And so, the saga of Will They, Won't They continues..
Say what you will of Elon Musk, the world's richest man sure knows how to keep the internet entertained, especially when it concerns his rivals. The eccentric billionaire, who doesn't necessarily have the best track record with keeping his promises (
Nevermind the fact that it's not even confirmed whether the cage match will happen, Zuckerberg didn’t pass up the chance to make a few quips against his fellow billionaire. Responding on Threads (the Twitter/X/Everything™
Zuck further went on to say that he was ready to get into that cage fight, but didn't think it would actually happen.
A part of me thinks that this internet feud looks like a twisted way of getting people to actually open up Threads just to read the back and forth between Musk and Zuck. Lord knows that's probably the only way to get people to give a damn about the Twitter clone, especially considering that Threads has already
No word on hashtags though..
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A slew of tech stories from the world's largest democracy this past week indicates how the country of 1.4 billion is pushing for an "India First" or "Make in India" policy, though this shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone following geopolitics in the region.
Take for example a new licensing requirement that the country just imposed for importing laptops, tablets, and personal computers. According to Reuters, the move could
The regulation means an end to the free import of the said electronics currently in place, but follows a similar mandate that was imposed on inbound TV shipments in 2020.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's Foxconn said it will invest $600 million in two projects in India's Karnataka to make casing components for iPhones and chip-making equipment, Reuters
This one has a bit more to do with China; Foxconn wants to reduce its reliance on China, whose relationship with India is cold at best, and India wants less and less products coming in from its rival neighbor over security concerns (think Huawei's ban in the U.S. during the Trump era).
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— Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon