India is the future and will be one of the biggest markets for us: Airbnb CEO Brian CheskyAirbnb is significantly expanding its presence in India, driven by a large Gen Z population and the potential of AI. The company aims to be...
21 May, 2026, 07.56 PM IST
Brazil moves to tighten platform oversight, strengthen online safetyBrazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed new laws to increase control over digital platforms. These measures require platfor...
21 May, 2026, 09.01 AM IST
Kalshi, Polymarket defy India ban on online betting platformsDespite India's technology ministry warning that prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are illegal, customers in India continue to ...
18 May, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Chatbots at the ballot box: AI skirts Brazil election rulesBrazil's electoral court banned AI chatbots from offering voting tips for the upcoming presidential election, aiming to prevent disinformat...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
Humyn Labs to deploy $20 million to scale human data layer for physical AI, roboticsThe physical AI startup is trying to solve a key constraint faced by robotics and physical AI companies — limited availability of high-qual...
13 Apr, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
Is the world finally going to tariff big tech?The WTO failed to renew its long-standing moratorium on tariffs for e-commerce, ending a near 30-year consensus that kept digital trade dut...
10 Apr, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
Co-branded cards squeeze; Slice’s valuation resetHappy Wednesday! Global economic challenges are casting dark clouds over the Indian consumer lending business. This and more in today’s ETt...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
Has Elon Musk’s Starlink met its match in Chinese company SpaceSail? What you need to knowElon Musk’s role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and rising competition from China’s SpaceSail could spark a US-China sat...
11 Feb, 2025, 11.56 PM IST
Brazil judge orders shutdown of X social network; Elon Musk furiousA Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comp...
02 Sep, 2024, 01.57 PM IST
Elon Musk's Starlink defies order to block X in BrazilElon Musk is engaged in a conflict with Brazilian authorities over his refusal to suspend accounts on his social network, X, despite court ...
02 Sep, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
How Brazil's experiment fighting fake news led to a ban on XBrazil's yearslong fight against the internet's destructive effect on politics, culminating in the current blackout of X, shows the pitfall...
01 Sep, 2024, 05.26 PM IST
Brazil President Lula says Musk must respect country's top court as X braces for shutdownX was still working normally in Brazil on Friday morning, but the platform said on Thursday that it expected Supreme Court Justice Alexandr...
30 Aug, 2024, 06.05 PM IST
X challenges Brazil's 'forced' order to block certain accountsX Corp, previously Twitter, blocked Brazil accounts under court orders, risking revenue loss. Musk vows to challenge. Orders relate to free...
07 Apr, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
Google hires Brazil's Temer to lobby on controversial internet billThe legislative proposal, also known as the Fake News bill, would put the onus on internet companies, search engines and social messaging s...
01 Jul, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation into Google, Telegram executivesThe decision by justice Alexandre de Moraes to open an investigation, based on a request by Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira, came after tec...
13 May, 2023, 08.53 AM IST
Regulating internet codes: Small steps towards freedom taken at NETmundial conferenceOn April 23 and 24, diplomats and tech firm honchos locked horns with grizzly-haired academics and geeks in bermudas at a glitzy hotel.
27 Apr, 2014, 01.03 PM IST
Brazil e-commerce grosses more than $11 billion in 2012Online commerce in Brazil in 2012 grossed around $11.5 bn, up 20 per cent over the previous year, the market research firm e-bit said.
20 Mar, 2013, 10.53 PM IST