virtualization Foxconn unit drops VMware, adopts hyperconverged upstart Arcfra for workloads including AI PLUS: New CEO for Infosys; China fines Trip.com; India demands GitHub remove Jack Dorsey's distributed social network; And more!
AI and ML Chinese President Xi Jinping wants emergency response systems to keep AI in check PLUS: Korean e-tailer Coupang's warehouse burns and burns; Australian Uni expels VMware; India's first private rocket flies first time; And more!
legal Even HP resellers thought the price of toner and ink was too high – so HP India facilitated an illegal cartel Regulator fines PC and printer giant for rigged tender bids and collusion
off prem India’s tech services giant HCL is getting into the AI datacenter business Starting small with $37m and maybe 50MW but reckons full-stack service plan can succeed
security India’s central bank mandated use of .bank domains to enhance trust – but its registry leaked sensitive info Open API could reveal everything an attacker needs to impersonate bank officials
PAAS AND IAAS Amazon pours another $13B into India's AI and cloud infrastructure Mumbai and Hyderabad datacenter expansion forms part of broader $48B five-year investment pledge
Personal tech India and China are home to 2.9 billion people – and together they bought just 13 million PCs in Q1 PLUS: Indian telco ponders broadband satellites; Samsung goes all-in on OpenAI; Vietnam centrally plans ten tech giants; and more!
Networks Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio
PUBLIC SECTOR India blocks Telegram ahead of scandal-hit medical school entrance exam 2.3 million people sit test chasing 100,000 places, and country already canceled it once this year
Off-PREM Fire burns Google Cloud India’s network, which remains slow a week later PLUS: Japan’s space truck is back in business; Zoho's DIY servers; Record tech exports for Korea, and more!
Security India's cyber agency sets clock at 12 hours to tackle exploited bugs as AI turns up the heat CERT-In says internet-facing or critical systems should be patched, mitigated, or cut off within half a day where feasible
Personal Tech Samsung's weather app sparks storm of controversy by handing territory to North Korea PLUS: China-linked cyber-attack on central Asian oil sector; Bottom falls out of Indian smartphone sales; And more!
Security India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks
Public Sector Indonesia’s game rating system paused amid claims it leaked developer creds and glimpses of major new titles PLUS: India bins ID app pre-install plan; Robot wins Beijing half-marathon; AI writing Manga speech bubbles; and more!
Legal Indian government investigating TCS after police sting finds sexual harassment Services giant’s staff accused of assaults, inappropriate religious practices
AI + ML China wants AI to prepare school lessons and mark homework PLUS: Toyota wheels out basketball bot; Arm scores AI server win with SK Telecom; India ponders payment pauses to foil fraudsters; And more!
OSes Red Hat RHELocates its Chinese engineering team to India Hundreds of layoffs, but this smells of geopolitics, not downsizing
Public Sector India's space program can't spend money fast enough, putting missions in peril Satnav systems aren't well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open
Security Indian government probes CCTV espionage operation linked to Pakistan Police found cameras pointing at infrastructure
AI + ML India tests whether AI can stop trains hitting elephants PLUS: SAP expands Japanese cloud; SK hynix close to shipping LPDDR6; Lenovo's biggest ever IaaS deal; and more
Systems Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more
AI + ML Cerebras plans humongous AI supercomputer in India backed by UAE Up to 8 exaFLOPS of super sparse AI compute
AI + ML India’s top telco tackles AI with $110 billion build plan and proven fast market dominance playbook Reliance Jio used super-cheap plans and own-brand phones to conquer
AI + ML Indian think tank finds strong hiring for the kind of jobs AI puts at risk IT services companies are largely immune to AIpocalypse, although the outlook is not good for entry-level jobs
Public Sector Indian conglomerate Adani plans very slow $100 billion AI datacenter build PM Modi tells citizens AI will lift them up, not take their jobs
Public Sector US appears open to reversing some China tech bans PLUS: India demands two-hour deepfake takedowns; Singapore embraces AI; Japanese robot wolf gets cuddly; And more
Legal Indian police commissioner wants ID cards for AI agents PLUS: China broadens cryptocurrency crackdown; Australian facial recognition privacy revisited; Singapore debuts electric VTOL; and more!
Public Sector India dangles 20-year tax holiday for clouds that serve offshore users PLUS: NTT offshores to Vietnam; Japan adds AI interface to space data; Samsung cashes in on memory boom
Science India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data
Public Sector India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds
Security India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors
Systems India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64 No details on power consumption, lots of patriotic pride
Science Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more!
AI + ML India’s government wants to set prices for the content AI companies use to train models Proposes central body to collect royalties and dole out cash to creators
On-Prem Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab Chipzilla doesn’t need 28nm product, so maybe this is about landing another outsourced packaging partner
Public Sector India's government targets Uber, Ola with plan to launch zero-commission rideshare platform Minister wants to ‘free drivers from dependency on private companies’
Security Indian government reveals GPS spoofing at eight major airports Extra infosec investments are taxiing towards the runway
Public Sector India demands smartphone makers install a government app on every handset 'Sanchar Saathi' shares data to help fight fraud and protect carrier security
Public Sector Google and Apple ordered to stop fake government TXTs PLUS: India wants to build big airliners; Half of South Koreans caught in data leak; Minimum wage for gig workers in Oz; And more!
Supercomputing Month India has satisfied its supercomputing needs, but not its ambitions Creating 37 supers in a decade is impressive. The homegrown tech in them, less so
Security 70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture PLUS: Manga publishers win Cloudflare copyright case; India, EU to link payment systems; Storm over Australia’s weather website; And more!
