Techno Blogging
AI Fuels Banking Cybercrime
Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybercrime, enabling attackers to launch faster, more sophisticated campaigns against financial institutions. According to the Modern Bank Heis…
2026-08-18 15:11:34
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The Briefing
Quick reads covering the latest enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, channel and industry developments.
Breaking News
WhatsApp Pay overtakes Cred and Amazon Pay to race up the UPI charts
WhatsApp Pay has sharply expanded its presence in India’s UPI market, processing 167.89 million transactions worth ₹12,957.07 crore in July 2026. Its transaction volume was m…
2026-08-18 15:04:12
Breaking News
Mayank Bhatia joins Forcepoint as Channel Manager – North & East, India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Forcepoint has appointed Mayank Bhatia as Channel Manager for North & East India, Bangladesh and Nepal. In his new role, Bhatia will be responsible for strengthening the company's…
2026-08-18 15:03:27
AI/ML
Most AI Project "Failures" Are Fixable Growing Pains, Not Dead Ends, study finds
Info-Tech Research Group has published a new blueprint, "Get and Keep Your AI Projects on Track," aimed at helping IT leaders evaluate struggling AI initiatives and decide whether…
2026-08-18 14:50:12
Breaking News
India tells X to follow law of the land following Musk’s decision to go public with removal requests
The Centre said that Elon Musk-owned X will have to “follow the law of the land" after the social media platform introduced a new rule aimed at making government requests to…
2026-08-18 14:43:37
Breaking News
Sunil Mittal to step down as Airtel Payments Bank Chairman
Airtel Payments Bank is set for its first major leadership transition in a decade as Sunil Bharti Mittal will stepping down as its Non-Executive Chairman. He will exit the Board on…
2026-08-18 13:00:50
Technomania
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches Acadfinity’s Integrated K–12 Education Ecosystem
Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the website and brochure of Acadfi…
2026-08-18 13:00:07
Techno Blogging
Gartner Says AI Inference Costs Per Agentic Workflow to Rise Fivefold Through 2028
AI inference costs per agentic workflow will increase more than fivefold through 2028, according to Gartner, as AI products evolve from assistive features into multistep, autonomou…
2026-08-18 12:48:00
Breaking News
Micromax’s Bhagwati Products receives MeitY approval to invest in display manufacturing
Bhagwati Products Limited has received approval from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Government of India’s Electronics Component Manu…
2026-08-18 12:38:12
Channel Buzz
Tech Data Strengthens IBM Distribution Network Across APAC
Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX company , announced the expansion of its IBM distribution footprint across Asia Pacific (under the Tec D brand in Malaysia). This is part of TD SYNNEX’…
2026-08-18 12:31:32
Security
Nozomi Networks and Sophos partner through new Sophos Fusion integration
Nozomi Networks , the leader in operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber physical systems (CPS) security and Sophos have announced a partnership to integrate…
2026-08-18 12:23:30
Peripherals
XElectron launches Techno Plus Android 14 Smart Home Projector at ₹8,499
The new projector combines native Full HD resolution, 4K content support, Android 14, built-in OTT platforms, 200-inch projection, WiFi 6 and flexible 180-degree rotation, targetin…
2026-08-18 12:15:00
Software
HCLTech Survey Finds Telecom Leaders' AI Ambitions Outpace Execution Readiness
HCLTech , in partnership with Mobile World Live, unveiled findings from its Telecom Pulse Survey Report on Tuesday, revealing an execution gap between telecom leaders' AI ambitions…
2026-08-18 12:12:00
Breaking News
Nvidia Offers $105 Billion Guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio Data Center Lease
Nvidia has agreed to provide a guarantee of up to $105 billion to help OpenAI lease a large data center in Ohio being developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy, one of the chipmaker's…
2026-08-18 12:07:40
Cyber Crime
FBI Warns of Intimate-Image Account Hijacking
The FBI has warned that cybercriminals are increasingly hijacking social media and personal accounts to steal intimate photos and videos, which can then be distributed or sold with…
2026-08-18 11:44:41
Case Study
Splunk: Downtime Costs Hit $600 Billion
Splunk's latest research confirms what many enterprises have long suspected but rarely quantified: downtime and service degradation have become a full-blown business crisis, not ju…
2026-08-18 11:40:12
Cyber Crime
Microsoft Patches 421 Flaws, Three Zero-Days
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 421 vulnerabilities, including 62 rated Critical and three zero-day flaws, making it another major security update for Windows…
2026-08-18 11:32:50
Cyber Crime
Fake TikTok Shops Target Online Shoppers
TikTok Shop’s growing popularity is creating a new opportunity for cybercriminals. Scammers are building fake shopping websites that closely imitate TikTok Shop, copying its…
2026-08-18 11:23:11
Breaking News
Android Malware Turns Phones Into Card Skimmers
Researchers at Group-IB have uncovered a new NFC relay malware family purpose-built to capture live card data and forward it in real time to attackers, dubbed "WindRelay." NFC (Nea…
2026-08-18 11:12:59
Breaking News
APT Threats Rise Against Indian Banks
Indian banks are facing a more sophisticated cyber threat landscape as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups increasingly target financial infrastructure for espionage, long-term…
2026-08-18 11:07:24
Movers & Shakers
Better.com Ousts Vishal Garg
Vishal Garg, the Better.com founder who drew global criticism for firing about 900 employees during a brief Zoom call in 2021, has now been removed as CEO of Better Home & Finance.…
2026-08-18 11:02:55
MagazineCoverage
ChatGPT's New "Computer History" Tracks Your Mac
OpenAI has rolled out a new opt-in feature called Computer History in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS, replacing the earlier experimental Chronicle tool. Rather than relying on s…
2026-08-18 10:53:03
Peripherals
LG Electronics accelerates robotics collaboration with NVIDIA
LG Electronics (LG) is accelerating its robotics collaboration with NVIDIA. LG hosted senior NVIDIA officials at its Data Factory, currently under construction at the company&rsquo…
2026-08-18 00:00:00
AI/ML
HPE expands its Academic Alliance Program across 176 Indian universities
HPE has announced that its university upskilling initiative, HPE Academic Alliance Program, has scaled to cover 176 colleges and universities across India, reaching over 18,000 stu…
2026-08-18 00:00:00