Microsoft’s abrupt suspension of cloud service access to Nayara Energy, a leading Indian oil refiner, has sent shockwaves through the global technology and energy sectors, shining a spotlight on the increasingly complex interplay between geopolitics, corporate structure, and digital sovereignty...
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For the international tech community, few stories highlight the evolving social conscience—and the resulting turbulence—within the world’s biggest technology firms quite as sharply as the saga of Vaniya Agrawal. This Indian-American software engineer came to symbolize both the courage and the...
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A Week in Consumer Tech: Microsoft's Copilot Reinvents Productivity, Apple Faces Political Heat, and the Global EV Arms Race Intensifies
Every week in the consumer technology realm is a masterclass in disruption, but the window of April 21 through April 25, 2024, arguably encapsulates the...
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