Prof Padubidri V Shivaprasad won the 2025 Tata Transformation Prize for Food Security. He uses epigenetics to 'de-domesticate' rice, restoring wild traits for climate resilience. IISc professors Balasubramanian Gopal and Ambarish Ghosh also won for green chemistry and nanorobots, respectively. They each receive ₹2 crores to advance their research.

Maruti Suzuki has purchased a 7.84% stake in mobility startup Ravity for nearly ₹2 crore. This investment, made through the Maruti Suzuki Innovation Fund, aims to boost connected vehicle technologies and improve customer experience using data insights. Ravity has been working with the company since 2019, and this funding strengthens their long-term partnership.

Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos raised ₹150 crore in Series C funding to develop small satellite launch vehicles. The round attracted new investors, reflecting growing interest in India’s commercial space sector. With deeptech momentum and increasing capital in space ventures, Agnikul’s progress toward orbital launch milestones will be closely monitored by industry observers.

AI research startup Redrob has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Korea Investment Partners, boosting its total to $14 million. The company plans to build low-cost AI infrastructure, create language models for all 22 Indian languages, and offer a free LLM to universities by 2026. Redrob also aims to support businesses with accessible AI tools.

Bitcoin, which has lost nearly 25% of its value in November, is headed towards its worst monthly performance since the crypto collapse in 2022. The world's largest cryptocurrency dropped to a low of $80,880.24 after sliding around 7.6% on Friday, according to CoinDesk data. Bitcoin has fallen over 30% from its record high of $126,000 in early October.

Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison, who briefly beat Elon Musk to become world's richest person, lost billions as the company's shares dropped 39% from the all-time high to close at $198.76 on Friday. As per Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $253 billion, Ellison has been replaced by Alphabet Co-Founder Larry Page as world's second-richest person with $257 billion.

PM Narendra Modi met Canadian PM Mark Carney and Australian PM Anthony Albanese in South Africa. Sharing pictures, PM Modi said, "We are delighted to announce an Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership today." "The initiative will deepen collaboration...in emerging technologies, support diversification of supply chains, clean energy and mass adoption of AI," he added.

A US-based bankruptcy court has ordered BYJU Founder Byju Raveendran to pay over $1.07 billion in a default judgment after ruling that he willfully concealed funds from the company's financing arm Alpha. This comes after Raveendran repeatedly failed to appear in court and present the documents. Alpha was incorporated in Delaware to manage a loan from global lenders.

Vamsi Gadiraju, who is marrying billionaire Rama Raju Mantena's daughter Netra Mantena, is the Co-Founder and CTO of Superorder. The US-based company, believed to have a net worth of $18-25 million, assists restaurants in managing delivery and takeaway operations. Gadiraju is a Columbia University alumnus and has also featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2024.

Smart glasses now offer diverse features, from audio-only to camera and display models. Key considerations include choosing the right type based on use, comfort and design fit, battery life, camera quality with privacy respect, and display clarity for display models. Knowing needs upfront prevents overpaying for unnecessary features.

Elon Musk predicts that within 10 to 20 years, work will become optional due to advances in AI and robotics. He compares future work to hobbies like sports or gardening, people will work by choice, not necessity. Musk envisions a post-scarcity economy where money loses relevance as robots boost productivity and lower production costs dramatically.

Google has confirmed that the major supply chain hack has led to the theft of Salesforce-stored data from over 200 companies. It was earlier disclosed that this hacking group, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, compromised the Salesforce data of certain customers through apps made by Gainsight. Crowdstrike also fired an employee for allegedly sharing the company's sensitive information with these hackers.

Billionaire Ray Dalio said AI spending is forming a bubble, but urged investors against selling their positions. "Don't sell just because there's a bubble," he said, adding, "But if you look at the correlations with the next 10 years' returns, when you are in that territory, you get very low returns." He added that bubbles need a trigger to burst.

Software engineers Luke Igel and Riley Walz have created a project named 'Jmail', a simulated Gmail account that shows late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's released emails. Walz used Google's Gemini AI to enhance original documents and provided one-click shortcut to access original source documents on the government's website. US House Oversight Committee released Epstein's emails on November 12.

Apple is cutting bank cashback offers on its new iPhone 17 series, reducing the benefit from ₹6,000 to ₹1,000, Moneycontrol reported. The revised cashback structure will take effect from November 22 while zero-cost EMI schemes will also undergo changes. Reportedly, Apple’s decision to reduce cashback is directly linked to ongoing supply-chain constraints worldwide, including in India.

Major US technology firms issued over $120-billion in debt in 2025 to finance AI infrastructure. Since September, four leading companies have reportedly sold $90 billion in public bonds, with Alphabet issuing $25 billion, Meta $30 billion, Oracle $18 billion, and Amazon $15 billion. AI capital expenditure may reach $600-billion by 2027, and net debt issuance may hit $100-billion in 2026.

Pope Leo XIV, while virtually addressing a US youth conference, urged youngsters to use artificial intelligence responsibly and in a way that helps them grow. "Don't ask it to do your homework for you," he said. He further told the attendees that AI is "becoming one of the defining features" of the present time.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan dismissed reports that a new hire took trade secrets from TSMC to his company, saying that Intel respects other firms’ intellectual property. Taiwanese newspapers reported that the 75-year-old hire Lo Wen-jen allegedly took proprietary know-how from his former employer TSMC, before his departure. TSMC has opened an internal probe to determine if trade secrets were stolen.

Google has denied reports that claimed it allegedly used Gmail messages and attachments to train Gemini AI. The company said no policies or user settings have changed and that Gmail content isn't used for AI training. The reports stated that Google "quietly updated its policies" and that users could opt out of the alleged training by disabling Gmail’s 'Smart Features'.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Google is leading the AI race, The Information reported, citing the firm's leaked internal memo. Altman admitted that Google’s progress with its new Gemini 3 model could "create some temporary economic headwinds for his company". He, however, encouraged his employees to remain confident, reassuring them that OpenAI would soon emerge as the AI race's leader.

The Reserve Bank of India announced on Friday the interlinking of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) of the Eurosystem. The move aims to promote cheaper and quicker cross-border payments between India and Europe. RBI said that it has been actively pursuing interlinking India's UPI system with other countries' instant payment systems.

The US President Donald Trump-led administration is considering letting NVIDIA sell its H200 AI chips to China, Reuters and Bloomberg reported. America has imposed restrictions on chip exports to China over the years, citing national security concerns. In October, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an agreement to de-escalate the trade war between their countries.

From December 10, Australia will become the first country in the world to bar people aged 16 and under from using social media. The ban, which included platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, Kick and Reddit, has now expanded to include Amazon-owned Twitch. The country has not banned the image-sharing platform Pinterest, Reuters reported.

Nokia will invest $4 billion in the US for research, development, and production of AI-driven network connectivity. Out of the total investment, $3.5 billion will be dedicated to research and development. Company CEO Justin Hotard, who joined the company from Intel earlier this year, had said he believes the telco industry is "at the front end of an AI supercycle".

CrowdStrike fired an employee for disclosing the company's sensitive information to hacking group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters. The hackers shared screenshots on Telegram showing insider access to CrowdStrike systems and included links to various company resources, like an employee's dashboard for internal apps. They breached CrowdStrike by exploiting a recent security incident at Gainsight.