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A digital interface depicting AI solutions for food distribution, overlaid on a map showing areas of food insecurity.
February 20, 2026 1 min read

UN hopes AI tech can aid the starving as funding collapses

While Silicon Valley gurus high-five over the latest billion-dollar AI breakthrough at lavish global summits, touting its power to revolutionize everything from healthcare to pet rock optimization, the United Nations is left wistfully hoping a chatbot can conjure up missing food aid. It seems the future of humanity's most basic needs now hinges less on compassion and political will, and more on whether an algorithm can convince donors to open their wallets – or perhaps just generate digital bread.

February 20, 2026 1 min read

Beyond the Feed: Meta's New AI Czar Promises a Personal Superintelligence for Everyone

Abstract representation of a digital personal assistant or AI agent, featuring Meta's iconic blue gradient and subtle neural network patterns.

Meta wants to give everyone a 'personal superintelligence.' Wonderful! Will this digital Jeeves finally sort our digital lives with unparalleled efficiency, or simply serve us hyper-targeted ads with unprecedented politeness? The promise is truly tantalizing – an AI agent so attuned to your needs it anticipates desires before you even articulate them. However, the true test will be if these 'personal' agents feel genuinely empowering, or just another, albeit incredibly smart, extension of Meta's vast data-gathering empire.

February 19, 2026 1 min read

Guinness World Record, Microsoft’s $50 billion investment, Google’s America-India Connect and other major announcements on Day 3 of India AI Impact Summit 2026

India AI Impact Summit 2026 logo with global tech giants like Microsoft and Google, showing responsible AI pledges and major investments.

While the rest of the world debates the philosophical implications of AI, India isn't just building it; they're apparently building it with a rulebook so comprehensive it earned a Guinness World Record for 'responsible AI pledges.' Forget the usual tech summit chest-thumping about teraflops and algorithms; Day 3 of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 showed that the real innovation might just be in showing everyone else how to be *good* robots. Microsoft's $50 billion and Google's new 'America-India Connect' suddenly look less like mere investments and more like these giants buying a masterclass in ethical AI.

February 19, 2026 1 min read

Meet the boy who played Karthi & SK’s younger versions

Akshay Krishna, the young actor who played younger versions of Karthi and Sivakarthikeyan.

Ah, the unsung heroes of cinematic origin stories: the 'younger versions.' While the big stars get the glory, it's these precocious talents who shoulder the monumental task of convincing us that today's hardened protagonist once had a gap tooth and an innocent dream. Akshay Krishna isn't just playing a role; he's literally laying the emotional groundwork for Karthi and Sivakarthikeyan, crafting the childhoods that explain their adult motivations. Frankly, it's a job that deserves more than just a fleeting flashback – it deserves its own spin-off series, if only to appreciate the sheer pressure of being a superstar's past.

February 19, 2026 1 min read

Earth Observation: AI's Grand Overture to Planetary Intelligence

Satellite imagery processed by artificial intelligence displaying planetary data.

Forget your high-res satellite photos, folks – they're about to become as quaint as dial-up internet. We're moving beyond merely *looking* at Earth to actually *understanding* it, thanks to AI. Soon, our planet won't just be observed; it'll be *digested*, analyzed, and perhaps even given a digital brain, all while we humans simply sip our artisanal lattes.

February 18, 2026 1 min read

India eyes $200 billion in data center investments as it ramps up its AI hub ambitions

Rows of glowing server racks inside a massive data center, symbolizing India's investment in AI infrastructure.

Let's be real, $200 billion isn't just 'investment'; it's India putting a down payment on becoming the global cloud's landlord – and probably its chief architect too. While everyone else is talking about AI, India's busy building the literal foundations, the digital bunkers, where all that neural network magic will actually happen. It's less about building an AI 'hub' and more about constructing the AI *brain* itself, one blazing-fast, power-hungry server rack at a time. Soon, 'Made in India' won't just apply to software engineers, but to the very digital bedrock of the future.

February 18, 2026 1 min read

Humanoid Robots, Multilingual AI, and More from India AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 2

Humanoid robot interacting with diverse data interfaces and people, symbolizing practical AI applications and multilingual capabilities at India AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 2.

India's AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 2 sounded less like a tech conference and more like a sci-fi convention that accidentally spilled into reality, where factory floors are getting sentient upgrades and your grandmother's regional dialect is suddenly fluent in Python. It's a delightful chaos, proving that while the West obsesses over theoretical general intelligence, India is quietly building an AI ecosystem that actually *works* – and talks back in 22 different languages, no less. Forget the singularity; we're witnessing the practicality.

February 18, 2026 1 min read

IT Stocks Oversold, Capital Markets Remain a Structural Story: Nitin Raheja

Financial chart showing IT stock performance with AI concept overlay, representing investment and growth opportunities.

Alright, folks, let's call a spade a spade: the market's collective freak-out over IT stocks and the boogeyman of AI disruption has become less 'prescient foresight' and more 'mass hysteria at a boy band concert.' While everyone's busy tripping over themselves to declare the end of an era, smart money like Nitin Raheja suggests the selling spree is less about fundamental weakness and more about a severe case of over-reaction. Apparently, even game-changing tech needs time to, well, *change the game*.

February 17, 2026 1 min read

Mumbai's Strategic Rendezvous: Modi, Macron, and the Dance of Defense Diplomacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron shaking hands against a backdrop of the Mumbai skyline, symbolizing Indo-French strategic partnership.

Forget the usual Friday night drama; the real geopolitical blockbuster is playing out in Mumbai today, starring PM Modi and French President Macron. While the city's famous street food vendors are busy with their chaat, these two leaders are cooking up something far more substantial: a strategic feast of defense upgrades, trade expansions, and tech tie-ups. It's less about champagne toasts and more about forging alliances as sharp as a French Rafale jet and as resilient as India's economic ambition.