Every week day, Forbes India's Hari Arakali, Editor - Tech & Innovation, brings you his take on one piece of tech news that caught his attention, covering everything from big tech to India's growing tech startup ecosystem.
Apple, Google release security updates; Flipkart names six startups for the second batch of 'Leap Ahead'
3 mins; August 19, 2022
Facial recognition launched at Delhi and Bengaluru airports; India chip market at $300 bln by 2026
3 mins; August 16, 2022
'Asia inflation has peaked’ – Morgan Stanley; China tech giants reveal algorithms; Ola Electric’s car by 2024
3 mins; August 16, 2022
Xiaomi shows off humanoid robot prototype CyberOne; CCF’s Climate Startup Week next month
3 mins; August 11, 2022
India’s fintech startups welcome RBI’s ‘customer-centric’ rules on digital lending
4 mins; August 10, 2022
69 percent of jobs in India under threat from automation by 2040, says Forrester’s Future of Jobs report
4 mins; August 10, 2022
Indian children the most cyberbullied, finds McAfee survey, racial bullying online rising worldwide
4 mins; August 08, 2022
Tech M&A in focus as Competition Amendment Bill introduced; Intel goes ‘net water positive’ in India
3 mins; August 07, 2022
Amazon offers $29 skill builder courses; YC shrinks summer cohort; MIT advances ‘ analogue deep learning’
3 mins; August 03, 2022
Google’s Pichai to staff: ‘time to sprint’; Linus Torvalds shows latest Linux on Apple silicon
4 mins; July 31, 2022
Apple beats estimates, but slows, doubles India revenue; Amazon says, ‘no slowdown yet’; Paytm on track, says CEO
3 mins; July 29, 2022
MapmyIndia announces wider availability of RealView; Google’s cookie cutting timeline pushed to 2024
3 mins; July 27, 2022
India’s 5G auction underway; PhonePe seeking $12 bln valuation; Google warns of uncertainty ahead
Tata Digital taps Mad Street Den as ‘AI partner of choice’; Apple supplier plays down lockdown impact; Liminal raises $4.7 mln
4 mins; June 01, 2022
Google leads $300 mln funding at Sharechat parent; Airbus sets up an H2 R&D facility in the UK; One AI raises $8 mln
3 mins; May 31, 2022
Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61 bln; Meta updates privacy policies; Google exploring joining India’s ONDC
4 mins; May 26, 2022
Sequoia to founders: Prepare for the long haul; Andreessen Horowitz commits $4.5 bln more to crypto's ‘golden era’
3 mins; May 26, 2022
US lawmakers to Google: Stop collecting data that could target abortion seekers; the UK fines Clearview; Arcadia acquires Urjanet
4 mins; May 25, 2022
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware; Klarna fires 10 percent of staff; Infosys wins Backcountry contract; 1K Kirana raises $25 mln
3 mins; May 24, 2022
TCS chief executive says tech spending will sustain; Infosys extends CEO Parekh’s tenure; MFine sacks 500 staff
3 mins; May 23, 2022
Softbank to play ‘defence’ after record loss; Google teases Pixel watch; Bansal adds Aatrey to Navi board; Ather raises $128 mln
3 mins; May 13, 2022
Amazon, Flipkart to join India’s open network for digital commerce; Uber to expand India tech team by 50 percent
4 mins; May 11, 2022
Apple ends the iPod; Google I/O starts today; Delhivery’s IPO subscription opens today; Lightspeed, Moore join Razorpay
4 mins; May 11, 2022
Apple’s ML specialist quits over return-to-office policy; Uber to cut back hiring and spending; Bitcoin crashes to a 10-month low
4 mins; May 09, 2022
LTI and Mindtree to merge, forming a $3.5 bln revenue company as IT services demand kicks into high gear
6 mins; May 09, 2022
Apple, Google, and Microsoft boost passwordless plans; IBM shareholders to know concealment risks; Wipro, HFCL to make 5G gear
4 mins; May 05, 2022
Amazon raises Indian exports goal on the platform to $20 bln; Intel buys Siru Innovation; Paramount streaming to enter India
5 mins; May 05, 2022
Apple staff decry hybrid pilot as driven by fear; Google fires another AI researcher; Zepto, Traceable, Toplyne, and Kaleidofin raise funding
4 mins; May 04, 2022
ISMC to invest $3 bln for chip plant in India; Amazon cuts back paid Covid-19 leave in the US; Rise Capital enters India
4 mins; May 02, 2022
Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg accused of pressuring Daily Mail over boyfriend; Google adds ‘reject all’ button in EU; HCLT projects 12-14 percent growth
5 mins; April 22, 2022
Mindtree, LTI reportedly in advanced merger talks; EU close to mandating USB-C; Lightspeed elevates three execs to Partner
5 mins; April 21, 2022
Accenture invests in Strivr; Brave releases De-AMP; Indian SaaS companies to see $6.5 bln in funding in 2022
5 mins; April 20, 2022
Wipro names former Accenture, KPMG exec Satya Easwaran India head; The $80 bln India semiconductor opportunity
5 mins; April 19, 2022
Infosys falls on quarterly miss, attrition worries; Apple expands green efforts; Twitter makes a ‘poison pill’ for itself
5 mins; April 18, 2022
Infosys ends FY22 with an 11-year record high, expects momentum to sustain
4 mins; April 14, 2022
