Curbing Misinformation Critical in Age of AI, Will Act Against Misleading Content: YouTube India Director

Curbing Misinformation Critical in Age of AI, Will Act Against Misleading Content: YouTube India Director

YouTube on Wednesday said curbing misinformation is critical for platforms and society as tech evolves and AI powered tools come in, and asserted that the video streaming platform will act swiftly against technically manipulated content that aims to mislead users and cause real world harm. YouTube has has well established…

MG Comet EV ‘Gamer Edition’ With Gaming-Inspired Design and Interiors Launched in India

MG Comet EV ‘Gamer Edition’ With Gaming-Inspired Design and Interiors Launched in India

MG Comet EV is now available in a special ‘Gamer Edition’ trim, which is designed to appeal to gamers and young buyers. Priced at Rs. 64,999 over and above the base cost of the car itself, the Gamer Edition is available across all three variants of the MG Comet EV…

Tesla Asked to Emulate Apple in Finding Indian Firms to Partner Chinese Suppliers for Electric Car Factory

Tesla Asked to Emulate Apple in Finding Indian Firms to Partner Chinese Suppliers for Electric Car Factory

As Tesla examines building a plant in India, officials have asked the company to emulate Apple in finding local firms to partner with any Chinese suppliers involved, according to three government sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Tesla has been in talks with India for weeks about setting up…

Micron Executive Discusses Plans to Bolster Chip Manufacturing in India With PM Modi

Micron Executive Discusses Plans to Bolster Chip Manufacturing in India With PM Modi

Micron Technology Chief Sanjay Mehrotra called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed plans to bolster the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem within India. The Micron Technology Chief met the Prime Minister in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.  He is in India to attend the three-day ‘SemiconIndia 2023‘ conference, which kicked off here…

Foldable Smartphones Market Share in India to Quadruple by 2025: Counterpoint Research

Foldable Smartphones Market Share in India to Quadruple by 2025: Counterpoint Research

Foldable smartphones market share in the ultra-premium segment, priced above Rs. 45,000 apiece, is expected to grow more than four times to 35 percent in India, Counterpoint Research said on Friday. Foldable smartphones market share in the first half of 2023 stood at about 8 percent, the market research firm…

Vedanta Chairman Says Their  Billion Made-in-India Chip Will Be Ready in 2.5 Years

Vedanta Chairman Says Their $5 Billion Made-in-India Chip Will Be Ready in 2.5 Years

Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal on Friday said that the first phase of its semiconductor project will involve a $5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,300 crore) investment of the overall $20-billion (roughly Rs. 1,64,500 crore) outlay, and the venture will be ready with made-in-India chip in two and a half years….

China’s BYD Tells India JV Partner It Wants to Drop  Billion EV Investment Plan

China’s BYD Tells India JV Partner It Wants to Drop $1 Billion EV Investment Plan

China’s BYD has told its India joint-venture partner it would shelve plans for a new $1-billion (roughly Rs. 8,225 crore) investment to build electric cars after its investment proposal faced scrutiny from New Delhi, two people with knowledge of the discussions said. BYD and its partner, privately held Megha Engineering and…

US Chipmaker AMD to Invest 0 Million in India Over Next 5 Years, Will Set Up Design Centre in Bengaluru

US Chipmaker AMD to Invest $400 Million in India Over Next 5 Years, Will Set Up Design Centre in Bengaluru

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million (roughly Rs. 3,290 crore) in India over the next five years and will build its largest design centre in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an…

Indian Games Industry Calls for Distinction From Real Money Games in Letter to PMO Over ‘Online Games’ Tax

Indian Games Industry Calls for Distinction From Real Money Games in Letter to PMO Over ‘Online Games’ Tax

Earlier this month, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) council implemented a 28 percent tax on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama, on July 11, announced the new taxation policy, adding that tax would be levied on the full face value of transactions, which included the…