An overview of detailed AI usage reports from OpenAI and others, as Microsoft's AI for Good Lab estimates that 15% of the world's working population is using AI
New data shows the ways millions have integrated the technology into their everyday lives More than 18bn messages are sent to ChatGPT every week.
Despite a setback in the US DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue Big Tech antitrust cases while defending US tech companies overseas
Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president — Donald Trump has slapped down European tech rules and promised to slash regulation at home.
Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned $99.6M by buying the $MELANIA memecoin in the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump posted about the coin on January 19
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Sources: Apple plans to move assembly of all US-sold iPhones, ~60M/year, to India by the end of 2026, as President Trump's trade war pushes a pivot from China
FT Exclusive: Tech giant plans to shift assembly as soon as next year in response to Donald Trump's trade war
A look at Apple's quiet pivot to India, where Foxconn now makes the iPhone 16 Pro; sources say China views Apple's growing business in India with suspicion
As Donald Trump was preparing to take office for the first time in 2017, Priyank Kharge was busy making calls to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino …
K Krithivasan, the CEO of Indian IT giant TCS, says there will be “minimal” need for call centers in as soon as one year, due to AI chatbots taking on the work
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A look at an Indian court case over Byju Raveendran's control of Byju's, as investors, who voted to remove Raveendran last month, brace for a protracted battle
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Omdia predicts India will be the world's fastest growing digital economy through 2027, recording 9.6% compound annual growth and 12.7% annual digital ad growth
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times : X: @jyots43 and @johnreedwrites See also Mediagazer X: Jyotsna Singh / @jyots43 : Growth in digital advertising is rocketing in India, as markete...
Internal presentation: Google plans to deploy generative AI in ads, allowing advertisers to supply creative material which will be “remixed” to create campaigns
Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products
A look at the India Stack, a set of government-backed APIs on which third parties can build apps integrated with state services for payments, loans, and more
New Delhi has pioneered a new approach to online infrastructure in its drive to connect 1.4bn. But there are privacy and data protection concerns Tweets: @akothari , @lakshmishaks...
Sources: Apple's India expansion has been slow due to logistics, tariffs, infrastructure, suppliers and officials lacking a “sense of urgency”, and other issues
Apple is hitting stumbling blocks in its effort to increase production in India, as the US tech giant faces pressure to cut its manufacturing reliance on China.
As Apple shifts from China, experts worry India will struggle with iPhone production due to supply chain issues, labor woes, a lack of automation, and more
The tech giant increasingly finds itself beholden to America's biggest geopolitical rival. But is diversification even possible?
How Apple built a supply chain in China over two decades, spending billions and embedding staff in factories, creating a dependence before US tensions escalated
The company spent two decades and billions of dollars building a supply chain of unprecedented sophistication. Now, a reckoning is coming
A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn
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A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn
Funding crunch has triggered mass job cuts of up to 25,000 at country's once-thriving tech companies Tweets: @sushantsin , @financialtimes , @financialtimes , and @johnreedwrites T...
Sources: Jack Ma has been living in central Tokyo for nearly six months, keeping public activities to a minimum, after China's crackdown on tech and businessmen
Billionaire has spent almost six months in Japan after largely disappearing from public view
An in-depth look at North Korea's crypto cyber crime, used to support the regime: hacking Axie Infinity and Bangladesh Bank, running a fraudulent ICO, and more
without hurting its position in the global economy owing to its isolation https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... Christian Davies / @crsdavies : Cryptocurrency theft has be...
A look at India's plan to build a wholly local supply chain, as its IT minister says the government is “actively encouraging and supporting” Apple's investments
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Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple may be able to supply the US market, or ~25% of global shipments, from assembly sites outside of China
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with some new predictions on how Apple can continue to reduce its reliance on China.
Refinitiv: Southeast Asian fintech companies have raised ~$3B across 80 deals so far in 2021, more than in 2020 and 2019 combined
Financial Times : Tweets: @johnreedwrites Tweets: @johnreedwrites : While SEA super-apps Grab and GoTo get all the attention (and tons of funding), fundraising for fintechs in thi...