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New York Times - Oct 22, 2026

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India’s AI market is expected to see a shift in demand towards debt financing for data centres and computing infrastructure. At the same time, the sector faces several risks, including the rapid obsoleteness of graphics processing units (GPUs), uncertain revenue models and evolving governance regulations, as per a report by Union Bank of India.

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Oct 22, 2026

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Vivo X500 Ultra is tipped to feature a 200MP telephoto camera with a larger 1/1.2-inch sensor, potentially improving low-light photography over the X300 Ultra. The upcoming flagship could pack a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, an 8,000mAh battery and a 6.85-inch LTPO AMOLED display.

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Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. During the incident, Storm-0940 used ARTEX, a Go-based agentic AI penetration testing framework that was made closed-source in the wake of its abuse against South Korean financial institutions, to speed up scanning and

In absence of sovereign buyers, Indian chip firms find clients in Japan, EU

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Tata Electronics, Kaynes Semicon and CG Semi are pursuing overseas customers as domestic semiconductor demand remains limited, highlighting the gap between India’s chipmaking ambitions and commercial scale.

How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

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Telcos seek AI-led service quality monitoring, want rethink of traditional drive tests

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China’s Unitree unveils ‘guardian’ robot that can disarm attackers, lift cars

Oct 22, 2026

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Trump's green card curbs test Indian tech workers' American dream

Oct 21, 2026

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With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.

Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

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Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.

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Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.

Meta puts Muse agent at heart of AI strategy, plans new stock to power investments

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