TECHNOLOGY


Moneylife Digital Team 21 January 2026
In a chilling reminder that cybercrime cuts across age groups, Cuttack police have uncovered a large-scale sextortion racket in which even senior citizens were allegedly involved in defrauding another elderly person, leading to a financial loss of about ₹88 lakh.   According to a release from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2026
At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming embedded in everyday life, yet continues to intimidate many users, technology educator Yazdi Tantra urged people to approach AI with clarity, caution and common sense. “AI should be used as a tool, not treated as a final...

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A few days ago, a friend shared a link with me. His son had received it while applying for a job with MahaMetro. At first glance, it looked like a routine recruitment form. The kind job-seekers see every day. But something did not feel right.   From experience, one rule is clear. Genuine...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2026
The Bombay High Court (HC) has strongly deprecated the practice of filing unverified, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated legal submissions after a litigant relied on a non-existent court judgment, prompting the Court to impose Rs50,000 as costs to High Court Employees Medical...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2026
Facing mounting global backlash, regulatory scrutiny and government pressure, Elon Musk-led social media platform X has disabled key image generation features of its AI chatbot Grok, following widespread misuse of the tool to create sexualised and non-consensual images of women and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 January 2026
A fresh controversy has erupted over India’s proposed smartphone security framework after the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) questioned the Indian government’s denial of plans to mandate source code access for smartphones, citing publicly available government documents and reporting by...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2026
India’s proposed overhaul of smartphone security standards has triggered concern among global technology companies after a Reuters report says the government is considering measures that could require access to proprietary source code, a claim that the Union government has now formally...

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For a long time, we were told that the internet’s worst crimes lived deep in the shadows, buried inside the dark web, accessible only through Tor browsers and anonymous crypto wallets.   That story no longer holds.   Today, the biggest online black markets in history are not hidden at all....

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It started with a moment of confusion that felt almost trivial. A Mumbai-based accountant received a message from a colleague asking why he had sent her a strange photo link at a late hour. He hadn’t. A few hours later, his phone began ringing again, this time from family members. They were...

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Remind Me is a unique reminder service in which you can create reminders just by using your voice. The app will call you on the due date and time and play your own voice reminder. Very cool!                           There is no need to type anything—just tap on the app and record yourself;...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 December 2025
Punjab's former inspector general of police (IG) Amar Singh Chahal is in critical condition after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot injury at his residence in Patiala, with police probing allegations that he was defrauded of ₹8.1 crore in a sophisticated online investment scam.   Mr Chahal,...

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Today, almost everyone is connected to the online world—by choice, by necessity, or simply because modern systems leave us with little alternative. Whether we are banking, shopping, working or socialising, our daily lives now run through cyberspace. That reality also means we are constantly...

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This is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app which helps you convert random spoken thoughts into organised text! It has fast summarisation, export to popular apps and a user-friendly interface.   It is ideal for creative people who want to capture random thoughts quickly and want them...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 17 December 2025
The Delhi High Court recently granted interim relief to a tech company that found that pirated and unauthorised CCTV and surveillance software was installed and used at the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry headquarters at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. (X v. Ashok Kumar)   Justice Tejas...

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Bollywood star Dharmendra’s passing has brought many of his memorable stories, films and songs back into the spotlight on social media. Among them are several video clips created using artificial intelligence (AI). These AI-generated clips reminded me of a famous song filmed with Dharmendra in...

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Here’s a hack you may want to look at. A Windows computer, typically, takes anywhere between 10 and 20 seconds to start up and it can be very irritating, if it takes more time. The easiest way to speed up boot time is to disable unwanted start-up apps. To do this, just search for ‘Startup...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 05 December 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday assured that judges are very cautious when it comes to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and that they will not let such technology take over judicial decision-making (Kartikeya Rawal v. Union of India).   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant...

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Every week, I track how fraudsters and cybercriminals from around the world adapt more quickly than regulators and remain several steps ahead of law enforcement agencies (LEAs). But a bigger danger is now emerging: a growing digital trust deficit. This is the widening gap between what citizens...

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The note-taking apps environment is fairly cluttered now. While Evernote remains my personal favourite, UpNote is a simpler, and relatively more affordable. In fact, it is notes, diary and journal all rolled into one. It has fast, reliable syncing and a clean, user-friendly interface that makes...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 December 2025
In a significant reversal, the Union government withdrew its directive on Wednesday, mandating the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on all smartphones sold in India, just days after issuing a sweeping order that sparked political outrage, public pushback and intense scrutiny from...

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