Author: Deshwale Technology Desk

Picture this: It’s Monday morning. You send a message to your team saying you want to launch a new marketing campaign by Friday. Within seconds, one team member drafts the content, another builds the customer list, a third schedules the emails, and a fourth monitors performance in real time all before you’ve finished your second cup of coffee. Now here’s the twist: three of those four “team members” are not human. Welcome to the new workplace where AI agents are no longer a futuristic promise but an increasingly ordinary presence in offices around the world. So, what exactly is an…

For generations, spirituality in India has followed a familiar rhythm. Early morning temple visits, festival rituals, and family traditions shaped how people connected with faith. Today, however, a quiet transformation is underway. Across urban India, spirituality is becoming more flexible, personal, and integrated into modern lifestyles. This shift is driven largely by the pressures of city life. Long commutes, demanding work schedules, and the rise of nuclear families have changed daily routines. As a result, people are finding new ways to stay connected with their faith. Instead of waiting in long temple queues, many are now planning their spiritual activities…

WhatsApp ने भारत में अपने यूजर्स के लिए एक बड़ा और उपयोगी फीचर पेश किया है। अब लोग सीधे व्हाट्सएप के भीतर ही अपना प्रीपेड मोबाइल रिचार्ज कर सकेंगे। यह नई सुविधा PayU के सहयोग से शुरू की गई है और इसे एंड्रॉइड व iOS यूजर्स के लिए चरणबद्ध तरीके से रोलआउट किया जा रहा है। इस फीचर के जरिए यूजर्स कुछ आसान स्टेप्स में अपना या अपने परिवार और दोस्तों का मोबाइल नंबर रिचार्ज कर सकते हैं। देशभर में Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel और Vodafone Idea के प्रीपेड यूजर्स अलग-अलग प्लान्स में से चुनकर सीधे व्हाट्सएप पर ही रिचार्ज…

In an era where technology is increasingly shaping personal decisions, AI-driven astrology is quietly emerging as a new form of emotional and decision-making support in India. A recent pilot study by iMeUsWe, a lineage-tech platform, reveals that nearly 30 per cent of consultations on its platform are now conducted through its AI-powered astrologer chatbot. The findings highlight a significant behavioural shift. Users are no longer relying on astrology purely for predictions. Instead, they are turning to AI for instant, private, and judgment-free guidance, especially during moments of uncertainty. This trend reflects a deeper need for accessible and discreet support systems…

Artificial intelligence was supposed to clean up the internet’s mess. Instead, it learned to make the mess look credible. There is a disease called bixonimania. It affects your eyes after long hours of staring at a computer screen. Scientists have studied it. Papers have been written about it. Ask an AI chatbot and it will explain the condition to you in calm, confident, medically fluent language. There is just one problem. Bixonimania does not exist. It never did. In 2024, a group of researchers deliberately invented the condition, the name, the symptoms, the study, the authors, and even the funding…

Before we celebrate the rise of chatbot counsellors, let us be honest about why they exist in the first place. I have been covering India long enough to know what we do when a system collapses. We do not fix it. We improvise around it. We build workarounds that become habits, habits that become trends, and trends that get celebrated as innovation. After a while, we forget that the collapse happened at all. That is what is happening with AI therapy. And somebody needs to say it plainly. In recent months, a particular kind of story has been making rounds…

India built the world’s most enviable digital payments system on one promise: instant. Tap, confirm, and do money moves before you’ve put your phone back in your pocket. But that very speed, which made UPI a global benchmark, has quietly become a fraudster’s best friend. And now the Reserve Bank of India wants to slow things down, on purpose. In a discussion paper released this week, the RBI has proposed introducing a one-hour cooling-off period for all account-to-account transfers above ₹10,000 covering UPI, IMPS, net banking, and cards. It’s a modest but potentially game-changing intervention that could reshape how hundreds…

In a major step towards strengthening India’s electric mobility ecosystem, SRM Institute of Science and Technology has entered into a strategic partnership with Ather Energy through a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at bridging the gap between academia and industry. The collaboration marks a shift towards industry integrated learning, where students will gain direct exposure to real world challenges in the electric vehicle sector. At the centre of this initiative is the launch of the ‘Ather Forge’ Technology Centre on the SRM campus. The facility is designed to function as an innovation hub where students can develop practical skills, work on…

In a move that millions of Indian users have long been waiting for, WhatsApp has quietly begun rolling out one of its most significant privacy features to date. As of 8 April 2026, a limited number of users on both Android and iOS can now create and use usernames allowing them to message, call, and connect with others without ever revealing their personal phone number. The feature, which was first teased in reports from March 2026 with a planned global launch by June, has now entered its initial phased rollout. For India’s 500-million-plus WhatsApp users, the largest single-country base in…

Imagine this: It’s 48°C in Delhi. The fan feels like a hairdryer. You switch on the AC, breathe a sigh of relief… and somewhere in a coal-fired power plant in Chhattisgarh, another turbine spins a little harder. That comforting blast of cool air is quietly adding to the very heat you’re trying to escape. In April 2026, as India swelters under an unusually early and intense heatwave, millions are doing exactly that. Air-conditioner sales are booming. Yet the machines we’re installing to survive the heat are becoming one of the fastest-growing drivers of the climate crisis itself. This is India’s…