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ThynkTech Pune India closure: Noida IT Firm shutdown leaves 500+ jobless after Rs 15,000 deposit over issuing laptops, 2 months' salary unpaid- US shuts India-based call centre operation that defrauded elderly Americans
- Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids' screen time
- Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
- UPI underdogs seek fair play; WhatsApp tightens scam defencesSmaller UPI players will meet NPCI to curb the growth of industry leaders PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm. This and more in today’s ETtech To...29 Apr, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
- Elon Musk vs Sam Altman heads to court in blockbuster AI showdown with billions at stakeA major legal battle begins this week in California. Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman and OpenAI. The case centers on OpenAI's shift from a no...27 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
- Biggest IPO ever? SpaceX buzz ignites rally talk in top cryptocurrencies - what to knowSpaceX IPO impact on Bitcoin: Speculation is mounting around a potential SpaceX IPO, with its significant Bitcoin holdings of 8,285 BTC dra...21 Apr, 2026, 01.35 AM IST
- Meta vowed to stop illegal financial ads in Britain; it failed 1,000 times in a weekBritain's Financial Conduct Authority found that during one week in November, 1,052 ads for currency trading and certain complex financial ...18 Mar, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
- Global financial fraud hits USD 442 billion in 2025, AI scams surge: InterpolIn 2025, global financial fraud skyrocketed to a staggering USD 442 billion, with Interpol’s latest findings highlighting a disturbing tren...16 Mar, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
- CBI thanked by US on busting illegal call centre that duped its citizens of millionsThe United States thanked CBI for their collaboration in dismantling a cybercrime syndicate. This syndicate defrauded US citizens of over R...27 Aug, 2025, 10.15 PM IST
- Google wields AI to fight scams on Chrome, Search, Android — Here's how it worksGoogle said in a blog post that it is catching 20 times more "scammy results" in Search using AI. This is helping keep users away from dang...09 May, 2025, 08.14 PM IST
- Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...23 Apr, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
- This 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in tech scam. Know how scamsters commit fraudAccording to the FBI, US citizens in the age group of 60 and above lost $3.1 billion to cyber fraud in 2022, an 84% increase from 2021. The...04 Dec, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
- Scams, phishing made up over 75% of digital threats in first half of 2023: ReportAccording to the consumer cyber safety brand Norton's new report released on Thursday, cybercriminals now have added support from Artificia...21 Sep, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
- Assam and Guwahati police city bust international fake call center racket in GuwahatiAssam police and Guwahati city police have conducted a major operation to dismantle an international fake call center racket operating from...15 Sep, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
- More Indians fall prey to online fraud, millennials suffer the mostIn India, millennials (aged between 24 and 37) were the most susceptible to such scams in 2021, with 58% of those that continued with the s...25 Jul, 2021, 04.13 AM IST
- Indians encounter most tech support scams; 7 in 10 consumers received fraudulent calls last yearHowever, there was an overall five-point drop in such scam encounters, globally.23 Jul, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
- Why Indians lose most money in tech scamsMicrosoft’s global survey – Global Tech Support Scam Research – that looks at tech support scams and their impact on consumers showed that ...22 Jul, 2021, 03.01 PM IST
- Indians turn smarter at avoiding technology support scams: SurveyMillennials and males had the highest exposure to tech support scams, the web based survey, which is an update to the version released in 2...16 Oct, 2018, 03.25 PM IST
- Indian tech firm sued in US for illegal business practicesiYogi and its President Vishal Dhar have been named in the lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court in Washington state.18 Dec, 2015, 09.58 AM IST
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