This was a day of more staggering financial pledges from tech majors committing to India, and the Global South, in an era where the U.S. and China dominate AI development.

In our “Top Stories,” RCRTech reports on the Satellite and Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act, which is moving through the U.S. Senate after reintroduction by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Peter Welch (D-VT). The bill’s timing is noticeably close to Elon Musk’s January 30 application to the FCC for an unprecedented …

The past 48 hours have brought major announcements, like a $200 billion commitment for AI across “five layers” of India’s stack: infrastructure, energy, compute capacity, models, and end-use applications.