Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data has been allegedly stolen by hackers earlier last month. A letter ‘Secret’ dated March 23rd addressed to Dinesh Tyagi, CEO of Common Service Centre, was posted on Twitter today morning which claimed that hackers exploited vulnerabilities through​aadhaar.epfoservices.com to steal data.

Walmart Inc. has decided to go all in on its deal to acquire Flipkart in a deal sealed on Thursday to buy 73% of the Indian ecommerce company in one of the biggest mergers and acquisitions in the country – spending at least $14.6 billion in the cash-and-stock buyout. Flipkart was valued at $20 billion, while two others said Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, had put the target company’s value at as much as $22 billion, a price at which it will spend more than $16 billion.

To make Google Assistant better, the company has announced a new investment programme for early-stage startups to build an enhanced digital assistant ecosystem. The new initiative will include investment capital from Google to provide additional financial resources for the development, hiring and management of these startups. The startups will get advice from Google engineers, product managers and design experts to share technical guidance and product development feedback.

The Union government’s stated mission of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 has handed agriculture technology startups a fresh avenue through which to push their businesses. Several agritech startups have now begun collaborating with state authorities to launch services and features focused on reaping revenues for themselves as well as for farmers.

Google offers additional $3 mn grants to support education in India – Business Standard – Google.org the philanthropic arm of tech giant Google today said it has made an additional grant of USD 3 million to two Indian non-profit organisations, taking its total commitment to USD 11.4 million in the country. These grants are part of Google’s global commitment of USD 50 million, is used to help these organisations scale existing initiatives and fund content creation and teacher training through tech-based learning solutions.

Lego, Amazon start platform for interactive building block game – ET Rise – Lego will partner with Amazon for a project that couples the toy maker’s building blocks with the retail giant’s interactive voice program. Children will be able to communicate with Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa through a storytelling program as they play with their building blocks. The product was launched in the UK and the US on Wednesday, the Danish company said.

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