Karnataka’s Cabinet approved setting up a “Centre for Applied AI for Tech Solutions” in Bengaluru with NASSCOM, with ₹20 crore planned over four years to accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation across sectors.

Google DeepMind is hiring Hume AI’s CEO and several engineers under a new licensing agreement, aiming to integrate emotionally intelligent voice capabilities into its AI models while Hume continues selling its tech to other labs.

Generative AI can boost coding productivity, but organizations risk higher technical debt, security issues, and long-term instability if AI-generated code is adopted without governance in complex systems.

explains how organizations often suffer misalignment between strategy and execution during pivots, scaling, or rebuilding, leading to attrition, revenue decline, missed goals, and tension between leaders and delivery teams. It argues leaders should rebuild the link between vision and delivery by improving coordination systems, clarifying expectations, and helping teams sustain momentum through change.

eBay has banned illicit automated shopping activity as AI-powered shopping agents become more common. The move comes as tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT shopping features and Instant Checkout make it easier for software agents to browse recommendations and complete purchases.

India’s Ministry of Mines plans to significantly ramp up mineral exploration from 2026 to 2031, directing the Geological Survey of India to take up 500 exploration projects, including at least 300 focused on strategic or critical minerals.

argues that retaining top talent depends less on individual HR policies and more on whether a company’s talent practices function together as an integrated system.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said India has stopped buying Russian oil after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs tied to purchases of Russian oil. India has called the U.S. action unfair and said its energy policy is based on national interest.

Gold futures rose sharply Tuesday, briefly topping $4,700 per ounce for the first time, after President Trump threatened new tariffs on eight countries unless they support a U.S. purchase of Greenland.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called an early lower-house election for February, aiming to capitalize on a 78% approval rating to strengthen her coalition or restore the LDP’s lost majority, party scandals and a newly unified opposition bloc.

Porsche delivered 279,449 vehicles in 2025, a 10% drop driven largely by a 26% decline in China and weaker demand for electric vehicles.

Replit is raising $400 million in a funding round that would value the company at about $9 billion, as investor interest grows in developer-focused AI tools.