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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: Silicon valley

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.

US lender Silicon Valley Bank fails after run on deposits

Silicon Valley Bank, struggling under weight of 'ill-fated decisions' collapsed Friday, forcing the US government to step into the largest bank failiure, since the 2008 financial crisis.

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.

Indian-origin high school student from US becomes first person to sequence angelfish DNA

Indeever Madireddy, a senior student from a leading private school in Silicon Valley, successfully sequenced the genome of freshwater angelfish after his pet fish died.

Tech millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal is an angry Punjabi lion and Twitter is his target

Tarn Taran Sahib to Silicon Valley—How Gurbaksh Chahal became Twitter’s sworn enemy.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.