Tim Culpan

Indian airlines shouldn't gamble with stricter safety

India's aviation industry needs to embrace these rules quickly with the understanding that safer skies and a greater emphasis on working conditions can only help business and lure more customers

Mastodon to Substack: Who all are in the fray to become the new Twitter

As Twitter treads through uncertainty, here are the alternatives for those seeking a Plan B, and how they stack up against the Twitter

Masayoshi Son's SoftBank buyout would look more like Musk than Dell

Every quarter Masayoshi Son is forced to give metrics he doesn't believe capture the value of his firm. "We are an investment company, we're not engaged in operations," he said in August 2020

iPhone maker Foxconn's India plant should draw lessons from the US

Wisconsin never hit its targets. And neither will Gujarat

Will $52 bn move the US to within striking distance of Asian chip giants?

CHIPS Act is a win for a cabal of US chipmakers and foreign companies, but largely ignores the nation's true semiconductor leaders who have been propping up the domestic sector for two decades

Ransomware attacks rise but reseachers prove hackers aren't all genuises

But what hackers don't bet on is savvy cybersecurity professionals coming across rookie mistakes in the malware code that lets them reverse the encryption without paying a dime to the assailant

India needs the US in order to realise its tech ambitions

India has every chance of becoming a successful and prosperous player in the global technology industry

Alibaba has a much bigger problem than the crackdown on technology

Alibaba's struggle is borne out in the numbers. Revenue for the three months to December climbed just 10%, compared with 29% growth the prior period

Language to politics: Taiwan's tech giants hit by culture shock in India

Be it Foxconn or Wistron, firms have to acclimate faster in a nation with its own traits and nuances.

A trade secrets theft probe may give more weight to US case against Huawei

With intellectual property so fundamental to the US and its global dominance, fighting that battle starts to make the war against Huawei very real

Tim Culpan: Xiaomi's $45-bn valuation seen as 'unfeasible'

With China's growth target being lowered and Xiaomi's rivals copying its sales strategy, the Chinese smartphone maker's first-mover advantage has been neutralised. This has put its high price tag in d