India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 6 March 2026 at 21:51 Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country's PC userbase and creating demand for upgrades as those devices age.
Indiaβs Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under-16s TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 6 March 2026 at 17:35 Karnataka's proposal highlights a growing global debate over childrenβs rights and online policy.
Alibabaβs Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 4 March 2026 at 03:16 Reactions rippled through Alibaba's Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch.
Indiaβs Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 3 March 2026 at 05:15 Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India β but not alone TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 1 March 2026 at 21:30 Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.
India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order TechCrunch By:Jagmeet Singh 28 February 2026 at 07:51 India, one of Supabaseβs biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order.