What’s New Today: One Indian semiconductor plant is set to commence commercial production by February, underscoring the country's policy execution, global collaboration, and economic growth ambitions.
Fast-Track Insights: UK startup Shield Space secures £2m funding to build satellite defence systems, expand Lincoln team, and target a first flight in 2027.
Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest tech headlines making waves today. Let's dive into the day's top tech stories, from India launching commercial semiconductor production by February, to Government job opportunities for post-graduate candidates in India.
India is set to cross a long-awaited milestone as one semiconductor plant moves from pilot to commercial production by late February. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called it a proud moment after six decades of effort, crediting focused execution under the Prime Minister. He highlighted global collaborations across rare earths and technology, linking manufacturing growth, infrastructure investment, and simplification to India’s path toward becoming the world’s third-largest economy in coming years.
UK defence startup Shield Space has raised £2 million to develop autonomous systems that protect satellites from jamming, interference, debris and attacks. Backed by Mercia Ventures and other investors, the funding supports a new Lincoln base, team expansion and preparation for a first test flight in early 2027. Founded by former UK Space Command specialists, the company aims to give military and commercial satellites real-time, self-protecting capabilities in contested orbits.
The Careerera page lists current Indian government job opportunities open to post-graduates and other qualified candidates. It highlights a range of recruitments across sectors like the Indian Navy SSC Officer Entry Scheme with 190 openings, HPSC HSIIDC senior roles, NCERT non-teaching posts, and large drives like UPPSC with over 2,000 vacancies. Each listing shows required qualifications, number of openings and application deadlines, helping post-graduate job seekers find relevant public sector roles.
The article discusses that although AI adoption and investment are growing very fast, real progress still depends on human judgment. AI machines have a high-speed data processing ability, but they have no understanding of the context, ethics, or responsibility. If there is no human oversight, the dangers of bias, poor decisions, and accountability gaps increase. The author mentions some real-life situations in which the automation didn’t work and asserts that the most powerful AI applications are those that facilitate human decision-making rather than take over. Technology is to be the main factor of sustainable and trusted AI growth, and it has to follow human values.
BitGo Holdings has set the price of its interest in the public offering at $18 per share, thus becoming one of the major public offerings with a crypto connection in 2026. The total amount of the auction is more than 11.8 million Class A shares, which is a sign of increased interest from investors in the digital asset infrastructure. BitGo is going to be listed on the NYSE with the ticker BTGO, depicting that it is one of the most important providers of institutional crypto services when the market sentiment turns positive.