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The Canadian government introduced legislation on Monday to overhaul the country’s private-sector privacy laws, including new restrictions on businesses that use personal data to charge individual consumers higher prices. Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act, would replace the Per
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it has snapped up the flash memory optimization startup Mext Corp. in an effort to help its customers solve their growing headaches around memory supply constraints in artificial intelligence data centers. The price of the acquisition was likely small
SailPoint Technologies Inc. is acquiring Entro Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises secure their artificial intelligence agents. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. CTech reported that the transaction is worth about $200 million. Nasdaq-listed Sa
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A shortage of trained insurance professionals is driving insurers to automate claims processing, underwriting, and customer onboarding. This shift enables companies to handle growing business volumes with greater accuracy and efficiency, rather than replacing existing roles. Technology adoption is e
Beauty retailer Purplle has paused fundraising talks due to valuation disagreements, while founders are buying back shares at a valuation of about Rs 11,300 crore. The company is focusing on its in-house brands and aggressive offline expansion, aiming for a valuation reflecting its rapid growth.
Top global investors like SoftBank and KKR have cashed out nearly Rs 18,000 crore from new-age Indian companies post-listing. This marks a shift, with IPOs now seen as the start of a longer monetisation cycle, allowing for staggered exits and continued upside for early backers.
YourNest Venture Capital has launched a Rs 400 crore continuation fund, YourNest Continuum Fund I, anchored by HDFC AMC. This fund will invest in seven top-performing deeptech startups, providing liquidity to existing investors while enabling continued growth for companies like Miko and Exponent Ene
Cybercriminals are exploiting the FIFA World Cup, creating thousands of fake ticket portals, merchandise stores, and streaming sites to scam fans. Sophisticated operations are intercepting payment details and authentication, while AI is enabling more personalized and convincing phishing campaigns.
Indian businesses are increasingly embedding AI, transforming operations and yielding measurable returns. However, legacy infrastructure, skill gaps, and a need for business model shifts pose challenges. Experts emphasise domain-specific AI applications and developing indigenous language models as I
Staggering token spending is forcing Indian firms to explore ways to rein in AI cost. This is where open-source models, small language models & inference layer startups step in, writes Swathi Moorthy.
AI startup ContraVault AI, which provides enterprises with an AI-powered procurement intelligence platform, has raised $3.1 Mn (₹29.3 Cr) in…
Indian VC firms are increasingly backing AI startups founded by non-Indians, drawn by the promise of higher returns, writes Swathi Moorthy.
The Nintendo 64 classic is back with better textures and 60fps.
Some well-known first-party Xbox studios are reportedly at risk of being closed down.
Three Xbox-owned studios are in active negotiations to buy themselves back from Microsoft rather than face closure, according to Bloomberg. Compulsion Games in Montreal, Double Fine Productions in San Francisco, and Ninja Theory in Cambridge, England, are each exploring deals that would make them in
IMEC, the Belgian semiconductor research institute that partners with more than 600 chip industry players, has expanded its 300mm RF silicon interposer platform with three new manufacturing capabilities that bring 6G chip production closer to commercial viability. The platform achieves record-low si
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said the company will ship supervised point-to-point self-driving on all of its second-generation vehicles and the R2 later this year, describing the capability as “very similar to Tesla’s FSD.” Speaking at the Masters of Scale event in Anaheim on Thursday, Scaringe laid out a
Xiaomi has unveiled a robotic charging arm designed for residential garages that automatically plugs and unplugs an electric vehicle without any owner intervention. The system detects the vehicle’s position after parking, extends to the charging port, connects the cable, and retracts it once chargin
Isar Aerospace is not hurting for money, but it is sorely lacking in the currency of flight experience.
