Global Tech
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's Global Tech section.
From J.P. Morgan to Netflix to Meta: The H-1B Conversation Continues
The conversation about visas could be, in reality, a deliberation about where the future of technology will be built.
Ankush Das ·
Amid H-1B Row, Can Remote Work Save Big Tech?
Firms may either go the remote work way or just pay up when they really want an employee in US.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
OpenTelemetry Is Ageing Like Fine Wine
Enterprises and AI frameworks are embracing OpenTelemetry to standardise data, cut integration costs, and build trust in AI systems.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
TikTok’s US Future Shaped by Trump, Powered by Oracle and Murdoch
“Oracle will operate, retrain and continuously monitor the US algorithm to ensure content is free from improper manipulation or surveillance.”
Ankush Das ·
How Confluent Helped Notion Scale AI and Productivity for 100M+ Users
Notion, as a top productivity tool, utilised Confluent’s solutions to handle its operations efficiently.
Ankush Das ·
Traditional ROI Models Don’t Work for AI
Genpact’s Vikas Behrani believes AI’s true value lies beyond cost savings—spanning invisible returns, hidden costs, and a shift from short-term gains to long-term impact.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why Decision Making Remains the Missing Piece in AI Adoption
IA can amplify agentic AI and transform workflows in organisations, says Soumendra Mohanty of Tredence.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Quantum Computing Could Make GPUs Obsolete, Says NxtGen CEO
“Over the last 10 years, big tech companies have doubled their operating profit, from 34% to 63%.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
Oracle Wants AI Agents to Turn HR Hassle into HR Hustle
The new agents can assist employees in exploring internal job opportunities and assessing job fit while providing recommendations for career growth.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Canva’s Fight for Relevance in the Age of Google Nano Banana
The race is no longer about who builds the smartest AI, but who delivers the most useful one.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why Anthropic Really Bought Bun
Bun needed a monetisation plan, and for Anthropic, a close relationship with the runtime is crucial.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
The $900 Billion Google Business NVIDIA Fears
'Google could unlock massive value if it decided to sell its TPUs beyond its own cloud’
Siddharth Jindal ·
Databricks Says Enterprises Are Flying Blind on AI Agents, And It Has a Fix
The data and AI company bets on its Agent Bricks and Lakehouse to help companies build agents that solve problems.
Ankush Das ·
Small Language Models Make More Sense for Agentic AI
An SLM should be small and efficient enough to run locally on a laptop, smartphone, or personal GPU, while still being fast and useful for real-world AI agent tasks.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Snowflake and Databricks Take Their Rivalry to PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL, the open-source relational database, has surged in popularity, surpassing MySQL as the most favoured database among developers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
So, How Does Hugging Face Make Money?
Despite offering a majority of products, tools and services for free, Hugging Face has a straightforward, freemium business model like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Apple Says Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini Can’t Really Reason
The researchers argue that traditional benchmarks, like math and coding tests, are flawed due to “data contamination” and fail to reveal how these models actually “think”.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Ironwood is Google’s Answer to the GPU Crunch
The latest TPUs will be available to Google Cloud customers later this year, the tech giant said.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why AI Engineers Can’t Stop Talking About MCP
With MCP, developers can connect their LLMs with apps, databases and tools.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Free Speech, Really?
Free expression has never been absolute, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in his 2019 Georgetown address.
Aditi Suresh ·