What Is The Delhi Govt’s Draft Startup Policy?
The Delhi Government has released a draft of its 2025 Startup Policy to support a range of industries, including fintech,…
UN To Set Up AI Panel and Global Dialogue on AI Governance
With inputs from Aakriti Bansal The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has adopted a resolution that lists out the modalities…
IBDIC MSME Lending Tool Clears the RBI Theme-Neutral Sandbox
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that one product has successfully exited the Fifth Cohort of the Regulatory…
CBI Cybercrime Probe Proposal Raises State Consent Issues
MediaNama’s Take: The government must exercise caution before allowing the CBI to investigate cybercrime without the consent of state governments….
Google Moves to Block APK Sideloading by 2026
Google announced plans to begin banning the sideloading of applications on Android devices in select regions, starting with Brazil, Indonesia,…
DoT Allocates Provisional Spectrum to Starlink: What This Means
MediaNama’s take: With provisional spectrum allocation, Starlink has come one step closer to launching services as soon as it and…
Parliamentary Committee Calls for Stronger Laws on Deepfakes
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has called for express legal provisions to tackle deepfakes and other AI-generated content,…
TRAI vs DoT, Can IXPs Effectively Block Content
MediaNama’s Take: There appears to be a disagreement between TRAI and the DoT on whether Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) can…
Why Has Elon Musk’s xAI Sued OpenAI And Apple?
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of entering into an unlawful…
Meta AI Avatars Raise Privacy and Ethical Concerns
Why it Matters: Reuters’ recent investigation into Meta’s internal policy documents revealed that the company deliberately designed its chatbots to…