The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) became fully effective recently and it is a major step towards regulating big tech firms in the EU. The legislation, which has been designed to protect fair competition and to restrict the abuse of market power by what is known as ‘gatekeeper’ platforms like Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta […]

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has shown optimism over the growth of the economy in India and said that the estimate of the GDP growth rate is 7. Even for the more distant fiscal year 2024-25 the indicated 2% of the GDP seems quite reasonable and plausible. Delivering a lecture at a financial conference in Mumbai, […]

The semiconductor supply constraints that have affected several industries from automobiles to consumer durables for the past two years are gradually improving as new chip-making capacities are being added and supply chains are being realigned to cope with the increasing demand. This development is a welcome to manufacturers across the globe and is changing the […]

A recent development in the quantum computing technology has created ripples in the tech world, with increased funding and partnership between the tech giants and new entrants. This advancement, which was made known to the public by researchers from one of the world’s most prominent quantum computing companies, shows that quantum coherence can be sustained […]

The gig economy is under pressure from legal authorities across the globe to provide better rights to the workers involved in the sector that is growing at a fast pace. Current legal struggles and policy changes in different countries are changing the environment for companies such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other platform-based firms that […]