PLUS: Singapore helps Meta find new form of scam; Nothing bets it can create Indian consumer tech giant; Bangkok floods, tech holds on

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is preparing to launch drone deliveries in Australia and other nations.

“As Prime Air evaluates Australia and other countries, we are hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals, Australia – the person responsible for navigating Australia's aviation regulatory system and securing every approval required to deliver to Australian customers by drone,” reads a recently published job ad.

Whoever gets the gig in Australia will report to someone who holds the title “Leader, Prime Air Expansion – Asia Pacific.”

asked Amazon to comment on the ad, and which other Asian countries it plans to enter. The company had not responded at the time of writing.

Whoever gets the job “will be measured by the approvals you obtain, the timelines you hit, and –  ultimately – Australian customers receiving drone deliveries.” That wording suggests Amazon intends to operate Prime Air in Australia and is doing rather more than market evaluations.

In August, Amazon said it plans to operate Prime Air drones in “nearly” 500 cities and towns across the USA this year.

Meta and Singapore sling scammers

Meta last week announced that information-sharing with Singapore Police helped the social media giant to identify a new variety of attack and led it to take action against more than 113,000 entities and pages connected to fraud and scams on Facebook and Instagram.

Meta calls the new scams calls “shell pages” and says they “look empty and harmless” because they don’t include ads or content that violates Zuck’s T&Cs.

“But scammers had pre-built infrastructure, ready to be activated for scam campaigns at a moment’s notice,” Meta says. “Working from SPF’s signals, in July 2026, we took action against over 3.6 million shell pages before they could be used – and we’re now pursuing further disruptions against this type of scam.”

“Rather than responding to individual reports, this collaboration focuses on proactive network disruption – where SPF information helps Meta’s investigators identify and dismantle entire ecosystems of bad actors,” the company asserted.

Meta didn’t say how scammers could sign up for 3.6 million pages without it noticing.

Nothing has a plan to conquer India’s consumer tech market

Consumer electronics outfit Nothing, which has carved out a small niche with well-priced Android devices, has decided to spin out its Indian subsidiary CMF.

CEO Carl Pei explained the move as a bet on India’s growing electronics manufacturing industry spurring demand for local consumer tech brands.

“Every country that has manufactured consumer electronics at scale has eventually produced its own global champions. Japan did. Korea did. China did, and I watched it happen over the better part of a decade living there,” he wrote.

“India is next. It's already the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, with the largest youth population on earth and one of its deepest software talent pools. What it doesn't have yet is a global consumer electronics brand of its own. That will change. The only questions are when, and how.”

Pei thinks the how is spinning out CMF, a Nothing sub-brand that makes budget-priced phones, audio kit, and smartwatches.

Bangkok floods – brace for supply chain impact

When heavy rains and subsequent floods struck Thailand’s capital city Bangkok in 2011, facilities operated by hard disk manufacturers Western Digital and Seagate experienced damage that disrupted production for months.

Bangkok was again hit by rain and severe floods last weekend, but to date can find no evidence of problems at major tech companies. Western Digital and Seagate have not announced any issues, while hyperscalers Google, Microsoft, and AWS also report their local infrastructure is operating normally.

Thailand’s government announced a two-day holiday to help residents clean up after the flood, which saw much of Bangkok under 30 centimeters or more of water.

India’s top unis ban 22 vendors – maybe including Oracle – from recruiting their grads

India’s 23 Institutes of Technology (IITs) are famed for producing exceptional technology talent that tech companies often strive to hire. However 22 companies – reportedly including Oracle –  won’t be considered for graduate recruitment programs due to not following through on hiring promises.

India’s Economic Times reports that the companies offered over 150 jobs to IIT students, but didn’t make the appointments.

Another source claims Oracle is one of the 22 companies that the All IITs Placement Committee, the body which runs graduate placements, has decided not to deal with for two years. ®