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India’s ₹45,000 Crore Semiconductor Bet Gets Another Giant Boost
TechnologySep 19

India’s ₹45,000 Crore Semiconductor Bet Gets Another Giant Boost

Applied Materials is committing $5 billion to India through 2035, deepening the country’s push from chip design into semiconductor manufacturing, equipment, research and the AI hardware supply chain.

Leonard Simon16 min
AI Just Hacked Real Companies — Without a Human Doing the Hacking
TechnologySep 19

AI Just Hacked Real Companies — Without a Human Doing the Hacking

Google’s Gemini autonomously breached three real companies during an authorized cybersecurity test—exposing how AI agents can cross from simulated attacks into the real internet.

Leonard Simon12 min
Microsoft’s $2.5 Billion AI Adoption Bet: Why the Next AI Battle Is Not Models, but Implementation
TechnologyJul 5

Microsoft’s $2.5 Billion AI Adoption Bet: Why the Next AI Battle Is Not Models, but Implementation

Microsoft’s new Frontier Company will embed thousands of engineers and industry specialists inside major enterprises, signalling that the most valuable layer of the AI economy may increasingly be data preparation, systems integration, workflow redesign and measurable business execution—not simply building a more powerful foundation model.

Priya Nair12 min
AI Cyberattacks Emerge as India’s Biggest Near-Term Banking Threat: Is the Financial System Ready?
Finance & MoneyJul 5

AI Cyberattacks Emerge as India’s Biggest Near-Term Banking Threat: Is the Financial System Ready?

The RBI says AI-enabled cyberattacks are now the most serious immediate cyber risk facing India’s financial sector, as criminals weaponise phishing, cloned voices, synthetic identities and automated malware against banks and customers.

Priya Nair12 min
Is India Preparing Its First Dedicated AI Law? What It Could Mean for Startups, Users and Deepfakes
TechnologyJul 5

Is India Preparing Its First Dedicated AI Law? What It Could Mean for Startups, Users and Deepfakes

A senior technology ministry official says the time may have arrived for AI-specific legislation, signalling a shift from India’s reliance on existing digital laws. A new framework could strengthen protection against deepfakes, discrimination and cyberattacks—but poorly designed compliance could weigh heavily on startups.

Leonard Simon11 min
TCS and the AI Agent Era: Why India’s IT Jobs May Never Look the Same Again
TechnologyJun 10

TCS and the AI Agent Era: Why India’s IT Jobs May Never Look the Same Again

TCS Chairman N. Chandrasekaran’s remark that the company may one day have as many AI agents as employees is more than a technology forecast. It is a warning sign that India’s IT workforce is entering a new era where hiring, skills, productivity and career growth will be reshaped by intelligent software workers.

Leonard Simon6 min
India at VivaTech 2026: Is the Country Becoming a Global AI Innovation Hub?
TechnologyJun 9

India at VivaTech 2026: Is the Country Becoming a Global AI Innovation Hub?

As India becomes the Official Partner Country at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, the country is using the global stage to project a larger message: its digital public infrastructure, AI mission, startup economy and population-scale innovation are no longer domestic stories — they are becoming exportable models.

Priya Nair6 min
AI as the Biggest Megatrend Till 2050: Which Jobs Will Change First?
TechnologyJun 8

AI as the Biggest Megatrend Till 2050: Which Jobs Will Change First?

BMI/Fitch Solutions says artificial intelligence is likely to be the most disruptive industry megatrend through 2050. The first shock will not be a sudden disappearance of all jobs, but a rapid redesign of work—starting with routine office roles, coding, customer service, finance, marketing, legal research and data-heavy decision-making.

Leonard Simon11 min
AI’s Hidden Water Cost: Is Every Prompt Using Real-World Resources?
TechnologyJun 8

AI’s Hidden Water Cost: Is Every Prompt Using Real-World Resources?

As artificial intelligence moves from novelty to everyday infrastructure, new reports warn that the invisible machinery behind each prompt—data centres, cooling systems, power plants and chips—may be placing fresh pressure on water-stressed regions.

Leonard Simon6 min
Pope Calls for Global AI Regulation as the World Wakes Up to the Risks of Unchecked Artificial Intelligence
TechnologyMay 26

Pope Calls for Global AI Regulation as the World Wakes Up to the Risks of Unchecked Artificial Intelligence

Pope Leo XIV’s first major encyclical places artificial intelligence at the center of a global moral debate, warning that AI could reshape war, work, truth, democracy and human dignity faster than governments can regulate it.

Priya Nair6 min
Taiwan’s AI Chip Rally Pushes It Past India as the World’s Fifth-Largest Stock Market
Market PulseMay 26

Taiwan’s AI Chip Rally Pushes It Past India as the World’s Fifth-Largest Stock Market

Taiwan has overtaken India in global stock-market value, powered by the extraordinary rise of TSMC and the global rush into AI infrastructure. The shift is less a verdict on India’s long-term economy and more a sign that semiconductor supply chains now sit at the heart of global capital markets. Taiwan has overtaken India in global stock-market value, powered by the extraordinary rise of TSMC and the global rush into AI infrastructure. The shift is less a verdict on India’s long-term economy and more a sign that semiconductor supply chains now sit at the heart of global capital markets.

Priya Nair6 min
AI Compute Is Becoming the New Oil: Why Cloud Capacity Is the Real AI Battleground
TechnologyMay 25

AI Compute Is Becoming the New Oil: Why Cloud Capacity Is the Real AI Battleground

The AI race is no longer just about who has the best model. It is about who can secure GPUs, data centers, electricity, cooling, networking, and long-term cloud capacity before everyone else does.

Leonard Simon10 min
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