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.
European oil supply hit by cyber-attacks; TCS to add 1000 jobs in NJ; Jeff Bezos’s superyacht needs a Dutch bridge dismantled
3 mins; February 03, 2022
Number of Facebook users fall first time ever; Cognizant posts strong Q4 numbers; Chargebee raises $250 million
4 mins; February 02, 2022
India to introduce CBDC, tax cryptos; Google parent Alphabet reports record sales, announces stock split
4 mins; February 01, 2022
Wordle goes to New York Times; Sony buys Halo maker Bungie; IT services M&A deals surge to nearly $300 billion
4 mins; January 31, 2022
87 percent children’s apps in India seek dangerous access; Google to invest $1 bln in Bharti Airtel; 5Gi merger with 5G closer
4 mins; January 30, 2022
India’s IT-BPM sector has concerns over exemptions in data bill; Apple posts record sales; Lee Fixel’s Addition backs SuperOps.ai
Google is always tracking users, US states allege; Boeing adds $450 mln to air taxi venture; DarwinBox turns unicorn
3 mins; January 24, 2022
Facebook urged to release India impact report; US Senate panel backs bill curbing Big Tech; Stader valued at $450 mln
4 mins; January 20, 2022
Former SpaceX engineers announce electric train startup; GM expands H2 tech; SaaS Labs, Rocketlane raise funding
4 mins; January 19, 2022
Microsoft to buy Activision in $68.7 bln deal; US airlines warn of ‘catastrophe’ from 5G; and Scripbox, Kula raise funds
4 mins; January 19, 2022
UGC, AICTE warn edtech startups, institutes; Walmart has metaverse plans; Sony enters Tamil cinema with Kamal Haasan
3 mins; January 18, 2022
PM Modi designates Jan 16 National Startup Day; Facebook faces $3 bln UK lawsuit; Wordle’s unexpected consequence
3 mins; January 16, 2022
Facebook to now face US antitrust lawsuit; Japan’s Covid-19 mask that glows to show virus; China sets a nuclear fusion record
4 mins; January 11, 2022
Google’s RCS versus Apple’s iMessage; Starlink’s cat warmers; and a startup that wants to defeat menopause
4 mins; January 10, 2022
CCI seeks feedback on Google’s payments policies; TCS, Infosys Q3 results in this week; and BMW’s chameleon cars
4 mins; January 09, 2022
5 predictions for 2022: Covid-19 will likely go endemic; more focus on epigenetics; digital and AI will advance R&D
5 mins; January 06, 2022
5 predictions for 2022: High-performance computing will break into the clouds, but quantum will continue baby steps
5 mins; January 05, 2022
5 predictions for 2022—autonomous mobile robots will step out and drones will go everywhere
5 mins; January 04, 2022
5 predictions for 2022—Bitcoin may crash or pop, and DAOs will gain ground
6 mins; January 03, 2022
5 predictions for 2022—artificial intelligence and machine learning will go mainstream
5 mins; January 02, 2022
India offers $10 bln to chip makers; Tiger’s first startup deal in Pakistan has a woman founder; Log4J — the worst is yet to come
5 mins; December 16, 2021
Climate tech investments ignoring emissions; WhatsApp takes UPI to 500 villages in India; plus, Minecraft hits its trillionth view
4 mins; December 15, 2021
Elon Musk is Time’s Person of the Year; NSO could shut Pegasus; Apple faces probe; Flipkart again invests in Ninjacart
4 mins; December 13, 2021
India PM Modi’s Twitter account ‘briefly compromised’; EU may okay Microsoft-Nuance deal; ‘Ubiquitous’ software flaw found
4 mins; December 12, 2021
Biden signs order for the US to buy electric; Amazon fined $1.3 bln in Italy; Architect Balkrishna Doshi named for RIBA gold medal 2022
5 mins; December 09, 2021
General Bipin Rawat—India mourns death of first Chief of Defence Staff in a helicopter crash
4 mins; December 08, 2021
