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Bill Gates wants some work kept permanently or temporarily in human hands, even when AI can perform it. Here is how his “Human Reserved” proposal and AI tax would work—and why both would be difficult to implement.
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Paytm Payments Services has applied to the RBI for a prepaid payment instrument licence. Approval would restore a key consumer product, but under a structure separated from the shuttered payments bank.
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TSMC is increasing its planned US investment to $265 billion as AI demand accelerates. The Arizona expansion strengthens domestic manufacturing but cannot eliminate global supply-chain dependence overnight.
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India has approved ₹1.28 lakh crore in fresh semiconductor support. The opportunity is large, but execution now depends on materials, equipment, talent and commercially viable plants.
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India’s smartphone shipments fell 10% in the second quarter of 2026 as soaring memory costs drove up handset prices. The sharpest pain was below ₹15,000, showing how the AI infrastructure boom is reaching price-sensitive consumers.
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China's cheap GLM-5.2 model is now rivaling US frontier AI, fueling a global supercompute race in 2026. Here's what the shift means for India and the West.
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Epic, Steam and Prime Gaming are giving away a dozen titles this week in 2026, but the clock is ticking. Here's the full list before these offers disappear.
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Hackers stole 35GB of Accenture's source code, keys and tokens in 2026's biggest consulting breach. Here's exactly what happened and how to protect your stack.
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Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is back online after a 3-week export freeze, now with a new jailbreak-blocking classifier. Here's what changed and why it matters.
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NVIDIA and SK Hynix just signed a multiyear memory deal to fuel the AI buildout. Here's why this partnership could decide who wins the AI hardware race.
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TCS, Infosys, Wipro and peers have shed over 46% of market value since 2024 as AI eats services demand. Here's the data behind India's IT reckoning.
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RBI is rolling out a fraud kill switch and higher UPI merchant limits in 2026. Here's exactly how the changes protect your money and what merchants must know.
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