Infosys CEO promises jobs to 2,000 graduate recruits it has kept on hold for two years
But they have to show up for unpaid training, or lose their jobs-in-waiting
On-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 18
India
India misses ten million public WiFi hotspot goal, catchup not looking likely
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Glowing reports for Fukushima wastewater; New datacenters in Fiji, Malaysia & South Korea; and more
Public Sector26 Aug 2024 | 3
India delays planned space station and moon base by five years
As results from 2023's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest south pole Moon magma
Science23 Aug 2024 | 26
Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com
That’s one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership
SaaS22 Aug 2024 | 1
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years
There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 33
India shuffles away draft law treating influencers like real broadcasters
Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 12
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'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading
Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 5
India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Food poisoning hits ByteDance Singapore; Indonesia bans DuckDuckGo; and more
Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 3
India contemplates compulsory dynamic 2FA for digital payments
SMS OTPs are overused, so bring on the tokens and biometrics
Security02 Aug 2024 | 4
Infosys denies it owes $4B in taxes to India
Taxman disagrees with the outfit that built the tax portal
Off-Prem01 Aug 2024 | 6
UK and India sign broad tech collaboration pact
Pick a hot market – AI, quantum, chips, 6G – and the pair have a plan to work on it together
Public Sector26 Jul 2024 | 12
India ditches its 'Google Tax' after US waved a big stick
Stakeholders found it an 'ambiguous' compliance burden and the world has moved on – or tried to
Public Sector25 Jul 2024 | 19
North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX
Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear
Security19 Jul 2024 | 21
Google slashes maps API prices in India – weeks after a competitor emerged
Startup Ola slashes prices to zero for a year in apparent response
SaaS19 Jul 2024 | 8
Qualcomm sues Chinese handset-maker in India to defend African market
There's a lot of territory to cover here
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 6
Accenture buys Indian chip design firm to expand semiconductor smarts
450 Excelmax Technologies employees to get new badges
On-Prem10 Jul 2024 |
Founder of Indian ride-share biz Ola calls for 70-hour work week
'A generation will have to do penance' says Bhavish Aggarwal
On-Prem09 Jul 2024 | 62
A decade after collapsing, crypto exchange Mt Gox repays some investors
Asia In Brief Plus: Samsung strike; India likely upping chip subsidies; Asian nations link payment schemes
Security08 Jul 2024 | 18
China warns citizens to stop posting info about spy satellites on social media
Asia In Brief Plus: Singapore launches global regulatory blockchain; China gets new SciTech boss; India spectrum auction fizzles
Public Sector01 Jul 2024 | 10
Alibaba Cloud closing Australian and Indian datacenters
Prioritizing Mexico and Southeast Asia
Off-Prem01 Jul 2024 | 2
Infosys CEO to pay a whole $30K in penance for non-disclosure that enabled insider trading
Staff were told of lucrative partnership before the rest of us
Legal28 Jun 2024 | 7
Indian govt probes claims Foxconn won't hire married women
Updated Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
India to build re-usable launch vehicle after nailing third landing of mini-spaceplane
Next: more work on crewed mission, including space yoga for astronauts
Science24 Jun 2024 | 16
Japan's space junk cleaner hunts down major target
Asia in brief Plus: Australia to age limit social media; Hong Kong's robo-dogs; India's new tech minister
Security17 Jun 2024 | 10
India's IT minister defeated in bid for lower house seat
Probably won't cost him his job, meaning India's messy tech to-do list remains his problem
Public Sector05 Jun 2024 | 2
China lands probe Chang'e-6 on the far side of the Moon
ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Singapore intros AI safety tools; Satya Nadella fined by Indian gov; China stops influencers flaunting bling
Science03 Jun 2024 | 2
Indian stock exchange finally encrypting all messages to traders
Requests for pricing will soon be encrypted, after implementation deadline was extended
Security30 May 2024 | 2
Google goes shopping for Indian e-commerce dominance … at Walmart
Invests $350 million in Flipkart
Channel27 May 2024 | 5
Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028
IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors
Personal Tech16 May 2024 | 21
The hiring frenzy is over at India's services giants
Headcounts are down for the first time in ages, margins are up, and CEOs are happy
CxO30 Apr 2024 | 4
Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts
After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank
Security25 Apr 2024 | 26
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
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