Tag: tech
UN chief calls on AI firms to come clean on environmental costs
The United Nations called on major artificial intelligence companies on Tuesday to publicly disclose the full environmental cost of their data centres and use renewable…
Sundar Pichai’s address, Amazon’s influence, and Meta being Meta
Cognitive warmup. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, went to deliver the 2026 Commencement Address at Stanford University. If I am to look beyond…
Wired Wisdom: 6G milestone, your Apple devices, and playing F1 25: 2026 Season Pack
Opening thoughts. A 6G milestone has been achieved in Japan, with researchers from the Tokushima University finding a way to transmit data at a speed…
The cost, and the value of intelligence
Cognitive warmup. A Pizza Hut franchise, which operates more than 110 Pizza Hut outlets in North America, is suing the restaurant giant for using AI…
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com confidentially files for IPO
Synopsis A major cryptocurrency exchange has taken a significant step towards going public. The company has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the…
India’s spam conundrum, and Amkette proves all mice matter
Opening thoughts. WD, formerly Western Digital, has done something rather interesting. They’ve made the industry’s first post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hard drives. These derives, called Ultrastar…
AgriTech could add $90 billion to Southeast Asia’s GDP by 2033: Report
AgriTech adoption in Southeast Asia could unlock more than $90 billion in annual GDP (gross domestic product) gains by 2033, according to a report. Despite…
Inside the investment strategy of the government’s new Fund of Funds
The government rolled out a Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds (FoF) 2.0 on Monday. The FoF 2.0 has been designed to continue the momentum…
BharatPe cofounder Shashvat Nakrani steps down
BharatPe cofounder Shashvat Nakrani has stepped down from his role in the company. In a personal note, Nakrani said he is transitioning from day-to-day execution…
Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 cr farmer IDs created
New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday chaired a virtual meeting with state agriculture ministers, flagging gaps in farmer registration, fertiliser distribution,…