Here is how you can safe your phone – Firstpost

Google says the network was being used by cybercriminals to secretly route their activity through unsuspecting users’ devices, creating “invisible tunnels” that masked their true identity online. In one of its biggest cybersecurity crackdowns yet, Google has taken down IPIDEA, a sprawling proxy network accused of hijacking millions of computers and smartphones worldwide. Google says the […]

Tech firms seek push for AI, innovation, digital infrastructure – Firstpost

Technology firms are expecting the Union Budget 2026-27 to push for development of the AI ecosystem, including innovation, digital infrastructure, across sectors, and provide liquidity in the market for its adoption. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget on Sunday in Parliament. The Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on January 29 has recognised Artificial Intelligence […]

Centre launches Bharat Vistaar to boost use of AI among farmers – Firstpost

Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launches Bharat Vistaar, a multilingual AI agriculture tool to enhance farm productivity, reduce risk for farmers. Along with other AI and tech advances, the Union Budget 2026-2027 also highlights the need of AI in the agricultural sector, and among the farmers. Speaking at the assembly, FM Nirmala Sitharaman launches Bharat Vistaar for […]

FM announces rare earth corridor in 4 states – Firstpost

Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking at the Union Budget 2026-2027, announced a rare earth corridor in 4 states, Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. This corridor aims to strengthen domestic manufacturing and reduce dependance on imports. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget 2026-27 address, announced the creation of dedicated rare earth corridors to […]

FM announces India semiconductor mission 2.0 – Firstpost

At the Union Budget 2026-2027, Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the second wave of the India semiconductor mission, allocating Rs 40,000 crore. Speaking at the Union Budget 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Indian Semiconductor Mission will continue into the new fiscal year with a fresh allocation of Rs 40,000 crore under Semiconductor Mission […]

AI just got its own social network — and humans aren’t invited – Firstpost

Artificial intelligence has officially gone social, but without humans. A new platform called Moltbook has emerged as a social network designed entirely for AI agents to talk, share ideas, and debate with each other. Ordinary users can only observe these machine-led conversations from the outside, and that’s what makes it both fascinating and unsettling. In recent […]

SpaceX seeks FCC nod for solar-powered satellite data centers for AI – Firstpost

SpaceX’s request bets heavily on reduced costs of Starship, the company’s next-generation reusable rocket under development. Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission. The filing on Friday was posted […]

DeepSeek receives conditional approval to purchase Nvidia H200 GPUs – Firstpost

China has approved DeepSeek to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips under regulatory conditions still being finalised, marking a breakthrough in US-China tech tensions despite strong domestic demand and Beijing’s previous import hesitation. China has given its top AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips with regulatory conditions that are still being finalised, […]