Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting AI-generated disinformation created with cheap tools ahead of the January 2024 elections
Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times : X: @1br0wn , @areeqchowdhury , @tobywalsh , and @valayism X: Ian Brown / @1br0wn : “It's easy for a politician to say, ‘This is deepfake’, or 'This is #AI-generate...
Court filings: Indian fantasy sports and online gaming startups like Dream11 and Gameskraft received notices for hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes
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A look at EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart, which operates ~4,500 cabs in New Delhi and Bengaluru, and has raised $120M+ in equity and debt from BP and others
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A look at the India Stack, a set of government-backed APIs on which third parties can build apps integrated with state services for payments, loans, and more
New Delhi has pioneered a new approach to online infrastructure in its drive to connect 1.4bn. But there are privacy and data protection concerns Tweets: @akothari , @lakshmishaks , @wadehrarajiv , @...
India's government-backed nonprofit Open Network for Digital Commerce is holding trials in over 85 cities, including Bengaluru, after raising $22M
Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times : Tweets: @tomvalletti , @johnthornhillft , @jamesplloyd , and @prasannavishy Tweets: Tommaso Valletti / @tomvalletti : Current trials in India. An open-source netwo...
A look at Alibaba's plans to expand into South Asia as its Chinese operations sputter, including through its Daraz unit in Pakistan, acquired for $194M in 2018
Financial Times : Tweets: @rencapman , @dreyerchina , and @b_parkyn Tweets: Charlie Robertson / @rencapman : South Asia smartphone penetration forecast to boom - Bangladesh from 41% to 62% 2020-25, P...
US video streaming giants are finding it more challenging to cash in on India, amid outcries over edgy content and difficulties in convincing consumers to pay
Financial Times : Tweets: @rmantri , @ftopinion , @financialtimes , @amykazmin , @rajit_h , and @b_parkyn Tweets: Rajeev Mantri / @rmantri : “If China is not available to you and you have already con...
US video streaming giants are finding it more challenging to cash in on India, amid outcries over edgy content and difficulties in convincing consumers to pay
Netflix, Amazon and Disney tackle greater scrutiny from censors as they engage in a fierce pricing war Tweets: @financialtimes , @amykazmin , @rajit_h , @ftopinion , and @b_parkyn Tweets: @financialti...
Research: Chinese VCs' investments into Indian startups broke records in 2019, hitting ~$1.4B in Q4 and spanning 54 funding rounds over 2019, vs. three in 2013
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