By Erick Wow, we’re already at week #20 of 2025 and what a year it has already been so far! Thank you all for your immense support on my new blog and channel, which has encouraged me to continue for the rest of the year without missing a week. I’m grateful for all your feedback, keep them coming! Read on this week’s tech news roundup.
This week onwards I want to try something different – which is to make it concise. In the first 19 TWITI’s of the year I gave a roundup and explained why each piece of news I listed matters for Tech India, now I am just going to be more concise and will wait for you to help me deep dive into any of them. In fact, I have enjoyed hearing from you more about why you think a piece of news matters.
Let me know by commenting below, contacting me here or sending me a DM on my Instagram.
Now, onto this week’s roundup.
- Union IT Minister inaugurates Noida and Bengaluru semiconductor design centers of Renesas Electronics India Private Limited, marking India’s entry into advanced 3nm chip development.
- US President Donald Trump says he does not want Apple building in India, and a few hours later Apple assures that their India plans are not changing.
- India blocks X accounts of several Chinese and Turkish state-backed news outlets for spreading misinformation.
- Infosys trims bonuses citing ‘business condition’ – not cool from a company that just made a big acquisition.
- Foxconn news:
- Foxconn’s Karnataka unit likely to start shipping iPhones from June this year.
- HCL-Foxconn joint venture in Jewar, UP gets Government approval.
- Indian Government issues advisory to all OTT platforms to stop streaming content originating in Pakistan – and Spotify removes all Pakistani songs in India.
- Apple has agreed to compensate users unto $100 individually globally – and you may be eligible to claim.
- Vodafone Idea (VI) warns of shuttering after 2026 if it does not get funding support.
- Zepto launches paid analytics platform ‘Zepto Atom‘ for brands.
- Zomato Gold members will be required to pay surge fees during rainy weather.
- Amazon Prime will show ads in India unless you buy the ad-free tier that costs ₹699/- more.
In a bit of international news – Microsoft lays off close to 6,000 employees or nearly 3% of its global workforce. AI is partly to blame, as it is said now that AI now writes 30% of all code at Microsoft. Makes you wonder where this company is going.
That’s it for now, see you next week! Hope you like this format for my weekly tech news, but please share with me your feedback so that I know if it is either working or requiring improvement.