Ultra is believed to be nearing its debut in India, as Vivo prepares to push the device into multiple global regions.

The device is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset.

Apple issued the update as part of a wider software refresh across devices to improve performance, but it has left many users frustrated.

The Realme P4 Power, boasting a 10,001mAh battery, is now available for purchase.

Vivo V70 Elite and Vivo V70 will launch in India during the third week of February.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV Profit, Whole-time Director of Fractal Analytics, Srikanth Velamakanni, says IT firms must move toward output- and outcome-based pricing, and even subscription models.

“I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest,” said Sam Altman in response.

Even the base iPhone 17, with a paltry 3,692mAh cell, came in at second place.

Software billionaires have lost at least $62 billion in 2026 amid a selloff triggered by AI concerns and poor market performance, with AppLovin founders seeing the steepest declines.

Leaked images appear to show the Google Pixel 10a in a blue-purple finish ahead of launch.

The Pixel 10a is set to arrive early this year.

In a recent post on X, Vishal Sikka argued that while the disruption is real, its character matters more than its speed.

As OpenAI moves to monetize its massive user base, Anthropic, the well-funded challenger founded by former OpenAI executives, has launched a high-stakes marketing offensive.

Google Pixel 10a video shows phone in blue-purple colour.

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YouTube, Google's video-streaming platform, also showed momentum, with Shorts averaging 200 billion daily views, the company said.

Huang argued that large data centre projects could spark substantial economic activity across construction and supply chains.