If you use a PC, play games, or follow AI, today is a busy one. Apple is holding a smart home event in a few hours, Microsoft just unveiled its most serious attempt yet to cut its dependence on Nvidia, and graphics card prices have risen far more than most people realise. 1. Apple’s “Welcome
Did you know a UPI rule changes on October 15? Here is exactly what it means for you — and four other updates worth knowing. 1. UPI: a 0.4% merchant fee starts October 15 From October 15, 2026, a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) applies to specified Person-to-Merchant (P2M) UPI transactions above ₹2,000. The single
If an AI system does something wrong on its own, who stops it? That question stopped being theoretical this week. Microsoft’s CEO published a proposal for exactly that problem on Saturday. The following day, Anthropic disclosed that one of its models had filed a fabricated murder tip with Philadelphia police. Here are the five updates
Five stories from Indian tech this week — including the country’s largest-ever IPO getting firm dates, and a satellite internet launch that is still further away than most coverage suggests. 1. Jio Platforms’ IPO: price band set, opens October 21 This is no longer a matter of discussion. Jio Platforms has a price band and
If you follow AI and tech in India, the last 48 hours have been unusually dense — an AI agent that browses the web for you, a 240-megawatt data centre, a quantum computing raise, and a state government making a specific bet on AI startups. Here are the five that matter. 1. Google brings Gemini
Five updates from Indian tech over the last 48 hours — one that changes how brands reach you, one that signals where deep-tech money is going, a phone with a battery you can genuinely ignore for two days, a cybersecurity order worth noting, and a warning worth more than the rest combined. 1. Razorpay partners
Tabby raises $233 million at a $6.5 billion valuation as Gulf fintech expands beyond BNPL Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tabby has raised $233 million in Series F funding, taking its valuation to approximately $6.5 billion. The round was led by Blue Pool Capital, with participation from HSG, Wellington Management and Arbor Ventures. Tabby has evolved considerably
Today’s news has one thread running through it: the AI build-out stopped being a forecast and started showing up in balance sheets, power grids and breach reports. Here are the five stories that matter. 1. Oracle’s AI backlog hits $664 billion — and the stock jumped 7% Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter results that beat on
Devin maker Cognition raises more than $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation AI coding startup Cognition, the company behind Devin, has raised more than $2 billion in a new funding round at a reported $48 billion valuation. The round makes Cognition one of the world’s most highly valued AI startups and nearly doubles its
India clears another hurdle for Starlink, Jio and OneWeb with satellite spectrum framework India’s Digital Communications Commission has approved a framework for satellite spectrum pricing, taking services from companies including Starlink, Reliance Jio Satellite and Eutelsat OneWeb another step closer to wider commercial deployment. Final spectrum assignment, security clearances and other regulatory approvals are still
