Insurers plan floor for fire cover to avoid large burnsNon-life insurers are considering a minimum rate for fire insurance's natural catastrophe component. This move follows concerns about steep...
03 Sep, 2026, 01.30 AM IST
Just Join the Paani Points: India’s data centre boom puts water use and local security under scrutinyData centres' rapid expansion raises concerns about water stress in Indian cities. Existing regulations struggle to manage the sector's sig...
02 Sep, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Dropbox says about 5,000 accounts compromised in August hackSome Dropbox users received an email from the company on Monday notifying them that their accounts have been accessed without authorizati...
02 Sep, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
Train passengers, a major safety upgrade is coming: Rs 170 crore approved for a project covering another 712 km of tracksRailways has approved the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 across 712 route kilometres in the Moradabad Division. The rollout will strength...
01 Sep, 2026, 12.55 PM IST
SME IPO framework overhaul: Can SEBI deepen liquidity, protect investors without shutting out growth-oriented SMEs?As SEBI plans to overhaul the SME listing framework, the key challenge for the regulator will be strengthening investor protection while im...
01 Sep, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
ETtech Explainer | Meta’s $17.1 billion toll shifts focus from content to product designMeta is now dealing with a substantial settlement in the United States in response to mounting child safety issues. This agreement is the r...
01 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
AI agent-led threats to rise multifold in next few yearsAI agent-related threats could surge three to fourfold over the next 18 months, Shivaprakash Abburu, cybersecurity partner at EY India, tol...
31 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Is your data truly yours? India's sovereignty struggle with foreign cloud providers and AIIndian enterprises now prioritize data sovereignty over cost and scale in cloud procurement. New regulations and geopolitical shifts highli...
30 Aug, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
US election candidates turn on AI data centers as power bills, noise fuel angerData centers are now a key election issue across America. Rising electricity bills and noise pollution fuel voter anger against Big Tech co...
30 Aug, 2026, 07.15 AM 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
Meta settlement puts social media industry on notice: 'There will be more'Wednesday's historic settlement between Meta and dozens of US states could be just the start of a wave that will ripple across the social m...
27 Aug, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safetyBrazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said w...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Brazil fines TikTok owner ByteDance for unlawful processing of teenagers' dataANPD said that the local unit of China's ByteDance had processed personal data of teenagers aged 13 to 18 without a valid legal basis. The ...
26 Aug, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
IPO fund diversion: Sebi bars Varanium Cloud, promoter for 7 years from marketsSebi has barred Varanium Cloud and promoter Harshawardhan Sabale from the securities market for seven years, citing misleading disclosures,...
25 Aug, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 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
Cognizant notifies customers of April data breachThe Teaneck-headquartered company said in a notification to customers that it has “no reason to believe” the information was misused, but h...
22 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST