THURSDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2026
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Quick reads covering the latest enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, channel and industry developments.
Cyber Crime
A routine hotel Wi-Fi login can now become the opening move in a sophisticated cyberattack. Microsoft’s CaptiveCrunch investigation shows how attackers are exploiting captive…
2026-08-11 12:49:21
Investments
Dutch banking group ABN Amro has partnered with French AI company Mistral AI to explore and develop advanced AI models and high-impact applications, reinforcing the growing demand…
2026-08-11 12:44:00
Investments
Bank of America and USAA have entered into a patent cross-license agreement, allowing both financial institutions to use technologies across their respective intellectual-property…
2026-08-11 12:43:48
Techno Blogging
Worldwide spending on AI-optimized Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is projected to surge 96.4% in 2026 to $42.3 billion, up from $21.5 billion in 2025, according to Gartner . Sp…
2026-08-11 12:32:46
Breaking News
India’s IT services industry is facing renewed cybersecurity scrutiny after HCLTech and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) received alerts concerning the possible exposure of em…
2026-08-11 12:27:33
Breaking News
Microsoft is accelerating the shift toward phishing-resistant authentication, making passkeys the default authentication experience in Microsoft Entra ID and preparing to retire Mi…
2026-08-11 11:16:20
Breaking News
Stripe's reported talks to acquire OpenRouter for nearly $10 billion have thrust AI-model routing into the center of tech's next infrastructure race. While unconfirmed, the figure…
2026-08-11 11:15:57
Breaking News
Firebird has officially opened its AI Factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, turning the country into an emerging destination for large-scale AI infrastructure. Powered by NVIDIA's accelerat…
2026-08-11 10:53:35
Breaking News
The facility at IIT Delhi’s Sonipat campus is designed to strengthen India’s high-performance computing capabilities and support advanced research in artificial intelli…
2026-08-10 17:53:36
Breaking News
Cloudflare has introduced a cloud browser designed specifically for AI agents rather than human users. Kitesurf , the new cloud browser, is built to help AI systems perform web-bas…
2026-08-10 17:45:16
TELECOM
Collaboration to help enterprises modernize, secure and scale their operations and fast-track digitization Airtel Business, India's leading provider of secure and reliable connecti…
2026-08-10 17:37:27
MagazineCoverage
The integration connects Paytm Payment Gateway with Anthropic’s Claude through the MCP Connector, enabling authorised businesses to access transaction, refund, settlement and…
2026-08-10 17:29:25
Technomania
The partnership brings the emerging Indian smartphone brand together with the long-running television quiz show, as Ai+ seeks to strengthen consumer trust and expand its brand pres…
2026-08-10 17:21:28
Breaking News
Nvidia is reportedly preparing a major investment in Lancium as the chipmaker expands its role in AI infrastructure, with the funding aimed at supporting data-centre growth, power…
2026-08-10 17:11:00
Breaking News
The acquisition brings NextSlide’s team into OpenAI as the company looks to strengthen ChatGPT’s ability to help users transform prompts, research and documents into po…
2026-08-10 16:52:44
Breaking News
The proposed framework seeks greater oversight of 5G network slicing through advance disclosures, capacity limits, service-specific quality benchmarks and consumer safeguards as op…
2026-08-10 16:48:41
AI/ML
Sophos announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring OpenAI frontier models to managed service providers (MSPs) through Sophos Fusion, the complete AI-native Cybersecurity Defense S…
2026-08-10 16:41:55
AI/ML
NTT DATA announced NTT DATA AI for Insurance, an AI-native agentic solution that converts complex core insurance workflows into governed, repeatable services. Built for highly regu…
2026-08-10 16:36:15
SME
India SME Forum (ISF) launched the 'Digital Bharat: India Digital Procurement Report 2026', one of India's most comprehensive studies on MSME procurement behaviour and digital adop…
2026-08-10 16:32:44
Breaking News
The government has clarified that consumers and person-to-person UPI payments will remain free, while any future merchant charge would be limited to select high-value transactions…
2026-08-10 16:28:17
Breaking News
NetApp announced it has acquired JetStream Software, a leader in VMware disaster recovery and migration. Enterprise customers continue to rely on VMware for many of their most crit…
2026-08-10 16:25:33
Breaking News
The DRAM industry is undergoing a major transformation, allowing leading manufacturers such as Samsung , SK hynix, and Micron to move beyond the volatile, low-margin model that has…
2026-08-10 16:05:27