Indus Towers expands solar network to 50,000 telecom sites, eyes 100,000 milestone
The telecom infrastructure company is expanding its renewable energy footprint, with plans to replicate its solar deployment model in international markets.
Freshworks hits $1 billion ARR ahead of 2026 target, reports $18 million Q3 profit
The Nasdaq-listed SaaS company also reported stronger operating margins, growth in high-value customers and improved momentum in its Employee Experience business
IndiaAI Mission: Indian startups launch AI models that work offline in 11 languages
The launches expand Indias indigenous AI ecosystem, with applications spanning government, defence, education, industry, banking, financial services and cybersecurity
Oracle cancels $7 billion chip leasing deal with Chinas Tencent, FT reports
The move comes as Chinese AI developers increasingly seek overseas access to advanced processors to navigate US export restrictions
Spoiled by design: How supermarkets became targets of cyberattacks
Outlets of Carrefour, Spar and Delhaize were hit, and even a few restaurants run by furniture maker Ikea
OpenAI employees warned about operational security lapses for years, sources say
Some workers argued that OpenAIs controls were so lax that outsiders, including foreign governments, could obtain sensitive information about the AI labs technology with relative ease, the people said
Canva to cut about 22% of staff as growth slowdown triggers restructuring
Canva is combining its product, growth and platform teams into a single product organisation
Sarvam AI launches Prism decision model with 44-millisecond response time
The Indian AI company is targeting enterprise automation with a model designed to deliver fast, consistent and reliable decisions
Canva announces layoffs, job changes for about 22% of workforce
Some 1,271 people, or 22% of Canvas staff, will lose their jobs, change roles or relocate to central hubs, Chief Executive Officer Melanie Perkins says in a note to employees
IndiaAI Mission releases indigenous foundation models EKA-1, Dhr 2B and Dhr 5B
Government says access to subsidised national AI compute infrastructure, along with support for ancillary research expenses, enabled development of models
Mukesh Ambanis Jio holds talks with Comcast, Charter for US broadband technology deal
The proposed partnerships could give the Indian telecom company access to overseas markets without building its own broadband networks abroad.
Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI tools
Students using Google software in schools will not be allowed to use Google search unless their school system also provides them access to artificial intelligence tools
Binance reveals hackers used fake job interviews, malicious code in $6 billion heist
Binance released on Tuesday a detailed investigation into the $6 billion hack of its cryptocurrency platform, showing how attackers used fake job interviews and malicious code to steal the funds.
TRAI amends telecom interconnection framework, to be effective Jan 1, 2027
The amendment aims to modernise the existing framework by shifting interconnection arrangements from the Long Distance Charging Area and Short Distance Charging Area levels to the Licensed Service Area level
HP launches OmniBook 5 and ProBook 4 G2iS in India
The AI-ready laptops are targeted at students and mobile professionals in India
Happiest Minds Q2 profit rises 15% to 62 crore; revenue up 12% to 645 crore
Sequentially, profit declined 8%, while revenue rose 2.7%
AI driven productivity could expand Indias GDP: Cognizant
The model also indicates a theoretical upper bound of $830 billion annually, assuming widespread adoption of AI across the entire workforce and full translation of productivity gains into economic output
Binances recovery from the biggest crypto hack in history | Explained
The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world was hit by an approximately $6.3 billion hack, the biggest in history, yet, customers got their crypto back in about 3-4 days
NTT DATA to expand Mangaluru workforce to 2,500 by 2027
The IT major plans to nearly triple its employee base in the coastal city, focusing on AI, data and specialised industry capabilities.
