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India's outsourcing industry is worth 300bn. Can it survive AI?

BBC News

India's outsourcing industry is worth $300bn. Indian technology stocks have seen an unprecedented rout over the past few weeks over fears of artificial intelligence upending the traditional outsourcing model that powers the country's $300bn (£223bn) back-office industry. The sell-off - part of a global correction in traditional software and IT stocks - preceded the market nervousness caused by recent geopolitical uncertainty, and is particularly significant for India. Over the past three-and-a-half decades, India's software industry has created millions of white-collar jobs, spawning a new middle class driven by high ambition and strong purchasing power. This, in turn, has fuelled demand for apartments, cars and restaurants across top-tier cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Gurugram over the past 30 years.



'We will go wherever they hide': Rooting out IS in Somalia

BBC News

'We will go wherever they hide': Rooting out IS in Somalia A figure appears in the picture, moving through a valley. He has been to fetch water for his friends, says the drone operator. He is running and carrying something on his back, adds another soldier. The man on the screen is near a cave, which the army believes is a hideout for 50 to 60 IS fighters. The Puntland Defence Forces have about 500 soldiers stationed at this base in the north-east of Somalia. Ten years ago the barren and inhospitable landscape was home to only a few nomadic communities, but that changed when IS established a foothold here, shifting its focus to Africa as its fighters were driven out of their strongholds in Syria and Iraq.



Exiled Iranian crown prince says he's ready to lead Iran 'as soon as the Islamic Republic falls'

FOX News

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said he is ready to lead Iran's transition as soon as the Islamic Republic falls, announcing plans for a transitional system under his leadership.


Iranian drone attacks strain US air defenses as Ukraine pitches low-cost interceptors

FOX News

As Iranian-designed Shahed drones spread from Ukraine to the Gulf, U.S. and allied forces are using multimillion-dollar air defenses to counter low-cost attacks, raising sustainability concerns.


Iran deploys explosive 'suicide skiffs' disguised as fishing boats in Strait of Hormuz

FOX News

Iranian forces deploy explosive drone boats disguised as fishing vessels in Strait of Hormuz, defense expert Cameron Chell warns, marking new phase of hybrid warfare.


Inside the Israeli drone unit taking on Iran and Hezbollah

FOX News

Israel's elite drone Squadron 200 reportedly destroys over half of Iran's ballistic missile launchers in ongoing Middle East conflict operations.


Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war

The Guardian

Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon has forced the tech industry to once again grapple with the question of how its products are used for war - and what lines it will not cross. Amid Silicon Valley's rightward shift under Donald Trump and the signing of lucrative defense contracts, big tech's answer is looking very different than it did even less than a decade ago. Anthropic's feud with the Trump administration escalated three days ago as the AI firm sued the Department of Defense, claiming that the government's decision to blacklist it from government work violated its first amendment rights. The company and the Pentagon have been locked in a months-long standoff, with Anthropic attempting to prohibit its AI model from being used for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.


Trump warns of Iranian 'sleeper cells' as Canada is accused of harboring regime operatives

FOX News

Iranian sleeper cells prompt President Donald Trump warning as Canadian opposition lawmakers accuse government of allowing Tehran operatives to remain despite visa cancellations.