Author: Techie.lk

The Nothing Phone (3) is getting Nothing OS 5.0 right on time. Nothing CEO Carl Pei may be full of opinions about the foldable iPhone, but the smartphones of his own company have been lacking in terms of software in the last few months. Now, the company is finally delivering on its promises and it’s launching a stable Android 17 software for its phones. Nothing Phone (3) gets Android 17 on schedule Nothing has started the rollout of Nothing OS 5.0 for the Phone (3). The Open Beta of the Android 17-based software started in August when the company shared…

Chulanga Averil Hettiarachchi is a Project Manager and technology professional specializing in AI solutions, business analysis, SaaS, CRM/ERP systems, integrations, software development, web, and e-commerce. She is currently a Technology Consultant and Project Manager at Xont Software (Pvt) Ltd. She was also employed as a Web Project Manager at eBEYONDS Pvt Ltd, where she led the end-to-end delivery of web and eBusiness projects, working closely with cross-functional teams and clients to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Professional Background of Chulanga Averil Hettiarachchi Chulanga holds an MBA from Cardiff Metropolitan University and…

by Prof. (Dr.) Rangamini Werawatta Across global higher education and throughout Sri Lanka’s state and non-state university systems, a frantic race is underway. Driven by market demand and eager to capture student enrollments, tertiary institutions are rapidly launching brand-new specialised AI degree programmes: BSc in Artificial Intelligence (AI), BSc in Data Science and AI, and BSc in Applied Machine Learning. |AI degrees To university marketing departments and anxious parents, these programmes sound like the ultimate hedge against future unemployment. To corporate leaders and technology strategists, however, they reveal a profound structural delusion. Rushing to package artificial intelligence into a static,…

SLASSCOM’s flagship AI Asia Summit returns to Colombo on 12 November 2026, bringing together regional and global voices to explore how organisations and individuals can move beyond AI experimentation and turn emerging capabilities into meaningful business, workforce and societal impact. As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves from experimentation into a strategic priority, the conversation is shifting from whether organisations should adopt AI to how they can use it responsibly, effectively and sustainably. Against this backdrop, the 7th edition of SLASSCOM’s AI Asia Summit 2026 will take centre stage in Colombo under the theme “AI: The Multiplier.” Bringing together industry leaders, technology…

A high-level bilateral discussion between top Sri Lankan and Lithuanian officials was recently at the Office of the Deputy Minister in Colombo between Eng. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, and H.E. Vidmantas Verbickas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, along with a senior Lithuanian delegation, to advance strategic cooperation across digital economy initiatives, technology transfer, and public sector digital transformation. During the meeting, Hon. Weeraratne commended Lithuania’s remarkable digital transformation journey and reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s commitment under its national Digital Economy Blueprint to achieve a $5 billion digital economy, driven by FinTech innovation and startup…

Featured image: A gummy bear-shaped salogel, that can cut energy consumption in buildings, symbolizes a new class of polymer-salt hydrate hybrid materials developed by researchers in the Texas A&M University Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Credit: Soft Matter Facility at Texas A&M University Heating and cooling buildings account for a large portion of global energy use. A research team in the Texas A&M University Department of Materials Science and Engineering was featured on the cover of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces for a study that aims to reduce that energy consumption. The June 10 issue’s cover art was designed…

How clean is the air in your workplace? That’s the question Tanvi Thombre and Lakshya Saraf began investigating when they were engineering students who worked in their university makerspace. In fact, Thombre said via email that, while working in the space, they were “unknowingly exposed to toxic fumes from laser cutters, 3D printers, and soldering irons,” but they didn’t realize it until Thombre’s best friend fainted and had to go to the hospital. After that, Thombre said, “We began investigating indoor air pollution and realized it was an invisible but dangerous health risk — especially in schools, offices, hotels, salons,…

LankaPropertyWeb has set a new benchmark for Sri Lanka’s real estate industry, becoming the first and only real estate company to win an award at the National AI Awards 2026. The company secured the silver award for ‘Best AI Solution’ in the Media category for AMPLIFIER – a groundbreaking marketing engine that automatically transforms static property listings into high-impact social media content at scale.| AI Awards Presented on 30 September 2026 at the Monarch Imperial during Sri Lanka AI Week 2026, the accolade validates AMPLIFIER’s revolutionary approach to real estate marketing. By fusing Generative AI and automated content creation, the…

As part of the overall bilateral partnership on digitalisation and engagements on emerging areas such as Artificial Intelligence, a delegation comprising CERT-India Director General Dr. Sanjay Bahl and India External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy) Amit Shukla recently visited Colombo for first cyber consultations. During the visit, the delegation called on Digital Economy Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne, and discussed cyber security governance frameworks, emerging challenges posed by AI for cyber security, need to exchange threat assessments and best practices deployed by CERT-India, including in capacity building, incident response etc. The delegation also called on Labour Minister and Finance and Planning…

Slack has introduced Slack Code, a new way for teams to collaborate with AI agents on software development directly within Slack. As coding agents transform how individuals build software, Slack Code brings development out of private tabs and into a shared workspace where teams and agents can write, review, and ship code together. The evolution of coding has moved from individual terminal-based development to AI-assisted building, creating a new opportunity for teams to collaborate with agents in a more connected way. Slack Code addresses the challenge of disconnected workflows, where conversations, context, and development activities often exist across separate tools.…