21 May 2026
Apple CCI Antitrust Hearing Today: The $38B India App Store Case
Apple's CCI antitrust hearing today could trigger a $38 billion App Store fine. Apple won't hand over financials. Here's what's at stake.
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Apple's CCI antitrust hearing today could trigger a $38 billion App Store fine. Apple won't hand over financials. Here's what's at stake.
Google I/O 2026 dropped Gemini Spark, a 25-year Search overhaul, and Antigravity 2.0 — as Nifty IT crashed to a three-year low. India is ground zero.
Tata-ASML signed an $11B deal for India's first front-end semiconductor fab at Dholera — the same week the rupee crashed to 96/USD.
OpenAI's DeployCo launched at $4B, targeting India's IT services giants. Nifty IT crashed 3.6% to a three-year low — TCS, Infosys, HCLTech fell 3-5%.
India dropped the Aadhaar app smartphone pre-install mandate after Apple and Samsung pushed back on security. It was the sixth failed attempt in two years.
Oracle layoffs India 2026: 6 AM emails cut 10,000-12,000 jobs. VPN and Slack revoked before employees woke. Deloitte hiring 50,000. The AI-era layoff playbook.
India's STQC certification blocks Hikvision and Dahua CCTVs. Indian brands CP Plus, Prama, Matrix ready for a $5.75 billion market shift.
70% of 4,000 AI startup applications to Google-Accel's India accelerator were wrappers. Only 5 made the cut. Here's what investors actually funded.
India's smartphone PLI scheme 2026 shifts focus to exports and local parts. What it means for Apple, Samsung, and phone prices.
Karnataka announced India's first social media ban for under-16s. But without age verification or platform cooperation, can the tech capital enforce it?