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Nayara Energy, Microsoft and tech sovereignty
Indians who are among the world’s largest consumers of free tech products and also significant beneficiaries of free markets suffer from a poor understanding of both technology and accountability. Separately, Aamir Khan breaks a paradigm with a YouTube release.
02 Aug 2025
Pocket FM’s model doesn’t need humans
Multiple former employees of the audio series startup have been complaining about a gruesome and callous work culture. A deeper look suggests that this dynamic may be the result of the business model itself.
15 Jun 2025
How Netflix, Disney+ password sharing crackdown will yield limited results
Streaming platforms are cracking down on users sharing their accounts with others to improve subscriber numbers. But this is unlikely to lead to long-term growth.
26 Nov 2024
What Ullu’s IPO papers tell us about the company and India
In just five years, the startup has managed to create a profitable streaming business in a category that truly captures the India digital video consumption opportunity: Titillation.
18 Feb 2024
Saregama is going young
One of India’s biggest music labels just bought digital media company Pocket Aces in a big transaction. What is it up to?
04 Oct 2023
Why techbros should read more sci-fi
Reading books has a way of stimulating social imagination. Science fiction does this in a very specific way—it anchors the aspirations of a class of founders, corporate leaders, inventors and futurists.
15 Dec 2022
Are Big Tech earnings losing sheen?
Dwindling ad revenues and softer growth in cloud computing divisions are to blame for dreary third-quarter results of global tech giants.
31 Oct 2022
The Great Indian Database Bazaar
Data brokers are ready to sell sensitive personal information of millions of Indians to anyone who is willing to pay, no questions asked.
02 May 2022
Bollywood is increasingly adapting books—but only English ones
The Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil film industries borrow heavily from regional language literature. What stops filmmakers in Hindi cinema?
11 Mar 2022
Can Microsoft become the Netflix of gaming?
Beyond the metaverse play, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard allows Microsoft to build on subscriptions and get deeper into mobile gaming.
31 Jan 2022