Security Jaguar Land Rover hack cost India's Tata Motors around $2.4 billion and counting PLUS: Active noise cancellation for entire rooms; More trouble for Korea Telecom; The Wiggles apologize for bad batteries; and more
Security Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more!
Public Sector White House says China to lift rare earth export bans, stop probes into US tech companies PLUS: Google's massive AI giveaway in India; Raid on Australian software company; Alleged scam camp owner's assets seized; and more!
Software India to dethrone US for dev numbers as AI reshapes coding, says GitHub TypeScript was ranked top programming language
Legal Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!
AI + ML India's tech talent pipeline is sputtering AI and new wave of offshoring mean graduates can't get gigs
Software Russia-backed Indian oil company loses bid to force SAP support as sanctions bite Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules
Off-Prem Datacenter fire takes 647 South Korean government services offline PLUS: US court grounds China’s DJI; India requires 2FA for most payments; Great Firewall busters launch VPN; and more!
Public Sector India’s IT minister moves to Zoho’s spreadsheet and word processor, urges 1.4 billion people to do likewise Watch out, Microsoft and Google
AI + ML Huawei used its own silicon to re-educate DeepSeek so its output won’t bother Beijing PLUS: India ponders tax breaks for datacenters; Samsung plans hiring spree; Taliban bans fiber internet; and more
Legal Indian court stops streaming hearings on social media to protect lawyers from mean memes Did you hear the one about the thin-skinned barrister?
AI + ML Uber India starts offering drivers gigs collecting and classifying info for AI models Rideshare giant also reveals 350-petabyte data lake it protects with tech adapted from Airbnb
Systems India hails 'first' home-grown chip as a milestone despite very modest specs It’s been to space. It likely won’t launch India as a semiconductor superpower
Systems India's PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964! Prime Minister promises first local silicon will appear this year, decades after Fairchild Semi's Robert Noyce made polite inquiries
Off-Prem Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud, perhaps due to EU sanctions on Russia Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves
Personal Tech Panic buying ahead of Trump tariffs added $825 million to Apple's sales last quarter iBiz warns import imposts set to rise
Public Sector India gets its turn on the Trump tariff train: 25% levy to start Friday The US president also hints at an extra penalty for New Delhi over trade with Russia
Channel India eats China's lunch in US smartphone manufacturing But overall sales are basically flat, says Canalys
Public Sector Google Indonesia tangled up in $600 million Chromebook corruption probe PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more
Public Sector 'Quad' nations launch plan to stop China making critical minerals into Unobtanium India, Japan, USA and Australia see risks and opportunities in rare earths
Public Sector Canada orders Chinese CCTV biz Hikvision to quit the country ASAP PLUS: Broadband blimps to fly in Japan; Starbucks China put ads before privacy; and more!
AI + ML AI-hosted infomercial shifts $7.5 million worth of product in China PLUS: India tries to untangle TXT marketing opt-ins; China’s AI crackdown succeeds; Australia and Boeing team AWACS, drones; and more!
Offbeat Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area
Cyber-crime ‘Deliberate attack’ deletes shopping app’s AWS and GitHub resources CEO of India's KiranaPro, which brings convenience stores online, vows to name the perp
Legal India none-too-subtly reminds Big Tech that local laws prohibit dark patterns ‘Consumers will not tolerate deceit’ Minister tells Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Uber
Public Sector Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups
Public Sector Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India Cupertino's plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs
Public Sector Stop Pakistani content at the border, India tells media, tech biz Songs, social network vids threaten national security, apparently
Networks India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity
Public Sector India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more!
Public Sector India gets Google to unbundle Android and the Play Store on Smart TVs Meanwhile, OpenAI expresses an interest in unbundling Chrome from Google
Security China reportedly admitted directing cyberattacks on US infrastructure PLUS: India's new electronics subsidies; Philippines unplugs a mobile carrier; Alibaba Cloud expands
Public Sector Asian tech players react to US tariffs with delays, doubts, deal-making PLUS: Qualcomm acquires Vietnamese AI outfit; China claims US hacked winter games; India's browser challenge winner disputed; and more
On-Prem IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India Big Blue 'might as well move its headquarters' to Bengaluru since it 'no longer prioritizes' America
Public Sector India ditches its 'Google Tax', perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs Binned an e-commerce tax last year so this may not be complete capitulation
Security China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms PLUS: Zoho's Ulaa anointed India’s most patriotic browser; Typhoon-like gang targets Taiwan; Japan debates offensive cyber-ops; and more
Public Sector India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more to ride Rideshare companies said it isn’t happening. Lawmakers aren’t convinced
Security India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more
Virtualization India's top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more
Cyber-crime Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world
Security India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters
Security Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more!
AI + ML Singapore says Nvidia's astounding local sales don't mean it's the source of DeepSeek's GPUs PLUS: Chinese bus lanes put Tesla in a tangle; India drops electronics tariffs; Samsung worries about soft demand
Systems First all-Indian chips to debut this year, 25 more local designs in the works 28nm and fatter processes first, says minister, as semiconductor supply chain players move to cash in
Software When food delivery apps reached Indonesia, everyone put on weight PLUS: Salt Typhoon and IT worker scammers sanctioned; Alibaba Cloud’s K8s go global; Amazon acquires Indian BNPL company
Science India becomes just fourth country to dock satellites in orbit As the ESA celebrates planned break-up of its solar blotter-spotter
On-Prem Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids; TSMC set to open Japan fab; and more
Networks Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands
Personal Tech Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Software Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more
Legal Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly
Public Sector India's long-awaited telecoms bill drops language that would have regulated social media
Software India diplomatically debuts digital public infrastructure repository with international contributions
Off-Prem India's $20B Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years