Anthropic says revenue surged 1100% ahead of IPO
The filing also showed Anthropic has committed to spend about $895 billion, mostly on computing power, much of it over the next five years
Apple posts all-time record quarter in India in Q4
The company posts quarterly revenue of $114.4 billion, up 12% y-o-y and up 5% sequentially; iPhone revenue grew 17% y-o-y basis to $57.5 billion
Adani Group said to seek $1.5 billion for data centre financing
AdaniConneX Pvt. is in talks with lenders including DBS Group Holdings Ltd., First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. for the offshore facility
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From smartphones to MRI systems, memory crunch drives up chip costs
Mobile gross merchandise value growth is projected to slow to 6 per cent in 2026, from 26 per cent in 2025
The amended regulations will apply to ISPs having more than 10,000 subscribers as of the last day of the preceding financial year
Tracing the online networks behind AI-generated nude images
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close this week, one University of Florida researcher is examining the roots of nudification apps, online platforms that use AI to turn images of clothed people
Tech firms eye business opportunity in AI model routing
The move could cut expenses and boost reliability as organisations move from experimentation to production, leveraging open-weight and frontier models across diverse use cases
Q2 Results Today, 02nd November 2026 Updates: businessline brings you the latest quarterly earnings, outlook and more.
Telecom preview: Brokerages anticipate healthy Q2, led by ARPU and subscriber adds
While brokerages seemed confident of a tariff hike by the end of calendar 2026, analysts are now pushing the timeline to mid-2027
Vultr launches 20 MW AI supercluster in Chennai, eyes 1 GW India capacity
The centre, powered by over 10,000 AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, will be capable of powering large-scale AI training and inference workloads
Infrastructure-as-a-Service accounted for 47% revenue share at 65.6 crore in the quarter
HCLTech launches AI agents to automate enterprise mainframe operations
The offering is designed to help companies improve the management of mission-critical mainframe systems through AI-enabled automation, monitoring and operational intelligence
Apple's New CEO John Ternus To Face First Earnings Test As Memory Costs Surge
Ternus, who took the reins from Tim Cook in September, has overseen the introduction of Apple's first foldable phone, smart home hub and Apple's first touch-screen laptops
Binance sees outflows stabilising as exchange returns online after $6.3 billionheist
After hitting a six-week low on Friday, bitcoin prices recovered slightly through the weekend to trade above $78,000 on Monday
Magnificent Seven debt surges 45% to $578 billion, raising AI investment risks
SBI Research has flagged growing financial vulnerabilities in the technology sector, citing borrowing costs, bond yields and rising infrastructure commitments
Binance resumes withdrawals after more than $6 billion stolen in hack
Binance said that it had seen withdrawals of around $4.7 billion on Sunday, after more than $6 billion in virtual assets were stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange in a major hack the FBI said North Korea was responsible for.
AI challenges traditional productivity metrics for Indian IT
According to UnearthInsight data, Revenue per FTE increased sequentially, with Tech Mahindra recording the sharpest growth at 7.1 per cent to $11,123, alongside a 0.3 per cent decline in headcount
AI search gains 3-fold influence over traditional search in shopping decisions: McKinsey
The report says AI users are 3.2 times more likely to rate AI search tools as more influential than traditional search engines, and 2.6 times more likely to rate them higher than influences like friends or family
MeitY launches DEPA handbook to enable secure data sharing for AI training
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a handbook on Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) for AI training, an official release said Saturday. The handbook outlines a techno-legal framework that allows institutions to collaborate on data for AI training while keeping control of their data. IT Secretary S Krishnan unveiled the handbook, which was developed with support from the iSPIRT Foundation, at a roundtable in Bengaluru. The framework combines contractual permissions, controlled computing environments and privacy-enhancing safeguards. It also incorporates data provenance, enabling the origin, permissions and use of data to be traced throughout the training process, supporting accountability and transparency, the release said. As AI becomes central to economic and social development, access to diverse, high-quality data is critical. Yet concerns around privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property and institutional control ofte
AU SFB data leak: Salesforce says no vulnerability at its end
The ScarlettGroup hacking group claims to have breached the AU SFB cyber defence system and threatened to leak sensitive customer and internal corporate data
AI giants promise publishers new way to block some scraping
Publishers currently have to implement multiple blocking commands for every bot that crawls the web to collect data
OpenAIs Altman meets Samsung executives as chip crunch deepens
OpenAI funding target cut by $10 billion as AI slumps
The ChatGPT maker is now seeking about $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, down from $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation last month
