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.
Tesla’s Autopilot probed; Facebook, Google back undersea cables in Asia; and why Ather Energy is open sourcing its EV charger connector
25 mins; August 17, 2021
July hottest month in history; Ola launches e-scooters; and a chat with Shridhar Gupta and Vidit Jain of LocoNav
25 mins; August 16, 2021
Facebook may have to sell Giphy; Eruditus, VerSe in big funding rounds; and Krishna Depura on Mindtickle’s sales-readiness tech
26 mins; August 12, 2021
US bill targets Google, Apple app store duopoly; Samsung's new foldable phones; and Anand Inamdar on apps at Amoeboids
24 mins; August 12, 2021
Google blocks ad targeting of under-18 users; Xiaomi launches Mi Mix 4 with under-display camera; and Bhavin Turakhia’s Titan bet
24 mins; August 11, 2021
Amazon, Catamaran to part ways; Ather open-sources EV charger; and a chat with Byju’s CPO Ranjit Radhakrishnan
26 mins; August 10, 2021
Special Briefing: Mike Cannon-Brookes on Atlassian’s growth in the pandemic and India’s talent base
38 mins; August 09, 2021
Moderna says Covid-19 booster jab may be needed; Apple to scan uploads for child abuse; and a chat with Anand Ramamoorthy at Micron Tech India
27 mins; August 05, 2021
Flipkart, Bansals face $1.35B fine; Facebook blocks researchers; and how Astrome’s tech can take high-speed internet to rural India
26 mins; August 05, 2021
Google’s new custom chip Tensor on Pixel 6; Ather’s revenue jump; Unacademy scores; AI chip startup Blaize’s CEO on India plans
27 mins; August 04, 2021
India launches e-RUPI voucher; PolicyBazaar starts IPO process; and a chat with Anshuman Bapna on Terra.do
27 mins; August 02, 2021
Amazon fined $887mn in EU; Google and US scientists make ‘time crystals’; and Manav Garg unpacks Together
25 mins; August 01, 2021
Tata Sons acquire a controlling stake in Tejas Networks; Microsoft invests in Oyo; and Shruti Kapoor on AI bot Wingman for salespeople
26 mins; July 30, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech release new efficacy data; Girish Mathrubootham, Manav Garg start ‘Together’; and Beerud Sheth on the rise of Gupshup
27 mins; July 29, 2021
Apple warns of slowdown despite strong quarter; ShareChat raises more money; and Mayank Tiwari on digitalising sericulture
24 mins; July 27, 2021
Biocon Biologics in Covid-19 antibody deal; Byju’s mopping up smaller rivals; the promise of India’s SaaS companies
25 mins; July 26, 2021
India plans more power islands; Google updates privacy sandbox timeline; and CynLr’s co-founders on robotic automation
26 mins; July 26, 2021
Twitter CEO wants to go big on Bitcoin; RBI’s CBDC in the works; and Crayon Data on the choices we make
27 mins; July 22, 2021
Instagram testing new 'Collab' in India; Clubhouse no longer invite-only; and Ajit Narayanan on AI in healthcare at Mfine
26 mins; July 22, 2021
'Best day ever', Jeff Bezos after space flight; Swiggy raises $1.25 bn; and Sandeep Nailwal explains the basics of Polygon (Part 2)
24 mins; July 20, 2021
HCL's Shiv Nadar steps down; Pegasus can hack iPhones with no clicks; and Sandeep Nailwal explains Polygon’s basics (Part 1)
23 mins; July 19, 2021
Lenskart gets $220mn; Captain Fresh raises series A funding; and Sumit Sarawgi at BCG explains the need for 'responsible AI'
21 mins; July 18, 2021
Xiaomi displaces Apple; Wipro’s best quarter, ever; And Kausambi Manjita of Mason on the promise of ‘no code’ tech
26 mins; July 16, 2021
Infosys raises revenue forecast; Pratilipi gets $48mn; and Pankhuri Shrivastava on online social commerce for women
27 mins; July 15, 2021
Google fined $593mn in France; OPPO releases 6G strategy; and Taranjeet Singh Bhamra of AgNext on AI in agriculture
25 mins; July 14, 2021
Flipkart valued at $37.6 bn; CCI approves SoftBank’s $450 mn Swiggy investment; and Aman Sanduja’s plan for a Twitter for crypto
24 mins; July 13, 2021
