Apps Culture & Policy News Russia threatens to ban WhatsApp again, lawmakers call it a ‘Security Threat Russian lawmakers have reportedly called WhatsApp a threat to national security and… Ashutosh SinghJuly 18, 20252 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Amazon lays off hundreds of employees from cloud unit AWS amid restructuring: Report Amazon has reportedly laid off several hundred employees from its cloud computing… Ashutosh SinghJuly 18, 20252 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Meta settles $8Bn privacy lawsuit involving Zuckerberg and other top executives: Report Social Media juggernaut Meta and several of its top executives, including CEO… Ashutosh SinghJuly 17, 20252 minute read
A.I. Business China Culture & Policy News NVIDIA to resume H20 chip exports to China as US assures license approval Nvidia, which recently made history as the world’s first $4 trillion company,… Ashutosh SinghJuly 16, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News EU releases ‘AI Code of Practice’ to help companies prepare ahead of AI Act enforcement in August The European Union has released a new ‘AI Code of Practice’, aimed… Ashutosh SinghJuly 11, 20253 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Global News Linda Yaccarino resigns as CEO of Elon Musk’s X amid continued financial troubles Linda Yaccarino announced on July 9 that she is stepping down as… Ashutosh SinghJuly 9, 20253 minute read
Culture & Policy News Apple COO Jeff Williams steps down, current VP for Ops Sabih Khan to take over Apple has announced a leadership transition, with Jeff Williams, the company’s long-serving… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 9, 20253 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Intel plans to lay off over 500 in Oregon amid financial and AI stress Intel is planning to lay off more than 500 employees in Oregon… Ashutosh SinghJuly 9, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy News X says Indian Govt. mandated mass account suspensions including Reuters, Govt. denies Social media censorship debate recently caught heat in India when the official… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 9, 20253 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News Ruoming Pang, Apple’s head of fundational models, has reportedly joined Meta’s AI team After having spent millions to hire many of OpenAI’s top AI team,… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 8, 20253 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News TikTok could launch a US-only version with a different algorithm ahead of possible sale TikTok is reportedly developing a new version of its app that will… Ashutosh SinghJuly 7, 20252 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Apple challenges €500 million EU fine in court over App Store rules Apple has filed a legal challenge against the €500 million (~ $587… Ashutosh SinghJuly 7, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News Grok, despite ‘improvements’, continues to be politically divisive Grok, xAI’s answer to the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini, continues to… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 7, 20253 minute read
A.I. Business Culture & Policy News US to restrict AI chip exports to Malaysia and Thailand over China bypass concerns: Report The United States is reportedly planning to impose new restrictions on the… Ashutosh SinghJuly 5, 20252 minute read
China Culture & Policy News US has reportedly ended chip design software export curbs on China Siemens, the German tech conglomerate, has been notified by the US government… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 3, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy News Microsoft to lay off 9,000 more employees, Xbox among most affected Microsoft plans to cut around 9,000 more jobs, affecting roughly 4% of… Ashutosh SinghJuly 2, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News Zuckerberg internally announces formation of ‘Meta Superintelligence Labs’ to build human-level AI: Report Meta has reportedly internally announced the formation of a new advanced AI… Ashutosh SinghJuly 1, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy News Trump teases a group of “very wealthy people” as potential buyers for TikTok US operations It seems the US-TikTok drama may soon come to an end –… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News Microsoft faces lawsuit from authors over alleged unauthorised use of content for training AI models After Meta and Anthropic, it is now Microsoft’s turn to face an… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Elon Musk bans hashtags in X ads starting June 27, calls them ‘esthetic nightmare’ Elon Musk has announced that starting June 27, 2025, hashtags will no… Ashutosh SinghJune 27, 20252 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Security US House bans WhatsApp on official devices, citing stored message vulnerabilities: Report The US House of Representatives has reportedly banned the use of WhatsApp… Ashutosh SinghJune 24, 20252 minute read
