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Dr V Anantha Nageswaran says AI will reshape jobs, but new opportunities exist in sectors beyond coding and cognitive roles.

This week's top tech news, phone launches, and announcements. Anthropic's AI release caused a panic accross global markets. A potential three-way battle among tech heavyweights Apple, Google, and Samsung. Google confirmed the Pixel 10a will launch date, while rumours point to Apple unveiling the iPhone 17e the very next day.

The iPhone 17e might sway potential buyers from Samsung's base Galaxy S26.

Launched by Liteplo, a crypto engineer at UMA Protocol, the platform allows AI agents to hire humans to perform real-life physical tasks.

In a teaser video on Feb. 4, the tech giant also revealed that one of the colours that Pixel 10a will come in is Lavender shade, which has impressed many users.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset.

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 4.6, highlighting upgrades in coding, task handling, benchmark performance and safety.

The iPhone 17e might arrive exactly one year after the iPhone 16e debuted.

Everything we know so far about the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

Indian IT services firms face challenges amid AI sector volatility as experts question the sustainability of current AI valuations.

The breach exposed private direct messages exchanged between AI agents, email addresses of more than 6,000 human owners, and over one million login credentials.

The X300 Ultra is believed to be nearing its debut in India, as Vivo prepares to push the device into multiple global regions.

The device is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset.

Apple issued the update as part of a wider software refresh across devices to improve performance, but it has left many users frustrated.

The Realme P4 Power, boasting a 10,001mAh battery, is now available for purchase.

Vivo V70 Elite and Vivo V70 will launch in India during the third week of February.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV Profit, Whole-time Director of Fractal Analytics, Srikanth Velamakanni, says IT firms must move toward output- and outcome-based pricing, and even subscription models.

“I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest,” said Sam Altman in response.

Even the base iPhone 17, with a paltry 3,692mAh cell, came in at second place.

Software billionaires have lost at least $62 billion in 2026 amid a selloff triggered by AI concerns and poor market performance, with AppLovin founders seeing the steepest declines.