·Digital transformation
When We Stopped Taking Things Apart
How abstraction, AI, and frictionless systems may be reshaping confidence, cognition, and first-principles thinking
Technology And The Future
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·Digital transformation
Maps, History, and Finding the Throughline
AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Not the Pilot’s Fault: Inside the First 61 Seconds of AI171
A small turbine and a flicker of light tell a different story.
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
AI171: Human Error, Design Flaw, or Something Else?
The mystery lives on. But now we have facts
·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
·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
·Digital transformation
Embracing AI without losing ourselves
As the machines are advancing relentlessly, do we let AI think for us, or do we stay actively human?
·Digital transformation
AI in Academia: The Grind, the Gain, and the Great Recalibration
Rather than fighting the use of AI in the classroom, it’s time to reimagine the real goals of learning and teaching
·Digital transformation
AMA on EVs with Hormazd Sorabjee and Pranav S: 22 Takeaways
Whom is an EV best for? What is the viable life of an EV? Do they have resale value? These and more questions answered
·Consumer Tech
What they don’t tell you about EVs in India
A guide to owning electric cars and scooters—from ease of use, to running costs, charging networks, reliability, and more
·Digital transformation
The Age of Information
Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’
·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
When India made its first computer
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) had a pivotal role in shaping India’s computer-tech capability, as early as the 1960s. An extract from ‘Against All Odds: The IT Story of India’ by Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu and Krishnan Narayanan
·Digital transformation
FF Insights 712: Tech & the three crises facing humanity
August 8, 2022: SuperSable, Problem with Instagram?, Gender and physics
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Life and the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope and how it’s going to change our lives
·Digital transformation
How Nandan Nilekani learnt to use tech mindfully
#Beacon2022 Festival Special: Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani talk about digital hygiene, making tech choices, holding your own in the attention economy, enabling serendipity, cryptocurrency and more
·Digital transformation
FF Insights #601: The purpose of technology
March 2, 2022: Yuval Noah Harari on Ukraine, Re-imagining workplaces, A new emotion
·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
·Consumer Tech
Make your old devices useful again
December 4, 2021 | FF Daily#540: FF Recommends repurposing your old devices
·Digital transformation
A digital immigrant’s initiation into the digital-first world
November 27, 2021 | FF Daily #534: FF Recommends, go digital
·Consumer Tech
How to choose the right electric scooter: A buying guide
November 20, 2021 | FF Daily #528: Advice on what to consider from a user who has researched the options and has used an electric scooter for a couple of years now
·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.
·Consumer Tech
FF Recommends: Mesh Networks
November 6, 2021 | FF Daily #516: For seamless access to high-speed, uninterrupted Wi-Fi
·Consumer Tech
How to take videos that don’t shake
October 16, 2021 | FF Daily #500: FF Recommends handheld gimbals
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #415: Preparing for the dangers from tech advancement
July 5, 2021: Amartya Sen on bicycles; The anatomy of social media; Internet notifications
·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
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #319: A Jio OS?
March 10, 2021: The limits of what data can tell you; How to make the robot dance; The inevitable future
·Consumer Tech
FF Recommends | Clubhouse, the buzziest new social media app
February 20, 2021: FF Daily #304 | Three perspectives on how to maximise your Clubhouse experience
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
FF Daily #293: The future doesn’t need us
February 8, 2021: The story of Old Monk Rum; Covid-19 in the post pandemic world; Prevention is better
·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
·Privacy and Data Protection
FF Daily #281: FF Recommends | How to secure your privacy
January 23, 2021: Useful tips to prevent apps from collecting unnecessary personal data
·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
·Digital transformation
FF Daily #247: FF Recommends | How to think about technology
December 5, 2020: Our consumption of technology has shot up. Is it bad? It depends
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The Oxford vaccine & potato chips; edtech & WhiteHat Jr; Windows 1
This Week in Disruptive Tech | November 25, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Privacy and Data Protection
How to protect data
This Week in Disruptive Tech | November 19, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
·Privacy and Data Protection
A primer on data breaches
Data breaches are inevitable. Here’s what you can do to minimise damage
·Privacy and Data Protection
Behind the data breach at BigBasket
Interesting fact #1: BigBasket is not alone, there have been a spate of data breaches at other digital entities in recent months. Interesting fact #2: One name, Cyble Inc, comes up every time—they're the ones that have revealed the breach every time. What's going on? And what can those in the digital economy do about it?
·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
·Digital transformation
Google tax; An air quality solution; How to think about AI
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
·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
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
A chip in the head
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink demoed a chip-sized brain implant that could help humans do much more. Here’s why I want one
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