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India's Data Centre Boom Outpaces Power Planning
As data centres expand rapidly, rising energy demand strains grids and threatens India’s clean-power ambitions, warns a parliamentary panel.
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Google Rolls Out AI Mode Agentic Features in India, Enables Restaurant Booking via Search
Google on Friday announced the rollout of agentic capabilities in AI Mode in India. The update introduces the ability to discover and book restaurant reservations directly through Search. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, it is aimed at achieving a practical use case by helping users complete real-world tasks more efficiently. Google claims the new agentic capabilities can handle multi-step queries and reduce the effort required to search across platforms manually.
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Y Combinator Partners with Emergent and Polaris School of Technology to Foster Early-Stage Talent in India
This collaboration introduces the Vibecon Student Track, a hackathon where participants can pitch their innovative ideas and connect with YC.
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Amazon Ramps AI Investments with $200 Bn Capex Plan, Says Andy Jassy
The chips division has reached an annual revenue run rate of over $20 billion, growing at triple-digit rates.
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OpenAI’s New $100 Plan Brings 5x More Codex Usage
OpenAI also reset rate limits for current $200 tier members to ensure uninterrupted service during the transition.
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Govt Has Introduced a New Portal for Tech MSMEs to Access US Market
The India–US Trade Facilitation Portal aims to simplify compliance, link exporters to US buyers, boost services and SME access.
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India’s IT Layoff Wave Revives Debate Over Taxing Severance Pay
Layoffs and AI shocks revive calls to exempt severance pay from tax as worker protection gaps widen.
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The 2.4% Revenue Fall at TCS Signals Indian IT's AI Nightmare
Strong deal wins mask a deeper shift as AI-led efficiency begins to compress traditional IT services revenue.
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Intel and Google Bet on CPUs Again for AI Infrastructure
The companies said Intel Xeon CPUs will continue to power Google Cloud systems across AI, inference, and general-purpose workloads.
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Alibaba Quietly Tops Global AI Video Charts as OpenAI's Sora Fades
Alibaba has launched its new model, HappyHorse-1.0, quietly topping global video charts just as OpenAI’s Sora project shuts down.
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Meet Harshita Arora, Y Combinator’s Youngest General Partner at 25
A self-taught dropout, from Saharanpur, Arora built, scaled, and now backs startups, rewriting Silicon Valley’s playbook.
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