“What happens when we have eroded trust in media, government, and experts? If you don’t trust me and I don’t trust you, how do we respond to pandemics, or climate change, or have fair and open elections? This is how authoritarianism arises — when you erode trust in institutions.” People…

Before the iPhone, there lived the BlackBerry. For those of us lucky enough to remember how it looked like and worked, it was also a shock how quickly the company and the product went out of our minds. In a sense, Blackberry was the first real smartphone. Carrying it meant…

Modern cars come with a wide range of sensors and capture a whole lot of data. Apart from data entered directly into a car’s infotainment system, many cars can collect data in the background via cameras, microphones, sensors, and connected phones and apps. These data include: speed steering, brake, and…

We are facing a major problem, but nobody is paying attention to it because it is too small. I am talking about the small electronics becoming e-waste. Small electronics like chargers, sensors, toys, cables, etc. are everywhere these days, and they’re not getting recycled. Vapes, chargers, and other "invisible" e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem Chargers, vapes, and other small electronics make up millions of tons of "invisible" e-waste each year. Recycling them…www.theverge.com

Most people know about the Holocaust — over 6 million Jews (60 Lakhs) have been killed in a very short time in Nazi Germany. So, the Holocaust is technically an attempt of Genocide. But there are many who are calling Israel a Genocidal nation. I am confused — Israel must…

5000 rockets were launched on Israel from the Gaza Strip by Hamas terrorists on 7th October 2023. Over 150 people have died in Israel and Israel is retaliating. To understand the reasons behind the current conflict in Israel, it is important to understand how Israel came to be. There are…

Google has been using publicly scraped data to train its AI models for a while now. https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894779/google-ai-extended-training-data-toggle-bard-vertex Meta Platforms has been using public Facebook and Instagram posts to train parts of its new Meta AI virtual assistant. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/metas-new-ai-assistant-trained-on-public-facebook-and-instagram-posts/article67360070.ece

Imagine being in a public space like a mall or a restroom and being filmed. If you see someone pointing a camera at you or a smartphone at you, obviously you can find out. …

It is well known that a single company, Amazon, has seized control over much of the online retail economy, not just in the USA but in many parts of the world. But what exactly are they doing to keep up this monopoly? Simple — merchants were blocked from selling their…