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Neither buyers, nor makers, may benefit from mobile phone duties

New Delhi, July 29 -- The 2024 Union budget's mobile phone import duty reduction has left the domestic smartphone industry in a bit of a limbo-with neither the localization narrative nor import of ful... Read More


Moto Razr 50 Ultra review: A multipurpose party trick with the right gimmicks

New Delhi, July 27 -- There are few names in the consumer technology-verse that are as iconic as the Moto Razr. Way before Steve Jobs changed the mobile phone industry with the Apple iPhone, and Nokia... Read More


In-Space seeks bids from domestic space firms to build, maintain satellites

New Delhi, July 25 -- The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (In-Space), a government-affiliated space projects and incubation body, on Thursday sought initial bids or expression... Read More


Meta prioritizes open-source play, native Hindi support to counter OpenAI, Google

New Delhi, July 25 -- On Tuesday, Meta unveiled its latest generation of Llama 3.1 foundational AI models. Amid a routine upgrade to its models, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg emphasized expanding localiz... Read More


Critical minerals push to benefit battery-makers, electronics firms

New Delhi, July 24 -- India's battery-makers, recyclers and electronics companies stand to gain from the proposed critical minerals mission and duty-free imports of cobalt, copper, lithium and nickel,... Read More


Tech, engineering jobs to be driven by GCCs as IT services remain muted

New Delhi, July 22 -- A ramp-up in the number of global capability centres (GCCs) is serving India well, creating jobs at a time when IT services companies, India's largest mass recruiter of fresher t... Read More


Mint Primer: Tech blackouts and the need for total protection

New Delhi, July 22 -- Last Friday, a global tech blackout spread like wildfire, bringing down airports, hospitals, banks, etc. This wasn't the first blackout. But as a growing number of systems become... Read More


Economic Survey: India seeks China FDI to boost electronics exports globally

New Delhi, July 22 -- India is looking to focus on foreign investments from China as a "more promising" strategy to boost its electronics exports globally, the Economic Survey 2024 tabled in Parliamen... Read More


Laptops can lure buyers with AI, but phones a pricey call

New Delhi, July 17 -- On 10 June, Apple launched what it called 'Apple Intelligence'-a feature that will bring generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities to the company's iPhones, iPadtab... Read More


Electronics industry seeks up to Rs.50k cr incentives in Budget

New Delhi, July 17 -- India's domestic technology and electronics ecosystem is seeking incentives of up to Rs.50,000 crore in the upcoming Union Budget 2024 to create a local supply chain of component... Read More