UK small businesses facing ‘AI productivity gap’

UK small businesses facing ‘AI productivity gap’

Small business owners’ confidence in using artificial intelligence (AI) is running significantly ahead of the way businesses are utilising AI tools, new research reveals. A study of 1,000 small firms by the Small Business Institute and Alibaba.com found 70% are somewhat or very confident using generative AI, but only 48% are using it regularly. The…

Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho top list of e-commerce firms facing most complaints on NCH in 2025

Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho top list of e-commerce firms facing most complaints on NCH in 2025

New Delhi: Flipkart, Amazon and Meesho figured among the top ten e-commerce companies against which the highest number of complaints were filed on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) in 2025, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs BL Verma, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the…

Generative AI in Gaming Is Here, but Facing Pushback from Gamers – and Developers

Generative AI in Gaming Is Here, but Facing Pushback from Gamers – and Developers

This past week, Nvidia unveiled its new graphics upscaling technology, DLSS 5, with a new feature that gave in-game character models AI makeovers. Their drastically different appearances, which made them look like the “yassified” style popular in cheap mobile games, drew a public backlash — not just out of revulsion for their appearance, but because it…