The April-June quarter saw Biden making significant diplomatic moves vis-a-vis Europe, Russia and China; the Middle East saw two significant elections in Israel and Iran; China showed ascendancy in space; and there are developments in India’s neighbourhood, especially in Afghanistan. Sundeep Waslekar deciphers the implications

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• US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue
• Pakistan
• the US Innovation and Competition Act
• US-China relationship
• Afghanistan
• Israel election
• US-China rivalry
• geopolitics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Biden's Summitry
• China space station
• Iran election

June 23, 2021: James Clear on atomic habits; How to make governments smart; Is WEF dead; When AI is your accompanist

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• government
• Artificial Intelligence
• Pandit Jasraj
• Sandeep Ranade
• Nadasadhana
• atomic habits
• World Economic Forum
• Jaideep Prabhu
• James Clear

February 8, 2021: The story of Old Monk Rum; Covid-19 in the post pandemic world; Prevention is better

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• Bill Joy
• Old Monk Rum
• COVID-19
• Robotics
• Post Pandemic World
• Artificial Intelligence

December 8, 2020: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on happiness; The ethics of private purchase of vaccines; How to conduct better meetings using AI; Corona is a whistleblower

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• Artificial Intelligence
• Happiness and meaningfulness
• Covid-19 vaccine
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• better meetings

This Week in Disruptive Tech | December 3, 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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• AlphaFold
• DeepMind
• Chang’e 5
• Demis Hassabis
• Disruptive technologies
• Balaji Srinivasan
• Niall Fergusson
• Nouriel Roubini
• protein structure
• Alphabet
• Pixar
• bitcoin
• AlphaGo
• China moon mission
• Artificial Intelligence
• Mons Rumker

This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 28, 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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• eCommerce
• Flipkart
• Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
• Ant Group
• Thomas Liu
• Artificial Intelligence
• Uber
• Disruptive technologies
• Alzheimer’s
• reputation economy
• offline retail

China's growing tech prowess, access to Big Data, and its expanding digital footprint gives it a strategic advantage—in espionage and surveillance, in global finance, and global trade. All of which will play a decisive role in determining China’s role in international politics and business. Read part 2 of this two-part article

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• surveillance
• international politics
• Big Data
• international business
• international trade
• Artificial Intelligence
• China-US tech rivalry
• China's Digital Silk Route
• weaponized interdependence

It’s important for India to understand the Sino-US ‘techonomic’ rivalry in emerging technologies like AI, 5G, and IoT, and China’s efforts to carve out a sphere of influence. So that it can tweak its own relationship with China. Read part one of this two-part essay

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• China's Digital Silk Route
• weaponized interdependence
• Kai-Fu Lee
• Artificial Intelligence
• India vs China
• balkanisation of the internet
• Chinese investments in India
• China-US tech rivalry

This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 14, 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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• Cambridge Analytica
• disruptive technology
• Big Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• IBM

This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 1, 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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• Artificial Intelligence
• microbes to decompose crops
• Google tax
• Crop burning
• Google vs app developers