MagazineCoverage
When AI Agents Turn Deceptive
The cybersecurity industry is confronting a new class of risk: AI agents capable of combining technical skills with autonomous decision-making and potentially deceptive behavior. D…
2026-08-11 12:53:16
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The Briefing
Quick reads covering the latest enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, channel and industry developments.
Cyber Crime
Hotel Wi-Fi Becomes a Hacker’s Gateway
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
ABN Amro Bets on Sovereign AI
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
BofA-USAA Deal Unlocks Banking Innovation
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
AI Infrastructure Spending Set to Double
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
HCLTech, TCS Data Claims Put India’s IT Giants on Cyber Alert
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 Moves MFA Beyond SMS
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
AI Routers: Tech's Next Infrastructure Battleground
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 Puts Armenia on the AI Compute Map
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
PM Modi inaugurates AI-powered Param Pragya supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi
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 Offers Kitesurf Browser Designed Specifically for AI Agents
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
Airtel Business, ITI collaborate to accelerate India’s digital transformation
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
Paytm Payment Gateway integrates Claude for AI-powered payment insights
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
Ai+ Smartphone partners with KBC to strengthen brand trust
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 plans up to $3 billion investment in Lancium
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
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide to enhance ChatGPT
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
Trai proposes new 5G rules to protect network quality
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 Collaborates with OpenAI to Offer Frontier AI to the Channel
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 Launches AI for Insurance to Streamline Complex Workflows
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
Union MoS Sushree Shobha Karandlaje Releases MSME Digital Procurement Study
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
UPI payments to remain free for consumers as government considers selective MDR
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 Acquires JetStream Software to Strengthen AI-Era Cyber Resilience and Data Protection
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