'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 Sector03 Jul 2025 | 12
Canada orders Chinese CCTV biz Hikvision to quit the country ASAP Asia In Brief PLUS: Broadband blimps to fly in Japan; Starbucks China put ads before privacy; and more! Public Sector30 Jun 2025 | 30
AI-hosted infomercial shifts $7.5 million worth of product in China Asia In Brief PLUS: India tries to untangle TXT marketing opt-ins; China’s AI crackdown succeeds; Australia and Boeing team AWACS, drones; and more! AI + ML23 Jun 2025 | 3
Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban area Offbeat12 Jun 2025 | 40
‘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 Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 22
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 Legal29 May 2025 | 9
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 Sector23 May 2025 | 25
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 Sector16 May 2025 | 55
Stop Pakistani content at the border, India tells media, tech biz Songs, social network vids threaten national security, apparently Public Sector08 May 2025 | 12
India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity Networks07 May 2025 | 12
India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease Asia in brief PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more! Public Sector05 May 2025 | 7
India gets Google to unbundle Android and the Play Store on Smart TVs Meanwhile, OpenAI expresses an interest in unbundling Chrome from Google Public Sector23 Apr 2025 | 10
China reportedly admitted directing cyberattacks on US infrastructure Asia In Brief PLUS: India's new electronics subsidies; Philippines unplugs a mobile carrier; Alibaba Cloud expands Security14 Apr 2025 | 6
Asian tech players react to US tariffs with delays, doubts, deal-making Asia In Brief PLUS: Qualcomm acquires Vietnamese AI outfit; China claims US hacked winter games; India's browser challenge winner disputed; and more Public Sector07 Apr 2025 | 11
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 On-Prem27 Mar 2025 | 86
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 Public Sector26 Mar 2025 | 5
China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms Asia In Brief PLUS: Zoho's Ulaa anointed India’s most patriotic browser; Typhoon-like gang targets Taiwan; Japan debates offensive cyber-ops; and more Security23 Mar 2025 | 19
India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more to ride Rideshare companies said it isn’t happening. Lawmakers aren’t convinced Public Sector14 Mar 2025 | 22
India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors Asia in Brief PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more Security09 Mar 2025 | 7
India's top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers Asia In Brief PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more Virtualization03 Mar 2025 | 5
Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world Cyber-crime18 Feb 2025 | 13
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 Security10 Feb 2025 | 16
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more! Security09 Feb 2025 | 11
Singapore says Nvidia's astounding local sales don't mean it's the source of DeepSeek's GPUs Asia In Brief PLUS: Chinese bus lanes put Tesla in a tangle; India drops electronics tariffs; Samsung worries about soft demand AI + ML03 Feb 2025 | 15
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 Systems24 Jan 2025 | 20
When food delivery apps reached Indonesia, everyone put on weight Asia In Brief PLUS: Salt Typhoon and IT worker scammers sanctioned; Alibaba Cloud’s K8s go global; Amazon acquires Indian BNPL company Software20 Jan 2025 | 5
India becomes just fourth country to dock satellites in orbit As the ESA celebrates planned break-up of its solar blotter-spotter Science16 Jan 2025 | 14
Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs Asia In Brief Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids; TSMC set to open Japan fab; and more On-Prem16 Dec 2024 | 51
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 Networks11 Dec 2024 | 34
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 Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge Asia in Brief Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Software01 Dec 2024 | 37
Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly Legal29 Nov 2024 | 13
Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online 'See you in court', defendant posts Legal28 Nov 2024 | 29
India spending $170M to take its tax system paperless by rebuilding three legacy systems Let's see how this goes Software28 Nov 2024 | 11
China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space Asia In Brief Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more Off-Prem24 Nov 2024 | 5
India's Moon orbiter was shifted suddenly to avoid Korea's and NASA's craft Apparently there's not enough space in space Science22 Nov 2024 | 31
Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth Offbeat21 Nov 2024 | 87
India slaps Meta with five-year ban on sharing info from WhatsApp for ads Shouldn't have abused messaging dominance, Zuck Public Sector19 Nov 2024 | 6
Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk On-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 85
Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4
Apple beats expectations, but drops in China India saw an all-time revenue record and is poised for four more physical stores Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 3
Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2024 | 15
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
Manifest file destiny: Declare your funding needs via JSON India-based stockbroker Zerodha pledges $1M a year for open source projects Software17 Oct 2024 | 2
Wipro orders hybrid work as other tech giants make full-time pants-wearing mandatory India's services giants think their consultants can serve you from wherever On-Prem17 Oct 2024 | 11
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India's Reserve Bank boss Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 6
Indonesia orders Apple, Google to take down Chinese bargain app Temu Plus: Infosys stops sending job offer emails; Singtel outage; Australia to require ransomware payment reveals Applications13 Oct 2024 | 3
Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India's Star Health Updated Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online Cyber-crime11 Oct 2024 | 1
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
Fire halts production at Indian iPhone factory Tata was about to double the workforce at the plant Personal Tech01 Oct 2024 | 4
India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone' Systems30 Sep 2024 | 1
Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 5
India flips the switch on three homebrew supercomputers Rudra machines use local designs for server, interconnect, and cooling – but seemingly not a planned 96-core Arm CPU HPC27 Sep 2024 | 1
India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech And hints at revised rules to come later this year Systems26 Sep 2024 | 7
India funds Moon lander, space station module, and Venus orbiter Wants lunar sample return within three years, Venus launch in 2028, orbiting hab in 2035, boots on Luna five years later Science25 Sep 2024 | 10
Lenovo turns to India as source of AI servers Another win for the Make In India policy, but a small one in terms of product volume Systems19 Sep 2024 | 2
IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says We did warn you, Big Blue tells The Reg, as Cisco also cuts staff as promised Off-Prem18 Sep 2024 | 69
Bank fines HPE's financial services arm in India Alleges its governance was MIA and its KYC SNAFU Public Sector16 Sep 2024 | 2
Samsung faces strikes in India, amid reports of global layoffs Union alleges work conditions are like solitary confinement and violence is common at Tamil Nadu plant Legal12 Sep 2024 | 1
India to train 5,000 'Cyber Commandos' Minister reckons dedicated cops necessary to protect digital transactions Security11 Sep 2024 | 2
US spends CHIPS Act cash to explore Indian chipmaking collabs Starting with an analysis of what India has to offer, which is plenty Public Sector10 Sep 2024 | 6
Huawei debuts triple-folding Mate XT smartphone Asia In Brief Plus: 550MW more DCs for India; Australia poised to use decryption powers; Indonesia creates cyber warfare unit Personal Tech09 Sep 2024 | 9