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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical ASP.NET Core Flaw
Microsoft has released an emergency, out‑of‑band security update to fix a critical vulnerability in the widely used web framework ASP.NET Core, urging organisations to patch immediately. The flaw, tracked as CVE‑2026‑40372, affects the ASP.NET Core Data Protection cryptographic component and could allow unauthenticated attackers to forge authentication cookies and escalate privileges to the SYSTEM level. The vulnerability is rated 9.1 on the CVSS scale, reflecting...
SolarWinds: 80% IT Pros Become Orchestrators as AI Reshapes Workflows
SolarWinds 2026 IT Trends Report reveals that 80% of IT professionals now view their roles shifting from traditional operators to strategic orchestrators as AI...
McGraw Hill Breach Exposes 13.5M Users After Salesforce Configuration Flaw
Global education publisher McGraw Hill has disclosed a significant data breach impacting approximately 13.5 million user accounts after the hacking group ShinyHunters exploited a...
Enterprises Claim 42% Gig Share as Tier-2 Cities Hit 38.8% by FY27: foundit
India's gig economy has transitioned from startup-driven volume hiring to enterprise-led capability deployment, with MNCs and large organisations now accounting for 42% of all...
WEF Forecasts USD 56 Trillion Global GDP Surge Through AI-Quantum Transformation
The World Economic Forum (WEF) forecasts that global GDP will expand by approximately USD 56 trillion over the next five years, representing one of...
Karnataka Launches India’s First Quantum Map, Q-City with Rs 1,000 Cr Push
Karnataka has unveiled India's first comprehensive Quantum Ecosystem Map and formally launched Phase-1 of its quantum technology roadmap on World Quantum Day, positioning the...
Scaler Goes Fully AI-Native: 89% Engineers Overconfident, Only 19% AI-Capable
Scaler has become India's first education platform to rebuild its entire curriculum as fully AI-native across Software Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, and DevOps programs,...
AWS Seeks Clearance for $430M Navi Mumbai Data Centre Campus
 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has submitted an application for environmental clearance to build a $429.8 million data centre campus near Taloja in Navi Mumbai...
84% Indians Prefer Relevant Ads Over Volume: Criteo Report
A new Criteo report reveals that 84% of Indian consumers prefer fewer but more relevant advertisements, even when powered by their personal history, while...
OpenAI: Top 10 Cities Drive 50% India AI Usage Despite 10% Population
India ranks among the world's top five markets for advanced AI "thinking-capability" usage per person, excelling in coding, data analysis, and complex reasoning tasks...
DPIIT Notifies ₹10,000 Cr Startup India FoF 2.0 for Deeptech, Manufacturing
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified Startup India Fund of Funds (FoF) 2.0 with a ₹10,000 crore corpus...
ANRF’s SARAL AI Democratises Science Across 18 Indian Languages
The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has unveiled plans for SARAL AI, a groundbreaking artificial intelligence platform that will convert complex scientific research publications,...
Google Cloud Expands Intel Partnership for Xeon 6 and Custom AI IPUs
Google Cloud and Intel have significantly expanded their multiyear partnership, with Google committing to broader deployment of Intel's latest Xeon 6 processors across its...
