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The state was the first to target VPN usage in the wake of age verification laws. frank333/Shutterstock Utah authorities have agreed, at least temporarily, that they won't enforce a law targeting VPN usage in the state. The state's Department of Commerce has said it won&
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Relying on AI-generated advice proved to be a “critical misstep” for three climbers whose planned 8-hour ascent of California’s Mount Shasta spiraled into a grueling three-day ordeal. The climbers were finally rescued in a complex, multiday operation following an injury and two failed helicopter airlifts. Setting off at 3
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Technology news moves quickly. Funding rounds, product launches and AI announcements can easily become isolated headlines by the end of a busy week. Sometimes, however, the numbers tell a larger story. This week, CIOL’s coverage ranged from AI-generated software and new compute infrastructure to conversational advertising, space technology and
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Sandhya Devanathan will join OpenAI in October to lead consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships and regulatory engagement across Southeast Asia and Australia. OpenAI has appointed Sandhya Devanathan, Meta’s Vice President for India and Southeast Asia, as Vice President for Southeast Asia and Australia, strengthening its regional leadership as the
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A decade ago, UPI was a new way to move money between bank accounts. Today, the scale is difficult to ignore: annual UPI transactions have risen from 1.78 crore in FY2016-17 to more than 24,162 crore in FY2025-26, according to the Union Finance Ministry. The bigger shift is
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OutSystems has launched Agentic Loan Applications, a pre-built system designed to bring AI agents into consumer lending workflows while keeping lending decisions, governance and auditability under the control of financial institutions. The offering combines customer-facing mobile and web applications, data models, governed agents and deterministic workflows. Rather than replacing existing
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ITC Infotech is reportedly moving closer to acquiring a controlling stake of around 44% in Bengaluru-based Happiest Minds Technologies from founder Ashok Soota and promoter entities, in what could become one of the bigger consolidation moves in India's mid-tier IT services market. Multiple media reports have placed the
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Enterprise AI is moving beyond copilots and experiments into business processes. As companies deploy more AI systems, the bigger question is how to keep those systems predictable, governed, and accountable. For India, Sajeev Viswanathan, Founder & CEO, New Street Technologies, argues that the focus should be on using AI to
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Dell Technologies appoints Rashmi Kainari as India SMB marketing lead, bringing B2B experience from Lenovo, IBM, and SAP to the company’s marketing team. Dell Technologies has appointed Rashmi Kainari as Lead, SMB Marketing, India. Kainari joins Dell Technologies with experience across B2B marketing, marketing communications, portfolio marketing, and business
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PhonePe has launched UPI 123Pay for feature phone users, enabling them to make UPI payments without an internet connection and extending the company's digital payments network to a segment of more than 200 million feature phone users in India, according to the company. PhonePe said it is the
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Gnani.ai has recently launched Artha, an end-to-end sovereign AI stack unveiled in New Delhi on August 28, 2026, in the presence of Vice-President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan. The launch centered on Gnani Evon v3.3, a 30-billion-parameter open-weights model, and Plexus, the company's agentic AI platform.
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Recurring payments have become a quiet but important part of India’s digital payments ecosystem. Subscriptions, insurance premiums, SIPs, and loan repayments can all run through UPI AutoPay, but the convenience has come with a limitation: once a mandate is created, moving it can be difficult. That could change if
