In a bold move that signals growing investor confidence in India’s D2C infrastructure ecosystem, Bengaluru-based Shopflo has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, as reported by Times of India. The round also saw participation from existing investors like Elevation Capital and Tiger Global, alongside new backers including

GitHub Spark, an AI-powered tool for building full-stack intelligent apps, with front-end, back-end, and AI features included, using only natural language, has moved to a public preview stage. The public preview, currently open only to Copilot Pro+ users, was announced July 23. Plans call for extending the preview to additional customers soon. With GitHub Spark,

The use of artificial intelligence to manage cloud operations has significantly changed how businesses design and oversee their IT systems. The consensus is that using AI for automation provides greater scalability, reliability, and consistency, as well as reduced manual mistakes and resolves common issues faster. However, a closer look reveals that greater dependence on AI

What is the Model Context Protocol? MCP defined The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open source framework that aims to provide a standard way for AI systems, like LLMs, to interact with other tools, computing services, and sources of data. Helping generative AI tools and AI agents interact with the world outside themselves on

Several years ago, I wrote a multicloud readiness checklist and discussed the advantages of hybrid multicloud. Today, the vast majority of medium-sized businesses and large enterprises diversify with multiple hyperscalers, operate private clouds, deploy to edge infrastructure, and manage data across a sprawl of SaaS, low-code, and other platform services. The question today is not

In the most recent episode of First Person I spoke with Linus Hakansson, Chief Product Officer at Gravitee. In a wide-ranging conversation Linus discussed how he became a Chief Product Officer by way of developing mobile apps, architecting cloud solutions, and a spell of consultancy. Throughout his career Linus told me he has succeeded by

When Microsoft’s regular support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, BSH Home Appliances will still have 6,000 Windows 10 computers that haven’t migrated to Windows 11 — but that’s all part of the plan, says Serhiy Mamus, global head of workplace services at the European appliance manufacturer. “We have 43,000 laptops and desktops, and

The surveillance-happy UK has hit another home run against personal privacy with a new set of laws that are stifling people’s digital experiences. Introduced as measures to protect child safety, these new rules are, of course, being applied in such a way as to damage legitimate internet use.  That is probably what was intended in the first place. The

E-commerce giant Alibaba has unveiled Quark AI Glasses, the company’s first foray into the wearable technology market, CNBC reports. The glasses are powered by the company’s own AI model Qwen and digital assistant Quark. They offer features such as hands-free calling, music streaming, real-time translation, meeting transcription, and a built-in camera. Users will also be

Imagine this scenario: you’re worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor — OpenAI’s blockbuster ChatGPT, say — to describe what you did and get its advice. This isn’t remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already getting legal assistance from AI, on everything from divorce proceedings to parking violations.