Zerodha Founder Nikhil Kamath asked Tesla Founder Elon Musk what advice he would give young entrepreneurs in India. "I'm a big fan of anyone who wants to build...So I think anyone who wants to make more than they take, has my respect," he replied. He said entrepreneurs should work towards providing useful services, and money will come as a consequence.

India's Department of Telecommunications has mandated SIM binding for messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. This means users can only access their accounts on devices that have the same SIM card used during registration of those accounts. If the SIM is removed, inactive, or replaced with another SIM, the apps will block access to the accounts and log users out.

Elon Musk, on being asked by Nikhil Kamath whether kids should still go to college, said, "If you wanna go to college for social reasons...[you should] go." "Will these skills be necessary in the future? Probably not...But...if something is of interest, it's fine to go and study that," he added. He advised students to study a wide range of courses.

The world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, tumbled 21% in November 2025, recording the worst monthly decline since the 2022 global crypto crash. Bitcoin, which traded near $126,000 in early October, has now dipped to $81,000 in late November, marking a 33% fall in slightly over a month. Major altcoins mirrored Bitcoin's downturn, deepening the falling prices of Bitcoin.

WhatsApp and other messaging platforms' web services won't be available uninterrupted to users in India after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) mandated SIM binding to combat rising digital fraud. The users are likely to be logged out every six hours, the government directive said. OTT messaging platforms are required to ensure compliance with the directive within 90 days.

During a podcast, Nikhil Kamath told Elon Musk that he doesn't have kids, to which the latter replied, "Maybe you should...You won't regret it." Musk also said he worries about population decline, and he doesn't want humanity to disappear. "I mean, I think we fundamentally have to have kids or go extinct, you know," he added.

On being questioned by Nikhil Kamath about which company (not owned by him) he'd invest with a capitalistic view, Elon Musk said, "I don't look for things to invest in." However, Musk noted that AI and robotics will be "very important" and added, "I think Google is gonna be pretty valuable in the future...[and] Nvidia is obvious at this point."

SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk, speaking on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's podcast, said working at all will be optional in the next 10-15 years and it will be like a hobby. "The advancements in AI and robotics will bring us to...point where working is optional in...same way that you can grow your own vegetables in your garden," he stated.

Two 22-year-old Gen Z students William Chen and Guan Wang, behind the open-source AI chatbot OpenChat, had rejected billionaire Elon Musk's multi-million-dollar pay offer to work at xAI, they told Fortune. Chen said they didn't want to work on LLMs as they "have their limitations". They then built a "brain-inspired" reasoning system that has now outperformed OpenAI, DeepSeek and Anthropic.

Japanese company Science Inc has officially launched the 'Mirai Human Washing Machine' worth $385,000 (around ₹3.4 crore). The machine acts like a high-tech automatic spa pod that can wash an occupant head to toe in 15 minutes. The machine washes the occupants using microbubbles.

Billionaire Nikhil Kamath revealed on his podcast that he was once a shareholder of Twitter before world's richest man Elon Musk bought it and renamed it to X. Calling himself a "very small shareholder", Kamath said, "I got paid when you bought Twitter." Musk responded, saying it was important to buy Twitter as it was having negative influence on world.

World's richest man Elon Musk revealed on billionaire Nikhil Kamath's podcast that his partner Shivon Zilis is of Indian origin. "One of my sons with her, his middle name is 'Sekhar', after [Indian-origin Nobel-winner Subrahmanyan] Chandrasekhar," Musk said. They both laughed after Kamath asked if Zilis spent any time in India, and Musk replied, "No, she grew up in Canada."

Google issued a warning against downloading malicious VPN apps. These apps impersonate trusted enterprise and consumer VPN brands to target vulnerable users. Once installed, they can steal banking details, crypto wallet data, passwords, and private messages and can enable remote access. "Only download VPN apps from official sources, and check for apps with VPN badge in Google Play," Google said.

Elon Musk, in a podcast with Zerodha Founder Nikhil Kamath, admitted that US benefited immensely from Indians. He, however, added that the H-1B visa programme has been misused. "Some of the outsourcing companies have gamed H-1B system...And we need to stop that...But I'm certainly not in the school of thought that we should shut down the H-1B program," he said.

Google has withdrawn its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft's cloud computing practices. This comes a week after EU regulators launched an investigation into whether Microsoft should be subject to rules aimed at curbing its power in the cloud market. Google had accused Microsoft, the second-largest player in the cloud market, of allegedly locking customers into its Azure cloud platform.

Chinese regulators have barred TikTok owner ByteDance from using NVIDIA chips in new data centres, The Information reported. The ban comes amid China's efforts to reduce reliance on US technology, as the US tightens export restrictions for AI chips. ByteDance reportedly bought more NVIDIA chips than any other Chinese company this year.

Cyberabad Police arrested nine people in a crackdown on a fake international call centre that defrauded Australian citizens of an estimated ₹8 to ₹10 crore over the past two years. The key accused had brought in personnel from Kolkata to work at the call centre. The illegally acquired funds were then routed to India through multiple channels, including hawala networks.

The government has warned against fake apps impersonating the DigiLocker service circulating on app stores. "If you have already installed a suspicious version, delete it immediately and change your passwords for linked accounts," Digital India's official X account said. "Download only from the official links available on the government website," it added.

Billionaire Elon Musk said the project that excites him the most today is the increasing convergence between his companies SpaceX, Tesla and xAI. "If…future is solar-powered AI satellites that need to harness a non-trivial amount of energy of…sun, you have to move to solar AI satellites in deep space," he said. "All the companies are doing great things," he added.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said it is physically impossible for Starlink to perform better in cities or densely populated areas due to competition from local network providers. "Rural areas...have worst internet because it's costly and difficult...to have high bandwidth cellular towers...So, Starlink tends to serve the least served," Musk said. "Starlink is complementary to existing telcos," he added.

Amazon blocked OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other tools from accessing or training on its marketplace data. It has restricted employees and third parties from allowing OpenAI tools to access seller information, product listings, consumer behaviour insights, and other internal datasets. This impacts the recently launched Shopping Research tool, which can no longer scan prices, reviews or deals on Amazon.

Apple has named its first foldable iPhone as 'iPhone Ultra', which will likely launch in 2026, reports stated. It will feature side-mounted Touch ID and a titanium frame, paired with a liquid metal hinge. The device may feature a crease-free folding display with a 7.8-inch inner screen and a 5.5-inch outer cover display, and be powered by an A20 chipset.

Google Maps has been gradually rolling out Gemini AI, bringing new voice tools, smarter navigation and early traffic alerts that change how users plan and follow their routes. The update replaces Google Assistant for navigation tasks and places a Gemini spark icon in the top right of the map. Gemini works with driving, walking, cycling and public transport navigation.

UPI witnessed significant growth with over 19 billion transactions worth ₹24.58 lakh crore till November 28, up from 15.48 billion transactions worth ₹21.55 lakh crore in November 2024. The transaction volume of UPI in November increased by 23% from same period last year, with transaction value recording a 14% rise. In two years, UPI transaction volume grew by 70%.

In a podcast with Nikhil Kamath, billionaire Elon Musk said he stopped playing GTA because the only way to proceed in the video game was to kill the police. "I'm like, 'I don't wanna do that'," he stated. "I actually don't like killing the NPCs (non-playable characters) in the video games. That's not my thing," he added.