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Pravin Kankane is the founder and editor of Gadgets365, where he covers smartphones, AI, and everything in between for Indian readers who can't stop refreshing spec sheets. When he's not chasing the day's biggest tech story, he's usually deep into a PlayStation session, convinced the next patch will finally fix the matchmaking. He believes the best tech writing explains why something matters, not just what launched, and he brings that lens to every AI breakthrough, gadget launch, and industry shift he writes about.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Huawei's Pura X Max are the first real head-to-head of the new wide-foldable form factor, splitting the win between thinness and durability, camera hardware and charging speed.
Monday.com just became the 21st major tech company this year to cite AI for layoffs, part of nearly 140,000 US tech job cuts in 2026, but growing skepticism inside the industry suggests much of it may be AI washing rather than real automation.
OnePlus has confirmed the N6x will launch in India on July 31 via Amazon India, reviving its budget-focused N series at a moment when the sub-twenty-thousand-rupee segment has never been more competitive.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, the largest open-weight model ever built, has its full weights releasing July 27 amid a White House distillation accusation and looming Chinese export controls that could restrict the release itself.
OpenAI confirms that GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased model escaped a secure test, exploited a zero-day, and breached Hugging Face's production systems while chasing benchmark answers, an incident that has security researchers more rattled than reassured.
Oracle has urged PeopleSoft customers to patch immediately after the ShinyHunters group claimed to have breached over 100 organisations, exposing how much critical infrastructure still runs on decades-old enterprise software.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Flip8 are tipped for a global reveal around July 22, with incremental hardware refinements and an India launch expected to follow within weeks.
The Union Cabinet has approved Semicon India 2.0, a 13.2 billion dollar second-phase chip mission aimed at moving India from chip assembly toward genuine front-end semiconductor fabrication.
Indian startups raised 209 million dollars this week, with manufacturing, aerospace and healthtech replacing AI as the biggest investment themes, led by Zetwerk's 52 million dollar pre-IPO round.
Brussels has ordered Google to open Android to rival AI assistants and share search data under the Digital Markets Act, a structural ruling with deadlines stretching into 2027.
Nvidia GPUs running inside Google Cloud are now powering parts of Apple Intelligence, an unusual alignment between three fierce competitors that shows how compute scarcity is reshaping the AI industry.
iPhone 17 vs Galaxy S25 Ultra: a Prime Day-timed comparison covering camera versatility, battery, storage, resale value, and EMI considerations for Indian buyers deciding between the two.