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MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal2d ago
“The moment it is shown to a court that a celebrity is involved and that this person has some sort of status, has public recognition, etc., the subject of the suit becomes the basis to issue the...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi2d ago
Facebook has been directed by a civil court in Chandigarh to disable public access to or suspend three pages until October 22, 2026.
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal2d ago
We missed this earlier: On September 22, X launched X Numbers, private eight-digit codes that let people message or call users on its XChat service without a phone number, even if the two accounts...
MediaNamaby Guest Author2d ago
By Beni Chugh, Manvi Khanna and Sarada Mahesh. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems, especially in the financial sector, has increased the...
MediaNamaby Azdhan2d ago
Access a copy of the order here: [PDF] We missed this earlier: Swiggy “cannot escape from its responsibility merely by quoting section 79 of the Information Technology Act,” a Delhi consumer...
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal2d ago
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on September 29 released guidelines requiring advertisers to label artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images, video and audio in ads when the...
MediaNamaby Amit Singh2d ago
Flipkart has acquired a minority stake in TravClan, a B2B travel tech platform, as the e-commerce major looks to strengthen its international travel offerings across Cleartrip and Flipkart Travel.
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter2d ago
On October 5, Razorpay announced that its marketing platform, Razorpay Engage, now enables Indian brands to set up and manage advertising on ChatGPT.
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh2d ago
OpenAI has announced its approach to text watermarking under the EU AI Act, saying it will use an invisible statistical watermark to help identify text generated by its models.
MediaNamaby Azdhan3d ago
Access a copy of the full RTI response regarding CCTV surveillance here: [pdf] Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the Delhi Police seeking the...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi3d ago
Three days after the suit was filed, on April 28, 2026, the Delhi High Court restrained two YouTube channels, TechWiser and TechBar, from publishing material that disparaged AI+ Smartphones and its...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi3d ago
Jaipur-based startup Aignosis has developed an AI-assisted tool that uses a laptop webcam to screen children for signs associated with autism.
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi3d ago
On October 1, Google paused its program that compensates external researchers for identifying security flaws in its open-source projects.
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter3d ago
Access the report here. WhatsApp banned 6,202,400 accounts linked to India in August 1-31, 2026, according to its monthly compliance report published on October 1.
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal3d ago
The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 1 granted actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu interim protection against AI-generated deepfakes, pornographic content, chatbots impersonating her and unauthorised...
MediaNamaby Amit Singh3d ago
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded 24.07 billion transactions worth Rs 29.37 lakh crore in September.
MediaNamaby Azdhan3d ago
The GST Council is likely to consider a proposal at its upcoming meeting that would let central intelligence and investigative agencies, and State and Union Territory police officials, use NATGRID...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi3d ago
Hans Anders, one of the largest optical chains in the Netherlands, has indefinitely stopped selling Ray-Ban Meta glasses in its stores and online in the Netherlands and Belgium.
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal3d ago
Apple said it will introduce additional controls in macOS to ensure users who “genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action.” The...
MediaNamaby Nikhil Pahwa4d ago
The government of India has blocked Bitchat from the Apple App store, Google Play Store and apparently ordered ISPs to block its website.
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