Search engine giant Google has joined 30 other tech companies to protect the work visas for spouses of highly skilled tech immigrants, a measure that will help Indian techies in America
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The ambition exists across the region. Young Indian companies are building rocket engines and computer chips, products India has long bought from abroad. Pakistan sent a delegation to Silicon Valley to show what its technology industry can do
Where Is India's Apple? A Nation's Strategic Independence is Directly Proportional to its Economic Independence
A country can only be as independent in its diplomacy as it is in its economy. A nation that imports its phones, its chips and much of its energy, will always have less room to manoeuvre than one that makes what the world needs.
China's Open-Source AI Initiative and the Limits of BRICS Consensus
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AI on the Battlefield: The Mirage of Unlimited Capability
The AI revolution may indeed change warfare. But the laws of physics, engineering and economics have not been repealed. AI may be extraordinarily powerful in the data centre. The real challenge is carrying that capability to the battlefield.
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