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iQOO 15 was released recently with a 7,000mAh battery, triple rear cameras and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the newly launched iQOO 15 and Apple's premium iPhone 17 Pro Max, analysing their specifications and pricing to help you understand how they stack up against one another across performance.

WhatsApp has updated its Business Solution policy to ban third-party artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot providers from the platform. The changes will come into force early next year. It will effectively stop OpenAI, Perplexity, among other AI assistant companies from offering their services on the instant messaging app. This move will make Meta AI assistant the sole AI chatbot on WhatsApp, potentially thwarting competition.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a widespread outage on October 20, disrupting several major platforms, including Apple TV, Reddit, and Snapchat. The outage, lasting nearly 12 hours, coincided with Diwali celebrations in India and affected online businesses running festive campaigns. AWS later attributed the issue to a DNS error in its US-East-1 region.

OpenAI has reinforced Sora’s safeguards to block unauthorised use of celebrity and public figure likenesses in AI-generated videos. The update follows concerns raised by actor Bryan Cranston and a joint statement with SAG-AFTRA. The move aligns with the proposed No Fakes Act, aimed at protecting artists’ digital identities.

Microsoft and Asus launched the new Xbox-branded Ally handhelds this month. The ROG Xbox Ally and the ROG Xbox Ally X are priced at $599.99 and $999.99, respectively. Now, Xbox president Sarah Bond has said that Asus largely set the guidance for pricing for the devices based on their features and other factors.