Baron Capital raises Swiggy, Pine Labs valuation; Jio to bring AI to everyone, everywhere: Mukesh AmbaniUS-based asset management firm Baron Capital has marked up the valuation of Swiggy and Pine Labs while slashing the valuation of edtech maj...
28 Aug, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Verifying ID for social media use could pose security risk: ExpertsThe Digital Personal Data Protection bill defines children as those below 18 years, which is above the global threshold. Users above 13 yea...
10 Aug, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Exclusive: New law on digital competition likely to regulate Big Tech; IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Data Protection BillHappy Thursday! The government is planning a separate digital competition law instead of tweaking the existing Competition Act to regulate ...
10 Aug, 2023, 07.52 AM IST
Byju’s, Davidson Kempner begin talks to settle dispute; behind Antfin’s Paytm share transfer to Vijay Shekhar SharmaBeleaguered edtech firm Byju's and New York-based investor Davidson Kempner Capital have initiated talks to resolve their disagreement conc...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.49 AM IST
Only kids-focused sites may gain from age-gating tweak in data billLowering the legal user age for giving consent was one of the biggest demands of Facebook and Google, as that would have significant impact...
31 Jul, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Draft Digital India Act to open for public consultation soon; concerns raised over Digital Competition billWhen India’s Information Technology Act came into being in October 2000, Facebook was four years away from its inception, the first iPhone ...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.00 PM IST
About 27K employees lost jobs at Indian startups to date, over 8K this yearChennai-based edtech startup Skill-Lync laid off employees as it consolidates operations across Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad amid glob...
26 May, 2023, 06.01 PM IST
Startups call for exempting more from angel tax; CCI ordered to look into ADIF’s plaints against GoogleThe startup industry wants angel tax to be either scrapped or have its exemption threshold of Rs 25 crore raised. This and more in today’s ...
25 Apr, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Data Bill age-gating worries edtech, gaming, social media firmsExperts pointed out that the international norms for age of consent is 16 and are arguing that a significant part of the population will ha...
25 Apr, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
Eruditus FY22 revenue up 87%; loss excluding exceptional items at $66 millionIn the financial year ending FY21, Eruditus had reported a cash loss of $31 million, filings reviewed by ET showed. The Mumbai-based edtech...
03 Apr, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
Edtech: M&A talks gain momentum amid a prolonged funding crunchEven as the winter recedes from the capital, the chilly undercurrent of the funding winter was palpable at the GSV Emeritus India Summit, o...
26 Feb, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
New Data Bill to retain age of minors as those below 18Companies will be required to obtain explicit parental consent before processing any data belonging to this user group.
22 Feb, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Social platforms flag age-gating fears in MeitY’s IT rules meetSeek age-sliding instead of one threshold of 18 for parental nod for all data processing.
08 Dec, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
North Korea’s crypto-nukes & this week's top tech storiesYears of crippling economic sanctions and pressure from governments in the neighbourhood (mainly China) have forced North Korea to come up ...
16 Oct, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Data protection bill: Don’t mule the unicornWhile GoI's aspiration to be a global thought leader in tech regulation is appreciable, straying too far from global benchmarks can have un...
19 May, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
New global investors are betting on tech in post-pandemic IndiaAt least 40 new investors have backed Indian technology companies this year, according to data shared by Venture Intelligence.
15 Dec, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
Tech companies go for edtech tie-ups to get that ready workforceCompanies are tying up with edtech partners to have a ready-trained workforce they can deploy on projects.
16 Jul, 2019, 07.56 PM IST