India’s Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up Sarvam, an Indian AI startup focused on building models for local languages and users, on Friday launched its Indus chat app for web and mobile users, entering a fast-growing market dominated by global players including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The launch comes as India has become a key battleground for generative AI...

Google gives in to users’ complaints over AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature In a slight capitulation to those who don’t want AI infused into their everyday apps, Google said it’s now offering a toggle that will allow users of its Google Photos app to return to the previous and often faster “classic” search experience instead of the newer AI-powered option known as “Ask Photos.” The Ask...

As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users Snap is on a mission to diversify its revenue sources—moving from a business model in which it largely chases ad revenue to one where it can also make money through subscriptions and, eventually, hardware. The company’s latest quarterly earnings report shows that, so far, the firm is having moderate success...

Trump administration unveils 250-foot 'Triumphal Arch' designWatch: Trump unveils 'triumphal arch' plans: The BBC explains where the structure will goThe White House has unveiled renderings for a 250ft (76m) arch that Donald Trump wants to have built in the US capital. The new monument, nicknamed the "Arc de Trump" in homage to its Parisian inspiration, will be "the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL...

State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office A sign for the State Department stands outside the Harry S. Truman Federal Building in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images...