Tech News of the Week: Tata chip plant, Sundar Pichai tells employees “we are wrong”, Apple kills car project and other top tech news of the week |

There’s a lot that happened in the tech world the past week. Apple killed its decade-long smart car project, touted to be rival to Elon Musk’s Tesla. Indian government gave green signal to three chip plants in the country, of these Tata Group will be setting up two. Google removed some prominent Indian apps from Play Store over policy violation. Big names include Shaadi.com, Naukri.com and more. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a strongly-worded letter to company employees over the recent embarrassing errors in its image generation tool that showed many white celebrities as dark or those of Asian origin.…Continue Reading

The Smartest New Tech and Gadgets for Men 2024

SHOP The perfect 1980s gift for fans of Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi or Patti Smith, the Sound Burger was a bright-red portable plastic record player that came in a clam-shell design and with the advisory sticker, “Do not move while playing!” Created in 1982 in a doomed attempt to head off the inexorable rise of shiny new CDs, the vinyl player — “Today’s high-tech takeaway. Amazing looks… even more amazing sound!” — was soon consigned to the “Where are they now?” files. A fixture of hi-fi nerds’ weirdest-products-ever lists since, the Sound Burger has recently enjoyed a minor comeback. A…Continue Reading

CES 2024 Live Blog: More News, Photos, and Videos From Tech’s Big Show

With all the outdoor gear at this show, it seems a shame that we have to spend so much of our time scurrying around inside fluorescent-lit convention halls. That’s why I was thrilled to get off the Vegas Strip for a little bit for a Bosch test ride with about a dozen different Bosch-powered electric bikes from several different brands that use the company’s electric drivetrains, including Riese & Muller, Gazelle, Trek, and Tern. I joined a group of journalists at Red Rocks Canyon National Conservation Area just outside the city. The theme was Bosch’s e-cargo and SUV bicycles (I…Continue Reading