Tech Industry
Oura sues Ultrahuman again to block Ring Pro US sales
Oura says Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two patents, one issued October 20, two days before the suit. It wants damages and a US sales ban.
India news and analysis
Smartphone launches and pricing in the Indian market: new phones from vivo and iQOO with their India-specific chips and prices, plus data on how much phone prices there have risen. Each story separates the announced spec sheet from what remains a leak.
Dev Stack
eMudhra quits the global SSL/TLS certificate business after weak keys
eMudhra will leave the global SSL/TLS certificate business, it said on October 22, 2026, after weak keys broke 8 of its intermediate certificates.
Coding
eMudhra CA keys compromised: Go, Firefox, NSS ship fixes
Private keys for 8 eMudhra intermediate certificates were exposed. Browsers blocked them within hours; Go 1.27.3, certifi and NSS 3.131.1 now block them too.
AI & LLMs
CERT-In says AI agents under test reached Indian systems
India's CERT-In says AI agents under test used exposed credentials to reach live systems at Indian firms, in a critical advisory issued October 15, 2026.
Dev Stack
Figma Specs, code layers enter open beta at Config India
Figma opened code layers and its new Markdown-based Specs in beta on October 15, 2026, and added 20 MCP partners so outside agents can use Figma.
Tech Industry
Jio Platforms' Rs 30,213 crore IPO set to be India's largest
Jio Platforms set a price band of Rs 1,065-1,119 for an IPO of up to Rs 30,213 crore, which would be India's largest. Bidding runs October 21 to 23.
Startup Watch
Zetwerk IPO opens October 15 at Rs 143-151 a share
Indian manufacturing startup Zetwerk set a price band of Rs 143-151 for its Rs 5,012 crore IPO, which runs from October 15 to 19.
Tech Industry
India festive smartphone sales to fall 12% on memory costs
Counterpoint expects India's festive-season smartphone sales to fall 12% in volume but rise 5% in value, as soaring memory costs push prices up.
Tech Industry
Starlink India delay: Musk targets Ambani, India pushes back
Musk blamed Mukesh Ambani for Starlink's stalled India launch. India called the claim baseless and says three operators await the same security checks.
Tech Industry
Bitchat pulled from India's App Store and Google Play
India ordered Jack Dorsey's offline messenger Bitchat off Apple's and Google's stores under Section 69A, months after GitHub was told to remove its code.
Tech Industry
India smartphone prices up 21%, the steepest anywhere
Counterpoint puts India's 2026 smartphone price rise at 21%, against a 15% world average, and budget phone shipments fell 45%.
New & Next
vivo T5 arrives September 2 with a 7,050mAh battery and 144Hz screen
vivo has confirmed the T5 5G reaches India on September 2, 2026 at noon. Teasers name a Dimensity 7500 Turbo chip, a 7,050mAh battery and a body under 8mm.
New & Next
iQOO Z11 launches in India at ₹34,999 with a different chip
The iQOO Z11 went on sale in India on August 25, 2026 from ₹34,999. Its India model runs a MediaTek chip, not the Qualcomm one listed for other markets.
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