Meta settles, leaving Snap sole defendant in new social media trial
Jury selection began on Wednesday, and opening statements are scheduled for November 4
Meta settles, leaving Snap sole defendant in new social media trial
Jury selection began on Wednesday, and opening statements are scheduled for November 4
OpenAI to limit weapons information for teens on ChatGPT in violence-prevention push
OpenAI will restrict practical information on weapons and security systems that could be misused
DPIIT Secretary Bhatia in New Delhi touts ONDC DigiDukaan, linking 21,000 retailers and 450 brands to streamline pricing and availability
North Korean hackers linked to crypto thefts among world's best, experts say
North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the
Meta settles with teen during trial testing claims social media caused depression, eating disorders
Meta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, attorneys for the plaintiff said on Friday. The settlement came after jury selection began on Wednesday for
Healthcare, BFSI supported IT growth in Q2 as technology and retail remained mixed
Q2 FY27 performance across verticals was mixed for Indias leading IT services companies, with growth varying significantly by segment
Jio Platforms Q2 profit rises 13% on subscriber growth, higher ARPU
Revenue from operations grew 11.3% year-on-year, while EBITDA rose 16.6% to 21,879 crore, supported by robust revenue growth and a 250 basis-point expansion in operating margins
Cognizant forms OpenAI group with 25,000 professionals to deliver AI products to clients
The IT services company is first scaling the technology across its sales and customer success operations before extending tested approaches to clients
Zee Entertainment net profit dips 40% to 45.6 crore in Q2
Companys operating revenue grew 13 per cent annually to 2,224.6 crore led by subscription revenue
Data Protection Board to be in place pretty soon: Government Sources
The Kerala High Court had on October 17, directed the Centre to make the Data Protection Board functional within eight weeks
As pay hikes dry up, more promotions doled out for employee satisfaction
Data further showed that promotion rate for males stood at 10.2 per cent in 2026 as against 10 per cent in the previous year
Thousands of deceptive ads evade Google
Thousands of deceptive advertisements have slipped through Google
Sun TV reports 3% increase in consolidated PAT in Q227
Revenue was down 30% to 940 crore (1,300 crore); the advertisement revenues for Q227 declined to 253 crore (292 crore); Domestic subscription revenues up 2.34% 487 crore
Foxconn chairman says he met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Taiwan
Details of their planned cooperation would be announced once plans are confirmed
AU Small Finance Bank probes potential data leak
The bank's own systems remain unaffected and all banking services are operating normally
eMudhra appoints KPMG to conduct independent review of TLS certificate incident
Digital trust provider eMudhra appointed KPMG to conduct an independent review of a recent TLS certificate incident. This appointment follows a commitment made by the company to ensure clarity regarding the incident. The incident involved weak private keys associated with several certificate authorities, which remained undetected for a significant period. As a result, eMudhra has withdrawn from its global SSL/TLS certificate business due to security concerns.
Would you watch a 90-minute-long video on Instagram?
Instagrams latest foray into horizontal, long-form videos will transform how social media scrollers, content creators, and even streaming competitors operate
The lack of operating rules for the DC tax holiday and regulatory and cost hurdles could slow Indias ability to convert this interest into investments for global workloads, say industry experts
Spotify targets 2027 launch for AI remix service
The Swedish audio-streaming giant is considering charging subscribers an additional $4 to $5 a month for the service
Nvidia's web of AI bets: smart strategy or bubble risk?
investments have raised a nagging question among some doubters on Wall Street: is Nvidia helping to inflate an AI bubble?
Nvidia's web of AI bets: smart strategy or bubble risk?
investments have raised a nagging question among some doubters on Wall Street: is Nvidia helping to inflate an AI bubble?
Former Coro Health employees plan healthcare IT cooperative
The proposed Health Care IT & Revenue Cycle Co-operative Society has applied for registration as a primary cooperative society and approached the Cooperation Department seeking support
OpenAI expands AI safety monitoring after agents breach restricted environments
OpenAI has expanded its monitoring system for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models across training, evaluations, internal use and selected external deployments after an incident in which its AI agents escaped restricted environments and exposed gaps in existing security safeguards. The company said its upgraded monitoring system, when tested in a simulation of the incident, could have alerted its security team around 30 minutes after the AI agents first escaped their restricted environment and more than 30 hours before Hugging Face's systems were breached in the actual incident. OpenAI said the early warning could have provided its security team with enough time to stop the activity before the models accessed external services. We believe that this warning would have given our responders time to interrupt the activity well before our models were able to access external services, the company said. The incident, disclosed by OpenAI in July, occurred during an internal cybersecu...
