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· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Rewiring payments for the AI era: Inside PayU’s transformation play
PayU is ramping up its AI-led payments push, building infrastructure for agentic commerce as UPI volumes surge and digital transactions scale. The company is focusing on trust, compliance, and automation to enable seamless, high-frequency payments, while expanding AI use cases across merchant onboar
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Walmart breaks its no-frills mold with in-store beauty experts and personalised advice
Walmart is bringing beauty experts to its stores. These trained staff will offer personalized makeup and skincare advice. This move aims to boost in-store shopping against online rivals. The initiative is expanding rapidly across hundreds of Walmart locations. This strategy focuses on customer servi
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Meta looks to raise up to $25 billion with bond sale: Bloomberg News
Meta Platforms is planning a significant bond sale. The social media giant aims to raise between 20 billion and 25 billion dollars. This move follows a large debt offering last year. Big Tech companies are increasingly using debt to fund investments. Meta recently increased its capital expenditure f
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Inside Big Tech’s March quarter earnings: Here’s all you need to know
Big Tech giants Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon reported strong earnings, driven by significant growth in cloud and AI services. While Meta Platforms also delivered solid results, its shares dipped after announcing increased capital expenditure. These companies are heavily investing in AI infrastruc
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
AI-led discovery of long-standing banking vulnerabilities a 'wake-up call' world: NIELIT Director
AI-led discovery of long-standing vulnerabilities in banking systems is a "wake-up call" not only for US banks, but also India and rest of the world, Sheetal Chopra, Director at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Te
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Samsung focuses on HBM as AI demand drives record quarterly profit
Samsung Electronics, on Thursday, announced its strategy to prioritize high-value memory products, specifically high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and server chips, as supply shortages triggered by the artificial intelligence boom are expected to persist for some time.
· 14 days ago· YourStory
Why reading a 500-page book is easier than you think
Think long books are intimidating? Discover a 500-page classic you can finish in a week—and why reading it can transform your perspective.
· 14 days ago· YourStory
Exfinity Venture Partners partially exits CloudSEK with 13X returns
The exit was facilitated as a part of a secondary sale to the cybersecurity platform’s existing investors.
· 14 days ago· YourStory
Meet 15 startups in ISB DLabs’ I-HEAL fourth cohort tackling critical healthcare gaps
These 15 startups in I-HEAL’s fourth cohort are building for some of healthcare’s most persistent, overlooked gaps. From diagnostics to rehabilitation, their solutions are designed to reach patients beyond the traditional system. India is home to more than 63 million people living with hearing
· 14 days ago· MediaNama
Including OTTs in TRAI’s spam protection draft rules a ‘regulatory overreach’: IAMAI
Flagging the regulatory overreach, IAMAI said that OTT platforms are beyond the telecom scope and empowering TRAI to strip the safe harbour of non-compliant intermediaries is jurisdictional overreach. The post Including OTTs in TRAI’s spam protection draft rules a ‘regulatory overreach’: IAMAI appea
· 14 days ago· YourStory
Amazon rides AI growth wave; ultra-fast delivery surges in India
Amazon’s profit rose 77% to $30.3 billion, boosted by AWS, which drives about 60% of earnings. Heavy AI investment and chip growth support strong cloud-led growth globally.
· 14 days ago· ET Tech
Italy closes antitrust probes into AI firms after commitments on 'hallucination' risks
Italy's competition watchdog has concluded probes into three AI firms. DeepSeek from China, Mistral AI from France, and Scaleup Yazilim Hizmetleri from Turkey faced scrutiny over AI hallucinations. The companies have committed to better informing users about inaccurate content. They will add disclai
· 14 days ago· YourStory
No branch visits: How to open a demat account online in India
From PAN and Aadhaar verification to e-signing and activation, opening a demat account is now a fully digital process. Here’s how first-time investors can get started quickly, securely, and without paperwork. Opening a demat (dematerialized) account has shifted from a paperwork-heavy, branch-dep