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…
TUESDAY 10 FEB
YouTube Music hides lyrics behind paywall, rolls out AI Playlist
YouTube is rolling out an AI-powered playlist generator called “AI Playlist,” available exclusively to Premium subscribers. To access…
India enforces ‘3-hour deadline’ for social media takedowns under revised IT rules
India is tightening the rules for social media platforms, making it much harder for controversial content to remain…
Starlink set for India debut through preliminary deal with state of Gujarat to test satellite internet in remote areas
India’s western industrial hub Gujarat, is joining the global shift toward satellite broadband by entering into a preliminary agreement with Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX. The…
SATURDAY 07 FEB
Google to expand AirDrop support to more Android devices soon
Google is preparing to expand AirDrop support to more Android phones in the near future. The company has confirmed that support for direct AirDrop interoperability, first introduced on…
TUESDAY 03 FEB
India’s apex court slams Meta, issues take-it or leave-it ultimatum to WhatsApp on privacy
WhatsApp, which is all but a household name today for Indians, could be potentially facing a departure from one of its largest markets. The nation’s Supreme Court delivered…
THURSDAY 29 JAN
Swiggy posts 54% revenue growth in Q3 FY26, net loss widens to ₹1,065 crore
India’s second largest food and quick-commerce delivery platform, Swiggy reported widening losses for the third quarter of fiscal 2025-26, despite strong revenue growth and rising customer engagement across…
WEDNESDAY 28 JAN
WhatsApp rolls out new high-security mode to protect users from targeted attacks
With WhatsApp facing growing scrutiny over its privacy and account security in recent years, the Meta-owned platform has now introduced a high-security mode called ‘Strict Account Settings’, designed…
TUESDAY 27 JAN
Meta tests premium subscriptions for its family of apps, including on WhatsApp
Social media giant Meta is now gearing up to test new subscription tiers on its flagship applications—Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp—in the coming months, a move that seems to…
FRIDAY 23 JAN
Oracle-led group to take control of TikTok US operations
The US-TikTok saga seems to have finally reached its conclusion, as the ByteDance-owned social media platform has completed a long-anticipated agreement to establish a majority American-owned entity for…
WEDNESDAY 07 JAN
WhatsApp adds member tags, event updates, and new personalization tools for group chats
WhatsApp is updating its group chat experience with features designed to bring more order and context to conversations that often include dozens of participants. The latest rollout introduces…
TUESDAY 30 DEC
Samsung is bringing ‘Google Photos’ to its smart TVs in 2026 as part of AI push
Samsung is expanding what its TVs can do beyond just streaming shows and movies. The company has announced that Google Photos will be built directly into Samsung smart…
SATURDAY 27 DEC
Zepto confidentially files with SEBI for $1.3Bn IPO: Report
Zepto seems to be quietly setting the stage for one of India’s largest startup IPOs. The quick-commerce company has confidentially filed its draft papers with market regulator SEBI,…
FRIDAY 26 DEC
Google Is Finally Testing Username Changes in Gmail
For a long time, once users decided on their Gmail username — which most users dread at a later stage in life — it was permanent. While Google…
TUESDAY 23 DEC
Android users in India get ‘Emergency Location Service’
Google is bringing a critical safety feature to India with the rollout of its Emergency Location Service (ELS) for Android smartphones, starting with the northern state of Uttar…
WEDNESDAY 17 DEC
Warner Bros. urges shareholders to reject $108Bn Paramount bid, with Netflix welcoming the move
Warner Bros. Discovery is pushing back against a $108 billion hostile takeover attempt from Paramount, urging shareholders to reject the cash bid on the grounds that it is…
THURSDAY 11 DEC
OpenAI and Adobe partner to integrate Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express into ChatGPT
Adobe has begun natively integrating key capabilities from Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe Express directly into ChatGPT, at no extra cost. This marks the latest step in blending professional-grade…
MONDAY 08 DEC
Paramount challenges Netflix with $108Bn all-cash hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount has just escalated the battle in the entertainment industry with a bold takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, coming just days after losing out to Netflix in…
SATURDAY 06 DEC
US court forces Google into annual renewal cycle for default-search and AI contracts
Google’s search dominance is getting its most serious shake-up in years. A US federal judge has ruled that the company’s default-search and AI placement contracts can no longer…
THURSDAY 04 DEC
Amazon unveils Tranium3 chip, agentic tools and more at AWS re:Invent 2025
Amazon has taken big strides when it comes to AI, and AI hardware in particular. The e-commerce giant is betting big on AI to compete with the likes…
