UPI MDR on Payments Above ₹2,000: Who Pays and What Changes for You

UPI MDR on Payments

NPCI announced this week that UPI transactions above ₹2,000 will now carry a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) of 0.4%, starting October 15, 2026. If you run a business that accepts UPI, or you just pay for things with it every…

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Google Lighthouse AI Agent Test: Is Your Website Ready for Agentic Browsing?

Google Lighthouse AI agent test

For years, building a website meant optimizing for two audiences: people and search crawlers. In May 2026, Google quietly added a third. Lighthouse shipped a new category called Agentic Browsing that scores how well a website can be read and…

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How to Build an MCP Server with PHP & Laravel

Build an MCP Server with PHP & Laravel

AI assistants have moved beyond answering questions. They now take actions, query databases, call APIs, and manage workflows on behalf of users. The technology making that possible is the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. If you build with Laravel, you…

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