Facebook is said to be testing a new Reels-first experience in India. According to a report, selected Facebook users are now being taken directly to a full-screen video experience when they open Facebook. The move reportedly aims to change how users interact with the social media platform. The report mentions that the classic Feed, which users traditionally see when t...

HMD Slate Tab 5G could be gearing up for a return with a much larger design than previously reported. New renders reportedly show a 15.6-inch LCD panel, colourful finishes and POGO contacts that could support a keyboard or other accessory. Earlier leaks described a 10.6-inch 2K tablet with a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, 8GB of RAM and a 9,250mAh battery. The conflicti...

Tipster Roland Quandt on Bluesky suggests Microsoft will launch the new Surface Laptop Ultra at its event later today. The company is tipped to launch two RTX Spark-based configurations. He states that pricing will start "from under ~3K to over ~7K for high-end configurations". The tipster claims the Surface Laptop Ultra will be the only new Surface hardware to launch...

The Indian central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 percent on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid mounting inflation and strong economic growth. India has joined major central banks in raising rates as higher oil prices triggered by the Iran war fuel inflation, squeeze purchasing power and weigh on currencies. Weak monsoon rains linked to El Niño have compounded price pressures in Asia's third-largest economy. The six-member rate panel voted unanimously in favour of the rate hike. The monetary policy stance was changed to "calibrated tightening" from "neutral". It is clear that the outlook for inflation is no longer benign, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said in his policy address. Nearly 60 percent of economists in a Reuters poll expected a 25 bps increase in the repo rate. Consumer inflation accelerated in August to 4.82 percent from a year earlier, above the Reserve Bank of India's four percent medium-term target for a third consecutive month. Higher prices of fuel and food are now rippling through the economy with nearly half of the consumer basket seeing inflation above four percent. At the same time, economic growth remains strong, giving the central bank greater leeway to raise the cost of borrowing for consumers and businesses. GDP growth for the April-June quarter stood at 7.8 percent, well above the central bank's forecast of seven percent. (Reuters) Edited by Tony Sabine