Indian PM's 25-year roadmap laid out with help from AI AI is so good at drawing pictures and driving cars, why not let it govern a country? AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 8
Australian operation of web host BlueVPS laid low by storage failure Asia In Brief PLUS: AWS expands India payment options; Alibaba co-founders unite in criticism; Korea invests in AI; and more Off-Prem15 Apr 2024 | 3
Apple stops warning of 'state-sponsored' attacks, now alerts about 'mercenary spyware' Report claims India's government, which is accused of using Pegasus at home, was displeased Security12 Apr 2024 | 10
India's Uber clone Ola Cabs hails ride out of the international market Australian drivers given two days' notice, UK and New Zealand services also shuttered Personal Tech11 Apr 2024 | 5
India and EU finally advance HPC collaboration project hatched in 2022 Seek ideas for thorny problems related to both HPC and real-world problems Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 1
Use of India's CBDC declines, but central bank presses ahead Work to make the digital rupee programmable has begun Software08 Apr 2024 | 5
Vigorous US lobbying reportedly reversed India PC import license scheme Washington was most displeased and New Delhi knew it made a mistake Personal Tech22 Mar 2024 | 5
Indian court halts operations of government-run social media fact checker Rights groups protested potential for sneaky censorship of political rivals Personal Tech22 Mar 2024 | 1
India's competition regulator orders Google Play payment probe Choice of alternative payment providers labelled 'illusory' – because none existed Personal Tech20 Mar 2024 |
India celebrates rapid adoption of its internet of livestock Latest piece of digital public infrastructure is positively beastly Public Sector19 Mar 2024 | 8
India quickly unwinds requirement for government approval of AIs Asia in brief Also: US woos Thailand, Philippines, for tech trade; China's Fukushima rage glows; Alibaba targets South Korea AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 2
Dirty data shocks Indian taxpayers with huge bills Extra zeroes added to transaction values, just a handful of days before a payment deadline Public Sector13 Mar 2024 | 13
India plans 10,000-GPU sovereign AI supercomputer Puts $1.2 billion on the table for AI skills and local LLMs, tells private enterprise it expects help Public Sector08 Mar 2024 | 5
India demands beta AIs secure government permission before going public Not compulsory for now, but IT minister says that's coming after Google's Gemini said the quiet part out loud AI + ML04 Mar 2024 | 2
Indian tech minister vows to stop Google removing local apps from Play Store Asia In Brief PLUS: APNIC director general to step down; Hong Kong's odd cloud survey; Rent-a-friend online in China; and more Software03 Mar 2024 | 8
India approves its first full wafer fab – a 28nm affair from Tata and Powerchip Everybody’s so happy they’re not mentioning start dates, subsidy levels, or other useful details Systems01 Mar 2024 |
India’s homebrew RISC-V CPU goes on sale in new development board Asia In Brief Plus: Huawei’s tablets beat iPad sales; Japanese supermarket’s long ransomware fight; Do Kwon extradited Systems26 Feb 2024 | 3
Meta seeks ASIC designers for ML accelerators and datacenter SoCs Appears to be struggling to find them, even in India, as it's re-posted job ads On-Prem23 Feb 2024 | 14
X protests forced suspension of accounts on orders of India's government Nonprofit SFLC links orders to farming protests Public Sector23 Feb 2024 | 20
India effectively kills e-wallet used by over 300 million Paytm's merchant services will live on, but its main consumer product looks be toast Personal Tech19 Feb 2024 | 11
India buys a third of the world's wearable devices Asia In Brief PLUS: Australian Parliament calls for Assange release; Japan's H3 rocket soars; LINE leak worsens Personal Tech18 Feb 2024 | 2
India seeks Artificial Wisdom and plans city-scale digital twin Calls for collaborators willing to play buzzword bingo on project – 5G, IoT, AI, AR/VR, blockhain, Web3, and plenty more besides Public Sector16 Feb 2024 | 4
India won't become a semiconductor superpower anytime soon, says think tank $10 billion subsidies predicted to deliver just five modest fabs by 2029 Systems16 Feb 2024 | 3
India weighs 18 bids to build subsidized local chip factories APAC in Brief PLUS: Rideshare mega-merger mooted; France raids Huawei; Mongolia plans first satellite Off-Prem12 Feb 2024 | 1
India to make its digital currency programmable Reserve Bank also wants a national 2FA framework Cyber-crime09 Feb 2024 | 26
India to launch android into space to test crewed launch capability Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan launch in 2025 Science07 Feb 2024 | 6
India probes SAP and IBM over ancient Air India ERP tender Procurement process in 2011 deal raises suspicions Legal07 Feb 2024 | 1
Two of India's most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble Paytm's bank has been locked out, edtech darling Byju's faces bankruptcy PaaS + IaaS05 Feb 2024 | 18
ASEAN bloc to build submarine cable network, link government apps APAC in Brief PLUS: TikTok returns to Indonesian e-commerce; Chinese giants' EV battery swap scheme; India drops mobile tariffs Off-Prem04 Feb 2024 | 1
Indian PM's advisors suggest AI might lead to 'mass schizophrenia' Reject recent rule-making with plan to adopt transparency and reporting rules used in financial markets to stop binary brainboxes burying humanity AI + ML01 Feb 2024 | 8
750 million Indian mobile subscribers' info for sale on dark web Asia In Brief ALSO: Samsung turns to Baidu for Galaxy AI in China; Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy; India's supercomputing ambitions Cyber-crime28 Jan 2024 | 3
Google to bring India’s Unified Payments Interface to the world Including for cross-border remittances, which could shake things up nicely Off-Prem19 Jan 2024 | 6
India again backs down on its controversial PC import restrictions Desktops escape regulations, laptops and servers don't, no reasons explained Legal16 Jan 2024 | 6
Infosys co-founder doubles down on call for 70-hour work weeks It's not like Gandhi ever saw his kids, says Narayana Murthy On-Prem15 Jan 2024 | 76
Nvidia can't sell its best chips to China, but India is more than happy to take them Datacenter biz plans to deploy 32,000 Nvidia H100 and H200s next year Systems12 Jan 2024 | 1
India to launch with SpaceX's Falcon 9 for the first time ASIA IN BRIEF Also: Huawei in patent deal with Nokia, and China slates 2025 as year for mass produced flying cars Science09 Jan 2024 | 3
Court orders arbitration for Wipro and ex-CFO who left for Cognizant India’s IT outsourcers have an exec poaching problem Legal05 Jan 2024 | 5
India inches space program forward with launch of X-ray polarimetry satellite Meanwhile, ISRO chief sets sights on next crewed mission Science03 Jan 2024 | 10
India builds massive tech infrastructure to support finance sector ERP for 63,000 small rural lenders, software for 1,800 banks, and better-than-hyperscale cloud for the rest On-Prem20 Dec 2023 | 1
India's long-awaited telecoms bill drops language that would have regulated social media OTT apps in the clear. Indian citizens, not so much – law proposes registration, surveillance, and shutdown powers Public Sector19 Dec 2023 | 7
Microsoft hikes prices across Asia Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan Moon landing scheduled; Mastercard's APAC pay-by-face trial; Scammers feast on restaurant QR code Software11 Dec 2023 | 1
Chromebooks are problematic for profits and planet, says Lenovo exec CANALYS APAC FORUMS Also: India's PC ban didn't take into account needs of ecosystem Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 67
India's Moon mission pulled off another trick: an experimental orbital sequel Swift software development effort saw Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module make an unexpected return to Earth Science06 Dec 2023 | 4
China's first undersea datacenter sinks – as planned Asia In Brief PLUS: India's landmark digital law delayed; Singaporean banks de-digitize some accounts; AUKUS to unleash AI Off-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 3
India's CERT given exemption from Right To Information requests Activists worry investigations may stay secret, and then there's those odd incident reporting requirements Security28 Nov 2023 | 4
India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband Bharti Enterprises-backed outfit beats Kuiper and Starlink Networks24 Nov 2023 | 1
India diplomatically debuts digital public infrastructure repository with international contributions Russia's Unified Digital Platform could be yours, along with many other less controversial projects Software23 Nov 2023 |
India's $20B Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years Many projects really about basic services, or don't integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends Off-Prem22 Nov 2023 | 3
India gives social media platforms 36 hours to remove deepfakes Today it's Bollywood actors, tomorrow it could be lawmakers themselves AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 10
India's lunar landing made a mess on the Moon 'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy Science03 Nov 2023 | 45
Indian politicians say Apple warned them of state-sponsored attacks Nobody knows which state, but government never quite shrugged off claims it uses spyware Security01 Nov 2023 |
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks Do it for India, says Narayana Murthy, seemingly unaware that China, Japan, and South Korea all have overworking problems On-Prem27 Oct 2023 | 103
Scammers use India’s real-time payment system to siphon off money, send it to China Countries signed on for India’s stack might watch out Security24 Oct 2023 | 14
India plans semiconductor research institute to rival the world's finest And gives itself five years to build silicon photonics cores Systems23 Oct 2023 | 4
Sorry kids, Infosys and Wipro have cancelled graduate recruitment India's big four outsourcers scored record deals in Q2, but revenue didn't reflect those successes Channel20 Oct 2023 | 11
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2023 | 38
India courts IBM, Intel, and Tower for chip partnerships - all in one day Big Blue in early talks to advance local RISC-V designs Systems19 Oct 2023 | 2
Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040 A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD Science18 Oct 2023 | 5
India's AI vision calls for 80 exaFLOPS of infrastructure Or about half of China's recent compute upgrade plan On-Prem16 Oct 2023 | 1
India demands social networks 'swiftly' remove all CSAM X, YouTube, and Telegram told to make it happen, or feel the wrath of 'zero tolerance' regime Legal09 Oct 2023 | 15
India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots Global tech companies' Bharat offices attract the wrong sort of interest Security21 Sep 2023 | 2
Zuck uses India visit to increase Meta's transactional traction WhatsApp gets better at taking money and so does Meta with verified accounts for biz Software21 Sep 2023 |