Richard Branson makes space flight; Ola raises $500 mn; and Ashish Lachhwani on Steradian Semiconductors’s plans
24 mins; July 12, 2021
TCS crosses half a million employee mark; and a chat on why InMobi’s Glance and Collective Artists Network have teamed up
26 mins; July 08, 2021
Wharton educated Ashwini Vaishnaw is India’s new railways, IT minister; and Amit Anand at Jungle Ventures on India’s startup scene
26 mins; July 07, 2021
IPO-bound Pine Labs hits $3.5 billion valuation; and Sameer Sawarkar of Neurosynaptic Communications on its next phase of growth
27 mins; July 06, 2021
ByteDance sells short video AI in India; and Pooja Goyal at Avishkaar on how gender bias starts early in STEM
27 mins; July 05, 2021
Special Briefing: Indegene CEO Manish Gupta talks about the next phase of digitalisation in pharma
38 mins; July 04, 2021
Many EU countries approve Covishield for Green Passport; FB, Google pledge; and Mihir Shah on early cancer detection tech for women
27 mins; July 02, 2021
Byju’s WhiteHat Jr. data exposed; and Partha Narasimhan of Velodyne Lidar on autonomous vehicles
24 mins; June 30, 2021
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in India; and Snigdha Kumar, CEO of Cora Health on personalising nutrition with AI
26 mins; June 30, 2021
WhatsApp wins in court ruling; Track your gas cylinder on Paytm; and Omkar Pandharkame on capturing ‘tacit knowledge’ with AI at BHyve
26 mins; June 29, 2021
Zydus Covid-19 vaccine for teens soon; UK bans Binance; and Anand Madanagopal on taking heart health checks to the masses
27 mins; June 28, 2021
JioPhone Next to launch Sep 10; Twitter partners with Razorpay for Tip Jar in India; and Meghna Suryakumar on enabling fintech at Crediwatch
26 mins; June 25, 2021
John McAfee found dead; Google’s security changes; AI restores a Rembrandt; and Kinner Sacchdev on plans ahead at Knorish
23 mins; June 24, 2021
Infosys CEO meets FM on income tax portal glitches; Google under EU lens; and Manoj Gopalkrishnan on his new mass test for Covid-19
27 mins; June 22, 2021
Amazon India, Flipkart may face tougher rules; China cracks down on crypto; FB Live Audio Rooms; and Srikanth Sola on plans at Devic Earth
24 mins; June 22, 2021
Sharechat’s ESOP buyback; BharatPe said to be raising $250 M; Wipro offers pay hikes; and Kushal Nahata on FarEye’s plans ahead
24 mins; June 20, 2021
Top Indian IT Cos to hire 96k; Facebook’s deepfake sleuths; Nazara buys Publishme; and KPMG’s Girish Menon on online gaming in India
25 mins; June 17, 2021
Satya Nadella becomes Microsoft’s Chairman; BrowserStack valued at $4 billion; Waymo raises $2.5 billion; and Harshvardhan Lunia on Lendingkart’s plans
26 mins; June 17, 2021
Novavax may come to India; Windows 11 leaks; Apna raises $70 M; and Piyush Shah of Glance InMobi discusses the Shop101 acquisition
31 mins; June 16, 2021
Novavax Covid shot 90 percent efficacious; Google Workspace for everyone; And Harsha Moily’s journey from micro-finance to clean tech VC
25 mins; June 14, 2021
US lawmakers take a big swipe at big tech; Byju’s most valuable Indian startup; Astrogate Labs’ Nitish Singh on plans ahead
29 mins; June 14, 2021
SoftBank boosts Klarna to $45.6 billion; Tata Digital to acquire 1mg; OnePlus Nord CE 5G; and Yashraj Erande at BCG on the rise of digital banks
28 mins; June 10, 2021
Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador; Biden lifts ban on TikTok; Women learners rise online; and a chat with Shashank Kumar, CEO of agri-tech startup DeHaat
25 mins; June 10, 2021
Infosys panned for tax portal glitches; US to invest billions in hi-tech; Whatfix raises $90 million; and Neil Shah at Counterpoint discusses Apple’s privacy strategy
25 mins; June 09, 2021
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to fly to space; Apple WWDC; G7 agree on tax on big tech; The Nevera hypercar; and a chat with Stellapps’s CEO Ranjith Mukundan
