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Friday, January 30, 2026
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Topic: Algorithm

Indians are falling for the big fat Instagram wedding – manufactured happiness for algorithm

Weddings today feel less about love, union, or companionship and more about pastels, the right songs, and cinematic wedding photography

AI is learning caste bias in India. Who will audit it for discrimination?

The real danger is not just discrimination, but that it hides behind a facade of objectivity. A recruiter can shrug: the system rejected the candidate.

Shrimp Jesus, fake self-portraits–AI-generated images the latest form of social media spam

Many of these images border on the surreal, often used to bait engagement from ordinary users.

AI deepfake algorithm can manipulate ‘you’ to say what it wants. Here’s how it works

Many of us already share details of our daily lives on the internet. This means the audio data required to create a realistic copy of a voice could be readily available on social media.

Overcoming these 3 obstacles in social media marketing will boost your business, says Ahmed Khan

The young social media marketer believes that social media influencers are more interpersonal, more engaging, and communicate with their audiences at a different level.

US, EU pledge to make algorithms trustworthy. It needs to be seen if it’ll work

The pledge, made during the Trade & Technology Council's inaugural meeting, is a marker for the Biden administration’s move toward more accountability & regulation of Big Tech.

A secret algorithm is deciding who will die in America

The US govt's emergency management agency FEMA has a new pandemic-prediction model that is yet to be released to the public.

Add to cart? How Amazon rigs its shopping algorithm

For the hundreds of thousands of companies that sell on Amazon’s platform, ‘winning the Buy Box’ is everything.

Netflix, Tinder, Amazon all have automated algorithms. So, do humans have a choice anymore?

Eighty per cent of viewing hours streamed on Netflix and 35 per cent of Amazon’s sales originate from automated recommendations.

Soon algorithms will give you a more accurate diagnosis than your doctor

AI firm DeepMind is set start trials for technology that can detect over 50 eye related problems

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Economic Survey 2025-26 takes global lessons seriously—and shows why Swadeshi is the way to go

The Economic Survey 2025-26 is not a celebration of success, but a measured warning that the traditional paradigms of global economic growth are no longer applicable.

Economic Survey backs skilled visas to give IT services sector a boost, green energy for data centres

The IT services sector contributed more than half of India’s Gross Value Added, serving as a major driver of exports and employment, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has found.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.