India crowns Meta AI; More layoffs hit techIndia is now the ground zero for Meta’s AI push, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart told us. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
14 May, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Quantum mania: Stocks skyrocket up to 141% as Nvidia fuels next tech revolutionQuantum-linked stocks are exploding at record speed. Some names jumped 140% in just one week. That move followed a major trigger. NVIDIA la...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.06 AM IST
Break ‘defeatist’ mental trap: Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu tells Indians to follow this mantra to rise like China in techZoho founder Sridhar Vembu urges Indians to shed 'defeatist' thinking and champion homegrown innovation, citing Zoho's early office tools p...
05 Nov, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
Can privacy and national security coexist on encrypted messaging platforms?Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France for inadequate monitoring of illegal activities on the platform has sparked a debate on balanci...
06 Sep, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Explained: Why WhatsApp is willing to leave India over encryptionAfter the messaging platform said that forcing it to break message encryption may lead to its exit from India, the Delhi HC has said the ri...
06 May, 2024, 12.13 PM IST
Google starts rolling out end-to-end encryption for group chatsGoogle has also launched campaigns to convince Apple to adopt this standard for its own Messages app.
05 Dec, 2022, 11.49 AM IST
Messaging apps may lose biggest USPTo enable traceability, firms may have to dilute end-to-end encryption
26 Feb, 2021, 05.15 AM IST
Aadhaar protected by high-tech encryption, authentication: UIDAI chairmanJ Satyanarayana's statements assume significance in the backdrop of the Supreme Court reserving its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging...
24 May, 2018, 09.59 PM IST
Aadhaar: World's largest ID database exposed by India government errorsIndia’s government counts on high-tech encryption, multi-layered authentication, and even 13-feet high walls to protect the world’s largest...
15 May, 2018, 08.29 PM IST
View: India is worried that the West will always have free access to all encrypted dataIt was concluded that the society would be exposed to more risk if either of these were to be compromised.
10 Apr, 2017, 10.24 AM IST
Fastfilmz to help users to send high quality movies without data to other usersIt will be launched as an additional feature within 10 days, according to Fastfilmz’ founders Dominic Charles and Karam Malhotra.
02 Jun, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Push for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlightUS lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring technology companies to give law enforcement agencies a "back door" to encrypted communication...
27 May, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Apple rejected justice department demands for encrypted iMessages: ReportThe fight between Apple and the DOJ hasn't come to a lawsuit yet, but tensions have been high for a while.
08 Sep, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Google has just done something that's going to annoy the US and UK governmentsGoogle has rolled out a security service for its business customers that could put a serious downer on UK's plans to increase surveillance ...
30 Jul, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
FBI: Data encryption is making it harder to hunt ISIS sympathizersThe Silicon Valley in recent months have written to the Obama administration and used public speeches to argue for the value of strong encr...
09 Jul, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
WhatsApp starts encrypting messages to thwart hackersUntil now, any hacker could intercept communications made on WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, and acquire information.
19 Nov, 2014, 05.06 PM IST
- Raise the technology bar
The solution is for the government and its official snooping agency to get more tech-savvy.
29 Sep, 2010, 05.53 AM IST