Facebook sued by Rohingya for $150 bln; AWS had an outage; Microsoft adds dark mode to Notepad; 5G may interfere with aeroplane altimeters
4 mins; December 07, 2021
BBC investigates Byju’s sales and culture; Jeff Bezos Earth Fund makes more grants; Pinterest buys Vochi; WhatsApp adds auto-delete feature
4 mins; December 06, 2021
Elon Musk ‘making the rules’, ESA chief warns; Clearview’s face tech closer to US patent; Zomato invests in Curefit; Spider-Verse sequel’s first trailer out
4 mins; December 05, 2021
LinkedIn is now also available in Hindi; Big Tech may challenge India’s data law; $120mln drained in a crypto heist; plus, Google is making a smartwatch
5 mins; December 03, 2021
Amazon starts $10mln Machine Learning scholarship; US to quiz crypto executives; Microsoft releases Teams for SMBs; CRED buys Happay
4 mins; December 01, 2021
UK orders Meta to sell Giphy; Twitter tightens privacy rules; Microsoft shareholders ask for a report on sexual harassment; Xiaomi Note 11 5G launches
4 mins; November 30, 2021
Special briefing: Mark Papermaster—CTO at AMD—on high-performance computing, AI, India, and his passion for engineering
51 mins; November 29, 2021
India says don’t preorder Starlink yet; Australia mulling ‘anti-trolling’ law; and Prakash Ramamurthy on staying true to the customer at Freshworks
28 mins; November 28, 2021
US blocks Chinese quantum computing companies; Spotify testing video feed; and Lava Kumar unpacks emotion AI at Entropik Tech
25 mins; November 25, 2021
Instagram’s Mosseri to appear before US Senate; BigBasket to open 800 stores; and a chat with the co-founders of Bizongo
29 mins; November 24, 2021
India may ban private cryptocurrency, launch CBDC; Apple sues Israeli spyware group NSO; plus, Hemant Mohapatra at Lightspeed on the promise of crypto
29 mins; November 23, 2021
UK's EV chargers mandate; Niantic’s metaverse plan; DuckDuckGo’s app-tracking blocker; plus, Karnataka’s IT minister on ‘Beyond Bengaluru’
28 mins; November 22, 2021
Space data on Brazil’s rainforests; Adele commands, Spotify says ‘anything for you’; plus, Sateesh Andra on investing in deep tech
28 mins; November 21, 2021
US justice officials probe Instagram harming children; new Google features for India; plus, a chat with Rahul Nanwani, CEO of ImageKit
28 mins; November 18, 2021
US to fund 1 billion more Covid-19 vaccines; ex-Googlers’ Arbo Works gets Sequoia funding; plus, Sri Ambati on his open-source AI movement
28 mins; November 17, 2021
Covid-19 vaccine profits at $1000 per second; UK to probe Nvidia-Arm deal; Plus, Sabeer Bhatia on his latest venture
27 mins; November 16, 2021
Paradigm’s $2.5 billion crypto fund; Microsoft’s Edge update for Windows 11 criticised; and a chat with Sanjay Nekkanti of Dhruva Space
26 mins; November 15, 2021
Special briefing: Sanat Rao, CEO of Infosys Finacle, unpacks some of the emerging trends in banking and the role of technology
47 mins; November 14, 2021
SoftBank may invest $10 bln in India in 2022; Spotify buys Findaway; and a chat with Shashank Kumar, CEO of DeHaat
27 mins; November 11, 2021
US, China's surprise climate change pact; Twitter's crypto team; Rivian surges on Wall Street debut; and a chat with Prateep Basu at SatSure
25 mins; November 10, 2021
DoorDash buys Wolt for $8 bln; Facebook releases data on bullying and harassment; and a chat with Kartikeya Bhardwaj of SpoofSense
27 mins; November 09, 2021
US, Japan reopen borders; Spotify founder Daniel Ek invests in Helsing; and a chat with Abhishek Bansal, CEO of Shadowfax
27 mins; November 08, 2021
Apple hires another Tesla engineer; Alphabet launches AI drug company; and a chat with Raghunandan G, founder and CEO of Zolve
27 mins; November 07, 2021
Facebook is now Meta; Apple warns of supply constraints; Lightspeed to raise $5.5 bln; a chat with Gramophone’s CEO Tauseef Khan
24 mins; October 29, 2021
India tests Agni-5 missile; Merck’s Covid-19 pill; Snap hits 100 million users mark in India; and a chat with Mohit Yadav on REVOS’s P2P charging network
26 mins; October 28, 2021
Google’s profits surge; Tiger Global backs Zolve; DeHaat raises $115 mln; and a chat with Microsoft India’s Sangeeta Bavi
27 mins; October 27, 2021
Covid-19 didn’t slow greenhouse emissions; Tesla valued at $1 trillion; a chat with the founders of Lohum Cleantech
27 mins; October 26, 2021
Facebook’s research on India; Groww triples in value; Clear raises $75 mln; and a chat with Razorpay’s Shashank Kumar
27 mins; October 25, 2021
Special briefing: Magnus Ewerbring—CTO, APAC, Ericsson—on 5G technology and the innovation cycle it could trigger in India
31 mins; October 21, 2021
Paypal may buy Pinterest; Facebook’s name change; Apple's Tech Talks; and a chat with Iron Pillar’s Anand Prasanna
27 mins; October 21, 2021
Google launches Pixel 6; Aiven valued at $2 bln; Zoho One enhancements; and a chat with Arcana Network’s CEO Mayur Relekar
26 mins; October 20, 2021
India to encourage more space startups; Apple’s new MacBook Pro; TCS wins Cainz contract; and a chat with Dhyanesh Bhatt, CEO of GramCover
26 mins; October 18, 2021
China’s hypersonic missile; Klarna’s UK update; and a chat on Canada’s startup visa as a gateway to the US for Indian founders
26 mins; October 18, 2021
IBM launches climate intelligence suite; Apple announces product event; and a chat with Talview’s chief I/O psychologist
27 mins; October 13, 2021
OneWeb, ISRO strike partnership; 100x.VC calls women founders to pitch; and a chat with the CEO of Mihup Communications
26 mins; October 12, 2021
TCS posts strong Q2 results; Apple appealing verdict in Epic case; and a chat with Twin Health’s founder Jahangir Mohammed
27 mins; October 11, 2021
Education ministry on digital access for children; Google to bar monetising by climate change deniers; a chat with BrainSightAI founders
28 mins; October 08, 2021
CoinSwitch bags $260 mn from a16z; Telangana’s e-voting app; and a chat with founders of 2am VC
26 mins; October 07, 2021
Big Tech’s ‘Big Tobacco’ moment; Licious turns unicorn; and a chat with Deep Vision’s CEO Ravi Annavajjhala
27 mins; October 06, 2021
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage; first ransomware death lawsuit; and a chat with GalaxEye's founders
27 mins; October 04, 2021
Jeff Bezos invests in Ula; Oyo seeks $1.2 billion in IPO; and a chat on the record money flow into India's internet unicorns
27 mins; October 03, 2021
Ola Electric hits $3 billion in valuation; TCS lands MCX mandate; RBI's AFA rule kicks in; and Byju's Dev Roy on a new innovation hub
26 mins; September 30, 2021
Search visually on Google; Amazon launches Astro; and a chat with Kris Nair of Kawa Space
24 mins; September 30, 2021
Special briefing: Accel’s Shekhar Kirani on Freshworks and the science and art of succeeding as a VC investor
42 mins; September 29, 2021
Facebook to ‘pause’ Instagram Kids; and a chat with Cropin’s founder Krishna Kumar
27 mins; September 27, 2021
PM Modi launches digital health mission; India’s top young scientists named; and a chat with ION Energy’s CEO Akhil Aryan
26 mins; September 27, 2021
EU USB Type-C rule will likely affect Apple; Uber’s pension plan for UK drivers; and a chat with the founders of DataSutram
27 mins; September 23, 2021
Freshworks surges on Nasdaq listing; Facebook’s new CTO; and a chat with the founders of CoffeeMug.ai
26 mins; September 22, 2021
