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Vishal Mathur

Vishal Mathur

Vishal Mathur is Technology Editor for Hindustan Times. When not making sense of technology, he often searches for an elusive analog space in a digital world.

Articles by Vishal Mathur

Tech Tonic - Jeff Bezos and why Liverpool Football Club cannot be Amazon-ised

Liverpool FC has decided to sell a minority stake to a consortium of financial heavy hitters including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (AFP photo)

Updated on Aug 17, 2026 06:50 IST

Studying Barbie and Ken, Samsung’s foldable momentum, and Hyundai Bluelink

Hyundai Bluelink

Updated on Aug 13, 2026 04:25 IST

Decoding Workday’s Copy/Paste Economy data and Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext AI

Google WeatherNext AI

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 02:31 IST

Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 showcases how pragmatism helps find a value sweet spot

Starlight Purple colorway has a gorgeous pattern representing shooting stars across a dimly lit sky (HT Photo/Vishal Mathur)

Updated on Aug 12, 2026 04:58 IST

Longer financing tenures underline India’s smartphone purchases

Role of smartphone financing is no longer about offering longer EMI tenures; it’s about making monthly ownership more affordable. (iStock representative)

Updated on Aug 11, 2026 06:38 IST

Tech Tonic: Mark Zuckerberg, an AI manifesto, and curating a tech guru aura

Zuckerberg’s manifesto argues that if everyone has a cybersecurity AI, all systems become hardened and safer. (iStock photo)

Updated on Aug 11, 2026 05:31 IST

Beyond PCs: Harish Kohli on Acer India’s rise and an ‘Acer House’ dream

Acer in India achieved the number two position in the PC market for Q1 2026, capturing a formidable 21.3% market share. (Official image)

Updated on Aug 7, 2026 04:50 IST

Anthropic and OpenAI’s agents created fake online profiles to target real people

Representational. (Official image)

Updated on Aug 7, 2026 04:30 IST

ONMO+ is a little gaming console with big ambitions, and genuine potential

The ONMO+ console is priced at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4,999 and can run titles including Cricket 26 and Cyberpunk 2077. (Vishal Mathur | HT picture)

Updated on Aug 6, 2026 06:40 IST

Zero waste, 99% purity: MiniMines pulls critical minerals from dead batteries

Anupam Kumar and Arvind Bhardwaj working on the extraction process; (right) extracted minerals from a battery. (Official photos)

Updated on Aug 6, 2026 06:08 IST

All about cars: Maruti Suzuki milestones, Ferrari’s order book & Xiaomi Kunlun

Ferrari Purosangue

Updated on Aug 6, 2026 02:30 IST

Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8 Max, rogue behaviour, and rising capex leads to rising worrie

Qwen Max

Updated on Aug 5, 2026 02:30 IST

India’s data breach bill hits all-time high as AI attacks take over: IBM report

The global average cost of a data breach rose to an all-time high, reaching USD 4.99 million. (IBM)

Updated on Aug 4, 2026 09:35 IST

A year after reinvention, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is all about refinement

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra prices in India start at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,99,999. (Vishal Mathur/ HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 4, 2026 06:38 IST

The new maths: AI’s big four, a $720 billion bill, and a future no one knows

Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon, are now guiding toward capital spending that stacks up well past half a tn dollars for 2026. (iStock photo)

Updated on Aug 4, 2026 05:52 IST

Tim Cook signs off with Apple’s best ever June quarter as India drives momentum

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address in Cupertino, California. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 04:44 IST

Tech Tonic | Big AI keeps making the same mistake about Chinese AI companies

China foresaw an AI era much earlier than anyone else. They just didn’t make a lot of noise about it. (OpenRouter)

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 10:00 IST

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 ushers a spectacular era for foldables

Rival phone makers will spend years trying to match Samsung’s benchmark with a different form factor foldable. (Vishal Mathur/ HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 03:47 IST

Google Pay’s smart AI pivot, music subscriptions, and LG’s absurdity

Google Pay India Ask Google Pay SBI credit card

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 02:30 IST

Exclusive | Bringing Gemini AI to a world of money: Google Pay’s Sharath Bulusu

Google Pay app adds AI with ‘Ask Google Pay’ and new co-branded credit cards with SBI Card. (Official photo)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 09:45 IST

From assistant to agent: Google brings Gemini Spark personal AI agent to India

Google confirms that Gemini Spark is underlined by the Gemini 3.6 Flash model and the Google Antigravity harness. (Official photo)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 05:33 IST

Milestones, dual messaging, untrustworthy AI and vibes

AI Leadership

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 02:30 IST

Anthropic, Nvidia and Big AI: Great rift on open models, chips and distillation

For representational purposes only. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 28, 2026 06:16 IST

When AI companies sell models and fear, read between the lines

A strange paradox is playing out in the upper echelons of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 25, 2026 07:38 IST

Motorola Edge 70 Max is polished for gamers, photographers and everyone else

Motorola claims the Edge 70 Max has the brightest 2K resolution display in a phone. (Vishal Mathur/ HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 05:49 IST

‘Primarily a PR story’: Cornell’s John Thickstun breaks down OpenAI’s narrative

Representational image. (AP)

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 04:02 IST

Hyundai’s EV intent, Google Play’s India economics, and MG ADAPT

Hyundai EV charging stations

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 02:30 IST

Adobe brings Acrobat to WhatsApp, as chats evolve into document workspaces

In what may prove to be one of the most relevant technology integrations of this era, creative platform Adobe has found a way to integrate Acrobat within the very popular instant messaging app WhatsApp. (Official image)

Updated on Jul 22, 2026 14:04 IST

Google and India’s AI ambition, with an inkling of new beginnings

Suno

Updated on Jul 22, 2026 24:44 IST

Alibaba Qwen and Baidu: Clear contours of a remade Apple Intelligence for China

The contours of Apple Intelligence are becoming clear, and industry analysts believe this removes Apple’s biggest competitive disadvantage in the market. (Official image)

Updated on Jul 18, 2026 06:06 IST

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