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Early souring of an AI dream

India, April 11 -- There is a sweet irony in the data now circulating through the inboxes of tech journalists. It does not originate from a think tank or any multilateral institution. Instead, it orig... Read More


Early souring of an AI dream

India, April 10 -- There is a certain irony in the data now circulating through the inboxes of tech journalists. It does not originate from a think tank or any multilateral institution. Instead, it co... Read More


The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy

India, April 4 -- Thirty thousand jobs just got deleted off Oracle's rolls. Of those, 12,000 were in India. Engineers, analysts, and back-office stalwarts got hit with a fact: they were merely dispens... Read More


Watch this pace: Is time really 'slipping by', asks Charles Assisi

India, April 4 -- Some days ago, Zara Murao, my editor at HT Wknd, and I got into an animated conversation over WhatsApp: Why does it feel like the first quarter of the year just evaporated? Wasn't it... Read More


The oracle has spoken, spelling out a tragedy for Indian techies

India, April 3 -- Thirty thousand jobs have just been cut from Oracle's rolls. Of those, 12,000 were in India. Engineers, analysts, and back-office stalwarts were confronted with a stark reality: they... Read More


The not-so-hidden cost of a faraway conflict

India, March 28 -- In one of the narrow bylanes of Andheri East, a restaurant has long served as an unassuming proxy for the city that keeps running on affordable meals. For over three decades now, it... Read More


The not-so-hidden cost of a faraway war

India, March 27 -- In one of the narrow bylanes of Andheri East, a restaurant has long served as an unassuming proxy for a city that runs on affordable meals. For over three decades, it has fed a cros... Read More


The error-prone 'human' bot is here by design

India, March 21 -- In the hierarchy of human connection, few questions are as disarmingly simple as: Kya aap ko meri awaaz aa rahi hai? ("Am I audible to you?") When we hear it, we speak louder. We al... Read More


The error-prone 'human' bot is here

India, March 20 -- In the hierarchy of human connection, a few questions are as disarmingly simple as: "Kya aapko meri awaaz aa rahi hai?" (Am I audible to you?). When we hear it, we speak louder. We... Read More


Gig workers and the digital grind

India, March 14 -- Every time an order arrives at your doorstep in 10 minutes, an algorithm has already decided someone's livelihood. It decides which rider gets the order, how much that rider earns a... Read More