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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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Indian government asks WhatsApp to roll back new privacy policy: Report

WhatsApp recently revealed its new privacy policy, which its users will need to accept by May 15 or they might lose access to the app. There has been a huge public outcry against it with users privacy concerns. Now the Indian government has reportedly asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes, stating that the unilateral changes are not fair and acceptable.

According to a report by PTI, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent a strongly worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, stating that the proposed changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy “raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens.”

MeitY has further asked the company to withdraw the changes and to “reconsider its approach to information privacy, freedom of choice and data security.”

According to the report, MeitY stated that India is the home to the largest user base of WhatsApp globally and is one the biggest markets for its services, due to which the privacy of Indian users should be respected and “any unilateral changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy would not be fair and acceptable.”

WhatsApp is yet to issue a response to the letter.

WhatsApp recently delayed the deadline for accepting the policy from February 8 to May 15. The company claimed that the delay has been introduced for it to clear up misinformation around privacy and security.

The company claims that it will not see the private messages of its users or listen to their calls as they will be end-to-end encrypted. It will only utilize data of people chatting with Business accounts, which will help them in serving targeted ads. It states that the new policy will legally bind a practice that has been widely in use since 2016.



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