This Week in Disruptive Tech | September 9, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

• Read Time : 4 mins

• Tags
• PUBG ban
• predictive algorithms
• law enforcement
• Covid-19 vaccine
• coronavirus
• Google
• Facebook
• AI ethics
• Brain Computer Interface

Elon Musk’s company Neuralink demoed a chip-sized brain implant that could help humans do much more. Here’s why I want one

• Read Time : 3 mins

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• Neuralink
• Elon Musk
• brain-machine interface

In Episode 6 of TAMG, tech entrepreneur Amrita Chowdhury and her son Shoumik, a student and researcher in quantum computing, talk about the opportunities around cutting-edge tech, and how to spark and consolidate interest in these areas among the young

• Play Time : 42 mins

• Tags
• Frontier science
• careers in science and technology
• Quantum computing

Last week, the Tatas announced their plans to launch a Super App. A whole bunch of global tech giants like Google, WhatsApp and Amazon and a behemoth like Reliance Jio are preparing to jump into the fray in India. And cement their dominance of a trillion dollar digital economy

• Read Time : 11 mins

• Tags
• WhatsApp
• Alipay
• Tata super app
• Chandrasekaran
• Reliance Jio
• Tencent
• Alibaba
• Amazon
• Digital Economy
• Google
• Baidu
• WeChat

This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 26, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

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• Tags
• GM mosquitoes
• special purpose acquisition company
• Tata super app
• Technology
• lidar
• Luminar IPO

This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 20, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

• Read Time : 5 mins

• Tags
• Fortnite
• algorithm bias
• Apple
• Beckn Protocol
• Epic Games
• Rahul Matthan
• Disruptive technologies

It’s the 25th anniversary of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) launching the first publicly available internet service in India. Charles Assisi recounts his early experience with the technology that killed distance and democratised knowledge

• Read Time : 10 mins

• Tags
• Ajit Balakrishnan
• Sify
• indiaworld
• Rediff
• internet in India
• VSNL
• B Ramalinga Raju
• ERNET
• Rajesh Jain
• hotmail

The troika of Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor have built an unassailable position in India. What will it take to win other markets, especially Southeast Asia?

• Read Time : 9 mins

• Tags
• Atmanirbhar Bharat
• Bajaj Auto
• Indian motorcycle industry
• TVS Motor
• Hero MotoCorp

This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 12, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

• Read Time : 4 mins

• Tags
• Stephanie Venn-Watson
• Uber
• Lyft
• COVID-19
• Gig Economy
• Dara Khosrowshahi
• Li Jin
• Bill Gates
• Ageing
• AB5 law

This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 05, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

• Read Time : 5 mins

• Tags
• Technological Disruption
• human challenge study
• George Fernandes
• Jio
• bioethics
• Coca-Cola
• IBM
• TikTok
• Covid-19 vaccine