Tag: Data Privacy
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Ad Fraud Now Operates as Connected System
mFilterIt's new Ad Fraud Intelligence Report challenges long-standing assumptions about digital advertising safety and media quality. The report reveals that ad fraud has evolved...
WhatsApp Flaw Exposes 3.5 Billion Numbers to Global Enumeration
A new international research study has revealed a long-standing privacy flaw in the WhatsApp contact discovery feature that allowed attackers to enumerate and confirm...
Google Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Gemini AI’s Alleged Activation Without Consent
Google is facing a major privacy lawsuit in California over allegations that it secretly activated its Gemini AI assistant across key products — Gmail,...
WhatsApp Disputes CCI Order on Data Practices
WhatsApp has contested the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) findings that it abused market dominance through its 2021 privacy policy update. The case is...
HCLSoftware Launches Domino 14.5 With Sovereign AI Focus
HCLSoftware has unveiled Domino 14.5, a major upgrade designed to help governments and regulated industries manage AI workloads while ensuring full control over data....
Germany Seeks DeepSeek App Ban Over Data Privacy
Germany’s data protection commissioner has formally requested Apple and Google to remove the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country....
U.S. House Bans WhatsApp Over Security Risks
The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned the use of WhatsApp on official devices, citing security risks linked to the app’s data practices....
DeepSeek Sent User Data Without Consent: Korea Regulator
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has flagged Chinese AI startup DeepSeek for transferring personal user data and AI prompt content abroad without...
Hidden ESP32 Feature Poses IoT Security Risk: Tarlogic
Tarlogic Security has uncovered a hidden feature in the widely used ESP32 microcontroller, which could allow cybercriminals to exploit millions of Internet of Things...
Cybersecurity in the C-Suite: Why It’s a Strategic Concern
In today's digitally driven world, cybersecurity has evolved from being merely an IT concern to becoming a strategic imperative for organizations of all sizes...
