Meta makes a $900 million super-app move in IndiaCred founder Kunal Shah, a philosophy graduate, built his platform on exclusivity for high credit scorers, now processing over 40% of India...
24 Jun, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Meta expands its smart glasses portfolio with new Meta Glasses Line starting at $299Meta and EssilorLuxottica have launched new AI-powered smart glasses, Meta Glasses, starting at $299. These glasses feature updated designs...
24 Jun, 2026, 07.10 AM IST
Meta's WhatsUpside Down hire: How Kunal Shah broke the Valley playbookSilicon Valley's AI talent war saw tech giants acquire engineers. However, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg broke the mold by investing $900 million ...
23 Jun, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp coronation is a masterclass in dealmakingShah is stepping down as Cred’s chief executive, with finance and strategy head Miten Sampat taking over on an interim basis. Shah becomes ...
23 Jun, 2026, 08.58 PM IST
Inside Meta's India investments: First Reliance, now CredThis was among the tech giant's biggest investments in the Indian startup ecosystem, which also shot Shah into the elite club of global tec...
23 Jun, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
Foreign influence increasing over India's fintech sector: GTRI on Meta's investment in CredThink tank GTRI said that the deal gives Meta a foothold in one of the country's richest repositories of consumer financial-behaviour data,...
23 Jun, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Google restores Telegram on Playstore, app starts functioning for some usersThe government had temporarily imposed a blanket ban on Telegram until June 22 and sources indicated that there is no change or extension o...
23 Jun, 2026, 10.34 AM IST
US Stock Market: AI spending fears hammer US tech giants, Alphabet leads selloffWall Street’s AI-driven technology rally faced pressure as investors questioned whether rising infrastructure spending can generate suffici...
23 Jun, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Oracle layoffs 2026: Tech giant's headcount shrinks by 21,000 amid rapid AI adoptionAI adoption has led to a 13% decline in Oracle's total workforce. The company said in its filing that the workforce adjustments were in res...
23 Jun, 2026, 08.53 AM IST
Kunal Shah heads to Meta; New-age IPO playbookHappy Tuesday! Kunal Shah has taken over as WhatsApp's chief, while Meta backs Cred in a major funding deal. This and more in today’s ETtec...
23 Jun, 2026, 08.07 AM IST
Meta to pause internal mouse-tracking tech while examining data security issuesThe company's announcement follows revelations that sensitive employee data, intended to monitor digital interactions within Meta's inter...
23 Jun, 2026, 07.47 AM IST
Reliance AGM: A look back at 5 big moves announced by the Ambanis at 2025 annual meetingReliance Industries' 49th annual general meeting is highly anticipated. Investors await updates on the Jio Platforms IPO timeline. Plans fo...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
Meta head of product for 'AI for work' transformation is leaving companyA key Meta executive overseeing AI tool improvements is departing. Emily Dalton Smith was leading efforts to centralise internal AI tools i...
18 Jun, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Meta head of product for 'AI for work' transformation is leaving companyMeta is hitting a new chapter as Emily Dalton Smith, a key executive with a longstanding history at the company since 2015, exits. Her lead...
18 Jun, 2026, 07.36 AM IST
‘I lost my job to AI’: 24-year-old Meta data scientist says layoff was more relief than pain, big tech jobs are no longer safeLayoff news: A 24-year-old Meta data scientist, Moyan Chen, believes AI contributed to her layoff after less than a year. The experience ha...
15 Jun, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta made 'mistakes' in AI workforce shiftMeta's chief Mark Zuckerberg admits the company made errors during its AI shift. He is investing heavily in artificial intelligence to resh...
13 Jun, 2026, 07.12 AM IST
Salesforce layoffs: Employees from Agentforce AI, Mulesoft IT teams handed pink slipsThe enterprise software company has undertaken a fresh round of layoffs, affecting employees working on its Agentforce AI product, Mulesoft...
10 Jun, 2026, 10.47 AM IST