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Just between Navratri and Dusshera, the Jio Platforms IPO is here. And it was fully subscribed within 100 minutes. That’s crazy - even for the most anticipated IPO in India’s tech history! This is Episode 40 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/the-jio-ipo-is-finally-here-twiti-41-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 📖 This is the book on enshittification that everyone must read: https://link.amazon/B05eJhmCI 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This is Episode 40 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/apple-disrespects-india-twiti-39-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 📖 This is the book on enshittification that everyone must read: https://link.amazon/B05eJhmCI 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

If not exploiting, Apple is definitely disrespecting India and Indians. First, there’s the issue of discriminatory pricing of device in India - even though they are basically made in India. Then there’s the massive antitrust case against Apple brought on by the CCI, that Apple is just dragging on. Then there’s the fact that Apple removed bit chat from the App Store in India, at a time when the youth needed it the most. Then, there’s the fact that it did not start on October 07th. Nor was the FlyDubai flight even real. This is Episode 39 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/apple-disrespects-india-twiti-39-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/   📖 This is the book on enshittification that everyone must read: https://link.amazon/B05eJhmCI 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Oracle spent billions on AI and is laying off people by the thousands. Seemingly without consequence. This is Episode 38 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/oracle-is-a-horrible-company-twiti-38-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

The Government has enforced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select merchants in India for UPI payments. The Government has also gone to great lengths to tell everyone that UPI remains free for customers. Well technically, UPI is no longer free for customers. This is Episode 37 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup!  ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/upi-will-be-free-until-its-not-twiti-37-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

I recorded this episode immediately after watching Apple’s iPhone 18 series launch event on the night of 09th September 2026. And while this video was being edited by the master @darkdoorstudios, I have grown more and more furious with Apple for their really unfair pricing of the iPhone Pro, iPhone Pro Max and the iPhone Duo in India. But I guess I’ll be more furious with the fanboys who line up outside the Apple stores to buy these phones the first day they become available. This is Episode 36 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/spacetech-the-financial-frontier-twiti-36-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

The NPCI - the parent organization of UPI - is set to announce Unified Agent Protocol, which when rolled out will allow your AI agent to make limited UPI payments on your behalf. As in, your AI will actually be able to decide what to buy you, with your money. Should we be ok with that? This is Episode 35 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/should-ai-be-allowed-to-spend-your-money-twiti-35-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 📖Here’s a book that every tech enthusiast should read: https://link.amazon/B0gqPxH3P 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This week we have ChatGPT showing ads, ISRO won't make launch vehicles, TCS installs employee surveillance tools, and more. But. We start with good news - a decline in the number and amounts of investments into data center expansion in India! This is Episode 34 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/ai-ready-data-centers-cool-down-protests-work-twiti-34-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 📖Here’s the book that every tech enthusiast should read: https://link.amazon/B0gqPxH3P 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

🤔Jio launches Jio Prime - which is similar to Amazon Prime in one way - it offers little value while pretending to offer a lot of value. In other news, AI-ready data centers’ mindless expansion in India continues, and it feels like the Prime Minister is giving credibility to this mindless expansion. This is Episode 33 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-33-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ ✊🏽 Here’s the amazing video one of you suggested and I want everyone to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtvrme-L-0 🇮🇳 Here’s PMO’s transcript of PM’s Independence Day speech: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-addresses-the-nation-from-the-ramparts-of-red-fort-on-the-occasion-of-80th-independence-day/ 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

🤯 I recorded this podcast on Monday, August 10th. And on Tuesday, August 11th, the data center protests in Visakhpatnam against Google and Amazon’s investment erupted. I’m not sure whether to be proud or terrified of myself. This is Episode 32 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! 0:00:15 UPI is both free and no longer free 0:03:13 Microsoft opens its biggest data center in India 0:07:20 My prediction which came true 0:08:00 Environmentalists accuse Andhra Government of fast tracking Google’s AI-ready data center project 0:08:33 Headlines - Meta, WhatsApp, Anthropic, Reliance, and more 0:14:00 Kim Kardashian’s exploitative brand brought to India by Reliance ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-32-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ ✊🏽 Here’s the amazing video one of you suggested and I want everyone to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtvrme-L-0 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This is Episode 31 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! Adani tries to overtake Ambani in investing (or promising to invest) massively in building AI ready data centres in India. His latest promise - one trillion rupees. 0:00:23 Adani’s data centre extravaganza that makes us nervous 0:03:36 My stance on AI and the AI industry 0:04:28 Why should we build 100 data centers? 0:06:15 Headlines - Meta in trouble, WhatsApp, Sarvam, Zepto, Flipkart, Arattai, Swiggy, Zomato 0:09:45  One more thing on AI this week… ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-31-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ ✊🏽 Here’s the amazing video one of you suggested and I want everyone to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtvrme-L-0 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This is Episode 30 of 2026 - your favorite weekly tech India news roundup! Donald Trump is trying to distract everyone from his many embarrassing failures - such as the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 5-month long Iran “war” - with more embarrassing failures such as tariffs that make things worse for Americans. The Trump Administration is citing forced labor as basis of such tariffs, then goes on to bomb people in countries they have no business in. 0:00:23 Cockroach inspiration 0:00:53 Trump Tariffs 2.0 are here 0:03:08 Reminder of how corrupt the US Government and companies are - and have ruined things for the rest of the world 0:06:02 PM Modi’s High Power Taskforce 0:06:37 Government moved against Bitchat 0:07:10 Ministers told to make more reels 0:07:37 Headlines 0:09:48 Harassment by Tech Mahindra ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-30-of-2026/ 🔗 And if you want daily news roundups: https://techinform.in/techregator/ 🎥 Video and podcast edited by the amazing  ⁨@darkdoorstudios⁩  ✊🏽 Here’s the silent protest from the female employee who was harassed: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbN6VwyCKL2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in  If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!