This Week in Tech India

This is Episode 40 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/apple-disrespects-india-twiti-39-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 📖 This is the book on enshittification that everyone must read: https://link.amazon/B05eJhmCI 🎥 Video and podcast edited by...

If not exploiting, Apple is definitely disrespecting India and Indians. First, there’s the issue of discriminatory pricing of device in India - even though they are basically made in India. Then there’s the massive antitrust case against Apple brought on by the CCI, that Apple is just dragging on. Then there’s the fact that Apple removed bit chat from the App Store in India, at a time when the you...

Oracle spent billions on AI and is laying off people by the thousands. Seemingly without consequence. This is Episode 38 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/oracle-is-a-horrible-company-twiti-38-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 🎥 Video and podca...

The Government has enforced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select merchants in India for UPI payments. The Government has also gone to great lengths to tell everyone that UPI remains free for customers. Well technically, UPI is no longer free for customers. This is Episode 37 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup!  ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: http...

I recorded this episode immediately after watching Apple’s iPhone 18 series launch event on the night of 09th September 2026. And while this video was being edited by the master @darkdoorstudios, I have grown more and more furious with Apple for their really unfair pricing of the iPhone Pro, iPhone Pro Max and the iPhone Duo in India. But I guess I’ll be more furious with the fanboys who line up o...

The NPCI - the parent organization of UPI - is set to announce Unified Agent Protocol, which when rolled out will allow your AI agent to make limited UPI payments on your behalf. As in, your AI will actually be able to decide what to buy you, with your money. Should we be ok with that? This is Episode 35 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news...

This week we have ChatGPT showing ads, ISRO won't make launch vehicles, TCS installs employee surveillance tools, and more. But. We start with good news - a decline in the number and amounts of investments into data center expansion in India! This is Episode 34 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinfo...

🤔Jio launches Jio Prime - which is similar to Amazon Prime in one way - it offers little value while pretending to offer a lot of value. In other news, AI-ready data centers’ mindless expansion in India continues, and it feels like the Prime Minister is giving credibility to this mindless expansion. This is Episode 33 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read...

🤯 I recorded this podcast on Monday, August 10th. And on Tuesday, August 11th, the data center protests in Visakhpatnam against Google and Amazon’s investment erupted. I’m not sure whether to be proud or terrified of myself. This is Episode 32 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! 0:00:15 UPI is both free and no longer free 0:03:13 Microsoft opens its biggest data center in Indi...

This is Episode 31 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! Adani tries to overtake Ambani in investing (or promising to invest) massively in building AI ready data centres in India. His latest promise - one trillion rupees. 0:00:23 Adani’s data centre extravaganza that makes us nervous 0:03:36 My stance on AI and the AI industry 0:04:28 Why should we build 100 data centers? 0:06:15...

This is Episode 30 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! Donald Trump is trying to distract everyone from his many embarrassing failures - such as the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 5-month long Iran “war” - with more embarrassing failures such as tariffs that make things worse for Americans. The Trump Administration is citing forced labor as basis of such tariffs, then goes on to b...

At the time of posting this, Sonam Wangchuk just ended his hunger strike after assurances from the Government, which included one massive selfie video from the Prime Minister. But don’t forget about the OTHER important protest that happened in India this week. 0:00:23 Congratulations to Spain for winning “the FIFA” 0:00:42 My support for the student protest 0:02:08 The Data Centre Protest in Thane...

In this episode - jobseekers are actually a very vulnerable group of people. And to take advantage of them, link Naukri did, is very unfortunate. 0:00:23 Why Naukri is a b*tch 0:07:48 Headlines: Bike Taxis, Google’s Delhi HC Appeal, Punjab 95, and more 0:10:48 Meta thinks Indians are fools Read Entrackr’s investigation into Naukri: https://entrackr.com/in-depth/for-sale-your-salary-info-address-an...

In this episode - Meta proves yet again it does not care about the safety of its users, particularly children and teenagers. And we’re not talking about usernames here. 0:00:23: WhatsApp’s failing username experiment and the Government’s hypocrisy 0:05:00: Instagram allows C$AM to be promoted 0:08:15: Headlines ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this...

Apple has increased the prices of most of its products globally, citing the “Ram-ageddon”. While this was expected, what is shocking is how disproportionately and unfairly those prices have been increased for Indian consumers. This is a real betrayal from Apple. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕖 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Happy half-year! 0:01:00: Why Apple’s pr...

Telegram’s temporary ban has still not been lifted - as on date of this episode’s publishing - even after the NEET re-examination. But soon we are going to forget all about the Telegram ban, because the Jio IPO is almost here. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕖 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Telegram’s ban and tantrums 0:04:10: Jio IPO is almost here 0:05:28: Starlin...

The FIFA World Cup is off to a lousy start, Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire, national security is used as a rotten excuse. And ZEE5 pulled a dirty one. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 0:00:23: Zee5 Tried to Scam World Cup Fans in India 0:02:50: Why I’m not watching this World Cup 0:03:49: Anthropic pulled access to latest models for “foreig...

Instagram launches Instagram Plus which promises additional features for ₹299/- a month, including the option to view others’ stories without them knowing it’s you. This actually puts Instagram closer to death as a platform. But there’s something more important we need to talk about in India - that’s related to the promise of a “Make in India” smartphone and the sad state of current affairs. Catch...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing. Literally nothing. India is more impacted by the CBSE scandal, which has gripped the education sector and has potentially affected the careers of 4+ lakh students. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing 0:03:11: CBSE fiasco 0...

A Delhi startup called CarryMen offers the services of men to carry your things while you shop, and this unsurprisingly is the most popular tech news from India. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: Google I/O (pronounced “ayyo”) 0:01:31: Delhi startup CarryMen 0:05:25: Maharashtra instructs Apple and Google to remove Uber and Ola and Rap...

ED’s probe into GamesKraft has revealed more sinister things - not least of which how easy it is for companies to use tech to cheat people out of massive amounts of money. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: GamesKraft probe reveals big online frauds 0:03:33: Many cricketers are horrible people 0:04:17: Uber to setup data centre with Ada...

Reliance is reportedly exploring its own LER satellite system to provide satellite internet services to remote areas in India. This is clearly to rival Starlink - which has still not launched in India after more than 3 years of noise. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:23: Ambani takes on Musk (in India) 0:06:20: (ad) Best VPN out there 0:0...

Within two days Apple said two things about India - that they are “over the moon excited” for India, and that the Competition Commission of India is “overstepping its jurisdiction”. The nerve. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:24: Apple is both happy and sad about India 0:06:55: Amazon and FCPL settle for ₹11 crores 0:09:15: Aadhaar card n...

What's more fancy than being a billionaire? A tech billionaire that tells other tech billionaires what to do. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:03: Jio IPO - foreign investment details revealed 0:03:15: Headlines 💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5 ▶️ I...

Reliance supremo Mukesh Ambani revealed more about the Jio IPO in one sentence than all reports over the last few months put together.  Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week! 🕐 Timestamps: 0:00:03: Scope of Jio IPO revealed 0:02:24: Headlines 💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5 ▶️...