TCS ends FY22 with a record $35 bln in orders; Wipro buys CAS Group to add 138 industry consultants
4 mins; April 12, 2022
Rajeev Chandrasekhar announces Digital India Act; Startups get $10 bln three quarters in a row; Nissan accelerating solid batteries plan
4 mins; April 10, 2022
NASA climate scientist arrested for protesting worst fossil fuel lenders; Elevation raises $670 mln; Unacademy fires 1,000
5 mins; April 08, 2022
VerSe raises $805 mln; Twitter begins testing edit button; Charles Darwin’s stolen notebooks returned
4 mins; April 07, 2022
Mindtree invests in COPE Health; PhonePe plans to fill 2,800 jobs to double strength; Speciale closes second fund at $38 mln
4 mins; April 06, 2022
Pixxel launches Shakuntala (TD-2) via SpaceX; Infosys Q4 results on April 13; Atlassian Ventures to ramp up SaaS investments
4 mins; April 04, 2022
Crypto heist empties $625 mln; Scientists build ML model to reduce soil poisoning; Citymall, Classplus, Lambdatest, Cloaked raise funding
4 mins; March 29, 2022
Apple to cut new iPhone SE production; HCL Tech lands Novo Nordisk contract; Chalo acquires Vogo
5 mins; March 28, 2022
Elon Musk says beware of ‘AI going wrong’; Apple paid select engineering bonuses; Bharat Founders Fund launched
4 mins; March 27, 2022
BEL, AAI to indigenise air traffic systems; IBM to bring STEM training to 12,000 Nagaland girls; Netcore acquires Unbxd
5 mins; March 25, 2022
Okta cyberattack may have affected hundreds of clients; Oxyzo raises $200 mln; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw elected to RSE
4 mins; March 24, 2022
Alphabet’s quantum unit becomes separate company; Apple has another outage; Mfine brings blood pressure monitoring to app
5 mins; March 23, 2022
Infosys only Indian co in Ethisphere 2022 list; crypto startups dismayed over tax clarification; CommerceIQ turns unicorn
6 mins; March 22, 2022
Reliance Retail buys Clovia; Sarah and Ajit Isaac fund new IISc centre; Cricketer Mahela Jayawardene co-founds cloud-sec startup
4 mins; March 21, 2022
Wipro, Pandorum to develop regenerative medicine tech; Walmart, IITM partner on R&D, training; Blinkit raises $100 mln more
5 mins; March 10, 2022
Biden issues crypto regulation order; Amazon plans 20-1 stock split; Ather teams up with Foxconn; Money View, Jiffy.ai, Atlan raise funds
5 mins; March 09, 2022
India extends UPI to feature phones; Google buys Mandiant for $5.4 bln; Apple releases new iPhone SE; Swiggy IPO soon
4 mins; March 09, 2022
Amazon accused of using suppliers linked to forced labour; Better.com reportedly firing 4k staff; e-scooter sales surge in India
4 mins; March 07, 2022
Meesho planning an IPO; Ninjakart launches agritech fund; CredAvenue turns unicorn; Apollo.io raises $110 mln from Sequoia
4 mins; March 07, 2022
Mfine adds heart rate monitor to the app; Infosys, Roland-Garros extend contract; Tide UK to help 500,000 women entrepreneurs
4 mins; March 03, 2022
Mindtree founders’ Mela Ventures closes first fund; Ather sells 2042 EVs in Feb; Sony launches extra bass headphones
3 mins; March 01, 2022
Biocon buys Viatris biosimilars unit for $3.34 bln; Infosys launches ‘Metaverse Foundry’; Prime closes Fund IV at $120 mln
3 mins; February 28, 2022
Hasura raises $100 mln, becomes unicorn; Vymo raises $22 mln; Wipro backs vFunction; UMG launches Def Jam India
4 mins; February 22, 2022
India to set up a ‘data office’; Eka Software in talks to be acquired; AI can’t copyright its own art
3 mins; February 21, 2022
Vedanta, Foxconn to build $7-8 bln chip foundry in India; Pine Labs raises $150 mln; CRED in talks to invest in smallcase
3 mins; February 20, 2022
Uniphore raises $400 mln, valued $2.5 bln; IBM acquires Neudesic; Top 10 percent of global population emit half of CO2 — study
4 mins; February 16, 2022
Twitter expands Safety Mode, but not to India; Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Studio; Offgrid out of stealth with ZincGel
4 mins; February 15, 2022
Warren Buffett buys into Activision weeks before Microsoft deal; Reliance Jio forms satellite internet venture with SES
4 mins; February 14, 2022
Tatas reappoint N Chandrasekaran as chairman; Freshworks crosses $100 mln quarterly revenue mark; UK regulators warn banks on AI
3 mins; February 13, 2022
Binance buys $200 mln stake in Forbes; Google releases Android 13 preview; Astra launch fails; Swiggy’s FY21 revenues fall
4 mins; February 10, 2022
James Murdoch, Uday Shankar return with $1.5 bln Bodhi Tree; Starlink loses 40 satellites; Climate tech gets more money in India
4 mins; February 09, 2022
Two arrested for links to 2016 crypto heist worth $4.5 bln today; Razorpay makes Malaysian acquisition; Airmeet raises $35 mln
5 mins; February 08, 2022
Polygon raises $450 million from Sequoia, SoftBank; HaystackAnalytics develops universal infectious disease test; SatSure raises $5 million
4 mins; February 07, 2022
Vitamin D deficiency linked to Covid-19 severity; Amazon, Nike may bid for Peloton; IIT-GN develops affordable desalination technique
