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India expands Aadhaar authentication for businesses, raising privacy concerns

Government & Policy /

India has eased restrictions on its Aadhaar authentication service, a digital identity verification framework linked to the biometrics of over 1.4 billion people, to let businesses including those offering services such as e-commerce, travel, hospitality, and healthcare use the verification system to authenticate their customers. The update has raised privacy concerns as New Delhi has […]

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Shein app returns to India via Reliance deal

Commerce /

Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with Reliance Retail, nearly five years after it was banned amid diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Beijing. The new Shein India Fast Fashion app, developed and launched by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail, marks a significant return to one of Asia’s largest retail

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Apple Intelligence will support more languages from April

Gadgets /

Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in

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Apple Intelligence will support more languages starting in April

Gadgets /

Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in

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SuperOps bags $25M to use AI and better help managed service providers

Enterprise /

SuperOps, an Indian startup offering tools to help IT service providers and internal system administrators at enterprises, has raised $25 million in a Series C round that values it at $200 million post-money, as it plans to double down on AI. For enterprises with remote teams, IT teams often struggle to provide real-time support —

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India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers

AI /

India’s IT minister on Thursday praised DeepSeek‘s progress and said the country will host the Chinese AI lab’s large language models on domestic servers, in a rare opening for Chinese technology in India. “You have seen what DeepSeek has done — $5.5 million and a very very powerful model,” IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on

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Atomicwork gets backing from Khosla for its AI alternative to old-school IT software like ServiceNow

AI /

Atomicwork, a SaaS startup led by Indian founders, has raised $25 million in a fresh investment round backed by Khosla Ventures, as it plans to scale and deploy AI agents to simplify communication and service delivery between employees and their enterprises. Amid growing digital adoption, enterprises struggle to natively provide quick support and easy access

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Zepto shifts HQ to India as local listings gain appeal

Commerce /

Quick-commerce startup Zepto has moved its domicile to India from Singapore, joining a growing number of Indian startups that have moved their headquarters home ahead of an IPO in the country. The transition marks the fastest shift of registered headquarters to India by a startup in the country, according to Zepto’s chief financial officer Ramesh

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Tata acquires 60% stake in Apple-partner Pegatron’s India unit

Venture /

Tata Electronics has acquired a controlling stake of 60% in Pegatron’s unit in India, less than a year after acquiring Wistron’s local business as the salt-to-software conglomerate expands its iPhone manufacturing capacity in the South Asian market. Pegatron is a key assembly partner for Apple. The Taiwanese firm operates an iPhone production plant near Chennai

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