Karnataka has proposed banning social media use for children under 16, with Andhra Pradesh and the Centre weighing similar curbs as concerns grow over digital addiction and harmful content
Uber says its shuttle business remains challenging due to regulatory hurdles restricting expansion beyond Delhi and Kolkata, even as it pushes ahead with intercity bus and multi-modal plans
IBM has launched its first Infrastructure Innovation Centre in Bengaluru, bringing together engineering teams to accelerate development of secure and scalable enterprise AI and infrastructure systems
Centre says new voluntary BIS standards for data centres, cloud systems and AI ethics will help prevent low-quality imports, align India with global norms
The shift of Estee Lauder's $500-million contract to Accenture marks a setback for Wipro as CEO Srini Palia pushes large efficiency-led deals amid renewed focus on discretionary spending
Nasscom has asked IT employees in the Middle East to work from home and remain in touch with embassies as tensions escalate in West Asia, even as Indian IT firms say operations continue as usual
Indian IT majors including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro suspend travel and urge staff in West Asia to stay indoors as the US-Israel-Iran conflict shuts airspace across the region
Industry leaders say Indian IT firms must evolve from implementation partners to orchestration partners in the AI era, even as AI-driven revenue is projected at $10-12 billion in FY26
Uniphore chief executive Umesh Sachdev says India can become a global AI adoption hub as enterprise usage scales, even as the US leads in capital access and technology maturity
LTM has won a $100 million, seven-year deal from a European medtech firm to support and develop its flagship products, strengthening its large-deal momentum amid a tough macro environment
At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India unveiled indigenous LLMs and pushed for AI sovereignty as 89 nations backed broader, affordable access to AI
Mastercard's chief privacy officer calls for principle-based, tech-neutral global AI rules to build trust, cut regulatory fragmentation and enable AI adoption at scale
TCS CEO K Krithivasan said AI will not cause significant job shrinkage in software engineering, noting evolving roles and sustained need for system integration despite rising automation
TCS is rapidly increasing hiring of engineering graduates with specialised AI and digital skills, with high-skill cadres now accounting for 60% of fresher intake as it pursues an AI-first strategy
Yoshua Bengio says AGI may be irrelevant if AI systems continue showing jagged intelligence - excelling at complex tasks but failing at simple ones - as he warns of rising risks, unsafe capabilities