30 mins; June 08, 2021
Special briefing: IBM’s Heike Riel and Gargi Dasgupta demystify the potential and promise of quantum computing
43 mins; June 06, 2021
Softbank may invest in Flipkart again; TCS sets 2030 zero carbon target; new Google Pixel buds; chat with Anthill Ventures' CEO on speed scaling
24 mins; June 04, 2021
Urban Company seeks IPO; Clubhouse hires Aarthi Ramamurthy; Zerodha’s trade-tagging feature; and Probhir Roy Chowdhury of J Sagar Associates bats for crypto regulation
24 mins; June 03, 2021
Crypto lobby welcomes RBI clarification; conversational AI rises; and a talk with Dhruvil Sanghvi of Loginext on automation in logistics
26 mins; June 02, 2021
RBI’s 2018 crypto circular no longer valid, it tells banks; Xiaomi’s 8-minute hypercharge; and a chat with an Infosys cloud exec on trillion-dollar benefits
26 mins; June 01, 2021
Google Photos unlimited ends today; new Nintendo Switch soon; and a chat with Amitabh Saran, CEO of EV startup Altigreen Propulsion Labs
26 mins; May 31, 2021
Paytm said to be planning $3 billion IPO; Amazon buys Covid insurance for sellers; OnePlus Nord CE 5G; and a chat with the makers of Dozee, a contact-less health monitor
26 mins; May 28, 2021
Clubhouse hires Google veteran Justin Uberti; Amazon buys MGM; and a chat with UpGrad on personalised education and Rs. 2,000 crore revenue target
25 mins; May 27, 2021
Daily Tech Briefing: Moderna says vaccine works in teens, and a conversation with the one who makes the voice assistant in Tata cars
26 mins; May 26, 2021
Daily Tech Briefing: Zeta becomes unicorn, and a chat with Skyroot Aerospace’s founders
25 mins; May 25, 2021
Special Tech Briefing: A glimpse into Tata Consultancy Services' Pace innovation network with Sapthagiri Chapalapalli, head of TCS Europe
23 mins; May 24, 2021
Daily Tech Briefing: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s day in court; Android crosses 3 billion users; and Realme’s Madhav Sheth on the new Qualcomm 778G 5G platform
25 mins; May 21, 2021
Daily Tech Briefing: India asks WhatsApp to undo update; Google’s quantum computer; and a chat with Yashas Karanam of Bellatrix Aerospace on electric rockets
27 mins; May 20, 2021
Daily Tech Briefing: Android 12 privacy features; TCS CEO sees decadal tech shift; and a chat with Instasafe's Sandip Kumar Panda on ‘zero-trust’ cybersecurity
25 mins; May 19, 2021
WhatsApp confirms it will eventually delete user accounts if they oppose policy update; and Parag Naik, co-founder and CEO of Saankhya Labs, on why he is already looking at 6G
37 mins; May 18, 2021
India’s Ed-tech sector to surge; Musk continues bitcoin-moving tweets; What is Twitter Blue; and an interview with Gramophone’s founders on their tech stack for farmers
28 mins; May 17, 2021
Ethereum cofounder’s gift to India; Google, SpaceX partner to expand broadband internet; and Zenlayer’s Amit Singh tells us why India is a big market
19 mins; May 14, 2021
US, India talk about making J&J vaccines; Elon Musk won’t take Bitcoins for Tesla cars anymore; and a chat with Rajat Verma, founder of Lohum, on India’s plans to encourage cell manufacturing
14 mins; May 13, 2021
Google Pay enables US-India money transfers; Paytm’s vaccine finder; an interview with Arvind Parthiban on his new SaaS startup
15 mins; May 12, 2021
Facebook’s Instagram-for-children plan causes alarm; Google provides a Covid-19 update; suppliers to big tech linked to forced labour; Flipkart raising money and more
9 mins; May 11, 2021
WhatsApp’s policy update deadline looms; Netflix thinks of N-Plus; Clubhouse comes to Android, and more
8 mins; May 10, 2021
Google's new safety section for Play store; IBM's two-nanometre breakthrough; PUBG to return to India, and more
8 mins; May 07, 2021
US backs vaccine patents waiver; Trump remains banned on Facebook; Wipro’s tech moves, and more
