·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Part 3: Unraveling AI 171: The Search for What Really Went Wrong
The mystery is not just about what happened—but why? And how can it be prevented in the future? The third and concluding part of a three part series
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·Digital transformation
Nuance is the new differentiator
When every team has access to the same AI tools, your advantage will be in knowing what wasn’t said
·Digital transformation
AI in Schools: Not a Generational Divide, but a Dialogue Waiting to Happen
Two years since ChatGPT entered classrooms, students and teachers are already using AI in everyday learning. Official policies may be slow to catch up, but a quiet reckoning is underway—through whispers, workarounds, and growing calls for clarity
·Platforms & Data Economy
Fintech Special Report Part 3: The limits of algos
Fintechs bet on data and algos to know the credit-worthiness of the underserved. However, there's a gap in what the data can reveal because of consumer behaviour. Part 3 of a 4-part series
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Science fiction and the simulations of our future(s)
December 11, 2021 | FF Daily #546: FF Recommends 10 sci-fi novels
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Facebook’s new avatar in 10 images
Renaming Facebook as Meta indicates a big bet on the metaverse, as well as an “escape hatch” from the issues and scrutiny Facebook has been facing. The entire industry is at the beginning of a big wave and Mark Zuckerberg has been building capacity for some years now. However, the key to Meta’s success will depend on whether and how fast customers adopt it to work, learn, play, build and live.
·Platforms & Data Economy
FF Daily #401: How social media might evolve
June 18, 2021: How Novavax works; Michael Holding on racism in sports and society; Abdul Kalam meets AR Rahman
·Platforms & Data Economy
Could NFTs redefine equal opportunity in a digital art world?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can democratize access, amplify an artist’s, especially a woman’s, voice and choice, and promote allyship
·Platforms & Data Economy
How tech firms are eating media
This Week in Disruptive Tech | January 27, 2021: The media business; Sangeet Paul Choudary on empowering workers; Will Clubhouse click in India
·Digital transformation
The age of disruptive imitation
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
·Platforms & Data Economy
How UPI scaled up; What's behind Apple's Mac chips: Climate change and music
This Week in Disruptive Tech | November 4, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
Ecommerce in festive season; China’s tech war; Investing in disruptive tech
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 21, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
Should the world be worried about Chinese tech?
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
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The US-China war for tech supremacy is splitting the world in two
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
·Digital transformation
IBM spins off tech services; UK probes Cambridge Analytica; Big Tech & AI
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
·Platforms & Data Economy
App store wars; Virtual commute; Digital tracing apps—too little, too late?
This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 8, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
Google Vs Paytm: How to make your battle the world’s battle
This Week in Disruptive Tech | September 23, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Digital transformation
Fantasy sports & future of sports; Facebook & hate speech; Contact tracing
This Week in Disruptive Tech | September 16, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Consumer Tech
PUBG, a twist in the tale; Facebook nudge; Predictive algorithms
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
·Platforms & Data Economy
The race to build a ‘desi’ Super App
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
·Digital transformation
Luminar IPO & Spacs, Tatas super app, and GM mosquitoes
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
·Platforms & Data Economy
Apple Vs Fortnite: It’s not just about the money
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
·Digital transformation
A brief history of the internet in India
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
·Digital transformation
Facebook, Google and Jio—the China Playbook
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 15, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Digital transformation
What Richard Feynman can teach us about coronavirus strategy
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 08, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
Chinese app ban: Four scenarios on how it might play out
This Week in Disruptive Tech | July 01, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
GoSocial, facial recognition and laws, deepfakes
This Week in Disruptive Tech | June 17, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Platforms & Data Economy
Can Jio scale its apps; from rough sketch to photo-real; automation’s limits
This Week in Disruptive Tech | June 10, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
SpaceX launch; internet and free speech; one nation, one card
Disruptive Tech Weekly | June 03, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Digital transformation
Product, pricing and philosophy
February 17, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology. In this issue: Swiggy’s partnerships, Tesla’s pricing and Silicon Valley’s fascination with Yuval Harari
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The ambitious and their enemies
January 07, 2020: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Oyo’s pitfalls on the fast track, He Jiankui and gene editing, Facebook’s efforts to build an operating system, micro-mobility, and Digital India's tech gaps
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Why things fail
September 15, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: MIT & Epstein; genetically modified mosquitoes; cure for AIDS; man-machine interface, and Big Tech in elections
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The long play
September 8, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Chandrayaan 2, Jio’s business plan, deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and the problem with Big Data
·Digital Public Infrastructure, Aadhaar & Open Commerce
The lessons of history
August 30, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Aadhaar-based eKYC, facial recognition, intuition and rationality, US-China tech war, and platform responsibility
·Digital transformation
The balancing act
July 9, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Nudge vs. boost, Superhuman fiasco, Monopoly’s origins, Amazon’s liability and problems with brain restoration
·Digital transformation
Technology is politics
July 3, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Huawei, AltSchool, Sidewalk Labs, Chernobyl and mobile market
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
What, me trust?
June 24, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Deepfakes, Facebook’s Libra, CRISPR, Slack IPO and Oxford University
·Digital transformation
The importance of asking the right question
June 2, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Uber’s impact on taxi drivers, Ather Energy, Huawei, AI pizza checker and more
·Digital transformation
How do you eat an elephant?
May 26, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: How X bridges tech-policy gap; data ownership; election predictions; Facebook and insurance frauds
·Platforms & Data Economy
The hyperlocal WhatsApp strategy, policy windows and AI food tasters
May 10, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. Also in this issue: gene editing to prevent heart attack, and what North Korea's radio-tochkas show us about Big Tech's privacy violations
·Platforms & Data Economy
Robo-taxis, privacy committees and wearables to augment intelligence
May 04, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Tesla’s robo-taxi networks, Facebook’s privacy positions, Microsoft’s Blockchain partnership, wearables, carbon sucking plants and more
·Platforms & Data Economy
The future of food, social media platforms and facial recognition
April 27, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Sri Lanka’s social media ban, Beyond Meat IPO, facial recognition, employee activism, robot rights and more
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth
April 14, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: the science behind the black hole photo; how Facebook is mapping Earth; private rocket science; data and privacy; the future of jobs; and EVs path to profitability
·Digital transformation
When we ask machines to do our work
March 19, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: AI’s impact on surgical skills, air crashes, electric vehicles and data for public good
·Platforms & Data Economy
The bad thing about good things and the good thing about bad
March 13, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Facebook’s new vision; Elizabeth Warren’s new proposal and Reliance Jio; and the limits of the sharing economy
·Platforms & Data Economy
Will the real Twitter please stand up?
Twitter is not one, but three. It is a protocol, an app, and a media company. And being all the three is doing it no good
·Digital transformation
Trendspotting: The shape of all things digital in 2019
How cheap bandwidth and smartphones together with micropayents will affect tectonic shifts in telecom, TV and Bollywood, retail, banking and more
·Digital transformation
The race for 5G: Why China wants to dominate next gen wireless internet
China and the US are locked in a furious battle for control of the next generation of wireless internet networks. The winner will gain a big economic advantage for years to come
·Platforms & Data Economy
Technology and the new influencers
This Week: Airbnb vs the hospitality industry, developing a unique perspective, and why Big Tech needs to be disrupted
·Digital transformation
The best of ’17
This week: Making sense of technology, innovating for India, and our best stories in 2017