Jios halo brightens momentum for mega deals in India pipeline
The massive demand for Jios listing showed investors remain willing to commit significant capital to marquee deals, even against a difficult backdrop for Indian equities
Tech firms take fresh hit as earnings misses fan AI fears
The announcements came a day after Google parent Alphabet reported soft growth in revenue from advertising and its search business
Nasscom seeks deferment of revised GST framework for e-commerce delivery services to January 1
The GST Council recommends a 5% rate without input tax credit, but companies are still awaiting the final notification
COAI seeks early execution of TRAI recommendation on microwave spectrum
TRAI recommends providing backhaul spectrum at a uniform and nominal price through an administrative process and without auction to telecom operators
Amazon burns cash, Intel flags weak PC demand as AI booms costs ripple across markets
Selloff hits AI, cloud stocks and chipmakers alike; Lower PC demand a sign of consumer pain; Semiconductor index down 21% from June all-time high
AI firm AM Intelligence seeks $3 billion financing for Nvidia chips order
The funding package for the company, established by the founders of renewable energy producer Greenko Group Plc, could comprise of bonds and bank loans
Record-setting 2.75 gigahertz LED designed for fast, energy-efficient data centers
A collaboration between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Titanium boosts thermoelectric performance of thin films by 250-fold
Every electronic device, factory and vehicle generates heat that often goes to waste. What if that energy could be recovered to generate electricity using thin films manufactured without high-temperature processing? Researchers at Tohoku University have taken a step toward making this possible, developing a thermoelectric material that delivers a 250-fold increase in power factor by adding a small amount of titanium to chromium nitride.
Cognizant cuts growth guidance despite industry-beating growth in September quarter
Cognizant beats quarterly growth but cuts full-year 2026 guidance amid stable macro, rising discretionary risks, and restructuring costs.
ANSR eyes IPO in 2027 amid strong GCC growth prospects
GCCs step up AI hiring as demand for AI talent rises 45%; GCC industry projected to reach $100 billion by 2030
Over one-third of Indias tech workers get no hike or face pay cuts: Blind survey
Overall, 63 per cent are dissatisfied, including 47 per cent who are very dissatisfied with the lack of hikes
Axiro Semiconductor announces investment in ThinSiC
Axiro entered into a long-term commercial partnership to support the development and commercialisation of ThinSiCs silicon carbide power device technology
Cognizant reports 4.8% CC growth in Q3; trims 2026 revenue guidance
Cognizant narrows expected growth guidance range from 4-5.5% guided earlier to 4-4.4%
41,000 DHS names leaked in major hack, collective says
A nonprofit news leak group said Wednesday it has published data on more than 41,000 employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including those working on President Donald Trump
Industries startup Venttup raises $3 million in Pre Series A round
Venttup has raised the funding to support its scale up journey and go from engineering development to scalable production mode
Databricks India growth outpaces global rate amid rising enterprise AI adoption
Indian enterprises and digital-native businesses are increasingly exploring AI models, data control and deployment costs as the company expands its local presence
Amazon cuts more jobs, in devices unit, after flurry of product rollouts
We've made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles, a spokesperson said without elaborating
Freshworks acquires AI incident investigation platform Robusta
Deal strengthens companys ITSM platform with automated root-cause analysis and remediation for large-scale environments
Newly launched Ek Microbook targets to simplify MCA compliance
Software that integrates compliance and documentation management with automated document generation, task tracking, client records, deadline reminders, and office administration
Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say
The findings raise concerns that increasingly capable AI models lower the technical barriers to sophisticated cyberattacks
Microsoft revenue rises 19% to $92.3 billion on strong cloud growth
Cloud revenue hits $63.9 billion with 30% growth; Azure up 48% as company starts FY27 on higher earnings
DeepSeek, Moonshot used OpenAI'sGPT-6 Astra to train latest models: Report
The practice, known as distillation, has become a flashpoint for leading AI companies as US-China technology competition intensifies, with firms arguing it allows rivals to reproduce advanced capabilities more quickly and cheaply
