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NavIC’s hurdles project govt’s reluctance to fund innovation

NavIC, India's navigation satellite system, faces challenges due to failures and funding issues, highlighting the need for better investment in science and technology.

NavIC’s hurdles project govt’s reluctance to fund innovation
Published on Feb 08, 2025 08:20 AM IST

NavIC’s hurdles project govt’s reluctance to fund innovation

NavIC finds itself limping, battered by failures of atomic clocks, propulsion glitches, and a tangled web of challenges back on Earth

Satellites, built with dreams of national autonomy and technological prowess, orbit the Earth as part of a grand project named NavIC, India’s navigation satellite system (ANI/Representative photo)
Updated on Feb 07, 2025 08:13 PM IST

Sniggering at India’s AI efforts may be mistimed

India's tech minister announced six AI models by year's end, but skepticism remains amid fears of China's DeepSeek. However, collaboration is key.

Sniggering at India’s AI efforts may be mistimed
Published on Feb 01, 2025 06:30 AM IST

Sniggering at India’s AI efforts may be mistimed

Right now, everyone’s panicking about DeepSeek because it came out of China. But that’s the wrong way to look at it.

For representational purposes only. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 04:28 PM IST

The dangers of an unchecked Musk

Elon Musk, once a tech visionary, now faces backlash for toxic content on Twitter (X) and his political entanglements, raising accountability concerns.

The dangers of an unchecked Musk
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 08:00 AM IST

The dangers of an unchecked Musk

Elon Musk meteoric rise to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Donald Trump’s administration now forces another moment of reckoning—about the man, his ambitions, and his impact on the world, India included

Elon Musk, once hailed as the visionary behind Tesla and SpaceX, now finds himself branded as the most hated man in technology (AP)
Published on Jan 24, 2025 04:45 PM IST

I am your man, and I am a robot

Students rely on AI tools for assignments, raising concerns about genuine connections and critical thinking, as AI companions reshape human relationships.

I am your man, and I am a robot
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 08:58 AM IST

Bill to take charge of India’s digital destiny

India’s draft DPDP Rules are a declaration of intent — that power must rest with its people, not corporations. Some structural challenges need to be ironed out

A child’s safety, wrapped in fine print, is no safety at all. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Jan 15, 2025 08:06 PM IST

Know reservations: Charles Assisi writes on dogma, religion and being an atheist

A recent visit to a cathedral has me thinking: Maybe we atheists can sometimes stray into the same absolutisms we criticise in religion, he says.

‘I’d rather be an atheist who occasionally marvels at stained-glass windows and soaring choir music than someone locked in a fortress of pride masquerading as absolutes.’ (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 02:04 PM IST

The whip of Silicon Valley tech behemoths

India is waging a digital war against US and China, facing challenges like misinformation and tech dominance while seeking innovative solutions

The Indian government is among the few countries waging a war on the internet against the US and China
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 08:56 AM IST

Remember to always ‘put the weights back’, says Charles Assisi

Among his lessons learnt in 2024: Invest wisely in health; cherish the only body you will ever have. Be kinder, everyone really is carrying a burden.

Agony and ecstasy are reflected in Pablo Picasso’s The Three Dancers; 1925.
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 03:30 PM IST

Tech trends: What to expect in 2025

India's tech landscape is evolving as people experiment with AI at home, paving the way for advancements in FinTech, healthcare, 5G, and cloud computing.

Huge changes are brewing in India’s tech space.
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 10:35 AM IST

Who are you without your job title?: Charles Assisi tries a social experiment

‘How tightly we cling to our work identities. I tried shedding mine for a few days. It was awkward, sobering... but I would highly recommend it,’ he says.

In Hacks (2021-), Jean Smart plays a woman defined by her identity as a successful comedian. Faced with a dip in her career, she has no idea what she’ll do next, or who her friends are.
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 07:08 PM IST

Nations must control data to tell their stories their own way

Digital sovereignty empowers nations to control their own data and narratives, ensuring cultural integrity and security against foreign influence.

Who gets to decide how a country’s stories, culture, and information are handled online? (Shutterstock)
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 07:54 AM IST

Nations must control data to tell their stories their way

Digital sovereignty means a nation has the infrastructure and power to keep its own data home, manage its own digital affairs, and ensure what its citizens sees online is not controlled by distant companies and foreign governments

With companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple and Netflix operating out of Silicon Valley, all narratives and data are controlled by American entities (File photo/Representational Image)
Published on Dec 20, 2024 06:46 PM IST

Pause and effect: Charles Assisi spent a week being totally honest

‘The experience was brutal, stressful – and devastating to others,’ Assisi says. ‘On Day Four, I discovered a cure. Here’s how to use the perfect pause.’

