Opinion

It’s hard to say what US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary attack on immigration will mean for the future of US tech dominance. What’s clearer, however, is the immediate challenge he…

Effective 21 September 2025, this measure will likely cause tectonic shifts across the technology sector, which has long relied on the H-1B programme to bridge gaps in skilled labour—especially in…

When I began reporting on Indian IT in 2000, just after the Y2K scare, the stories I heard were about the ‘onsite dream’ – an engineer sent to Chicago or…

First, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is firmly in control of the interest-rate setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which on Wednesday lowered its target for the federal funds rate by…

The worse things get for the planet, the more unworkable the suggestions to save it become. Exhibit A: Proposals for climate cooling interventions focused on the polar regions, which are…

Indonesia hasn’t suffered a major terror attack in more than two years. But this calm is deceptive. The threat has shifted online, making it harder to detect, and potentially more…