India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains

India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains

India’s mobile app market is generating record revenue, with in-app purchases crossing $300 million in the first quarter, up 33% year-over-year, according to Sensor Tower — but much of that spending is flowing to global platforms. Non-gaming apps were the main driver of growth in Q1, generating over $200 million in in-app purchase revenue —…

Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

Tesla saw an uptick in revenue and profit year-over-year, figures buoyed by an increase in automotive revenue and other services, including active subscriptions to its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) advanced driver assistance system, which reached 1.28 million. Tesla shares rose 4% in after-hours trading following the release of its first-quarter earnings report, driven largely by a…

Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

Elon Musk said Wednesday that millions of Tesla owners will need hardware upgrades to run a future version of its Full Self-Driving software that doesn’t require human supervision — after he and Tesla spent years promising that wouldn’t be the case. The admission could open the company up to legal challenges from customers who bought…

Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going.

Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the company’s first-quarter earnings call with a monetary heads-up — or depending on the mindset of the investor, a warning. Tesla’s capital expenditures will skyrocket to $25 billion in 2026, far outpacing its previous annual spend as it races to stay ahead of the competition and transitions to an…

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern

At Google Cloud Next this week, the tech giant announced a bevy of new updates to Workspace, its subscription-based productivity suite aimed at professionals. As you might expect, the updates are heavy on AI, integrating new automation tools into various workflows—everything from drafting emails to organizing Google Sheets. Overall, the changes are clearly designed to…

NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

Earlier this month, NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts to orbit the Moon and used new laser communications systems to beam dramatic images back to Earth. One of the receivers, though, wasn’t hosted by the US space agency. A low-cost terminal built by the companies Observable Space and Quantum Opus, and operated by the…

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically from messaging apps. This was because notifications that displayed the messages’ content were also cached on the device for up to a month. In a security notice…

Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

As part of its slate of Google Cloud Next announcements on Wednesday, the company shared plans to bring “auto browse” agentic capabilities to Chrome users in the enterprise, along with enhanced security measures. With auto browse, Chrome users can take advantage of Gemini to understand the live context in their open browser tabs, and then…