Technology - general

Samsung SDI Wins $1.36 Billion U.S. Battery Order as Pivot to Grid Storage Accelerates

By Cygnus | 10 Dec 2025

Samsung SDI signs a $1.36 billion deal to supply LFP batteries for U.S. energy storage systems, converting EV production lines in Indiana to meet grid demand.

Tata Electronics partners with Intel to manufacture and assemble semiconductors in India

By Cygnus | 09 Dec 2025

Tata Electronics and Intel sign MoU to manufacture and assemble chips in India. Read about the deal covering Dholera, Assam, and AI PC production.

IBM to acquire data streaming giant Confluent in $11 bn deal to power 'Agentic AI'

By Axel Miller | 09 Dec 2025

IBM agrees to acquire data streaming leader Confluent for $11 billion to accelerate its 'Agentic AI' strategy. Read about the $31/share deal, the shift to real-time data infrastructure, and the market reaction.

Google Expands Taiwan Presence With New AI Engineering Centre

By Axel Miller | 20 Nov 2025

Google has opened a major new AI infrastructure hardware engineering centre in Taiwan—its largest outside the United States—marking a significant boost

Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations Following Major Tech Outage

By Axel Miller | 24 Oct 2025

Alaska Airlines has successfully restored flight operations early Friday, bringing an end to a widespread technology outage that had temporarily grounded flights across its entire network.

Google Set to Bring Android to PCs and Laptops in New Collaboration with Qualcomm

By Axel Miller | 25 Sep 2025

Google is taking a major step to expand Android beyond smartphones and tablets, signaling a potential shift in the personal computing landscape.

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to Build $500 Billion Stargate AI Data Centers Across U.S.

By Axel Miller | 24 Sep 2025

OpenAI, Oracle, and Japan’s SoftBank have unveiled plans to construct five new artificial intelligence data centers in the United States, marking a major step

New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Tests U.S. Tech's Global Talent Strategy

By Axel Miller | 22 Sep 2025

The ability to attract top global talent has long been a key advantage for U.S. tech giants, but that equation is now being put to the test.

Huawei Unveils Chip and Computing Power Roadmap in Direct Challenge to Nvidia

By Cygnus | 18 Sep 2025

Huawei has laid out its long-term semiconductor and computing strategy, signaling China’s determination to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers

Panasonic Targets Breakthrough EV Battery Within Two Years

By Axel Miller | 18 Sep 2025

Panasonic is racing to deliver a next-generation electric vehicle (EV) battery within the next two years, a move that could significantly extend driving ranges and reshape competition in the EV market.

Apple’s China iPhone Sales Dip Ahead of iPhone 17 Launch

By Cygnus | 17 Sep 2025

Apple Inc. saw its iPhone sales in China fall 6% in the weeks leading up to the launch of the iPhone 17, a sharper decline than typically observed ahead of a new flagship release.

Exclusive: Nvidia’s RTX6000D AI Chip Struggles to Gain Traction in China

By Axel Miller | 16 Sep 2025

Nvidia’s latest China-specific AI chip, the RTX6000D, is receiving a muted response from the country’s biggest technology firms, according to people familiar with procurement talks

Musk’s Starlink Restores Service After Brief Outage Impacting Thousands

By Cygnus | 15 Sep 2025

Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, has returned to normal operations after a short-lived outage that left tens of thousands of users offline on Monday.

Spotify Revives Messaging Feature to Boost Engagement and Stay Ahead of Rivals

By Axel Miller | 26 Aug 2025

Spotify is bringing back in-app messaging for both free and premium users, aiming to deepen user engagement and strengthen its competitive edge in the crowded music streaming market.

Oracle Trims 150+ Cloud Jobs as AI Push Drives Up Costs

By Axel Miller | 14 Aug 2025

Oracle Corp. has cut more than 150 jobs in its cloud division, a move that underscores the balancing act tech companies face

Musk Warns of Legal Action Against Apple Over App Store Rankings

By Axel Miller | 12 Aug 2025

Elon Musk is accusing Apple of suppressing competition within its App Store. On Monday, the billionaire said his artificial intelligence

China’s State Media Questions Security of Nvidia H20 Chips

By Cygnus | 11 Aug 2025

A Chinese state media-linked account has raised fresh concerns over the security and quality of Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chips

Isro launches Nasa-Isro high-precision earth monitoring satellite NISAR

By Unnikrishnan | 31 Jul 2025

ndian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday launched the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)

Widespread Microsoft SharePoint Server Hack Exposes Global Organizations to Cyber Threat

By Axel Miller | 22 Jul 2025

A recently discovered cyber-espionage campaign exploiting Microsoft SharePoint server software has compromised about 100 organizations worldwide

Nvidia Nearly Becomes World’s Most Valuable Company Amid AI Boom

By Cygnus | 04 Jul 2025

Nvidia came close to making history on Thursday, briefly hitting a staggering $3.92 trillion market valuation—just shy of becoming the most valuable company of all time.

India to launch Rs1 lakh crore research, development and innovation scheme

By Unnikrishnan | 02 Jul 2025

The union cabinet has approved a scheme, with a corpus of Rs1 lakh crore, to scale up research, development and innovation (RDI) in strategic and sunrise sectors

Qantas faces major data breach: 6 million customer records exposed

By Cygnus | 02 Jul 2025

Australia’s flag‑carrier is dealing with its largest cybersecurity incident in years after an attacker accessed a third‑party customer‑service platform tied to one of its call centres.

Bengaluru researchers develop solar-powered device to produce hydrogen by splitting water

By Unnikrishnan | 23 Jun 2025

Scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, have developed a scalable model of a new device that uses solar energy to split water molecules to produce green hydrogen.

Elon Musk’s X Corp challenges New York’s hate speech disclosure law in court

By Cygnus | 18 Jun 2025

Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York, arguing that a newly enacted law requiring platforms

UK’s FCA partners with Nvidia to launch AI sandbox for financial innovation

By Cygnus | 09 Jun 2025

Financial companies in the UK will soon have a new platform to explore artificial intelligence tools, thanks to a new initiative from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).