Huawei Technologies Co. said it has come up with a new pathway to shorten its gap with industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., potentially achieving a breakthrough in making advanced…
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Flipkart bets games and AI can turn Bharat’s next internet users into shoppers
BENGALURU: Flipkart is betting that the next phase of Indian e-commerce growth will depend less on discounts and delivery speeds and more on getting millions of smaller-town consumers comfortable buying…
India’s solar export boom collapses as US tariffs bite
Mumbai: Tariff uncertainty and duties in the US have crushed India’s solar module exports, erasing a multi-billion-dollar high-margin export opportunity at a time when India is trying to reduce its…
Visa-backed PayMate ties unpaid employee dues to long-pending DigiAsia deal, funding
PayMate India Ltd, the B2B payments company backed by Visa Inc. and Lightbox Ventures, has been unable to pay employees their full salaries for as long as 12 months. The…
India’s EV cell makers see first real shot at closing China price gap
New Delhi: India’s lithium-ion cell makers, which are used in electric vehicles (EVs) and battery storage systems, are seeking to narrow the price gap with Chinese rivals through local supplier…
Top IT firms’ H-1B visas slump 40%, TCS worst hit while Infosys gains
For the 1.9 million employees at India’s top IT services firms, the American dream is getting harder to pursue. The companies’ H-1B visa approvals have fallen sharply this year as…
AI was supposed to cut costs. Microsoft and Uber are finding it is more expensive than paying human employees
Microsoft has reportedly begun cancelling the majority of its direct Claude Code licences, redirecting its engineering workforce towards GitHub Copilot CLI instead. The reversal comes only six months after the…
ECB Convenes Banks to Fix Flaws Exposed by AI Models, FT Says
(Bloomberg) — The European Central Bank plans to press lenders to accelerate efforts to secure their IT systems after organizing a meeting on cybersecurity risks with the latest artificial intelligence…
Toyota says Brazil’s customer-first formula shows India how to make E-100 Work
As rising crude volatility, geopolitical tensions in West Asia and tighter CAFE III fuel-efficiency norms force India to accelerate alternatives to petrol and diesel, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has made a…
Corporate India’s crisis economics rewrites B-School hiring; variable pay jumps to 40% killing old MBA formula
With barely six months left before final placements for the 2026–27 cycle begin, Rishab Sharma, a final-year MBA student at one of India’s top business schools, is scrambling to learn…