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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicSilicon valley

Topic: Silicon valley

Indian-American businessman Vinod Khosla & Elon Musk trade barbs on X over ‘WAGA’ jibe

Khosla reposted an old Musk tweet, accused him of backing 'white America great again' and urged Tesla, SpaceX and X staff to quit. Musk hit back as well.

X-BAT—An AI-powered fighter that neither needs a runway nor GPS

The jet will have a range of 2,000 nautical miles and is set to cost $1 billion. US defence startup Shield AI says it will test the fighter in 2026 and expects to make it ready for military ops by 2028.

Surat diamond hub ‘direct casualty’ of Trump’s tool of ‘political coercion’ & ‘choked’ Bengaluru

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on India continue to attract global media attention. Financial Times reports on the ‘unsustainable boom’ in India’s Silicon Valley—Bengaluru.

India’s ancient knowledge could save the future of AI. Build with wisdom, not just engineering

Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.

3 Indian-origin engineers behind iPhone 16’s newest features shine at Apple keynote

Product manager Piyush Pratik, manager of camera hardware engg Paulom Shah, V-P of Apple's silicon engg group Sribalan Santhanam significantly contributed to phone’s cutting-edge tech.

How Gordon Moore, one of ‘traitorous eight’ who quit Nobel laureate’s lab, helped build Silicon Valley

Early pioneer of semiconductors, proposer of Moore’s Law and co-founder of Intel, Gordon Moore died in Hawaii Friday aged 94 with estimated $7 bn in fortune.

Why Silicon Valley Bank, a tech startup darling, collapsed and how US govt saved depositors

SVB collapse was a circle of deposit withdrawals leading to fears of a bank run, which then resulted in a bank run. The US regulators have, however, stepped in quickly.

Alphabet, Microsoft, Starbucks & now YouTube — Indian-origin CEOs rule roost in Silicon Valley

Former chief product officer at YouTube, Stanford graduate Neal Mohan played key role in introducing subscription model to Alphabet-owned streaming giant.

Silicon Valley’s honeymoon with wealth is ending. Employees are packing bags

Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, and Patreon have fired employees in droves. And funding is drying up for tech startups in India too.

Not just Twitter — Silicon Valley is gearing up for recession with layoffs & hiring freezes

Big tech firms have confirmed hiring pauses, Zuckerberg has hinted at layoffs and small companies have begun cutting down jobs, all citing economic trends, macroeconomic environment.

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India’s pulses, maize and cereal yields remain below global averages, says economic survey

Expanding high-growth sectors, such as horticulture, agroforestry, dairy, poultry, and fisheries, can further support inclusive economic development, according to the Economic Survey of 2025-26.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.