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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
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WeTransfer partially banned in India

Popular file transfer platform WeTransfer has stopped working in India. If you try to open the website on mobile or Wi-Fi, you’ll get a message,” this site can’t be reached.” This has been tested on Vodafone Idea, Jio mobile and Airtel’s broadband network.

According to reports, the Indian government has banned the website. It has cited national security and public interest as the reasons for this action. WeTransfer has been looking into the ban, and it’s trying to understand the reasoning behind it. The report said, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had passed an order to block two web pages of WeTransfer. But looks like the whole platform has been banned.

WeTransfer is used by millions of people around the world and in India. It is available in free and paid versions. You get 2GB transfer limit with free, and up to 20GB by paying for its service. It competes with products like DropBox, Google Drive and offers storage space for premium models as well.

Banning has become a habit

This isn’t the first instance of a platform being banned by the Indian government. Popular websites like PornHub gets banned because of the content it offers. The order to ban WeTransfer has slowly come into effect, but strangely users with Internet providers like ACT are still able to access it.

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But for everyone else, the platform is still accessible using virtual private network (VPN) apps. This ensures you’re connected to servers from different countries. And the ban in India on WeTransfer won’t affect the service on your system. Having said that, it’s ridiculous that platforms used for file transfer are being banned. Hopefully WeTransfer is able to rectify the issue with the government in the coming days.



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