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Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 21, 2026

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, is launching its Indus chat app in…

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General Catalyst plans to invest $5 billion in India over five years, an increase from the previously announced $500 million to $1 billion, after merging with a local venture capitalist in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: Céline Halioua de Loyal: from defying skeptics to pioneering dog longevity Veteran technology journalist Alex…

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OpenAI is working with G42 to create a UAE-friendly ChatGPT version that takes into account local language, political perspectives and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 6, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Elon Musk’s mega-merger + We’re testing Google’s Project Genie + What’s next for Moltbook Creator The…

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A look at South Korea’s Independent AI Foundation Model competition, which aims to find the best local AI models, aiming to compete with the United States and China (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Patrick O’Shaughnessy – Create according to principles The leading destination for learning about business…

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Sources: China develops rules for Nvidia H200 purchases, limiting the number of chips local companies can buy and requiring them to justify the need (Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Nikkei Asia: Sources: China is developing rules for Nvidia H200 purchases, limiting the number of chips local companies can buy…

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Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

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Study finds foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam’s electronics exports, ‘signaling limited technological spillover’ to local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 27, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Alex and Ranjan’s Outlook for 2026: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple’s Big Year, AI…

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Denmark says Russia was behind ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyberattacks on water utility in 2024 and DDoS attacks in the run-up to November local elections (Miranda Bryant/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Why Roomba is Dead + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Christmas Song The…

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How Skövde, a small Swedish town of 58,000, built a local video game ecosystem with a game developer degree at Skövde University and a startup incubator (Ralph Jones/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 14, 2025

Ralph Jones / The guardian: How Skövde, a small Swedish town of 58,000, built a local video game ecosystem via…

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Robinhood is set to join Indonesia’s retail investment boom after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto (Prima Wirayani/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 9, 2025

Prima Wirayani / Bloomberg: Robinhood is set to join Indonesia’s retail investment boom after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT…

Months after attacks, Chinese work resumes on Dushanbe-Kulma highway – The Diplomat

Its Enduring Importance – The Diplomat

Bangkok voters give Chadchart second term as governor by decisive margin – The Diplomat

Indonesia says tech companies have deleted 4.7 million children’s accounts since government ban – The Diplomat

ASEAN and Trump’s Section 301 Tariffs – The Diplomat

Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program

Medicare will soon cover obesity medications, but many seniors may not know it

‘Perfect storm’ portends much smaller U.S. auto market by 2040

Summer box office could generate first $10 billion since pandemic

How Kohl’s lost its way and is trying to become relevant again

House Democrats to force vote to cut Trump’s arms fund

Supreme Court condemns Republicans in midterms with ruling on mail-in voting

Even Fox News Can’t Hide Trump’s Great Failing for Fairness in America

Donald Trump now spends his days counting trees in the park

Failure of Trump’s big fair rally in US state really upsets him

Australia’s ACCC is suing Amazon for allegedly introducing ads on Prime Video under unfair contractual terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)

Google says the Gemini app now offers custom Nano Banana image generation, previously limited to Plus, Pro and Ultra users, for free to eligible US users (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

As a new law prohibits the DOD from working with companies whose lobbyists also represent blacklisted entities, DC lobbying firms are abandoning companies like Alibaba and Tencent (Bloomberg).

Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200 million led by Summit Partners (Laura Kreutzer/Wall Street Journal)

Filing: Strategy suspended its Bitcoin acquisitions last week, instead increasing its USD reserve to $2.55 billion and announcing a $1 billion digital credit buyback program (James Hunt/The Block)

Browsing: local

Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which builds AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

General Catalyst plans to invest $5 billion in India over five years, an increase from the previously announced $500 million to $1 billion, after merging with a local venture capitalist in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

OpenAI is working with G42 to create a UAE-friendly ChatGPT version that takes into account local language, political perspectives and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

A look at South Korea’s Independent AI Foundation Model competition, which aims to find the best local AI models, aiming to compete with the United States and China (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Sources: China develops rules for Nvidia H200 purchases, limiting the number of chips local companies can buy and requiring them to justify the need (Nikkei Asia)

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

Study finds foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam’s electronics exports, ‘signaling limited technological spillover’ to local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Denmark says Russia was behind ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyberattacks on water utility in 2024 and DDoS attacks in the run-up to November local elections (Miranda Bryant/The Guardian)

How Skövde, a small Swedish town of 58,000, built a local video game ecosystem with a game developer degree at Skövde University and a startup incubator (Ralph Jones/The Guardian)

Robinhood is set to join Indonesia’s retail investment boom after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto (Prima Wirayani/Bloomberg)