TECHNOLOGY

Ai+ to add 100-plus service centres in South India

Ai+ Smartphone plans 100-plus new service centres planned in South India, on an existing base of 106 centres across 74 cities.

Acumatica opens first India engineering centre in Hyderabad with 30-plus staff

The cloud ERP company's global capability centre in Nanakramguda is its first in India, built with GCC specialist ANSR. Acumatica did not disclose investment or hiring targets.

Paramotor ties up with NSDL Payments Bank for co-branded prepaid cards ahead of IPO

The fintech, which filed confidentially for a main-board listing in May, will issue co-branded prepaid cards with NSDL Payments Bank. Neither company disclosed terms, volumes or a launch date.

Microsoft to set up AI labs at five MAHE campuses

Manipal Academy of Higher Education will host Microsoft AI labs at five constituent institutions, including two TAPMI campuses and Manipal Law School. Neither partner disclosed what the arrangement is worth or how long it runs.

QA and Level-1 support roles most at risk from AI based on FICCI–KPMG skills report

A FICCI–KPMG report at the FICCI Global Skills Summit cites NITI Aayog in flagging displacement risk for QA engineers and Level-1 support agents by 2031, against up to 40 lakh AI-augmented jobs — if large-scale reskilling begins now.

Island Computing opens Indian sovereign cloud, claims 30% cost edge over AWS Mumbai

Bengaluru startup Island Computing opens its cloud platform on 15 August, pitching Indian jurisdiction to banks and government bodies and claiming 30% lower costs than AWS Mumbai, while disclosing no funding, customers or data-centre locations.

Uber adds 100 cities in India, taking its footprint to 225 with Uber Bike

Uber has expanded to 100 more Indian cities, taking its total to 225 across 18 states, led by its two-wheeler service Uber Bike, in one of its largest pushes into smaller-town India.

Amagi's revenue rises 32% to INR 437 crore, profit up more than eightfold

Media-tech SaaS firm Amagi reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue, up 32% to INR 437 crore, with adjusted EBITDA tripling and net profit rising more than eightfold, as the newly-listed company turns strongly profitable.

Black Box's order backlog hits a record USD 949 million as it rides the AI data-centre boom

Essar-owned Black Box reported Q1 revenue up 24% and its order backlog at an all-time high of $949 million, up 83%, winning a new US hyperscaler data-centre order as it leans into the AI-infrastructure build-out.

Hyundai targets 1 million connected-car sales in India by 2027

Hyundai Motor India says it has over 0.8 million connected cars on the road, with the tech on about 20% of its sales, and is targeting one million by 2027 as software-led features go mainstream.

Tech Mahindra to build software for an indigenous 20-qubit quantum computer

Tech Mahindra has tied up with IISER Pune's quantum hub to build the middleware for an indigenous 20-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer, a research collaboration under India's National Quantum Mission, due by December 2026.

In India, ransomware begins with stolen identities

More than four in five ransomware attacks in India start with a compromised identity, according to Sophos's seventh annual State of Ransomware report

Ather OTA updated feature

Ather Energy began Pothole+ Alerts, a connected feature that warns riders of potholes, broken patches, uneven surfaces and speed breakers ahead.

Samsung's Fold8 won the launch. What about winning India?

Will Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 win India in sales?

Samsung Galaxy Z Series

Closer look at Samsung Galaxy Z Series foldables at the Samsung Unpacked launch on 22 July

Tech Mahindra-Cisco Partnership

Tech Mahindra has partnered with Cisco to offer enterprises a managed "Security Service Edge" service built on Cisco's Secure Access platform

Ping Identity adds India hosting on Google Cloud

Ping Identity has launched an India "data centre capability" hosted in Google Cloud's Mumbai region, as they navigate the DPDP Act