The week in tech news kicked off with Microsoft Build, where the software giant made a splash with announcements on both hardware and software fronts. Google also made headlines by expanding its manufacturing in India, partnering with Dixon for Pixel 8 and Foxconn for drones. Reliance Jio joined the fray by introducing a new annual plan for Jio Premium to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime.
In other news, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma hinted at AI-driven job cuts in a shareholder letter, citing a landmark year for the company. Google is in talks to export made-in-India drones to the US, Australia, and other countries, while Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson expressed shock and disbelief over OpenAI’s ChatGPT demo.
Meanwhile, TCS COO N Ganapathy Subramaniam retired, and Google highlighted Microsoft’s security failures to the US government. Apple increased trade-in values for old iPhones, while Amazon faced lawsuits in the US over deceptive business practices.
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announced the shift of workload from Microsoft Azure to his own Cloud ‘Krutrim’, and Vivo launched its most expensive Y-series smartphone in India. Realme introduced the GT 6T with Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, and Infinix launched the GT Book gaming laptop and GT 20 Pro smartphone.
Amazfit unveiled the Bip 5 Unity smartwatch, and Boat released the Wave Sigma 3 smartwatch with HD display and Bluetooth-calling. With a flurry of tech news and developments, the industry is abuzz with innovation and competition.
