04 Jul 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Strategy Tests Premium Brand Loyalty
A consumer passes in front of a billboard displaying Apple's newly launched iPhone 17 Pro (Photo by Izhar Khan/Getty Images) Getty Images When Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro launches on September 9, it will be more expensive than last year’s model.
Ewan Spence
2026
04 Jul 2026
JSR girl part of team behind India’s first Made-in-India semiconductor chips
Jamshedpur : It was a proud moment for Jamshedpur’s Tanisha Gautam, 19 , who became part of the team that manufactured India’s first Made-in-India commercial semiconductor chips, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
News Desk
2026
04 Jul 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Max To Deliver Runtimes Equal To Silicon-Carbon Android Flagships; Tipster Highlights Three Upgrades That Make This Possible
The iPhone 17 Pro Max and its 5,088mAh battery for the eSIM version were already a force to be reckoned with in terms of runtime compared to the competition, but the iPhone 18 Pro Max could surpass its predecessor’s ceiling by a decent margin thanks to a slew of upgrades.
Omar Sohail
2026
04 Jul 2026
India Opens Semiconductor Assembly Facility in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, on 4 July 2026, describing the project as an important step in India’s wider semiconductor strategy.
@opengov_asia
2026
04 Jul 2026
India Highlights Semiconductor Cluster Growth at Sanand Facility
India has formally inaugurated a new semiconductor packaging and testing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, marking another step in the country’s effort to expand domestic chip manufacturing capacity. Speaking at the event on 4 July 2026, the Prime Minister said the project reflected India’s broader strategy to develop a complete semiconductor ecosystem covering design, manufacturing, testing and…
@opengov_asia
2026
04 Jul 2026
Shenzhen’s Robot Valley emerges as global hub of robotics innovation
Nestled within a 10-kilometer stretch flanked by the Tanglang and Yangtai mountains in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District, China’s “Robot Valley” has rapidly evolved into a global epicenter for robotics innovation, driven by an unparalleled supply chain and deep industry-academia integration.
Xinhua News Agency
2026
04 Jul 2026
Washington Should Take OpenAI’s Equity Offer
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Alaska converted its oil windfall into a permanent fund that now holds roughly $91 billion and pays every resident an annual dividend — a model Sam Altman has proposed for the AI industry.
James Broughel
2026
04 Jul 2026
Chinese team’s brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia GPU’
Chinese scientists say they have developed a tiny computer chip capable of modelling complex brain structures in real time.
Holly Chik
2026
04 Jul 2026
After test-driving iOS 27, my iPhone still doesn’t feel like it has made a substantial leap
Every June, after Apple wraps up its annual WWDC keynote, I install the latest iOS beta on my iPhone, watch the progress bar crawl to completion, and wait for the inevitable restart. For years, picking up my phone afterward felt almost identical to how it did before the update. I saw the same grid of icons, the same Control Center, and the same version of Siri until iOS 26 finally broke that…
Shikhar Mehrotra
2026
