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Mint Explainer | What is behind Perplexity's $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Google hasn't put Chrome up for sale, but antitrust proceedings could force its parent, Alphabet, to look for buyers. While Perplexity wants Chrome for its access to over 3 billi... Read More


Mint Explainer | TCS layoffs, slowdowns, and AI disruption: Why IT jobs are vanishing

New Delhi, July 29 -- India's $30 billion IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is laying off 12,000 employees, signalling a deeper churn in an industry grappling with the twin forces of artif... Read More


Mint Explainer: Can AI diagnose you better than a doctor?

New Delhi, July 24 -- Few sectors are witnessing AI's disruptive power as dramatically as healthcare. Trained on millions of historical patient records, advanced AI models are now matching-and in some... Read More


Mint Explainer: Will FY26 be a washout year for the IT services industry?

New Delhi, July 17 -- Early results from the first quarter point to a challenging and even unpredictable roadmap ahead for the $280 billion IT business, driven by cautious client spending, tariff-rela... Read More


Primer | Capgemini's WNS buyout: Not any old IT-BPO deal

New Delhi, July 11 -- IT-BPO mergers and acquisitions are not new. But the $3.3 billion WNS buyout by French major Capgemini signals the impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having on global bu... Read More


After assembling 99% of its phones, India faces a harder manufacturing test

New Delhi, June 22 -- Over the past decade, India's electronics manufacturing sector has been defined by one thing: the mobile phone. From 2014 to 2024, the country went from assembling less than 30% ... Read More