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
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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 | 17
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 | 19
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
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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
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 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 | 30
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
'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
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