THURSDAY 08 OCT
India hits back at Musk, says all satellite operators at same regulatory stage, process ‘fair and non-discriminatory’
India's government has formally responded to Elon Musk's "oligarchs" post, saying Starlink, Jio SES, and OneWeb are all…
Musk says “oligarchs” are blocking Starlink in India to maintain their “monopolistic chokehold”
Elon Musk publicly accused unnamed Indian "oligarchs" of blocking Starlink on X. Five years of regulatory history, two…
WEDNESDAY 07 OCT
JioHotstar expands to Middle East with Starzplay partnership
JioHotstar is now live in the Middle East and North Africa through Starzplay — no standalone app, no infrastructure build. Five weeks after its international debut, Reliance's streaming platform is scaling fast and light.
WEDNESDAY 30 SEP
Apple Pay launches in India with an Axis Bank partnership, no UPI
Apple Pay is live in India, twelve years after its US debut. It supports Axis Bank credit cards at NFC terminals. It does not support UPI — which handles 84% of India's digital payments.
WEDNESDAY 23 SEP
YouTube Music is getting an AI chatbot and a personalised podcast guide
YouTube Music is getting two new AI features — Ask Music, a conversational discovery tool across 300 million songs, and Your Podcast Lineup, a hands-free weekly podcast guide. Both coming soon to Premium subscribers.
TUESDAY 15 SEP
India’s omnipresent UPI digital payments network gets a price tag, but only for select transactions
After six years of government-subsidised free payments, NPCI has introduced MDR on select UPI transactions. The structure is more nuanced than the headlines suggest — and the winners and losers aren't who you'd expect.
THURSDAY 03 SEP
Reliance-owned JioHotstar set for international debut to bank on Indians’ overseas presence
JioHotstar, the Indian streaming platform that was formed post Reliance’s acquisition of Disney’s India assets, is set to debut in international markets. Considering the streaming platform’s heavy India-leaning…
MONDAY 08 JUN
Amazon debuts new AI-powered custom merch designing in the US
Amazon is going after the significantly-sized custom merchandise market, now allowing literally any user to create their custom merchandise using AI, and making it available to all of…
TUESDAY 31 MAR
Meta tests ‘Instagram Plus’ subscription that allows users to see stories without letting poster know
Social media giant Meta is now testing a new paid subscription tier for Instagram called ‘Instagram Plus’ in…
India to make government advisories ‘legally binding’ for tech firms under IT rules framework
India is moving ahead with a major shift in its internet regulation policy by proposing that government advisories…
FRIDAY 27 MAR
Iran-linked group hacks FBI director’s private email, releases personal photos and sensitive excerpts
A suspected Iran-linked hacking group known as ‘Handala Hack Team’ has claimed that it hacked into the personal email account of the FBI head, Kash Patel, and has…
THURSDAY 26 MAR
WhatsApp finally rolls out dual accounts to iOS users along with AI-writing aid, stickers and more
WhatsApp is rolling out the much awaited dual-accounts feature to iOS, along with improvements to its popular messaging platform, focusing on enhanced flexibility for multi-account users, better storage…
WEDNESDAY 25 MAR
Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google liable for social media addiction in a historic case
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Google’s YouTube responsible for causing social media addiction in a young user. The case, K.G.M. v. Meta et al., focused…
FRIDAY 06 MAR
Karnataka becomes the first Indian state to ban social media access for children under 16
Karnataka is set to become the first state in India to ban social media use for children under…
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4, its ‘most efficient’ model yet for professional users
OpenAI has now rolled out GPT-5.4, its latest frontier large language model family, which the firm says features…
MONDAY 02 MAR
Google and India’s Airtel are teaming up to filter spam, fraud with RCS before it reaches users
Bharti Airtel and Google are now joining forces to embed Airtel’s AI-powered spam and fraud protection directly into Google’s Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging platform in India. This…
WEDNESDAY 18 FEB
YouTube recommendation glitch disrupts users worldwide before services restored
YouTube was down on Tuesday, February 17, in a massive outage that left hundreds of thousands of users unable to load the homepage, recommendations feed, Shorts, or suggested…
THURSDAY 12 FEB
Russia blocks WhatsApp in major digital crackdown
In its latest instance of digital strangulation, Russia has moved to effectively block WhatsApp within its borders, in what the Meta-owned messaging platform described as an effort to…
WEDNESDAY 11 FEB
Paramount sweetens Warner Bros. bid further by adding $2.8Bn Netflix breakup fee coverage and more
Paramount has made another move in its effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, changing the deal structure to make its offer more attractive. The company is keeping its…
