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Amazon Pay on Wednesday introduced ‘UPI Circle’, a new feature designed to make digital payments more inclusive by allowing families to pay together, and announced the expansion of UPI to smart devices in collaboration with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The announcements were made at the Global FinTech Festival 2025 in Mumbai.

With UPI Circle, the primary account holder can securely add family members or trusted contacts to make instant UPI payments with preset spending limits. Each added member gets their own UPI ID or QR…

Bharti Airtel Managing Director Gopal Vittal on Tuesday warned that regulation is struggling to keep pace with rapid technological changes, as the telecom sector faces increasing pressure from the broader digital ecosystem.

Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Vittal said regulators are focusing heavily on telecom, which is only a small part of the challenges in trust and security across the digital world.

“I think regulation needs to keep pace with changes in technology. And I feel regulation is not keeping pace with changes in technology because…

Resilience in the digital economy is now about more than just strengthening the edges; it has become the core design principle. Every service that impacts people’s lives, from financial transactions to healthcare consultations, relies on networks that can endure disruption and recover quickly. Building for this era means creating systems that are not only fast but also secure, adaptable, and intelligent from the start.

This is the foundation for CNBC-TV18 and Cisco’s Digital Resilience Dialogues, a series that gathers leaders to discuss how…

Andhra Pradesh has approved Google’s nearly $10 billion hyperscale data centre in Visakhapatnam, one of India’s largest digital infrastructure FDI projects to date.

The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB), chaired by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, cleared the proposal on Wednesday, positioning Vizag as “AI City Vizag” — a global hub for AI, Cloud, and Data Analytics.

According to independent assessments by Access Partnership and Google’s economic modelling, the project is expected to contribute an average of ₹10,518 crore annually to…

Reliance Jio on Wednesday unveiled a new Safety-First feature on its JioBharat phones at the India Mobile Congress 2025, aiming to keep Indian families connected, secure, and worry-free. The feature, designed for affordability and simplicity, brings smart location tracking, call and message control, and real-time device monitoring to households across the country.

With Safety-First, families can stay informed about the whereabouts of children, elderly parents, and dependents through real-time location tracking, manage calls and messages by blocking…

The full value chain of technologies on display at India Mobile Congress (IMC) underscore India’s progress from semiconductors to fraud management solutions, and upcoming 6G, Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Ambani said on Wednesday, adding that the company is committed to innovating and ensuring India remains at the forefront of the digital revolution.

Ambani said the India Mobile Congress 2025 marks a milestone in showcasing the nation’s achievements.

“Today we saw the whole value chain…from semiconductors, to fraud management, to 6G, and we look…

Zoho founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu said the company is testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for its homegrown messaging app Arattai, with plans to roll it out soon—potentially ahead of schedule.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Vembu explained that Arattai is moving away from cloud storage to ensure that user data stays only on the device. “End-to-end encryption keeps that data on the device only (no cloud storage, unless a backup is specified),” he said. “We are actually turning off that cloud storage in Arattai to offer end-to-end…

Online dating app Tinder, on Wednesday, introduced a new feature in India called Face Check to help users avoid fake profiles and make the app safer. The tool requires new users to record a short video selfie. This selfie is then compared to the photos they have on their profile.

If the pictures match, the user receives a Photo Verified badge, which signals to others that the person is real and not a bot or someone using fake photos.

Tinder says Face Check is part of its ongoing efforts to limit scams, bots, and impersonation on the platform. The…

SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 2:46 a.m. EDT (0646 GMT), marking the company’s 130th mission of the year and the rocket’s 126th flight in 2025.

The first stage of Falcon 9 returned about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/4SZ9F9yI3d

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Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude model, has announced plans to open an office in Bengaluru in early 2026 and begin hiring local talent as part of its push to develop responsible AI systems in India.

The US-based startup, valued at around $183 billion and considered the fourth most valuable private company in the world, said India will play a key role in its global expansion and AI safety mission. Anthropic’s jump to a $183 billion valuation earlier in September followed a $13 billion Series F round, making it one of the…