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The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.

You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.

The move is being characterized as a shake-up, but was seemingly inevitable in retrospect.

The promise is AI that’s uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.

The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property’s climate risks scores from First Street.

Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.

Shopify was down for many merchants this morning, preventing them from processing transactions. It appears to be fixed now.

“We knew it was niche… and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Marques Brownlee said.

Amazon Web Services’ big annual event, re:Invent 2025, is getting into full swing in Las Vegas this week, and you can follow the keynotes live right here.

New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.