Telecom operators laying submarine fiber cables in India have urged the government to ease bureaucratic hurdles and allow waivers for this nascent domestic sector that has attracted the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. and Google. Telcos have demanded waiver of licence fee on cable landing station revenue, as well as a single-window clearance for various…
Google Research’s tech initiative for early detection of wildfires has seen its first successful step — the launch of its first ‘FireSat’ satellite into Earth orbit on March 17. Celebrating the milestone on social media platform X, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shouted out the partners and extended a “special thanks” to Elon Musk’s…
Alphabet-owned Google is planning to tie up with Taiwan’s chip maker MediaTek to design and produce the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) chips Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), the Information reported on Monday. The AI chips are expected to be produced next year. The technology giant chose MediaTek partly because the Taiwanese company has…
Starbucks baristas have a new job requirement. In addition to remembering to make your latte with no foam, they must also write a little missive on your cup, as per a directive straight from CEO Brian Niccol, who says handwritten notes foster “moments of connection”—part of his strategy to get more customers into stores to…
ChatGPT is finally ready to take on Google’s Gemini and become the default voice assistant on Android. While ChatGPT app has been a staple on the Google Play store for a while now, OpenAI has rolled out a new update with version 1.2025.070 beta that allows users to simply replace Gemini and access ChatGPT as…
If Chinese AI lab Deepseek shook the industry with its open-source, budget-friendly reasoning model earlier this year, another Chinese startup, Monica, is impressing many with its new general-purpose AI agentic model, Manus. Are there lessons for India? What’s Manus and why is it the news? Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) lab DeepSeek disrupted AI with its…
The US-India economic partnership is the envy of many. But our joint mission of achieving $500 billion in bilateral trade by 2030 stands on shaky ground. US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff policy, due to come into effect on 2 April, has upset global markets and will strain our trade relations. India must keep its…
Here’s a case in point. Many clients of Northwest Registered Agent LLC, a company that provides compliance filing and other business services, have been using an AI-powered agent, AI-RAH, for the past two years. This AI agent handles tasks such as forming limited liability companies (LLCs), corporations, and non-profits. It manages document categorization, scanning, annual…
In a small shop in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, one of the rarest pieces of technology in the world is on display. The quantum computer in the showroom of Origin, a Chinese startup, looks ready to be plucked from the shelf and fired up. Only 20 such devices are produced globally each year….
In this volatile environment, India must confront a critical but often overlooked challenge: labour productivity. Without determined efforts, our low labour productivity will continue to erode our economy’s growth potential, pushing it into a middle-income trap. Therefore, addressing this gap is not just a policy priority, but an existential imperative. Also Read: Worker scarcity: Low-wage…
