Tech Market & VC
Tech Market & VC news — Sunday 27 September 2026
16 stories from 5 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Labor defends AI crackdown over Medicare data breach
Labor says OpenAI’s rogue Medicare bot proves AI agents need fences, not excuses.
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Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump
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Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
"AI is the devil and I its maker."
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TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises
I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.
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The Next Wave: Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money
Cet article est aussi disponible en français Published September 27, 2026 Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money Image Source: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Kenya has spent over two decades dining out on mobile money—and it…
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NEET paper leak impact: CISF to guard NTA premises
The National Testing Agency, which recently moved its operations to a new office following a huge controversy over NEET paper leak and administrative lapses, will now be guarded by CISF to ensure foolproof arrangements in the "confidential…
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Mobile phone retailers to protest against UPI MDR charges on Oct 2
Mobile phone retailers across India plan to observe October 2 as "No UPI Day" in protest against 0.4% merchant discount rate charges on UPI transactions, a senior official of industry body AIMRA said. The government has introduced a 0.4%…
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Cars24 expects to be eligible to file DRHP by Apr: CFO
Cars24 expects to be eligible to file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) by April after completing its reverse flip from Singapore to India, a process that could take six to nine months, its CFO Shivanshu Makkar said. In an interview…
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How Trump’s crypto winnings cost the industry looser regulation
The crypto industry has just suffered a paradoxical defeat: Its biggest backer, President Donald Trump , inadvertently helped scuttle chances for a major legislative win, thanks to revelations of the riches he and his family have made off…
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Sports, sensors, sustainability: test your business creativity with Edition 251 of our weekly quiz!
Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here ). In this 251st edition of the quiz, we present issues tackled by real-life…
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Mother, motherhood, Mother Nature: unifying connections at National Gallery of Modern Art
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 1,020 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. <
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IIT Madras’ 1,000-startup bet; OpenAI’s rogue agents raise fresh privacy concerns
Dear Reader, IIT Madras is targeting 1,000 startups by 2032, with an ambition to see at least one of them go public every month. Director Prof V Kamakoti said the institute has so far incubated 583 startups with a combined valuation of Rs…
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PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair
PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic…
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Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India
The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.