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TopicOnline safety

Topic: Online safety

Children can’t be monitored 24/7 anymore. Parents must focus on autonomy, safe spaces

YouTube Kids and online gaming is not as safe as parents think. Online predators lurk on these platforms. Parents must stay alert.

Tinder’s dating class at St. Xavier’s Mumbai is swiped right — consent, safety, relationships

Top-5 red flags include asking for intimate pics, making fun of a person’s beliefs, shutting oneself down, lack of empathy, and choosing to chat over the phone.

85% Indian kids have experienced cyberbullying, highest in the world, finds new survey

The McAfee Corp's report found the number of Indian children reported to have cyberbullied someone is also twice the international average.

Children’s online safety is in jeopardy. Smart toys with AI algorithms are a threat

Research suggests that the global market share of smart toys will grow by 26%. But their AI connectivity poses an ethical challenge.

A phone from makers of Pegasus spyware & other ways to protect your phone from hacking

There is no method that can fully guarantee that your phone will never be attacked by malware, but there are ways to strengthen your device protections.

Why paying hackers a ransom for your data isn’t the best idea

New Delhi: The pandemic year 2020 was unprecedented on many counts. Chief among them is how much of the world moved online entirely —...

No Google, we did not agree to share this information

More than a decade into era of prevalent social networks & smartphones, people still can’t make informed choices about how to safely conduct their lives online.

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India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.