Govt’s frontier AI push; Insurance stock rout continuesThe government is weighing an anchor investment for a frontier AI development fund. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
25 Sep, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026: Pallavi Shrivastava’s Progcap is powering up a million kiranasShrivastava won in the Woman Ahead category of the ET Startup Awards 2026, along with demi-fine jewellery startup Palmonas’ founder, Pallav...
25 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Big to get bigger: India's UPI fee shift to entrench dominant incumbentsPhonePe and Google Pay could earn about $900 million annually from India’s new UPI merchant fee regime by March 2028, according to Bernstei...
22 Sep, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location dataGoogle received a 403 million euro fine for privacy rule breaches. The European Union's watchdog found Google mishandled user location data...
22 Sep, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
- Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
The lead European Union data privacy regulator for most of the biggest internet companies fined Alphabet's Google search engine €403 follow...
21 Sep, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
Decoding MDR’s impact; EV bikes’ policy change sparks debateHappy Thursday! The return of MDR is set to change UPI's market share game. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
17 Sep, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
Voice AI startup Arrowhead eyes fresh funding to accelerate international expansionArrowhead is betting on BFSI-led international expansion as it scales voice agents across lending, insurance, collections and customer serv...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
The rise of an FDE signals a new era for engineering talentAs AI reshapes entry-level engineering jobs, employers are looking beyond degrees for talent that can turn models into measurable business ...
15 Sep, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI warsThe furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle. Today, most of the doomers warnin...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
How strong is Apple’s first foldable iPhone? The $1,999 iPhone Duo has IP68 protection, but Apple says its water and dust resistance can fade over timeApple has unveiled the cutting-edge iPhone Duo foldable phone, encased in a resilient titanium frame and equipped with an advanced hinge de...
10 Sep, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-outThe publishers' feedback could determine the outcome of an ongoing EU investigation that could result in yet another hefty fine for Googl...
02 Sep, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
12-year-old wins $2,120 for a smartphone grip that becomes a breathing mask and she plans to donate prize to developing countriesA 12-year-old inventor Kim Ji On has won a $2,120 prize for creating a smartphone breathing mask inspired by a deadly hotel fire. Her emerg...
31 Aug, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
Nobody is a friend; India must cut reliance on foreign tech: M2P Fintech’s Madhusudanan RIn the run up to the Global Fintech Fest 2026, Madhusudanan R, co-founder of M2P Fintech, spoke to The Economic Times Digital about the new...
29 Aug, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Google changes spam policy in EU to avert antitrust fineThe EU said that its monitoring showed that Google's spam policy demoted news media and other publishers' websites and content in Google s...
28 Aug, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026 | Woman Ahead: Palmonas, Progcap share crown for building across sectorsPalmonas cofounder Pallavi Mohadikar and Progcap cofounder Pallavi Shrivastava jointly won the Woman Ahead award at the ET Startup Awards 2...
27 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Dutch regulator fines Uber $966 million for automating driver suspensionsThe penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. It is behind only a €1.2 billion fine...
22 Aug, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
Ex-Google engineer's conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturnedU.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled there was insufficient evidence Ding intended or knew his conduct would ben...
21 Aug, 2026, 08.33 AM IST