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Elon Musk-led Tesla signs 5-year office lease deal in Pune’s Viman Nagar
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk-led Tesla signs 5-year office lease deal in Pune’s Viman Nagar

[ad_1] Days after two of its senior executives reportedly had a meeting with Invest India officials last week to discuss plans of entering India and setting up a manufacturing eletric vehicle plant, Elon Musk's company Tesla India Motor & Energy Pvt Ltd has leased an office space in Panchshil Business Park in Viman Nagar, Pune.The electric car manufacturer has entered into a five-year lease agreement with Tablespace Technologies Pvt Ltd to lease 5,850 sq.ft office on the first floor of B wing in Panchshil Business Park. Tesla will pay a monthly rent of ₹11.65 lakh and a security deposit of ₹34.95 lakh for leasing the space for 60 months. The lease deal will include five car parks and 10 bike parks as per the agreement registered on July 26, 2023, according to the documents accesse...
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Elon Musk’s X challenges India ruling on content blocking, cites censorship risk
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s X challenges India ruling on content blocking, cites censorship risk

[ad_1] Social media platform X is seeking to quash a court ruling that it was not compliant with government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for censorship.X, formerly known as Twitter, in July 2022 sought to overturn government orders to remove some content from its platform. A court in June 2023 quashed that request and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($60,560). X has now appealed against that decision, arguing in a 96-page filing that the government "will be emboldened to issue more blocking orders" that violate law. The filing, which was dated Aug. 1 but has not been posted publicly, was submitted by local law firm Poovayya & Co at the Karnataka High Court. The original lawsuit predates X's ownership by ...
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India asks Tesla to copy Apple in pairing Chinese, Indian suppliers
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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India asks Tesla to copy Apple in pairing Chinese, Indian suppliers

[ad_1] As Tesla examines building a plant in India, officials have asked the company to emulate Apple in finding local firms to partner with any Chinese suppliers involved, according to three government sources with direct knowledge of the matter.Tesla has been in talks with India for weeks about setting up a factory which will potentially build a $24,000 car for local sales and exports, however strained India-China ties threaten to complicate Tesla's plans for bringing in Chinese suppliers. Tesla founder Elon Musk is seeking to expand beyond the company's biggest foreign base of China where regulatory approvals for expansion are slow to come. But Chinese suppliers could be critical if Tesla were to establish a plant in India and keep costs in check for a cheap EV. India does not have l...
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Delhi Police, Elon Musk and ‘police cats’, just look at what happened
4Jun By adminNo Comments
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Delhi Police, Elon Musk and ‘police cats’, just look at what happened

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk's quirky tweet about his son Lil X asking if 'police cats' exist has received a "purr-fect" reply from the Delhi Police and wacky responses from netizens.The Twitter owner on Thursday had posted: "Lil X just asked if there are police cats, since there are police dogs." While a large number of netizens have been engaging with Musk's tweet since then, it is Delhi Police's pun-laced response on Friday that has caught the attention of many Twitterati. "Hi @elonmusk, please tell Lil X that there are no police cats because they might get booked for feline-y and 'purr'petration," the Delhi Police tweeted.Many netizens have given a thumb-up to this amusing wordplay by the law enforcement agency of India's national capital, and some have called it a "purr-fect" respo...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: China warns of AI risks, Elon Musk as Indian groom and more
31May By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: China warns of AI risks, Elon Musk as Indian groom and more

[ad_1] The field of artificial intelligence is one of huge extremes. While on one end, companies like Google and Microsoft are rolling out AI products virtually every day, on the other hand, major protests are taking place that want the rise of AI to be halted. And these protests include major AI researchers including the father of AI Geoffrey Hinton and the man that started the AI craze, the founder and CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman. In a development to the protests, today China also called for security measures against AI, highlighting its risks. In a separate, lighter vein, a digital artist used AI to reimagine Elon Musk as an Indian groom. This and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.China warns of AI risksThe ruling party of China, the Chinese Communist Party, called for ma...
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Did Elon Musk just hint at a Tesla factory in India?
24May By adminNo Comments
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Did Elon Musk just hint at a Tesla factory in India?

[ad_1] That the massive Indian market is on billionaire Elon Musk's mind has been clear for a long time. But nothing solid has fructified so far. That may be changing, if what Musk said recently comes to happen.For some time now, Tesla has been looking to pick a new location for a factory. On Tuesday, CEO Musk said he would probably pick a location by the end of 2023. The India angle came to the forefront when the Wall Street Journal's correspondent asked Musk at an event if the country was interesting and he replied by saying, "Absolutely". Not just that, even the Indian officialdom is dropping big hints about Tesla. Tesla is "serious" about its plans to establish a manufacturing base in India, the country's deputy minister for technology told Reuters last week.However, concrete steps ...
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Nitin Gadkari, Elon Musk, China and India: What he said
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Nitin Gadkari, Elon Musk, China and India: What he said

[ad_1] Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said if Tesla founder Elon Musk wants to manufacture in India, then he is welcome. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said if Tesla founder Elon Musk wants to manufacture in India, then he is welcome. "If the manufacturing happens in China than in India, they will not get concession for marketing. If they do manufacturing in India, in any state, then they will be benefited," the minister stressed. American electric carmaker Tesla, which has been seeking reduction in import duties to sell its vehicles in India, will not manufacture its products locally unless it is allowed to first sell and service its cars in the country, Musk had earlier said. Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he is an avid foodie and the first serious thought that comes t...
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Elon Musk has very bad news for Twitter users in India
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk has very bad news for Twitter users in India

[ad_1] Elon Musk says Twitter is very slow in India. Musk even said sorry to users. Twitter new CEO Elon Musk has said that the social networking app is very slow in India by saying that this is a 'fact' and not 'claim'. Musk also said that 10-15 seconds to refresh homeline tweets is common and the issue is especially seen on Android phones. The new CEO of Twitter said this while replying to a tweet by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer (@schrep)."Twitter is very slow in India, Indonesia & many other countries. This is fact, not “claim”. 10 to 15 secs to refresh homeline tweets is common. Sometimes, it doesn't work at all, especially on Android phones. Only question is how much delay is due to bandwidth/latency/app.," Musk tweeted. While the tweet by Schroepfer read, "Basic internet ...
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