In today’s top technology updates:

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched a large-scale investigation into Elon Musk’s X, focusing on how its AI chatbot Grok handles sensitive user data and potential GDPR violations. The move follows raids in France and a separate UK probe.

Indian startup Sarvam AI introduced its first AI smartglasses, Sarvam Kaze, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Designed and built in India, the glasses aim to bring AI into everyday real-world interactions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already tried the device ahead of its May 2026 launch.

Apple announced a major update to Apple Podcasts, adding an integrated video experience, HLS streaming, offline downloads, and dynamic ad insertion—positioning the company to compete more aggressively with YouTube and Spotify in the video podcast space.

Mastercard also demonstrated India’s first fully authenticated agentic commerce transaction, where an AI agent securely searched, verified, and completed a purchase on behalf of a user using tokenization and passkeys.

Stay tuned for more updates on AI regulation, hardware innovation, digital payments, and platform competition.