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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: technology

The middle ground on Aadhaar still eludes us

Aadhaar debate isn’t over yet. The government must improve its implementation if it wants to save the project’s credibility.

God, please save India from our ‘wine ‘n cheese’ Aadhaarophobics

If the government wants to keep track of a citizen, it can do so very easily. It doesn’t need Aadhaar for that.

Your microwave, wall clock, car will all be able to eavesdrop on you soon

The products Amazon is rolling out are all based on its Alexa voice-assistant technology, installing them would lead to bugging of all your private spaces.

War to dominate India’s tech sector to see more billion dollar acquisition deals

Global technology companies are being drawn to do deals in India as mobile internet penetration increases & digital payments boost consumer spending.

Shekhar Gupta, science vs technology isn’t like Communism vs RSS

Creating artificial conflicts between science and technology is certainly not conducive to the advancement of either.

This IIT-Madras breakthrough may soon bring talking cars and real-time disease diagnoses

Automation isn’t cost-effective or fast enough because of how algorithms are designed or network failures. This is where IIT-Madras team's algorithms come in. Bengaluru: Cheaper cab...

The US business whiz-kid is likely a 45-year-old, at least 15 years older than India’s

The founders of the fastest-growing American startups are well into their 40s, while the domestic landscape is dominated by youth.  

Does watching porn make us better lovers or shrink our brain?

Pornography viewership has sky-rocketed and is slowly distorting our experiences of intimacy without us even knowing it.

How India is employing drone tech — from fields and films to rail and mining

Report suggests the UAV industry in India will reach Rs 6,257 crore by 2021; drones likely to open up job avenues.

Modi’s space dream: India still doesn’t know the difference between tech & science

We celebrate ‘scientific achievement’ and wrap engineering & technology in the Tricolour. But truth is Indian science is in a sorry state.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.