Ashutosh Singh

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Ashutosh is a Senior Writer at The Tech Portal, largely reporting on new tech, and intersection of technology and business. Ashutosh's career spans across nearly a decade of technology writing across multiple platforms and languages.
Russia blocks WhatsApp, pushes state app

WhatsApp rolls out ‘Plus’ subscription with new customization and productivity tools on Android and iOS

WhatsApp has officially rolled out a new optional subscription tier called ‘WhatsApp…
googlebook

Google introduces AI-powered ‘Googlebook’ laptops, ‘Gemini Intelligence’ and more at Android Show I/O Edition 2026

Ahead of its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2026, Google held a…

India’s smartphone shipments fall 4.1% to 31Mn units in Q1’26, Vivo retains top spot: IDC

India’s smartphone market declined 4.1% year-on-year in Q1 2026, with shipments dropping…
wispr funding

AI dictation startup Wispr could secure $260Mn funding at $2Bn valuation

AI voice startup Wispr is reportedly negotiating a massive new funding round…

eBay rejects GameStop’s $56Bn takeover bid over financing doubts and strategic risks

eBay has formally rejected a massive takeover attempt from GameStop, calling the…

Elon Musk, Tim Cook among CEOs to join Trump on China visit, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang not included: Report

President Donald Trump is heading to Beijing this week for a major…
layoff

Google-backed ‘Adda247’ trims workforce by 20% ahead of IPO

Google-backed ed-tech startup Adda247 has reportedly laid off around 200 employees (~…
An AI generated image of OpenAI's office building

OpenAI launches enterprise AI service-focused $4Bn ‘OpenAI Deployment Company’, acquires Tomoro to scale corporate AI adoption

OpenAI has launched a new enterprise-focused venture called the ‘OpenAI Deployment Company’,…
agnikul cosmos

India’s space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos could raise up to $75Mn at $500Mn valuation

India’s private space sector is seeing fresh investor interest as Chennai-based startup…
layoff

Cloudflare cuts 20% workforce despite record $639Mn revenue amid rapid AI adoption

Cloudflare is cutting more than 1,100 jobs, about 20% of its total…
Instagram Plus premium subscription now in testing

Meta ends end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs starting May 8

Meta has officially ended end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram Direct Messages from…
Anthropic launches new Claude 4 AI models

Anthropic reportedly signs $1.8Bn deal with Akamai as global AI compute race intensifies

Anthropic has reportedly secured another major AI infrastructure partnership, signing a seven-year,…
Intel Panther Lake targets handhelds

Apple enters preliminary chipmaking agreement with Intel to reduce reliance on TSMC: Report

Apple and Intel have reportedly reached a preliminary deal under which Intel…
Urban Company IPO debuts with premium

Urban Company revenue rises 43% to ₹426 crore in Q4 FY26 while net loss widens to ₹161 crore

Urban Company ended Q4 FY26 with a mixed set of results, showing…
Swiggy plans ₹10,000 crore fundraising

Swiggy posts 45% revenue growth in Q4 FY26 to ₹6,383 crore, net loss narrows 26%

Swiggy delivered a stronger-than-expected March quarter performance for Q4 FY26, with revenue…
Zepto advances plans for IPO

Zepto secures SEBI approval for a potential $1.2Bn IPO: Report

India’s quick-commerce startup Zepto has reportedly received SEBI approval for its upcoming…
openai audio models

OpenAI launches three new GPT-Realtime audio models for speech, translation, and transcription

OpenAI has rolled out a new set of real-time audio models focused…
Microsoft

Microsoft could spend over $900Mn on its first-ever voluntary exit programme for 8,750 US employees

Microsoft’s first-ever large-scale voluntary retirement programme is becoming one of the company’s…
google fitbit air

Google launches AI-powered screenless ‘Whoop’ competitor ‘Fitbit Air’ at $99.99

Google is officially capitalising the rapidly growing screenless wearable market popularised by…
Ola Electric disputes sales, registration issues.

Ola Consumer revenue falls 42% to ₹1,171 crore in FY25 as net loss doubles to ₹662 crore

Ola Consumer, the company behind Ola’s ride-hailing business, reported a sharp decline…
Skyroot

Skyroot Aerospace raises $60Mn in new funding, becomes India’s first space-tech unicorn as valuation hits $1.1Bn

Skyroot Aerospace has become India’s first space-tech unicorn after raising a fresh…