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Hello Kitty rolls into India with cute new wheels for kids
MUMBAI: Sanrio’s global pop icon Hello Kitty just got her own ride in India, and it’s got kids buzzing. In a purr-fect collaboration, tech-enabled Indian manufacturer Bidso has launched a new line of Hello Kitty-themed 3-wheeler scooters, designed for safety, fun, and some serious playground style.
The range includes three delightfully designed SKUs that blend the charm of Hello Kitty with durable, child-friendly engineering. Manufactured in India and priced to please—starting at just Rs 899—the scooters promise quality without breaking the piggy bank.
Now available exclusively on Flipkart, the launch makes it easy for families across the country to bring home some Hello Kitty joy, with doorstep delivery options and a seamless checkout experience.
Bidso co-founder & head, Aditya Krishnakumar shared, “Partnering with Hello Kitty, a brand with a joyous global presence is an honor. At Bidso, we’re passionate about creating innovative, high-quality products, and this collaboration allows us to offer something truly special to families in India. We’re excited that these scooters will capture the hearts of both children and parents.”
Bidso’s latest move signals its intent to become a key player in the child mobility segment, with a sharp focus on fun, affordability, and homegrown manufacturing. For Hello Kitty fans, it’s time to scoot in style.
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Google completes $32 billion Wiz deal to boost AI and cloud security
Wiz joins Google Cloud but keeps multi-cloud support across rival platforms
NEW YORK: Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company Wiz, marking the biggest deal in the tech giant’s history and signalling a major push to strengthen security in the era of artificial intelligence and multi-cloud computing.
The New York-headquartered cybersecurity firm will join Google Cloud while continuing to operate under the Wiz brand. Crucially, the company will maintain support for multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud, reflecting the reality that most large organisations run their systems across several cloud providers.
Google said the acquisition is designed to help organisations build and scale applications more securely as businesses and governments increasingly move critical systems and data to the cloud. At the same time, the rapid adoption of generative AI has introduced new cybersecurity risks, with attackers also using AI to launch faster and more sophisticated attacks.
Wiz has built a reputation for simplifying cloud security. Its platform maps entire cloud environments, identifying vulnerabilities, potential attack paths and misconfigurations before they can be exploited. By connecting insights from code, cloud infrastructure and runtime environments, it allows security and engineering teams to detect and fix risks early in the development cycle.
Bringing Wiz into Google Cloud will create what the company describes as a unified security platform capable of detecting, preventing and responding to threats across cloud and AI environments. The combined offering will also integrate Google’s own security capabilities, including threat intelligence tools, security operations platforms and the cybersecurity expertise of Mandiant.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the move reflects the growing importance of security as more organisations rely on AI and cloud technologies. “Keeping people safe online has always been part of Google’s mission,” he said, adding that the partnership will help organisations innovate with greater confidence.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, said the goal is to make security an enabler rather than a roadblock for businesses building modern applications. He noted that the combined technologies will simplify the complex task of protecting hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
For Wiz, the acquisition opens the door to global scale while keeping its core philosophy intact. Co-founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport said the company remains committed to an open, multi-cloud approach and will continue supporting customers regardless of where their workloads run.
Over the past year, Wiz has expanded its platform to address emerging risks tied to AI applications, including tools that help organisations monitor AI usage, detect AI-specific vulnerabilities and secure AI workloads during runtime.
With Google’s infrastructure, artificial intelligence capabilities and security ecosystem now behind it, Wiz plans to accelerate development of its platform while continuing to serve enterprises, governments and start-ups operating across different cloud environments.
For Google Cloud, the acquisition adds a powerful piece to its security puzzle as competition intensifies among global cloud providers. For customers, it promises a future where building fast in the cloud does not have to come at the expense of staying secure.
