India's chip design workforce could grow significantly as Marvell plans to double headcount

Marvell Technology will invest $250 million in India over three years, doubling its workforce and expanding offices in Bengaluru and Hyderabad to advance AI and cloud chip design.

Enterprise AI buyers may face new security certification requirements from vendors

Microsoft, Nvidia, SpaceX, and Palantir have joined the newly formed Open Secure AI Alliance alongside dozens of U.S. and European tech companies. The group aims to set shared AI security standards as fallout from a cyber attack on OpenAI pushes the industry toward coordinated defenses.

India's Rs 27,000 crore military satellite programme could create steady revenue for private space firms

Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 became India's first privately built rocket to reach orbit, making India only the third country after the US and China with a private orbital launch capability.

Chip design startups could access ₹50 crore to ₹100 crore in co-investment under ISM 2.0

India has approved a ₹1.25 lakh crore ISM 2.0 that replaces the earlier grant-only model with a grant-plus-equity structure, co-investing alongside private venture capital in fabless chip design startups.

Heat pump market momentum may persist even without federal tax credit support

OpenAI unveiled GPT-Red, an AI tool that automates cyberattack simulations to harden its own models against real-world hackers. Separately, US heat pump sales outpaced natural-gas furnaces by 32 percent in Q1 2026, even after a key federal tax credit for the appliances expired.

India's private space sector may attract new satellite launch contracts from global customers

Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 became India's first privately developed rocket to reach orbit under Mission Aagaman, a landmark for the country's commercial space sector.

India's private space sector may attract more foreign satellite customers seeking affordable launches

Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket reached orbit on July 18, 2026, becoming India's first privately built orbital launch vehicle to succeed under Mission Aagaman.

Businesses using Open USD may convert funds with no minting fees or volume limits

Over 140 firms including Visa, Google, Coinbase, and BlackRock unveiled Open USD, a governance-shared dollar stablecoin with no minting fees and reserve earnings returned to partners.

Smaller Indian AI firms may wait 9-12 months longer for next-gen GPU access

India's AI sector faces a deepening GPU supply crunch, with demand for data centre capacity running at more than double available supply in 2025. Smaller enterprises are being pushed to the back of a tiered allocation system dominated by hyperscalers and sovereign programmes, forcing startups to optimise existing

Businesses using AI agents could lower costs by switching to Sonnet 5 from Opus 4.8

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, which scored 63.2 percent on SWE-bench Pro and offers Opus 4.8-level agentic performance at lower cost. The US government also lifted export controls on the company's advanced Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, restoring international access.

Shallow domestic capital pools may push Indian AI founders to seek funding abroad

Indian AI startups raised $676 million in H1 2026, a more than fourfold jump from $162 million in H1 2025, with deals hitting a six-month high of 57. The surge is policy-driven and investor confidence is rising, but India's total still looks small against OpenAI's $112 billion round and Anthropic's $65 billion raise in

E-rickshaw drivers may be stranded if bad actors disable their vehicles remotely

Viral videos this week showed people using freely available Bluetooth apps to remotely disable Indian electric rickshaws mid-trip by exploiting BMS units with no authentication controls.

MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and Apple TV prices are already higher on Apple's US site

Apple has raised prices on MacBooks, iPads, and Apple TV by up to $300, blaming a surge in memory and storage costs from AI data centre expansion. The announcement sent Apple shares down more than 4.7 percent, with iPhone prices left unchanged for now.

MacBook and iPad buyers in India may pay 20-42% more starting now

Apple has raised MacBook and iPad prices in India by 20% to 42%, citing a sharp surge in memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand. Micron, the leading memory supplier, reported 86% gross margins, confirming that supply pressures have fundamentally shifted component pricing across the consumer electronics

Government equity in AI startups could complicate founder ownership and regulatory neutrality

India's central government will take a 1-2% stake in AI unicorn Sarvam once its $300 million funding round closes, converting compute subsidies provided under the IndiaAI Mission into equity. The move sets a precedent for how the government accounts for public support given to homegrown AI startups.

IPhone apps could open noticeably faster for all iOS 27 users

Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, featuring a redesigned Siri as a standalone app with chat history, apps launching up to 30 percent faster, and a refined Liquid Glass interface. A developer preview is live now, with public release expected around September 2026.

Developers may need to update apps to support new Siri APIs before autumn release

Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote unveiled a fully redesigned Siri and confirmed iOS 27 alongside updates for iPadOS, visionOS, watchOS, and macOS. The Siri overhaul is the most strategically significant move, targeting a competitive gap with Google and Microsoft in AI assistants.

AI songwriting tools could reduce paid work for session musicians and arrangers

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. says AI is now present in virtually every pop and R&B session he attends, with tools generating drums, lyrics, vocals, and full demos.

Mobile banking users in Nepal may lose savings through a single app download

Fraudulent ads offering free FIFA World Cup streams have tricked Nepali users into downloading malware, draining Rs 7.5 million in under two weeks. The malicious apps give hackers access to phones and bank accounts, making this one of the fastest-moving cyber fraud cases tied to a sporting event in Nepal.

Student exam records on CBSE's production servers may have been exposed to unauthorised access

Cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary breached CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal after CERT-In ignored his vulnerability report for over three months and CBSE officials publicly denied any security flaw. He obtained full CRUD and shell access to production servers and uploaded content to the live database as proof.