Author: Nigel Pereira

As Earth’s power and cooling abilities reach their limits, tech giants are eyeing orbital and lunar server farms. Data traffic on Earth isn’t just growing, it’s ballooning, and the servers keeping it all running are guzzling power, draining water, and testing the patience of local communities. Add in rising climate risks, and the hunt for alternatives starts looking urgent. While we posted about the first underwater data centre in April this year, one answer, oddly enough, might be sitting well above our heads. Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings is already working on what could be the first actual data center on…

While Elon Musk’s Starlink has finally crossed a major hurdle in India, the very regions Starlink hopes to serve could find themselves priced out of the revolution… After years of red tape and uncertainty, the satellite internet venture now holds a Unified License. Official confirmation came from Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. This means Starlink can legally offer broadband services using its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. It’s a big win, but not without limits. For starters, the rollout will be capped at 20 lakh users. Pricing is still up in the air, though early chatter points to speeds between 25…

Tesla’s India launch is less about entering a new EV market and more about jumping into the world’s most chaotic real-world simulator for autonomous driving. Tesla’s long-awaited India entry finally happened on July 15th this year, with the Model Y listed at ₹59.89 lakh and a flashy showroom open in Mumbai. But if you think this is about selling EVs to the Indian masses, think again. There’s no manufacturing deal in place yet, in addition to a minimalistic rollout of charging infrastructure. What Tesla has done, though, is quietly start hiring full-time Autopilot Vehicle Operators in Delhi and Mumbai, people…

There’s a new battleground in the global tech war, and it’s not Silicon Valley or Shenzhen. It’s Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Apple’s long-time manufacturing partner Foxconn is now ramping up iPhone 17 production in India, a shift once considered unthinkable. Backed by India’s PLI scheme and a government keen to dethrone China as the global factory floor, Foxconn’s India pivot is gaining real momentum. But there’s friction on all fronts. China is clawing back control by restricting key engineers and rare-earth exports. Meanwhile, Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want iPhones made in India, threatening tariffs unless Apple brings jobs…

With brain scans showing reduced cognitive engagement, and AI-induced delusions even leading to a fatal police encounter, we’re well past the point of harmless experimentation. There’s a growing list of studies that suggest frequent use of ChatGPT isn’t just changing the way we write, it might also be changing the way we think. In July 2025, a group of MIT researchers found that people using ChatGPT to write essays showed reduced brain activity in areas tied to both creativity as well as critical thinking. Users were faster, yes, but also less engaged. Meanwhile, legal and mental health professionals are noticing…

When Kaynes Semicon got greenlit by the India Semiconductor Mission in April 2024, most assumed the usual two-year delay curve would follow. Instead, the company pushed ahead at warp speed. About a month ago, we posted about India’s first Aatmanirbhar semiconductor chip, followed by our first Aatmanirbhar chip fab led by TATA. Now we’re back with another critical milestone in India’s semiconductor story. In July 2025, Kaynes Semicon, one of five OSAT firms backed by the India Semiconductor Mission, will deliver India’s first paid chip prototype to U.S.-based Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS). It’s not a test unit or a…

With this latest breakthrough, India’s quantum communications can now work in real-world combat zones, deserts, hillsides, and even between moving vehicles or drones. Earlier last month, we posted about how Schroedinger’s cat made quantum computers 160 times more reliable. We also posted about how it’s now 20 times easier for quantum tech to crack Bitcoin encryption than we previously thought. Now it’s India’s turn to make quantum headlines. On June 16, 2025, a team from DRDO and IIT Delhi pulled off what only a select few nations have pulled off before: they managed to send quantum encryption keys through open…

Construction of the Dholera fab is already underway, and it’s being designed to process up to 50,000 wafers per month. Earlier last month, we posted about India’s first Aatmanirbhar semiconductor chip, now we’re back with the story of India’s first chip fab. Tata Electronics has broken ground on India’s first indigenous chip fabrication plant, located in Dholera, Gujarat. With an investment of ₹91,000 crore (roughly $11 billion), this fab won’t just assemble chips, it will build them from scratch, using raw silicon wafers and advanced photolithography. That makes it the first project in India to take on the full-scale manufacturing…

Teleportation over the internet, teleportation to run an algorithm, and single-photon teleportation. Three different breakthroughs. Three pieces of the same puzzle. Teleportation is real, or so the headlines claim. Over the past few months, science media have been buzzing with bold declarations that we’ve finally crossed the teleportation threshold. But before you expect a “beam me up” moment, it’s worth separating the clickbait from the genuinely groundbreaking. What’s actually happening is far more interesting and real. In December 2024, researchers at Northwestern University teleported the quantum state of a photon through 30.2 km of live, internet-carrying fiber-optic cable, using everyday telecom…

With a war brewing in the middle-east over whether or not Iran has Nukes, the world’s first AI nuke inspector can verify nuclear weapons are real without risking espionage or exposure, opening the door to real disarmament deals Arms control is stuck in the past. Despite decades of nuclear treaties and summit handshakes, the actual process of verifying warheads still looks like it was designed by Cold War bureaucrats with clipboards. The U.S. and its allies still rely on tamper seals, inspectors with limited access, and trust-but-don’t-you-dare-verify protocols. Now China’s pulled a hard left. According to new reports, its scientists…