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Gmail Enters Gemini Era with AI Overviews, Writing Tools & Inbox Prioritisation
18+ hour, 6+ min ago (428+ words) Google on January 8 announced a major update to Gmail, introducing new AI-powered features under what it calls the "Gemini era" of email, to help users manage growing inbox volumes and extract information faster. The new capabilities are powered by Gemini…...
Data Centres Are Hungry for Energy, and India’s Grid Can Feel It
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1544+ words) India's digital infrastructure boom is colliding head-on with an unreliable power infrastructure. As data centres proliferate to support cloud computing, AI workloads, and digital public infrastructure, they are also gradually stressing India's modernising, yet vulnerable, power grid." Unlike industry or…...
Mangaluru’s Cost Advantages Make it an Ideal Data Centre Hub: KDEM–SBP–Deloitte Study
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (620+ words) Mangaluru has emerged as one of India's most cost-efficient and reliable coastal locations for data centres, according to the Mangaluru Data Centre Feasibility Study 2025 released by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, the Silicon Beach Program (SBP), and Deloitte India. The…...
Is India on the Verge of Satellite Phones Adoption? | AIM
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (141+ words) Starlink joins Jio Satellite and OneWeb in the licensed satcom ecosystem "Our role is to work with startups to focus on genuine AI solutions that tackle India's population-scale challenges." More than a year after the launch of the IndiaAI mission,…...
Govt Withdraws Directive to Pre-Install Sanchar Saathi App | AIM
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (401+ words) After directing mobile phone makers on December 1 to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on new devices, the Department of Telecommunications has now reversed course. The government has withdrawn the mandatory pre-installation requirement.Industry groups and privacy experts had raised concerns…...
Sanchar Saathi Shouldn't Turn into a Tool for State Surveillance | AIM
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1302+ words) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed that every new smartphone sold in India must come with the government controlled Sanchar Saathi app preinstalled, visible on first boot, and manufacturers need to ensure that features shall not be disabled or…...
AWS, Google Cloud Announce Joint Multicloud Networking Solution | AIM
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (468+ words) AWS and Google Cloud have introduced a jointly engineered multicloud networking solution that allows organisations to establish private, high-speed connectivity between the two platforms in minutes, moving away from the traditional, hardware-heavy setup that often took weeks or months. The…...
Maharashtra Becomes First Indian State to Partner with Starlink for Satellite Internet Services | AIM
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (318+ words) Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to sign a partnership with Elon Musk's Starlink to deploy satellite-based internet services across remote and underserved regions. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced on X that the state government has signed…...
Indian Navy Has Stronger Comms Now with GSAT-7R Launch | AIM
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (460+ words) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Indian Navy's GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission carried out on November 2 aims to enhance the Navy's space-based communications and maritime domain awareness…...
BSNL, Viasat Tighten Partnership for Satellite Tech & UAV Services | AIM
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) BSNL and Viasat India have launched a collaboration to promote satellite communication skills and commercial uncrewed aircraft (UAV) services in India. The initiative involves training and industry-readiness programmes at BSNL's Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training (BRBRAITT)…...