Freshworks' $10 bln IPO; Karnataka bans ‘games of chance’; Amazon’s new Kindle; and a chat with ex-Googler Kanan Rai
27 mins; September 21, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds; Salesforce invests in Razorpay; and a chat with SatSearch’s COO Narayan Prasad
27 mins; September 20, 2021
CCI report on Google; SpaceX civilian crew returns; and a chat with smallcase’s Vasanth Kamath
27 mins; September 20, 2021
Byju’s to acquire Tynker; a16z may invest in CoinSwitch; and Ultraviolette’s founders on their F77 EV motorcycle
24 mins; September 17, 2021
Telecom gets 100 percent FDI clearance; No passwords for Microsoft; and a chat with Amagi’s CEO Baskar Subramanian
27 mins; September 15, 2021
India, Singapore to link UPI and PayNow; Apple unveils iPhone 13; and a chat with Innovaccer’s CEO Abhinav Shashank
26 mins; September 14, 2021
Special briefing: A conversation with TCS CEO Rajesh Gopinathan on his plan for the company’s transformation
63 hours 36 mins; September 13, 2021
Study shows mRNAs may kill cancer too; Apple-Epic lawsuit ruling; and a chat with Qlik India’s Varun Babbar
27 mins; September 12, 2021
Tata-Airbus military aircraft gets a go-ahead; Notion acquires Auotomate.io; and a chat with the founders of Sanas.ai
28 mins; September 09, 2021
Hyundai's hydrogen fuel cell system; Google's picks for Women Founders Academy 2021; Orca CO2 trap; and Aneesh Reddy on Capillary's US acquisition
27 mins; September 07, 2021
TCS to ask staff to return to ‘work cities’; Dyson’s robot; and Google Pay maker Sumit Gwalani unpacks account aggregator
26 mins; September 06, 2021
Special Briefing: Advances in wind power tech make it an increasingly important renewable option, say experts from GE and Continuum Green Energy
44 mins; September 05, 2021
Apple faces anti-trust complaint in India; Samsung’s 200MP camera sensor; and Acceldata’s CEO explains data observability
27 mins; September 03, 2021
Amazon to hire 55k worldwide; Apple’s baby step towards opening App Store payments; and a chat with Whatfix’s CEO
27 mins; September 02, 2021
Google, Apple store duopoly banned in South Korea; Prosus to buy BillDesk for $4.7 bln; and a chat about Inflexor’s tech fund
27 mins; August 31, 2021
China limits game time for minors; Accel offers Atoms—pre-seed funding; and a chat on India’s new drone rules
27 mins; August 30, 2021
Special Briefing: Freshworks—marrying the art of Indian entrepreneurship and the science of Valley scaling
32 mins; August 29, 2021
India eases drone rules; Lenovo expands India manufacturing; and Abhinav Aggarwal on remaining bootstrapped at Fluid AI
27 mins; August 26, 2021
Afghan all-girl robotics team reaches Mexico; Infosys's new AI centre in Canada; Salesforce posts stellar Q2; and Amit Somani on Prime's latest fund
25 mins; August 26, 2021
South Korea closer to banning Google, Apple app store practices; Sequoia’s biotech hedge fund; and a chat on Zoho Canvas
27 mins; August 24, 2021
India may see 600k daily Covid-19 cases due to vax delay; Infosys gets three weeks from FinMin; and Rahul Chowdhri on Stellaris’s new fund
26 mins; August 23, 2021
Infosys CEO summoned over tax portal glitches; Elon Musk’s Tesla humanoid robot; and a chat about ‘Robomimic’
26 mins; August 22, 2021
Amazon Alexa gets Amitabh Bachchan, Samsung Galaxy Z gets Alia Bhatt; and Counterpoint’s Neil Shah on Google’s smartphone strategy
24 mins; August 19, 2021
Amazon backs Smallcase; GPT 3 worries AI researchers; and a hark back to a chat with Postman's Abhinav Asthana
27 mins; August 19, 2021
Google Pixel 5a at $449; Microsoft, Rubrik step up ransomware fight; and Harsh Rajat unpacks Ethereum Push Notification Service