Is the pause working yet?: Jim Carrey as a lawyer who can’t fib at all, for a day, in Liar Liar (1997).
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 03:46 PM IST

Lessons for India from Intel’s downturn

The company that powered the PC revolution is now struggling to keep pace with nimbler rivals like Nvidia and ARM, whose chips are powering everything from artificial intelligence (AI) to smartphones

At some point, it appeared imminent that Qualcomm would take over Intel. (Intel | Official X account)
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 04:08 PM IST

Is a laptop import ban feasible?

Announcing a policy is the easy part. Execution is where things usually fall apart. The laptop move is bold, even risky. But it’s also necessary

India is considering a ban on imports of laptops, personal computers and mobile phones after January. (AFP)
Published on Nov 29, 2024 06:39 PM IST

India on the sidelines as the future of finance dawns

Blockchain is the foundation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin but its potential stretches far beyond speculative trading enabling tamper-proof voting systems, transparent supply chains, and decentralized finance.

Representational image. (AFP)
Updated on Nov 22, 2024 02:27 PM IST

Rolling with the hunches: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Should you trust your gut, or let data take the lead? Algorithms are trained to be logical, exacting, and can help. But to soar as a human, spontaneity is vital

The math is never easy: A still from the 1959 Disney film, Donald in Mathmagic Land.
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:45 PM IST

Too many digital IDs spoil the broth

India's new student ID initiative, APAAR, risks complicating digital IDs instead of simplifying them, raising questions on efficiency and cost.

Too many digital IDs spoil the broth
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 08:30 AM IST

The impact of Meta’s entry in search

Meta is developing a search engine, signaling a shift in the digital landscape as AI transforms how we access information, challenging Google's dominance.

The impact of Meta’s entry in search
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 06:32 AM IST

A few core truths: Charles Assisi, on running towards fitness, but more slowly

A fitness journey should be less like a race, more like a long hike, he says. The destination may be out of view; what matters is that one is on the right path.

‘There’s an aggressiveness to fitness goals today, that I think the world could do without,’ Assisi says. ‘The body doesn’t care how many motivational quotes you’ve consumed and abs don’t appear because you visualised them really hard.’ (Images: Adobe Stock)
Updated on Oct 26, 2024 04:19 PM IST

Why tech bros need to be less paranoid about debt

So, while it’s understandable that tech bros remain a little wary, perhaps it’s time to relax—at least a little

After all, if one has built an empire, it’s okay to stop worrying about someone sneaking up with a water pistol. (Representative file photo)
Published on Oct 25, 2024 04:00 PM IST

Musk vs Ambani-Mittal is a battle to watch out for

Elon Musk's Starlink gains approval for satellite broadband in India, challenging Reliance and Bharti, raising tensions in the telecom sector.

Musk vs Ambani-Mittal is a battle to watch out for
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 08:12 AM IST

To the warriors in our midst: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Americans seem confused by Kamala Harris’s admiration of her mother. But here, such awe is a given. It comes from seeing women reinvent, rebound, prevail.

Charles Assisi and his mother, Lilly Assisi. She is proof, he says, that age is no barrier to change. Reinvention doesn’t belong to the young. It belongs to the brave.
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 03:41 PM IST

Is using ChatGPT good for kids?

Concerns grow over kids' use of AI tools like ChatGPT for assignments, raising issues of creativity, privacy, and data safety amid a lack of regulation.

Is using ChatGPT good for kids?
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 08:52 AM IST

There’s a battle brewing...and it will be fought in ones and zeroes

Our digital systems are uniquely pervasive, vital – but uniquely unprotected. What do the shadowy new threats look like? How well-armed are we for this fight?

 (HT Illustration: Rahul Krishnan)
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 04:01 PM IST

Are kids really safe using ChatGPT?

AI models often function as black boxes, processing inputs and delivering outputs without users knowing what’s happening in between

When kids input assignments into AI tools, they’re feeding data into systems they don’t understand. (Representative file photo)
Published on Oct 11, 2024 06:20 PM IST

Scalpers, not BookMyShow, are the culprits

Scalpers are modern-day vultures, swooping in at the precise moment of release, snatching tickets before the average fan even has a chance.

Representational image.
Updated on Oct 04, 2024 04:38 PM IST
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