SoftBank has completed its investment in logistics major Delhivery, having put in about $350 million into the Gurgaon-based company, in the process catapulting it into India’s growing list of startups with billion-dollar valuations. According to documents filed by the company with the Registrar of Companies, and accessed by business signals provider paper.vc, Delhivery has issued […]
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RSA Conference 2019: How to Be Better, on Trust, AI and IoT
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Huawei’s possible lawsuit, ransomware readiness, old malware resurfaces | TECH(feed)
The ongoing battle between the U.S. and Huawei could soon go to court as Huawei reportedly prepares to sue the U.S. government. Plus, 2019 will see ride sharing companies going public… but which will be first? And as a decade-old malware resurfaces in enterprise networks, a report questions if the world is ready for the […]
Spectrum Enterprise Rolls Out Managed SD-WAN Service
News Spectrum Enterprise Rolls Out Managed SD-WAN Service By David Ramel 03/05/2019 Spectrum Enterprise announced the national rollout of a managed software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) service that leverages several next-gen technologies to serve enterprises and service providers. The new solution checks nearly every box in incorporating new-age, disruptive software-centric technologies and approaches that emphasize generic […]
Cryptocurrency miners exploit Docker flaw
According to Imperva research, a container flaw reported last month (CVE-2019-5736) in Docker’s remote API has already been taken advantage of by hundreds of attackers. Imperva claims that they were able to locate 3,822 Docker hosts with the remote API (port 2735) publicly exposed. Of these, approximately 400 were accessible, and most of these were […]
StoreKing wants to leverage its distribution network for foray into financial services
StoreKing, a network distribution platform which operates in small towns and villages is betting on the financial services sector. After creating a network of retailers and distributors for smartphones and fast moving consumer goods, the company is looking to leverage its network to enable lending. “We are working with a few non-banking finance companies like […]
Facebook prohibits foreign-funded ads for Indonesia election
Facebook says it will not allow foreign-funded advertisements for upcoming presidential and legislative elections in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, hoping to allay concerns that its platform is being used to manipulate voting behavior. The announcement on Facebook‘s website said the restriction in Indonesia took effect Monday morning and is part of “safeguarding election integrity […]
IDfy launches video KYC and automatic masking to help companies undertake eKYC
Mumbai based digital authentication startup IDfy has launched a product which can mask or conceal an applicant’s Aadhaar number so that banks, fintechs, and telecom companies can use the document as a tool for doing KYC. Simultaneously, the company has also launched a video KYC mechanism for companies to be able to do KYC of […]
BSides SF 2019: Remote-Root Bug in Logitech Harmony Hub Patched and Explained
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Beat digital colonialism – What Digital India should mean: A tech policy for the Indian future
Illustration: Ajit Ninan By Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen As we head into the general election campaign, the challenge to frame technology policy for the crucial next decade is before the political parties. The current state of policy reflects one perspective, to which BJP has firmly attached itself. This policy framework is protectionist: it views […]