Google, Apple, Other Tech Giants Expected to Challenge Digital Markets Act: EU Judge

Tech giants will likely challenge a new European Union law aimed at reining in their power with the first cases in a potential wave of litigation expected by year-end, one of the EU’s top judges said on Friday. The Digital Markets Act (DMA), which came into force in November, will classify online platforms with more … Read more

Apple to Launch Affordable MacBook to Challenge Chromebook Range: Report

Apple’s MacBook Air 15 with a starting price of Rs. 1,34,900 was launched during the company’s WWDC 2023 event in June this year. As the competition in the affordable PC market grows hot with Google’s Chromebooks and multiple entry-level Windows laptops, Apple is believed to be gearing up to rival this segment. As per a new … Read more

CoinDCX’s Okto Wallet Announces Arbitrum Rewards Challenge Aiming to Incentivise Traders

CoinDCX-owned self-custodial wallet Okto announced the launch of a rewards initiative on Wednesday. Okto is looking to incentivise traders that are active on its platforn while simultaneously ramping up user activity. As part of the program, Okto has announced that it will distribute 50,000 ARB (Arbitrum) tokens among its community members. The token pool has … Read more

Dark Web, Cryptocurrency, Drones Continue to Pose Challenge: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that dark web, cryptocurrency, online marketplace and drones continue to pose a challenge for the country and these have to be checked by the joint efforts of law enforcement agencies. Chairing a regional conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ here, Shah also asserted that the country … Read more

PwC India Launches Startup Challenge for Emerging Web3 and AI Projects: All Details

PwC, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is launching an accelerator initiative in India. On March 3, PwC India introduced the ‘Emerging Tech Startup Challenge’ to support promising startups in blockchain, space, AI, and other sectors. Late-stage startups that have secured Series A or B funding are eligible to apply, gaining access to industry … Read more

Microsoft Wins Appeal in FTC Challenge to $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission to Microsoft’s $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,85,688 crore) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower judge’s order that said the FTC was not entitled to a preliminary injunction blocking the deal, which closed in 2023. A three-judge panel unanimously … Read more

RISC-V’s Rise: NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Google and Samsung Challenge Intel and AMD with Open-Source Computing

The RISC-V Summit 2024 held in Santa Clara, California, was a watershed moment in the evolution of open-source computing. Leading companies such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Google, and Samsung highlighted their progress with RISC-V architecture—a technology that promises to reshape the computing landscape by challenging the dominance of x86 and ARM processors. One of the summit’s … Read more

A Next.js middleware authentication bypass (CVE-2025-29927) Writeup: Hackdonalds Challenge (Intigriti)

Next.js Middleware Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-29927) Classic XML External Entity (XXE) injection This combination ultimately allowed me to read system files and retrieve the flag from the server. 🔍 Recon – The Starting Point We were given the URL: Visiting the site showed a clean interface with a mysterious Admin section. Clicking it led to a … Read more